Entering the college football season in 1919, Ohio State sported a 0-13-2 record against the University of Michigan. Charles ‘Chic’ Harley, an East High SchoolRead More »A legend’s post football health and a university that did the right thing
Sixty-year-old resident and local legend Frank Fetch bought a home on Columbus’ heavily German south end in 1959 when nobody else would. The area wasRead More »Oktoberfest and its prolonged ‘schuhplattler’ with German Village
Before retiring earlier this year, the Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan compared the late Charlie Kirk to the Paul the Apostle. Dolan calledRead More »Christians everywhere reflect in prayer one year later
In 2012, Columbus, Ohio turned two hundred years old. Our mayor at the time – Michael Coleman – was friends with President Obama and calledRead More »The transformative years and Columbus’ best mayor
One of the most popular country rock tunes of the 1970s, Amie by Pure Prairie League, was released in the fall of 1972. To supportRead More »Legend Valley headliner was one of America’s original country rock bands
Emil Ambos wasn’t your typical rich guy. Born into a hardworking and eventually wealthy family, Ambos lived a lavish lifestyle for sure, entertaining at hisRead More »Columbus’ nineteenth century bon vivant
On March 13, 1993 @ 4:25am, a 911 emergency call came into Palm Beach County. Charles & Betty Muer and longtime friends George & LynnRead More »Popular restaurateur & his fateful trip into the Bermuda Triangle
In 2021, Columbus native Hanif Abdurraqib received the prestigious MacArthur Fellow which included a $625,000 grant, he launched a music focused podcast Object of Sound,Read More »Young Columbus writer dazzles with pearls of wisdom
In his 1992 book ‘The Way I Was,’ renowned American composer Marvin Hamlisch details the quirky beginnings of how, at the age of 45, heRead More »The fairy tale life of Terre Blair Hamlisch
In the late 1980s, Central High School was one of the most valuable properties in Columbus. After a 58-year run, the high school was closedRead More »How beautiful thy riverfront in Columbus O – HI – O
A year before Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller passed away, he wrote ‘William Tell,’ the tale of a fourteenth century Swiss huntsman who attempted toRead More »Columbus Germans’ exhuberance for a park, a poet and the Fourth of July
I was amazed at the number of young people who raised their hand when the question was asked, “has anyone ever struggled with suicide?” AsRead More »Hundreds gathered downtown to share the ‘cool breeze’ of resplendent love
Little did I know when I went to the Franklin County dog shelter Thanksgiving weekend in 2007, that my life was about to change. AndRead More »My transformative years and a great dog
Catherine’s father Jon Woods (the Ohio State marching band director) had told an incredibly cute story about his slain daughter at her funeral and measuredRead More »Columbus writer had the unique gift of poetic prose
The legendary Jim Thorpe played in a football game in front of 3000 fans at Neil Park on Cleveland Ave in Columbus, Ohio on NovemberRead More »The long, hard and incredible journey of the world’s greatest athlete
The bird population balloons every spring and fall at Green Lawn Cemetery. Known as one of the top birding spots in the Midwest, GLC attractsRead More »An Ohio Audubon bird area sits on the motherload of Columbus history
In the spring of 1984, the headquarters of a professional car racing team suddenly sprouted up directly off I-270 in Hilliard on Columbus’ west side.Read More »Columbus was the center of the Indy racing world forty years ago
Thurber Prize finalist Alison Espach took the podium to state her case for her book The Wedding People. Because she gave birth just five monthsRead More »The nation’s highest recognition for humor writing
Bobby Floyd is a jazz legend. And his life has come full circle. While being surrounded by great musicians in the Neighborhood section of ColumbusRead More »The purveyor of joy and his ebullient Hammond B3
Maybe what sets the OhioHealth Cap City 5K Half Marathon apart from the rest, is the after party. They kinda go all out. OR maybeRead More »Columbus’ annual downtown community social / race