Good evening, Columbus. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.
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A brief reprieve before hot and steamy temperatures move in. After a pretty comfortable day for early July, we are in for another comfortable night with lows falling into the 60s. Thursday will be a step warmer statewide with highs in the mid and upper 80s. Humidity will still be bearable. A stray shower or two is not out of the question. The Fourth of July is looking dry and hotter. Most of the state will warm to the 90-degree mark.
An uprooted tree fell and killed a hiker in Hocking Hills Tuesday, the Hocking County Coroner’s Office confirmed. The coroner’s office said the hiker died around noon on the Lower Rim Trail in the Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve.
The phrase “drive sober or get pulled over” goes for boats, too. As many people plan to head onto one of Ohio’s lakes with the boat this holiday weekend, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources urged residents to leave the alcohol at home.
If you have teenagers at home or tweens, you may have heard them speak using terms you have no idea what they mean. Slang has been used for centuries, evolving and adapting alongside language and culture .Some Generation Alpha and Gen Z kids in our state explain why the word “Ohio” has taken on a new meaning in their vocabulary…