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A Columbus bakery is temporarily closed after a break-in caused property damage and resulted in stolen equipment.

As you get older, there are defining moments in your life. Moments when you realize that your childhood is truly gone. That moment has been sitting in a field off of US 23 since 2014. The Santa Maria was a Columbus icon throughout my childhood. It sat, docked on the Scioto River, serving as everyone’s

Hilliard is transferring 333 acres of conservation land to Metro Parks, expanding Homestead Metro Park and adding wetlands, trails, and prairie.

The Rally’s at 3260 E. Broad St. on the East Side has closed and a Dutch Bros is coming to replace it. It is the second central Ohio Rally’s to close in a matter of weeks. The location at 1939 Stringtown Road in Grove City closed in August. What the city’s records show A filing

Weights-and-measures inspectors in Columbus, Franklin County and the surrounding counties have repeatedly caught Kroger stores charging more at the register than the price on the shelf, according to four years of public inspection records compiled in a report released this week. The report comes from the Center for Responsible Food Business, an advocacy group that

A second Anthropologie is coming to Columbus, with a new 9,000-square-foot store opening at The Shops on Lane Avenue in spring 2027.

New records obtained by Matter News show that between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 the number of missed COTA trips totaled 32,056, an average of almost 132 missed trips per day. The agency placed the majority of the blame on an in-house fleet maintenance issue and said it is taking steps to correct the problem.

Ohio State’s law school will be leaving campus and heading downtown. The university and the City of Columbus announced Monday that the Moritz College of Law will move into the Huntington National Bank Building at 17 S. High St., across the street from the Statehouse, with an opening planned for fall 2029. The 13-story building

Discover when Columbus fall foliage will peak, why the leaves change, and the best local spots to soak in autumn’s colorful show.

Grandview Heights is electing a dog mayor, and nominations are open through Wednesday, Sept. 16. The race is a partnership between the City of Grandview Heights and The Wag, the indoor and outdoor dog park and bar at 1330 Norton Ave. The winner gets the title Head Pup in Charge and a year of showing

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.