A Saturday fight on Stoney Hill Road in Lancaster left a man shot and a suspect in custody while deputies continue to investigate.

Ohio lawmakers lined up behind a federal plan to pump $350 million a year into restoring the Ohio River, creating an EPA office to coordinate grants for water quality, habitat and cleanup work.

A Columbus man was sentenced to 3–4 years for a 2022 Reynoldsburg bar shooting that killed 26-year-old Talando Whitmore.

A four-vehicle crash on North High Street left one person dead and two hospitalized Wednesday afternoon; one patient is critical and another is stable.

May's jobless rate hit 2.7% — the lowest in decades. But a shrinking labor force and booming construction complicate the picture.

Five long‑vacant buildings along Mill Street were razed to clear the way for a $100M Creekside rebuild that includes apartments, a hotel and new restaurants.

Bipartisan bills would have Ohio set K–12 food‑literacy standards, leave adoption to districts and allow parental opt‑outs amid high child food insecurity.

Merus broke ground on a 190,960‑sf Class‑A warehouse at 4390 Hubner Way in Obetz, joining a wave of logistics projects clustered around Rickenbacker.

A Cardinal Health warehouse south of Rickenbacker sold for $49M, another sign of strong investor demand for logistics space around Columbus's freight hub.

Ohio State is installing more than 7,200 sq ft of LED displays and nearly 64 million pixels at the Schottenstein Center, paired with a new audio system.

A Columbus Business First ranking shows Central Ohio banks’ commercial and industrial loans topped $248.9B in Q1, a 17.5% year‑over‑year jump driven by local hiring and deals.

Dublin, Marysville and Union County have wired a 35‑mile stretch of U.S. 33 into a living lab for connected and autonomous vehicle tests, with early safety gains and industry interest.

Columbus State is proposing a 10-year, 1.9-mill levy to fund tuition-free community college for Franklin County graduates and expanded student supports.