The country keeps trying to file these incidents as separate folders.Minneapolis: ICE shoots and kills a woman in the street.Portland: federal agents shoot two people during a vehicle stop.Columbus: residents trade sightings in group chats and Facebook posts, because official channels won’t — or…

Columbus did not simply “have a year” in 2025. It ran an experiment.The experiment was straightforward: Can a region stack national-scale industrial development on top of local-scale fragility and call it progress? It can — if the definition of progress is press conferences, ribbon cuttings and…

Columbus is arguing about “public safety” again — but this time, the debate isn’t happening in a City Council chamber or on the courthouse steps. It’s happening in the gap between two artifacts floating around the city like opposing flyers for the same event.One is a statement on Fraternal Order of…

With three open seats on the Board of Education and no incumbents defending them, November 4 isn’t a sleepy local race. There are six candidates, and the winners will be faced with helping rescue Columbus City Schools from its toughest stretch in decades. A $100 million budget deficit, plummeting…