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Former Ohio State basketball guard Mathieu Grujicic transfers to Radford dispatch.com/story/sports/co…

Former Ohio State basketball guard Mathieu Grujicic transfers to Radford

Mathieu Grujicic will play the 2026-27 season at Radford after one year at Ohio State.

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Columbus Arts Festival to close early as thunderstorms roll in dispatch.com/story/entertain…

Columbus Arts Festival to close early as thunderstorms roll in

Approximately 500 artists and vendors were present at the festival this year.

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One person killed in shooting on Far North Side of Columbus dispatch.com/story/news/crim…

One person killed in shooting on Far North Side of Columbus

Police did not find the victim at the Far North Side scene upon arrival. The person died at the hospital.

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AfroFair was an annual showcase event for Black artists during the 1980s dispatch.com/story/news/hist…

AfroFair was an annual showcase event for Black artists during the 1980s

Columbus photographer Kojo Kamau and his wife, Ohio State associate professor Mary Ann Williams, founded nonprofit that created Afrofair festival.

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Some Bexley residents live on a toxic former landfill with no easy fix dispatch.com/story/news/loca…

Some Bexley residents live on a toxic former landfill with no easy fix

Bexley residents on Mayfield and Ferndale places live on a former landfill contaminated with lead and arsenic, facing health risks and structural issues.

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Emmitt walked right over the resting fawn, before coming to an abrupt stop. Watch him miss the tiny animal. dispatch.com/story/pets-anim…

Watch clueless bernedoodle skip right over tiny fawn in the woods

Emmitt walked right over the resting fawn, before coming to an abrupt stop. Watch him miss the tiny animal.

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The Columbus man who raised $55,492 for potato salad looks back dispatch.com/story/news/loca…

The Columbus man who raised $55,492 for potato salad looks back

Zack Brown's viral fundraising campaign for a batch of potato salad is now a case study for internet marketers. It started as a joke among friends.

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An historical 1876 church was moved to Hilliard in 1983 to preserve it. dispatch.com/story/news/hist…

An historical 1876 church was moved to Hilliard in 1983 to preserve it.

The historical Colwell United Methodist Church chapel, bult in 1876, was moved from Roberts and Alton Darby Creek roads to Hilliard on June 14, 1983.

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Who was Frank Holtzman, president of company that owned Bexley dump? dispatch.com/story/news/loca…

Who was Frank Holtzman, president of company that owned Bexley dump?

Bexley duplexes sit on land that once operated as a landfill owned by a piano stool company owned and operated by Bexley's first mayor.

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Stonewall's 'Out to Work' program provides path forward dispatch.com/story/lifestyle…

Stonewall's 'Out to Work' program provides path forward

Stonewall Columbus is launching a program to help formerly incarcerated LGBTQ individuals gain vital job skills.

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Celebrating Columbus, quirks and all, on 614 Day dispatch.com/story/entertain…

Celebrating Columbus, quirks and all, on 614 Day

We're big (we really are!) and bold in a mild kind of way. June 14 is the day we celebrate Columbus, unless it's better to do it another day instead.

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Inside Bailey Gallion's work on the crime beat at the Columbus Dispatch dispatch.com/story/news/loca…

Inside Bailey Gallion's work on the crime beat at the Columbus Dispatch

Columbus Dispatch reporter Bailey Gallion shares insights on covering the crime beat and what to expect for summer crime coverage

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Comcast has reached a $117.5 million settlement stemming from a cyberattack that exposed the personal information of Xfinity customers in 2023. dispatch.com/story/money/202…

Comcast offering payouts in $117.5M settlement. Are you eligible?

Comcast has reached a $117.5 million settlement stemming from a cyberattack that exposed the personal information of Xfinity customers in 2023.

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Restoration of sauger in the works for Ohio fishing dispatch.com/story/sports/ou…

Restoration of sauger in the works for Ohio fishing

Whereas walleye are dwellers in big waters, sauger are denizens of large river systems.

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Opinion: Ohio is a PEZ dispenser for the mega-riches' data centers | Opinion dispatch.com/story/opinion/c…

Ohio is a PEZ dispenser for the mega-riches' data centers | Opinion

The Buckeye State's data center tax breaks enrich tech giants while starving the public, Thomas Suddes writes.

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Photos: OHSAA baseball state tournament photos, Walsh Jesuit vs New Albany dispatch.com/picture-gallery…

OHSAA baseball state tournament photos, Walsh Jesuit vs New Albany

New Albany won the OHSAA Division II state championship June 13 with a 4-1 victory over Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit. Check out photos from the game.

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Check your tickets for Ohio daily lottery draw games here. dispatch.com/story/news/loca…

Ohio Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 Midday winning numbers for June 13, 2026

Check your tickets for Ohio daily lottery draw games here.

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New Albany beats Walsh Jesuit to win OHSAA baseball state title dispatch.com/story/sports/hi…

New Albany beats Walsh Jesuit to win OHSAA baseball state title

A four-run fourth inning was the difference as New Albany defeated Walsh Jesuit 4-1 in the OHSAA Division II baseball state final.

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The Powerball jackpot is at $258 million for Saturday, June 13. A look at the latest winning numbers. dispatch.com/story/money/lot…

Powerball jackpot hits $258M: Tonight's winning numbers

The Powerball jackpot is at $258 million for Saturday, June 13. A look at the latest winning numbers.

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Bloom-Carroll's Emma Brandt named OSU Wexner Girls Athlete of the Week dispatch.com/story/sports/hi…

Bloom-Carroll's Emma Brandt named OSU Wexner Girls Athlete of the Week

The softball star threw a one-hitter in a Division III state semifinal win over Greenville, striking out 10.

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