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Gahanna-Lincoln High School closed due to gas leak, district says


Gahanna-Lincoln High School closed due to gas leak, district says

Ohio Weekly News Recap: The Columbus Dispatch’s Top Headlines Here are some stories you may have missed on Dispatch.com and in the print edition of the Columbus Dispatch. Gahanna-Lincoln High School students went home early Tuesday after a construction crew from a nearby construction site damaged a gas line. Mifflin Township Fire Chief Brian Dunlevy […]

Buc-ee’s is so damn popular. But why? Analyzing its rise to fame


Buc-ee’s is so damn popular. But why? Analyzing its rise to fame

Drone video: The first Buc-ee’s in Missouri opens See what opening day of Missouri’s first Buc-ee’s travel center looked like from the air in this drone video. It’s safe to say that, like any real-life phenomenon, Buc-ee’s – the Texas-founded chain that’s part convenience store, part gas station – inspires both confusion and obsession. A […]

Javier Ventura Sanchez, 20, shot in Home Depot parking lot


Javier Ventura Sanchez, 20, shot in Home Depot parking lot

Ohio Weekly News Recap: The Columbus Dispatch’s Top Headlines Here are some stories you may have missed on Dispatch.com and in the print edition of the Columbus Dispatch. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office continues to search for a gunman who shot and killed a man in the parking lot of a Home Depot store in […]

Our guide to loving the city


Our guide to loving the city

Our annual review includes over 70 fun and amazing places, people and events, as well as a few duds. Our annual guide once again reveals the fun and bohemian heart of the city: over 70 unique personalities, inspiring ideas, creative boutiques, tasty treats and more. Plus 99 top tips from Columbus monthly Readers – and […]

Akron Beacon Journal wins first place in Ohio SPJ contest


Akron Beacon Journal wins first place in Ohio SPJ contest

The Akron Beacon Journal/BeaconJournal.com won multiple first-place awards in Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest 2024, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. The newsroom’s “Akron in the Crossfire” series, which covers gun violence in the city, took first place for best public service/social issues coverage in the under 60,000 […]

Ashland SWCD offers tips on pond care and hosts a fish sale in the fall


Ashland SWCD offers tips on pond care and hosts a fish sale in the fall

Katie Eikleberry | Special to the Ashland Times-Gazette Exciting moment: A rare dead oarfish was discovered in Southern California. An extremely rare dead oarfish was discovered in San Diego. In Japanese folklore, it is considered a harbinger of doom and earthquakes. Ashland Soil and Water’s fall fish sale is in full swing and orders will […]

CVG, Dayton and Louisville could become an “aviation corridor”


CVG, Dayton and Louisville could become an “aviation corridor”

Candace McGraw, CEO of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, is preparing to retire next year, but anyone who thinks she’s slowing down is wrong. The airport is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a new ticket counter configuration, an expanded security area and a modernized baggage system. The construction is expected to take five years […]

Teens charged with gun shoplifting in Union Township – burglary involving car


Teens charged with gun shoplifting in Union Township – burglary involving car

The third attempt was successful on Sunday: Police arrested four teenagers who had driven a stolen car into a warehouse in Eastgate and stolen several firearms. Union Township Police Lt. Scott Blankenship said officers were called around 6:10 a.m. after an alarm went off at the Sportsman Warehouse on Eastgate Drive. All four suspects face […]

Bob Vitale, restaurant reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, once reported on politics


Bob Vitale, restaurant reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, once reported on politics

Meet Bob Vitale, the Dispatch’s new restaurant reporter, in Barcelona What is Columbus Dispatch food reporter Bob Vitale’s favorite restaurant? I have been fortunate enough to be able to make a fresh start in my life a few times. I met my partner in 2007 – and again after seven years in 2016. Twice I […]