A new sports bar, Spruce Street Sporting Club, opened on Park Street in early March with big screens, burgers and weekend happy hours as One Hospitality expands downtown. The concept launched in time for the Arnold Sports Festival and aims to be a game‑day spot for Arena District crowds.

A two‑year Ohio wildlife probe ended with 11 convictions in a deer‑poaching ring. Five defendants were Michigan residents who received fines, license revocations and other penalties.

A person was struck and killed after walking into the southbound lanes of I‑71 near Polaris Parkway Sunday night. Columbus police are investigating.

A DraftKings-linked super PAC funneled over $1M into Ohio GOP primaries, backing multiple legislative candidates and prompting questions about transparency and influence.

Columbus Aviators coach Ted Ginn Jr. was arrested on a DWI charge in Euless, Texas and posted $1,000 bond. Offensive coordinator Todd Haley will lead Sunday’s game.

A Friday night stabbing at Ohio State's Lincoln Tower turf fields left one person hospitalized and another detained as university police investigate.

A body was discovered early Friday on Morse Road near Westerville Road in northeast Columbus. Homicide detectives were at the scene as police opened a death investigation.

Ohio's Controlling Board has released just over $202 million in federal Rural Health Transformation funds to shore up rural hospitals, birthing centers and telehealth.

Licking County unveiled a CASE Task Force in Newark to speed investigations, preserve digital evidence and push more child‑abuse and exploitation cases to prosecution.

Short North biryani shop CoccoKay Bites is opening a larger second location at 170 W Olentangy Street in Powell, promising seating and the same menu favorites.

Maison Skalli is moving from Dublin to the Short North, bringing its French‑Moroccan pastries and brunch plates to High Street. The family‑run bakery says the new outpost will mirror the original’s from‑scratch menu.

A coalition of more than 1,300 Ohio businesses and advocacy groups relaunched a campaign pushing the Ohio Fairness Act, arguing that statewide nondiscrimination rules help employers hire and compete. Business and civil‑rights leaders say the move is both economic and moral.

Thomasena Crowder, 63, died days after being hospitalized; the Franklin County coroner says she was stabbed, and police have ruled her death a homicide.