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The History Channel’s American Pickers is coming back to Ohio in October, and the producers are asking for leads before the crew rolls in. If there’s a barn, a garage, or a back building somewhere in your family that nobody has cleaned out in 40 years, this could be your chance for a little television

Central Ohio has three people to root for on Food Network this week. Two professional pumpkin carvers from Columbus are in the cast of the new Halloween Wars season, and the pastry chef at a downtown hotel is one of the ten bakers on Halloween Baking Championship. The shows premiere on back-to-back nights, Sunday, Sept.

Central Ohio has more homes on the market than at any point in the last decade. Columbus REALTORS counted 6,193 homes for sale across its multiple listing service at the end of July, up 9.8% from 5,638 a year earlier. The last time the listing count was higher was August 2016, when the same monthly

O’Charley’s closed every remaining restaurant after service on Wednesday, Sept. 9, and that included both Columbus-area locations: 2272 Baltimore Reynoldsburg Rd. in Reynoldsburg and 6224 Gender Rd. in Canal Winchester. A third Ohio store at 1335 N. Lexington Springmill Rd. in Mansfield closed as well. The chain has not put out a statement, and its

HOMAGE is sending old inventory to all 13 Goodwill Columbus stores starting Friday, just in time for Ohio State football season.

Columbus is pausing its Flock license plate cameras after an officer allegedly searched one vehicle 272 times.

Supercharged Entertainment broke ground Wednesday on a 125,000-square-foot indoor karting and arcade complex at 9300 Lyra Drive in Polaris, on a 16-acre site near Topgolf and Smash Park. The company says the venue will open in Summer 2027. Supercharged bills itself as the world’s largest indoor, multi-level karting track. The facility will feature two temperature-controlled

COTA’s fall schedule takes effect Monday, Sept. 7, and there are some big changes coming. A brand-new Line 30 will run from Hilliard through Upper Arlington to Ohio State and Downtown, Line 1 is splitting in two and stretching north into Dublin, Line 32 is getting shorter, and the Dublin Park and Ride is moving.

Here’s how you can support your local community, either by donating food, money, or your time. We’re all in this together.

More than half of Ohio households that visited a food pantry this spring had someone skip meals in the past year. Among households living with a chronic illness or disability, more than half report having to choose between paying for medicine and paying for food. Those are two of the findings in the 2026 Ohio

A wild Ohio “Hobbit House” is going viral after being featured by Zillow Gone Wild. The earth-sheltered home is currently for sale for $850K.

Nocterra Brewing Co. has closed both of its taprooms, the original location at 41 Depot St. in Powell and the taproom and restaurant at 516 Maier Pl. at Scioto Audubon Metro Park in Columbus. Speculation began on social media on August 30, with customers sharing stories of employees telling them to keep their pint glasses

Columbus continues to grow, and August was a busy month for openings. A century-old furniture icon picked Easton for its first Columbus store, and a candy shop stacked its shelves with bottled soda from around the world at Bridge Park. Over at Polaris, a Columbus-born boutique that started online now has a permanent home. The

Ohioans can now add some Dolly-inspired flair to their cars while supporting a wonderful cause.

Ohio has ten kinds of public land you might reasonably walk into around Columbus, and they all run on different foraging laws. The pawpaw you can pick legally in Wayne National Forest could (technically) earn you a ticket in a Columbus city park. A mushroom that’s fair game in a state forest isn’t meant to

Tim Curry died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his manager confirmed to the Associated Press. He was 80. Curry rose to fame as Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” on Broadway and in the 1975 film, and had many, many other roles you probably remember him in, including in movies like “Clue”

by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal August 27, 2026 Five of Ohio’s biggest data center companies have announced major donations to a program helping people cover their utility bills. Meta’s contribution alone — $10 million over the next five years — amounts to a tenfold increase in the Neighbor to Neighbor program’s funding. The program

The moon will put on a show this Thursday night. A partial lunar eclipse starts on the night of Thursday, August 27, and runs into the early hours of Friday. We are lucky this go round. Every stage will be visible from Columbus, and at the peak Earth’s shadow will cover about 93 percent of