Statewide health orders lifted
Ohioans woke up Wednesday morning to a world the way it used to be as health orders and precautions that had been effect for nearly a year in some cases were lifted at one minute past midnight,
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“Wicked,” “Hamilton” on 2021-22 Broadway in Columbus lineup
Broadway is coming back to Columbus but some of your favorite shows may not be here for a while.
Lawmakers want Ma’Khia Bryant foster care journey probed
Three Democratic members of Congress are asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the foster care experience that preceded the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant.
GOP Ohio senators propose 5% tax cut as part of state budget
Senate Republicans are proposing an even deeper income tax in their version of the upcoming state budget.
Man returns overdue Dylan album to Ohio library after 48 years
After nearly five decades of blowin’ in the wind, a double Bob Dylan album finally has a direction home: A man living in San Francisco has mailed the vinyl back to an Ohio library 48 years after it was supposed to be returned.
Indians 6, White Sox 5
AL MVP Jose Abreu grounded out with the bases loaded to blunt a ninth-inning rally against Cleveland closer James Karinchak, giving Shane Bieber and the Indians a 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox.
Phillies 17, Reds 3
Odúbel Herrera and Andrew McCutchen each hit two of Philadelphia’s seven home runs and Phillies pummeled the Reds 17-3 to end a three-game losing streak.
Clippers drop 8th straight
The Clippers lost the first game of a six-game series in Indianapolis, 5-3.
Health orders vanish overnight
Ohioans will wake up to brave new world Wednesday. That is when pandemic health orders, which have kept them behind masks and dining in half-empty restaurants for months, will be rescinded.
Columbus 2021 homicide total now 83
The deaths of a 4-year-old boy and a 65-year-old man have raised the year’s murder toll in Columbus to 83.