Ohio awarded $61M in brownfield grants; Scioto Valley counties won funds for asbestos abatement, UST closures and environmental assessments.

Mayor Andrew Ginther announced Elaine Bryant will remain Columbus' police chief under a five-year contract extension, keeping leadership continuity during ongoing reforms.

Mayor Andrew Ginther postponed the Kilbourne Run ribbon-cutting after neighbors said turf rental fees priced out local families.

Cool Friday flips to likely showers and thunderstorms Saturday, with gusty winds. Temperatures spike into the upper 80s and around 90°F early next week.

Supercharged Entertainment plans a 125,000-square-foot indoor center at Polaris, adding multi-level karting, arcade games and dining to the north-side retail mix.

Franklin County deputies posted photos from an Attorney General cold‑case summit and recapped how familial DNA and modern forensics helped solve 1990s murders.

ACT told districts it will remove and reissue some spring in‑school online ACT scores after identifying a scoring problem; revised reports are expected by June 2.

State agents joined Columbus police at Karric Square in Dublin Thursday as officers executed a search warrant; officials released few details.

A drone show, projection on the Horseshoe and posters around town hint at a possible twenty one pilots Ohio Stadium date on Oct. 17.

Columbus' University District saw hundreds of vehicles towed as the city ramped up monthly street‑sweeping enforcement, students and neighbors face fees and long impound waits.

The Ohio Senate approved a bill to protect thin blue line flag displays after a Pataskala HOA told a grieving father to take his memorial flag down. Civil‑liberties groups warn the narrow law could raise First Amendment concerns.

Ground has broken on The Rhinebeck, a 263‑unit apartment project in Columbus's Fifth by Northwest, marking a major new wave of housing in 5xNW.

Nearly 27,000 foreclosures were filed in Ohio in 2025, and some central Ohio counties saw filings jump more than 60 percent — leaving homeowners racing to save their homes.