Jordan Laird

1 week ago | dispatch.com | Jordan Laird

Columbus officials support continued water fluoridation despite Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s opposition. What Columbus does with its water impacts the region as Columbus supplies water for most of Franklin County. Columbus leaders say they support continuing to add fluoride to the local drinking water as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes aim at the practice. Columbus Mayor Andrew J.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Jordan Laird

While welcoming Ohio State University's championship football team at the White House, President Donald Trump made multiple claims about Ohio, Vice President J.D. Vance and OSU. Here's a fact check. Did Trump win Columbus? While speaking about hometown star Jack Sawyer, Trump said, “We won Columbus by a lot of points.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jordan Laird

About a week ago, 69-year-old Joseph Perkins went to a Social Security Administration office in Columbus to appeal Medicare's decision to decline to pay for his prescription medications. Perkins waited more than four hours to meet with a Social Security employee for seven minutes, he said. That SSA office was open despite confusing messaging from the federal government and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that it would shut down SSA offices, including in Columbus.

1 week ago | dispatch.com | Jordan Laird

Show Caption Hide Caption Bartholomew T. Shepkong speaks about his life in NigeriaImmigration commission member Bartholomew T. Shepkong describes his life in Nigeria. Columbus City Council has established a commission to address immigrant and refugee issue and appointed 14 members. City leaders say it's "fate" the commission's creation coincides with a federal immigration crackdown.

1 week ago | dispatch.com | Jordan Laird

Franklin County Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan faces foreclosure on her home due to missed mortgage payments. Brooks Sullivan claims the foreclosure results from bank incompetence in handling her loss mitigation applications. A judge ruled that Brooks Sullivan can only receive monetary damages, not prevent foreclosure, if she wins her counterclaims.