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Thursday, August 7, 7pm
Olld First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.
81st Anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A peace concert featuring local composers and performers.
614-252-9255
Yesterday on August 4 for the third year in a row, the 1911 foundation and the men of the Eta Nu Nu chapter of the illustrious Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. held a National Night Out event at Oakland Park Alternative Elementary School located at 3392 Atwood Terrace, Columbus, Ohio, near the school’s playground. Located in Oakland Park, the North Linden neighborhood school serves students in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade and operates as a lottery-based public school under the auspices of the Columbus City Schools.
Wednesday, August 5, 12pm
200 N. High Street, downtown Columbus
Got extra canned goods? Consider donating them to a couple of organizations that are tending to the skyrocketing rates of local food insecurity for our immigrant neighbors.
Our Helpers is a women-led nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of immigrant and refugee families in Central Ohio. From food and wellness to language, mentorship, and career development, Our Helpers connects people to the tools that strengthen lives and communities. Together, we’re creating a network of care where everyone has the chance to flourish.
Once every five years, ODNR is required to update its Oil and Gas rules. The agency has begun its latest review and is holding a two-week public comment period that ends tomorrow!
I only learned of this comment period because our team is subscribed to receive email updates on rules and regulations from RuleWatch Ohio. We received only one email regarding this comment period on the day that it opened. When I read the email and learned of this important public comment opportunity, I immediately reached out to others in our network to find out if anyone knew about it. No one did.
It is unacceptable for this state regulatory agency to hold such a short comment period on something of such great consequence and to do so little to publicize it.
Alarmingly, ODNR has proposed NO CHANGE to nine rules, and if they don't change during this update, we will be stuck with them for the next five years.
From Thursday, July 30 to Monday, August 3, 2026, downtown Cincinnati belongs to the Omegas. In more than 100 years there are few major cities in the United States that have not hosted the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Grand Conclave. More than 10,000 members registered for this year’s biennial international gathering making it reportedly the largest in the fraternity’s history. “Building Our Legacy and Building our Future” is this year’s theme. The above number does not include the many friends, loved ones, family members, and others that are drawn to the city for this very occasion. Jampacked has been the First Financial Center in downtown Cincinnati over the past few days.
In an 18-minute livestream broadcast on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this morning, U.S. Representative Max Miller (R-OH) officially announced that he will not drop out of his re-election race, directly defying mounting pressure to step down ahead of this Wednesday’s ballot replacement deadline. The defiant broadcast followed weeks of escalating scrutiny surrounding detailed police reports and court filings from a bitter custody and divorce dispute with his ex-wife, Emily Moreno (daughter of U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno).
Those filings include disturbing allegations of domestic violence—such as claims that Miller threw hot water and held a gun to his ex-wife's head—alongside child welfare investigations regarding a fractured collarbone on their 2-year-old daughter. During his address, Miller vehemently denied all accusations of abuse against both his former wife and his daughter, blaming the reporting on political attacks and media bias. However, the political fallout intensified dramatically immediately following his broadcast.
We could use some more volunteers for our Sunday Community Serve at the corner of Lechner and Sullivant at 3pm today.
Just show up and we can get ya where ya need to be!
Heer to Serve advocates for those who are unsheltered & facing housing insecurity with a person-centered approach. We work together to meet their basic needs through tangible items, social support, & programming. The residents of Heer Park guide our mission because we believe showing up for those in need is just as important as empowering others, uplifting them through their struggles, & acknowledging the expertise of those with lived experience.
In response to the many Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio who received letters on Wednesday, July 29 to appear at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Blue Ash on Sunday morning, Ignite Peace and the Miami Valley Immigration Coalition will hold vigils outside the ICE office on Sunday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 9 at 7:00 AM.
Ohio’s governor and U.S. Senate and races are dominating TV and social media right now, but I’m about to say something controversial:
The most important elections are further down your ballot.
This November, Ohio Democrats have a chance to break the Republican Statehouse supermajority that has been devastating our state for 15+ years.