Columbus Freepress Local News & Events
WCRS Celebrates 10 Years At Free Press Carriage House
This summer, WCRS FM will celebrate ten years of broadcasting from the Free Press Carriage House in Olde Towne East. While the physical WCRS Studios have been closed for the last two months, there is reason to celebrate how far WCRS has come from…
COTA Falling Behind On Re-Opening As State Does
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid out a lot of things about our society that are the ugly truth. One of them is that Columbus is still a city reliant on cars to get anywhere. The reduction of Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) service is living…
ColumbusMediaInsider: Mr. And Ms. Popularity
One of the most important political metrics is the approval-disapproval ratings of public officials.
The greater the approval percentage the more likely an officeholder will get re-elected.
The greater the approval…
Video shows police provoke violence at Columbus protest
Video obtained by the Free Press from a Thursday, May 28 Columbus protest against the murder of Geroge Floyd in Minneapolis, depicts peaceful demonstrators sitting down facing a phalanx of bicycle cops as officers suddenly begin spraying them in…