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3 days ago | 
wosu.org | Allie Vugrincic
The Columbus Museum of Art will get a new roof on its historic building thanks to $3.75 million from the state of Ohio, Franklin County and the city of Columbus. The original part of the Columbus Museum of Art, the Elizabeth M. and Richard M. Ross Building, was built in 1931. It's a Renaissance revival style building that houses 10 permanent collection galleries with more than 14,000 works of art.
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3 days ago | 
wosu.org | Allie Vugrincic
On a sunny Saturday morning, about a dozen people clad in sunhats and gardening gloves gathered around the trailhead at Calamus Swamp Preserve. Columbus Audubon President Kori Sedmak welcomed new and returning volunteers. She explained that Calamus Swamp is no ordinary pond. “It's pretty unique geologically. It was formed 10,000 years ago, give or take, by the glaciers, so a big chunk of glacial ice fell off of the glacier into this pond that we're going to see and formed the pond itself,” she said.
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4 days ago | 
wosu.org | Allie Vugrincic |Kendall Crawford
Ohio communities across the state have placed bans on sleeping outside, making unsheltered homelessness illegal. Newark, in Licking County, was one of the first towns to institute an encampment ban last fall. At that time, the city promised to come up with a system to help connect those charged with the misdemeanor crime to permanent housing.
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1 week ago | 
wosu.org | Allie Vugrincic
Those who travel along Sunbury Road are probably familiar with a three-story shell of a building near the I-270 underpass. The concrete and steel structure is tucked behind a chain-link fence and exists alongside “no trespassing signs” and the roar of traffic.
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2 weeks ago | 
wosu.org | Allie Vugrincic
Columbus voters can expect to see a $1.9 billion bond package for improvements in neighborhoods on the November ballot. “Biggest bond package we’ve ever put on the ballot? 1.9 billion? Yes,” Mayor Andrew Ginther said. “And the city is the biggest it’s ever been, too.
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2 weeks ago | 
wosu.org | Allie Vugrincic
The Columbus City Schools' board approved the demolition of four former school buildings at their meeting on Tuesday. Board members agreed to demolish Monroe Middle School, Beery Middle School, Linmoor Middle School and Beaumont Elementary School. That’s in addition to three other buildings the board approved for demolition last year. Linmoor and Beery are on active school sites, while the other two are on separate properties.
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2 weeks ago | 
wosu.org | Allie Vugrincic
The son of Faith Life Church leaders who is accused of sexual abuse involving minors is facing additional charges of rape and gross sexual imposition. Gary Thomas Keesee Jr., 36, was already indicted on 27 charges for allegedly abusing three minors between the ages of 6 and 15. Keesee pleaded not guilty to those charges last month. Five additional charges were filed on Monday in a superseding indictment in Knox County Common Pleas Court.
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2 weeks ago | 
wosu.org | Allie Vugrincic
Michelle Ganz has suffered from severe allergies her whole life. “If I was walking past a field where someone was cutting grass, my throat would start to close up. My eyes water very, very badly. My nose starts running. I pretty much shut down,” Ganz said. She is most allergic to trees, grass, dust and dander. “It it’s outside, I’m allergic to it,” Ganz said. As a result, she has spent most of her life more or less avoiding nature, even though she enjoys being outside.
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3 weeks ago | 
wosu.org | Allie Vugrincic
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has suspended his campaign for governor. Yost leaves the race a week after the Ohio Republican Party Central Committee opted to endorse biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Ramaswamy has been endorsed by President Donald Trump. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Yost had lobbied the party to delay making an endorsement one year before the 2026 primary election.
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3 weeks ago | 
wosu.org | Allie Vugrincic
Citizens in Whitehall who oppose tax breaks for a proposed housing development collected enough valid signatures to put several referendums on an upcoming ballot. Whitehall City Council members, however, decided to reconsider the related laws at the developer's request -- which could put the referendum effort in jeopardy. In April, Whitehall City Council approved three ordinances creating tax abatements for the Fairway Cliffs.
