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Phase One of “Zone In” threatens Columbus’s most popular corridors with density housing. Essentially, this means taller buildings crammed with overpriced tiny apartments, and with minimum to no parking spaces required.
Now comes the rollout of Zone In’s “Phase Two” and one of the area’s iconic green spaces, the picturesque Walhalla Ravine, could someday be targeted with the same brutalist-looking density.
Phase One only covered 5 percent of the city, while Phase Two covers 43 percent of the city’s parcels, affecting approximately 66,000 properties. The city for the next several weeks is seeking feedback for Phase 2 and City Council will then vote to approve soon after.
If anyone has something to say about the conservation of Walhalla Ravine – because City Hall scoffs at most humans who have concerns about Zone In – it should be the celebrity kitty that is “Wanderin Joe the Ravine Cat.”
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan honor local women musicians, all who played either Stache's or Little Brothers, such as Shaun Booker, Megan Palmer, Linda Loveless, Jeanette Williams, Donns Mogavero, and many more!
Listen live at 11pm Fridays, September 4 and 11, and Mondays, September 7 and 14 at 10am streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
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Mondays at 2pm streaming September 7 and 14 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM.
Yesterday, Newsweek revealed that ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility is sitting on 148 open misconduct allegations filed between fiscal years 2023–2025, including sexual assault, bribery, drug smuggling, domestic violence, and intentional service weapon discharges. This data does not include abuses by Border Patrol agents, overseen by a separate Office of Professional Responsibility.
“This is outrageous,” said Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance and the author of the August 2026 report, “The Worst of the Worst: 152 Sexually and Physically Abusive ICE and Border Agents.”
Last Saturday, August 29, 2026, the 4th district of the illustrious Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. held its annual undergraduate workshop at the Ohio State University’s African American and African Studies Community Extension Center. The Center is located at 905 Mount Vernon Avenue on the city’s near eastside in the historic neighborhood of Bronzeville, a name appropriated from Black influentials in Chicago where Bronzeville first originated in the 1930s.
Said workshop was comprised of training, break-out sessions, reports and Powerpoint presentations. This year’s undergraduate workshop was historic in that it featured young Brandon Moore and his brother Braxton Moore, two 23-year-old twins who hold the offices of 2nd vice district representative for the 4th district (consisting of Ohio and West Virginia) and 2nd vice grand basileus for the entire fraternity, respectively.
Enter the Traitors Castle if you dare!
The Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus (“CGMC”), central Ohio’s premiere TTBB vocal organization, is kicking off its 37 th season with concerts at the Riffe Center’s Studio One Theatre starring CGMC’s auditioned, select ensemble, VOX.
VOX’s “Traitors: A Murder Mystery” show brings the hit reality competition series to the stage, singing and dancing through songs of motivation, despair and love triangles, and keeping audiences guessing through the bass, baritone and tenor “faithfuls” until the murderer is finally revealed.
“Traitors has caught all of our attention so VOX has decided to make it even gayer by creating a concert around the death and manipulation of the Traitors,” said CGMC’s Artistic Director Brayton Bollenbacher. “The concert features music, dancing and an Agatha Christie-style crime all in one concert. Can you put your detective talents to the test and find out who is the traitor in the midst of VOX?”
Only time will tell. The concert will be an interactive experience for audiences, who will have the opportunity to meet the suspects and vote on their top villain during the performance. Trust no one.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 6:00pm
Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.
Honor the life of Pierre Damas Bel and demand justice. Join us for a community vigil honoring his memory. Bring candles.
20 year-old Pierre, student, son, athlete, has tragically taken his own life after being shackled by ICE with an ankle monitor. We will not let his death be in vain.
Pierre Damas Bel was an extraordinary Haitian immigrant who did everything “right”. Pierre was also an Ohioan; graduating with honors from Springfield High School this past spring and part of JROTC. A dedicated soccer player, he was set to play for Wright State University, where he was attending to become a neurosurgeon. Like many Haitians in Ohio right now, Pierre was fitted with an ankle monitor even though his asylum case was pending.
This country failed him. Our state failed him.
In the meantime, continue to call: Springfield Mayor & City Commission #: 937-324-7341
TO: Cameron Mitchell and the Cameron Mitchell Restaurants Operating Board,
We were deeply disappointed to learn that Cameron Mitchell Restaurants (CMR) sponsors “Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) - Ohio.” In the wake of three years of continued genocide against Palestinians - from daily bombings in Gaza to the continued murder and dispossession of Palestinians in the West Bank - we find this position unconscionable and demand that CMR cease supporting the FIDF.
This weekend, Columbus audiences will have the opportunity to experience Gaza through the eyes of three American doctors who traveled there not as politicians or journalists, but as physicians trying to save lives.
American Doctor, the acclaimed new documentary from filmmaker Poh Si Teng, opens Friday, September 4, at Gateway Film Center in Columbus. The film was an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and follows three American physicians; Palestinian American emergency physician Dr. Thaer Ahmad, Jewish American orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mark Perlmutter, and Zoroastrian American trauma surgeon Dr. Feroze Sidhwa.
The doctors volunteered inside Gaza’s overwhelmed hospitals, treating patients and working alongside Palestinian medical professionals under extraordinary conditions. Dr. Sidhwa, for example, volunteered in Gaza in March–April 2024 and returned in March–April 2025.
But American Doctor doesn’t end when the physicians leave Gaza.
The primary goal of any city government is to provide safety for citizens.
This is the most basic goal possible – even above water and power. If there is a threat to a citizen, there is someone to call who can solve the problem, for example if your house is on fire or someone is stealing your car.
This is why we collectively pay taxes to the city of Columbus.
We trust that our city leaders will use those tax dollars to protect us from each other and ourselves. It’s why we have fire and police departments in Columbus. It’s a requirement to survive.
Unfortunately, the Columbus Mayor and City Council have chosen to not fund either of these requirements and instead chose to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into the wallets of developers and real estate investors. It’s a fantastic opportunity for them to make obscene levels of profits and control the leaders we elect.
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