Job gains don’t mean prosperity for all
Lower unemployment has not helped Ohio’s poor escape poverty.
Columbus Dispatch
Flu shots now available for younger kids
You can now grab a head of lettuce, a box of granola and your third-grader’s flu shot in one trip.
Flight risk
A blue and gold macaw that flew away from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium during a training session last week has been returned to its perch there.
Kids drinking hand sanitizer?
More kids are ingesting hand sanitizer here and nationwide, according to the Central Ohio Poison Control Center and an analysis out of the Georgia Poison Center in Atlanta.
Scott wants stricter ethics rules
If he’s elected mayor, Sheriff Zach Scott wants to bar Columbus employees from accepting gifts from those doing business with the city and ban city council members from working for nonprofit groups that receive city money.
City wants more shade by 2020
An out-of-town magazine writer wrote a glowing review in June of up-and-coming Columbus as a destination for millennials, describing Columbus as a “leafy city,” but city officials think it could be leafier.
Missing macaw
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium officials are seeking the public’s assistance in finding a blue and gold macaw that took off and escaped zoo property.
Ginther wants police body cams next year
A proposal by Columbus City Council President and Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Ginther to start outfitting Columbus police officers with body cameras next year met with a lukewarm reception.
Family sues over substitute corpse
A Columbus funeral service misplaced a woman’s body and displayed the wrong corpse at the funeral home, her family says in a lawsuit filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.
Highest holiday travel volume in 7 years
Expect plenty of company from fellow travelers this Labor Day weekend as Ohioans trying to hold on to the last vestiges of summer take advantage of low gas prices and hit the road