Reach Thousands of People in the Columbus Area - Promote Your Group!

Columbus News and Announcements

Add Your News

Columbus, OH > Columbus News & Announcements

All Categories

Two challenge incumbent in Republican primary

Licking County Republican voters on March 6 will decide one primary race for county commissioner.

Veteran, Holocaust survivor cross paths again

Sixty-eight years ago, paratrooper Don Jakeway of Johnstown helped liberate a Jewish family from the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II.

Pataskala council approves debt for RAMP funding

Pataskala City Council narrowly approved a means to fund its Road Asset Management Plan, or RAMP, with bond-anticipation notes but supporters of the plan were not able to gather...

Special Olympian from Heath represents Ohio in Washington

Steadfast persistence has been Heath resident and Special Olympian Josh Albertson’s key to success — in life, work and on the golf course.

Board plans to ask nonprofit to find new superintendent

Southwest Licking school board members on Feb. 16 plan to select a firm to help the district find a superintendent.

Police, sherif reports

A suspicious letter was received in the mail addressed to MPD ...

High school music group ‘not just for choir nerds’

Today’s show choir is not your father’s show choir, according to Jeremy Alfera, Marysville High School vocal music and Swingers Unlimited director.

Columbus zoo to host fundraiser plunge

Swimmers for the Polar Bear Plunge at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium won’t have to worry about fleeing from wild animals.

Authorities dealing with ‘level of fear’ in community

Life in Union County is generally uneventful, peaceful.

Ohio EPA reinstates restoration grant

In 2009, the city of Marysville received a $322,434 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for its Town Run restoration project.

Second fire hasn’t dampened pastor’s spirits

New Horizon’s Baptist Church pastor Roger Williams has had his share of trial and tribulation.

Riley sworn in as new fire chief

Jay Riley was promoted from assistant fire chief and sworn in Feb. 8 as the city’s new fire chief by Marysville Mayor John Gore.

Progress celebrated with topping-out ceremony

Construction on a new pavilion at Union County Memorial Hospital marked a milestone Feb. 3 with a topping-out ceremony.

Couple to be honored for service to Meals on Wheels

For 20 of their 50 years together, Richard and Annette Rush have volunteered for the Meals on Wheels program at their church.

Coming up

Check out the roundup of local events, activities, meetings, etc., for the coming week.

City council members meet with constituents

A handful of people, some of them armed with several neighborhood concerns, turned out last week for the first in a series of Columbus City Council community meetings.

Bond would build 13 schools, replace FHHS

On March 6, voters will decide Issue 8, a 38-year, $148-million bond issue, at 2.9 mills for the South-Western City School District.

50-year-old ballroom receives renovation

A 50-year-old Grove City ballroom is getting a facelift, thanks to help from a local catering company.

Firefighter resigns to help needy

Prairie Township Firefighter Matt Stickle will begin his retirement by hopping on a plane to South America to help build homes for those in need.

Day-to-day achievements as important as overall success

As Columbus prepares to celebrate its bicentennial this month, it’s important to reflect on the past and celebrate what makes Columbus a special place to live, work and...

Many crash on slick Ohio roads; some highways closed

CLEVELAND (AP) — Snowstorms in Ohio today prompted multiple highway closures and driving advisories and led to dozens of crashes.

Woman dies when her van overturns near Millersport

A Fairfield County woman died in a one-vehicle crash this morning just north of Millersport, the State Highway Patrol said.

State might change priorities for road and bridge projects

CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio’s transportation chief says the state may adjust the order of road and bridge projects listed in a draft plan that would delay some work for...

Cincinnati will start streetcar project next week

CINCINNATI (AP) — The mayor says Cincinnati plans to break ground for its controversial, multimillion-dollar streetcar project next week.

Hearing set on fate of surviving exotic animals

REYNOLDSBURG (AP) — A hearing has been scheduled over Ohio’s quarantine order for five creatures kept at a zoo since an exotic animal escape in October.

CCAD Alumnus Takes Paintings to New Heights

from:Columbus College of Art and Design

Alumnus Carl Bork (CCAD 2003) moved to Colorado four years ago and often hikes up the mountains, sets up his easel, and paints the scenery in front of him. His plein air...

Ohio State honors Wexner’s devotion

Leslie H. Wexner is seldom at a loss for words. But the Limited Brands founder and philanthropist struggled with what to say after Ohio State trustees decided yesterday to rename...

New school for deaf dedicated with event

State government began providing for the education of deaf children on Oct. 16, 1829, when the state rented a small building at Broad and High streets for use as a school.

A bash 200 years in the works

The Columbus school principal who grew up in Youngstown and the Columbus mayor who spent his formative years in Toledo worked together on the anthem for Columbus’...

White Hat may fight new ruling

Attorneys for White Hat, Ohio’s largest for-profit charter-school management company, are considering their options after a Franklin County judge ordered the company to turn...

Six more named to school district’s tax panel

A former school-board president, a South Side neighborhood leader and the head of a social-services organization were among the six people whom Columbus City Schools...

Schools won’t give names of 19 employees in subsidized-lunch probe

Columbus City Schools officials say they can’t publicly reveal the identities — or even the job titles — of 19 employees who gave wrong income information so...

Sale of mansion earns CCAD $525,000

An opulent, three-story mansion donated to the Columbus College of Art & Design five years ago is now the private residence of a couple from California.

New czar will lead OSU compliance

Ohio State University will hire an integrity czar, and Robert H. Schottenstein will lead the trustees as chairman for the next two years, the board decided yesterday.

Menagerie finds shelter after fire

MOUNT HEALTHY, Ohio (AP) — Several dozen animals have found temporary shelter after firefighters rescued at least 60 pets from a house fire in a Cincinnati suburb.

Mobile-home fire blamed on heater’s electrical cord

A woman returned to her West Side mobile home late yesterday morning to find that it had been destroyed in a fire.

City, contractor feud over responsibility for electrocution of dog

Columbus city officials and an electrical contractor are feuding over responsibility for the electrocution of a dog in a University District park.

Reward offered in hunt for woman

CINCINNATI (AP) — A restaurateur is offering a $25,000 reward for information in the case of a 22-year-old woman missing nearly six months.

Planned Parenthood affiliates to join

Three Planned Parenthood affiliates in Ohio are merging to form a bigger, Columbus-based organization that they say can better handle the demands of the health-care overhaul and...

Teen sentenced to several tasks for fatal crash

As part of his sentence for killing a man in a traffic crash last year, a Logan County teenager will have to tell his story to teens in area driving programs.

Humane Society exec charged in theft case

When William Alan began working at the Delaware County Humane Society in 2009, prosecutors say, he conveniently neglected to mention his last name — Hadley.

PUCO ‘addressing’ AEP rate hike

State regulators did an about-face on electricity rates for American Electric Power small-business customers yesterday, vowing to change a system that has led to soaring bills for...

Packaging plant’s closing affects 80

The packaging company RockTenn will close its plant in Washington Court House in April, the state says. The plant has about 80 workers.

AEP expects profit will remain flat in 2012

American Electric Power expects profit to be about the same this year as in 2011 and electricity demand to be modestly higher among its 5 million customers in 11 states,...

Worthington schools lift lockdown

Worthington City Schools lifted a lockdown on four schools following action by the Worthington Police Department today (Feb. 10).

White: State of schools is ‘very strong’

The Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools will face exciting but tough challenges in the future, outgoing Superintendent Mark White said during the Feb. 6 State of the Schools address....

Panel blasts idea of chickens in Delaware city limits

Less than a month after first discussing a proposal to allow backyard chickens in Delaware, the city planning commission on Feb. 1 passed two motions that would crush the idea.

Actor Jon Voight coming to Bexley

Academy Award winner Jon Voight will visit Bexley on Sunday, March 4, for a special event that culminates with a red-carpet sneak preview of his new film, “Beyond.”

Former official accused of stealing from Delaware County Humane Society

A former co-director of the Delaware County Humane Society was indicted today on charges of stealing more than $32,000 while working under a false identity.

Sen. Brown, Rep. Ryan Issue Statement On Meeting Between The Delphi Salaried Retirees ...

Williams, the Former Mayor of Youngstown, is the Executive Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers Friday, February 10, 2012 WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Sherrod...