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Hot Sunday with clear skies, rain chances increasing soon
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Today hot temperatures will be the theme for central Ohio. Highs are expected to reach the low 90s. While skies will stay mostly sunny during much of the day, clouds will begin to build up by the late evening. Overnight skies will become mostly cloudy. A few areas will see […]
GPA: Hartigan selected for Ohio Student Safety Advisory Council
Oak Harbor High School sophomore Hannah Hartigan has been selected for the Ohio Student Safety Advisory Council (OSSAC), an esteemed group comprising only 16 students statewide. Appointed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, OSSAC focuses on school safety and student well-being. Hartigan will collaborate with peers to develop strategies for student...
Beating the heat at the Ohio State Fair
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Lines were wrapped around the gates going into the Ohio State Fair on Saturday. With more people checking out the fair, the temperature rose to the low 90s. Luckily, the fair has misting and fan stations throughout the area. If you plan on going to...
Ready. Set. Shop. Ohio's sales tax holiday begins Tuesday and ends Aug. 8
Ohio's sales tax holiday isn't just for kids anymore. Unlike previous years when shoppers could only shop for things like pencils and paper or clothes valued at less than $100, state lawmakers have expanded the sales tax break that could range from anywhere from 5.75% to as much as nearly 8% depending on...
One dead, another injured after shooting, pursuit on west side of Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead and another person is hospitalized after a shooting and pursuit on the west side of Columbus Sunday night. According to a Columbus police dispatcher, the shooting happened on the 700 block of South Ogden Avenue at approximately 10:19 p.m. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene […]
William H. Brooks was a civil rights activist, attorney, a judge, public servant and more
Columbus civil rights activist and attorney William Henry Brooks was born in Columbus on Jan. 12, 1912, to Oberlin G. Brooks and Helen Reid. He graduated from East High School in 1929 and from the Ohio State University Law School in 1937. After passing the bar exam, Brooks opened his first law...
Staff profile: Meet The Columbus Dispatch's Kyle Robertson, photo editor
(Editor's note: This article is part of a new weekly series featuring Columbus Dispatch journalists and their work in our community.) Position Photo editor of The Columbus Dispatch and Dispatch.com....
Columbus nonprofit Heritage Project works to teach participants history
Every year since 2018, except 2020, Toni Bell, co-founder and executive director of the Columbus nonprofit Heritage Project, has hopped on a bus with a group of strangers from all over the country to lead them through the Heritage Project’s annual Civil Rights Heritage Tour of the South. Throughout the week, as the group makes their way across cities like Montgomery and Selma, Alabama, and Atlanta, they gain an immersive, hands-on educational experience about the Civil Rights...
Ohio State fans will love what Jeremiah Smith has to say about expectations
Jeremiah Smith was and is the No. 1 recruit in all of college football coming into his first year at Ohio State. All eyes will be on the freshman receiver to see if he can live up to the hype, especially at a place like OSU that has produced so much talent at the wideout position. But Smith isn’t interested in hype … he’s just ready to play football. Adam King of 10TV in Columbus caught up with Smith at a recent NIL event and asked the true freshman his thoughts on the expectations coming into the season. His response shows...
Mailbox: Reader's baseball Hall of Fame story takes a twist, featuring Al Oliver
Have more comments, questions? Reach out to me at bwhite1@dispatch.com. Letters are lightly edited for clarity. On the baseball Hall of Fame To Mr. White: At a baseball clinic at Youngstown's Pemberton...
Six people achieve milestone at drug court commencement
LOGAN — The Hocking County Common Pleas courtroom was packed with people on Wednesday, but not for a trial or hearing. The audience that filled the courtroom’s benches — and included multiple county and state officials — was there to watch and cheer on the biggest graduating class so far from the court’s drug court program. The drug court, according to its coordinator Jessica Conley, is a four-phase program lasting 12-18 months. It involves intensive intervention and treatment, designed to individually meet the needs of...
Ohio State women’s volleyball to face Michigan in Schottenstein Center
The Ohio State women’s volleyball team will play its match against rival Michigan in a bigger venue on October 13. Instead of hosting the Wolverines in the Covelli Center like other opponents, the OSU administration will be making an event of it in the bigger Schottenstein Center according to a release from the OSU Athletic Department of Athletics. You can likely thank the rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan as the reason for the move, and it’ll mark the first time the women’s volleyball program has played inside the Schott. “We are looking forward to this historic event,” head coach Jen Flynn...
Court of Common Pleas: July 27, 2024 Proceedings
Charge: Illegal Conveyance of Drugs onto the Grounds of a Detention Facility. Disposition: Sentenced to 12 months in prison and fined $1,000. Charges: Aggravated Possession of Drugs, Improperly Handling Firearms in a Motor Vehicle. Plea: Not Guilty. Disposition: Motion hearing scheduled for August 14, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. John V....
Ohio State football players inspire local youth at Mansfield football camp
MANSFIELD — A youth football camp at Mansfield’s Arlin Field was exactly where Gee Scott Jr. wanted to be Friday evening. Scott, a senior tight end at The Ohio State University, was a featured instructor during Friday’s Tyger Football Camp at Mansfield’s Arlin Field. He was...
Worthington deer in bullseye as task force mulls relief; other communities are watching
Most of the 100 or so residents at Worthington's first-ever Deer Task Force public education meeting have a love-hate relationship with the whitetail, doe-eyed creatures. Many have barriers around their prized gardens only to be foiled by deer ingenuity and persistence. Others have had near misses while driving or on bikes. One...
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