What to eat on a stick at the Ohio State Fair
If you want to make friends at the Ohio State Fair, visit New Food Avenue and order watermelon on a stick. Dining the news: I set out to find the fair's most unusually good skewered food and this $10 fruit lollipop from A&M Concessions earned the title. Heads turned and...
According to national food publication, Columbus is one of the country’s ’next great food...
A new story from Food & Wine has tapped Columbus as one of the nation’s up and coming food havens. The Food & Wine story, which was published on July 21, named the Arch City and seven others as one of the country’s “next great food cities.”
Nationwide Children’s buys former Catholic church site, plans to create affordable housing
The property that has been home to a now-shuttered Catholic church on Columbus' South Side is set to get new life as affordable housing. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus closed Corpus Christi Catholic Church on East Stewart Avenue in 2023, as part of a broad reorganization and closure of churches. But, on July...
Before the Buzz: Lawshea’s in Columbus serves up plenty of what makes soul food...
Bernard Lawshea remembers the time a former business partner insisted on adding peas to the potato salad. "After I found out he wasn't joking, I said, 'OK, let's put this theory to the test,'" he said from a booth at his Northland restaurant and carryout. The result of that peas-in-potato-salad experiment: Customers...
Report shows gun suicides reach record levels
OHIO — A new report from Johns Hopkins University shows suicides across the country are reaching record levels for the third year in a row, and guns are the leading cause both nationally and here in Ohio. Yet experts say there are measures people can take to help anyone...
Free beer, Ohio! Miller Lite is giving away 50,000 beers
Miller Lite is celebrating its 50th anniversary by offering 50,000 free beers at bars across the United States, including Ohio. The beer brand will offer free drinks at 450 bars nationwide during International Beer Day on August 1. It will also host a special New Year's Eve-style "Beer Drop" at a Milwaukee brewery,...
One person dead following shooting incident in Ohio
OHIO — A man is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after police responded to a disturbing report of a woman being held against her will and assaulted inside a Maple Heights residence. According to a press release from the Maple Heights Police Department, officers were called to the area of Maple...
$100,000 lottery ticket winner sold in Ohio
OHIO — A local woman is celebrating a major lottery win after claiming a $100,000 prize from the Ohio Lottery’s Bingo Times 50scratch-off game. Kathleen purchased the winning $10 ticket at Super Quik #5, located at 410 Emmitt Avenue in Waverly. After mandatory federal and state tax withholdings totaling 28 percent,...
With possible veto overrides looming, Ohio property tax group meets
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's new property tax reform working group met Thursday to discuss lessening the burden homeowners are facing.
36-year-old man arrested for 2020 cold case homicide in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A 36-year-old man was arrested and charged on Friday for his alleged involvement in a 2020 cold case homicide. Columbus Police (CPD) say Joseph Fleshman, 36, was arrested Friday in the 4400 block of Reinbeau Drive for his alleged involvement in a homicide case from July 2020. According to a...
