Three people were hospitalized after a crash Thursday night in west Columbus, according to a public safety dispatcher for the city. Officers with the Columbus Division of Police were called just before 6:30 p.m. to the intersection of Sullivant Avenue and Demorest…
As she took the stage for her victory speech, Acton was greeted by the shrieks of joy, shouts and chants of “Amy! Amy! Amy!” She repeated her campaign pledge to turn down the temperature on Ohio politics and to never…
Democrat Amy Acton, Ohio's former health director, will be the state's next governor. Her win marks the first time in two decades that Ohioans have elected a Democrat to lead the state. Ohio has been a reliably Republican state. OK.
Dr. Amy Acton has won Ohio's gubernatorial race, becoming the first-ever woman governor-elect and the first Democrat to win the office in 20 years. She ran alongside Cincinnati native David Pepper, who will serve as her lieutenant governor. How much will…
Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the next governor of Georgia. The first Black governor of Georgia, the first Black female governor in America and the first Democratic governor elected in Georgia since 1993, Bottoms defeated Republican healthcare CEO Rick Jackson after…
Tears, kisses, and breakdancing at a Dem victory party. AS WIN AFTER WIN was announced at the Ohio Democrats’ election-night party at the Columbus Hilton, I kept watching the younger Ohioans in the room. This was more winning than they…
Columbus's child-poverty rate climbed from 13.4% in 2024 to 18.2% in 2025, even as the city grows and becomes more expensive. The number of children living in poverty rose from roughly 66,873 to 90,650 over that span, a jump that stands out starkly against a national…
The Columbus Consolidated Government is renaming the Boxwood Recreation Center in honor of the late Columbus Councilor Jerry “Pops” Barnes. CCG will conduct a ceremony marking the occasion Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m. at the rec center, 1068 Enoch Drive. “The renaming…
Brown won after hammering Husted relentlessly throughout one of the nation’s most expensive races, drawing attention to the Republican’s support for artificial intelligence data centers, his ties to a bribery scandal at the statehouse and campaign donations he’d taken from…
For all the talk of razor-thin polls, nail-biter finishes and long election nights, Georgia Democrats delivered something entirely different Tuesday. As expected, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff led the rout, crushing Republican Mike Collins by 18 percentage points. The surprises came down the…
The political fights that reach home.