Columbus OH

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — City officials have shut down an east Columbus nightclub after recent violence and ongoing safety concerns. Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein said his Property Action Team reached a deal to close Aurora Nightlife located at 1025 E. Fifth Avenue. The club was linked to shootings,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens lights its last Pumpkins Aglow night of the season on Sunday, November 1, closing a fall run that began October 7 — and Sunday doubles as the Conservatory’s monthly Community Day, when Columbus and Franklin County residents get in free during the day before the building […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Two men are behind bars after an armed robbery turned into a police chase in north Columbus Friday evening. According to police, 29-year-old Yohendy Toribio and 21-year-old Robert Riascos followed two women home from a shopping center on Bethel Road. While the women were unloading...

Private Property Rights Institute launches six-state campaign targeting landowners' rights in Ohio, other states, amid a data center boom.

DOVER, Ohio — Dover wasted no time taking control of its Division III, Region 11 playoff opener Friday night, scoring first and never looking back in a 41-7 win over Columbus South, according to The Times Reporter’s playoff score report. The fifth-seeded Crimson Tornadoes struck first on a 16-yard touchdown run by Cohen Murray to […]

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo delivered flowers to Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton (D) during her tour stop in Columbus on Friday night, a show of support in the close contest. While performing her song “stupid song,” Rodrigo walked through the crowd at the Schottenstein Center on The Ohio State University’s campus, handed flowers to Acton…

Ohio homeowners who turned 65 this year, or who are totally and permanently disabled, have until Dec. 31 to file for the homestead exemption, and the filing cuts the property tax bill that follows. The exemption takes the first $29,000 of a home’s value off the tax calculation for owners within the income limit. That […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead and two people were injured in a shooting in Columbus’ Briggsdale neighborhood Friday night. According to Columbus police dispatchers, officers responded to a call at approximately 7:45 p.m. in the 1000 block of Hardesty Place West. One victim was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:56 p.m. […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has suspended Deputy Robert Tischler for one month without pay after an internal audit found he used the office’s Flock license-plate reader database in a way that fell outside his authorized duties, the office announced in a press release issued at 4:59 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, according […]

India Grocers’ new supermarket on Sawmill Road brings more than a 40,000-square-foot shopping destination to central Ohio’s South Asian community.