Five Summers of Gunfire on North High Street
Between July 2021 and August 2026, at least a dozen shootings left 39 people shot — three of them fatally — along a one-mile stretch of Columbus’s Short North, from Goodale Street to Fifth Avenue. Nearly all of them happened after dark, most in the hours after last call.
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Columbus Zone In Phase II: What the sweeping zoning proposal would change
Reynoldsburg ends use of Flock license-plate cameras after misuse concerns
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CMH New Terminal Roadways Complete
Royal Oak buys Hub Plastics’ Blacklick headquarters for $8.6 million
InteractiveColumbus Zone In Phase II: What the sweeping zoning proposal would change
Columbus is taking public comments on a zoning rewrite covering more than 70,000 parcels. Here is what the proposal does, what other cities suggest and what comes next.
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Reynoldsburg ends use of Flock license-plate cameras after misuse concerns
Reynoldsburg stopped using its Flock license-plate cameras after investigations into alleged personal searches by two former police officers. The city plans to have the cameras covered and removed.
VideoWas Amy Acton "attacked" at the Canfield Fair?
Initial reports suggested there was an attempted attack while Acton was speaking at the Canfield Fair, but exactly what occurred remains unclear.
VideoCMH New Terminal Roadways Complete
John Glenn Columbus International’s new terminal arrivals and departures roadways are complete. The lower arrivals roadway opens first. Next come glass walls and a signature skylight over Central Market. The plan calls for 36 gates, with the new terminal anticipated to open as early as 2029.
VideoRoyal Oak buys Hub Plastics’ Blacklick headquarters for $8.6 million
Royal Oak buys Hub Plastics’ Blacklick headquarters for $8.6 million
Article · VideoU.S. hiring accelerates as Columbus construction employment surges
Columbus construction employment rose 13.6% from a year earlier in July, even as total metro employment stayed flat at 1.199 million jobs. Nationally, employers added 162,000 jobs in August—nearly triple the 56,000 economists expected. Announced Central Ohio hiring through 2030 remains planned, not current payroll growth. Follow for updates as monthly federal data shows what actually lands.
VideoColumbus Greek Festival
The Columbus Greek Festival returns for its 52nd year Labor Day weekend starting Friday August 4th at 4PM. See columbusgreekfestival.com for more details.
VideoNocterra Brewing
Nocterra Brewing has closed its Powell and Audubon taprooms while the company restructures. The owners say they exhausted every resource and every dollar, but no reopening date has been announced. Both breweries deny that Wolf’s Ridge bought Nocterra; they say it only provided extra brewing capacity. Follow for updates on Nocterra’s next steps.