“Voice of the ‘Shoe” silenced
A familiar voice to thousands of central Ohio sports fans, Bob Kennedy, the public address announcer at Ohio Stadium for the past 23 years, died at his home in Delaware over the weekend.
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Shots fired at officers amid street racing scene
Some Columbus police officers found themselves under fire Saturday night when they responded to reports of a large number of vehicles street racing on the North Side.
Giant wheel coming to Columbus zoo
Visitors to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium will be able to get a unique bird’s eye view of the park from a 110-foot-tall Ferris wheel, the Adventure Sky Wheel, scheduled to open on May 27.
Roof collapse at house near OSU campus injures 14
Part of a house collapsed and 14 people were injured near the Ohio State University campus Saturday evening when people climbed onto a roof that was not designed to hold significant weight, authorities said.
Stroud, Johnson, JSN are first-round picks
The latest on the Buckeyes, Browns and Bengals during the NFL draft.
Inter Miami 2, Crew 1
Leonardo Campana scored twice in the first half to help Inter Miami end a six-match losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Crew.
Jerry Springer, Cincinnati politician turned TV ringmaster, dies at 79
Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show unleashed strippers, homewreckers and skinheads to brawl and spew obscenities on weekday afternoons, has died.
Ohio House sends $88B state budget to Senate
The Ohio House approved an $88 billion state budget Wednesday with bipartisan support, sending it to the Senate after a tense session where some lawmakers in the House’s fractured Republican supermajority were blocked from trying to add a universal school voucher proposal and other changes.
Sweep nets 50+ arrests, drugs, guns
Local and federal authorities made more than 50 arrests and seized guns and drugs during a months-long crackdown on criminal activity in Columbus.
Norfolk Southern estimates derailment will cost $387M
Norfolk Southern said it expects February’s fiery Ohio derailment to cost it $387 million, but that total will likely increase over time and that doesn’t reflect how much the railroad’s insurance companies will eventually cover.