The retail sector of the Franklin County economy, which not only provides jobs but also the sales taxes that fund the county’s service, safety and welfare agencies, is recovering from the recession, but the changing landscape of the industry worldwide means it will probably never return to where it was bre-2007.
Some are calling it the Return of the Polar Vortex. Others say it is a “downstream amplification” of the jet stream. Either way, it’s about to bring a change in our weather that could have you looking twice at your calendar.
Columbus police say two teens were trying to watch several younger children when one of the kids wandered off with tragic results Thursday night.
A fugitive treasure hunter’s company has lost its fight to stop deep-sea explorers from bringing up gold and other artifacts from a ship that sank off the South Carolina coast in 1857.
It is not immediately clear how the Republican party’s choice of Cleveland as the site for the GOP’s 2016 national convention will affect Columbus’s chances of landing the Democrats’ event, but there is a lot of speculation that it couldn’t hurt.
Attorneys for same-sex couples fighting to have their marriages recognized in Ohio are urging a federal appeals court to strike down the state’s gay marriage ban, arguing that it’s unconstitutional and demeaning.
A gun rights group has sued Ohio State University over its weapons ban, arguing it conflicts with rights provided by state law to permitting law-abiding gun owners.
A Columbus attorney has been convicted in a sex crimes trial in which some of the allegations came from his clients.
Absentee voting begins Tuesday for the August 5 special election, where Ohioans will decide the fate of several local issues, including a trio of requests from central Ohio communities.
Columbus police are looking for a person caught on security video just before a double shooting in the parking lot of a Southeast Side club early Monday.
