Shannon Hardin

A total of 48 nonprofit human service agencies are receiving funds to focus on infant vitality, homelessness and housing stability for immigrants and refugees.

Columbus City Council voted Monday to rescind the city’s mask mandate, nearly six months after it went into effect.

Democratic and community leaders called the green energy issue that claims it will reduce electricity costs "a scam," "a trick," and "disrespectful" to Black communities.

The city of Columbus has released the first draft of a map for new city council member districts.

Columbus City Council votes tonight on more rules for a new civilian review board for police. The latest language helps fills in the broad strokes Columbus voters approved by a wide margin last year.

Like many large police forces in the U.S., Columbus has seen a sharp increase in the number of officers choosing to leave the division. Local leaders point to pandemic fatigue and frayed community relations, after a year marked by an escalating cycle of protest and harsh police response. Those departures put an even bigger emphasis on recruiting efforts.

Columbus is preparing to give out cash to help encourage vaccine holdouts to get their shots.

More Black leaders are expressing outrage about the Columbus police killing of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant on Tuesday.

Protesters took to the streets Tuesday night following news that a Columbus police officer had fired multiple shots that killed 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant on the city’s Southeast side. We discuss the latest police shooting in Columbus as well as discuss the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Listen at 10 a.m.

The nominating committee tasked with picking replacements for two retiring Columbus City Council members has submitted one new name for the May 4 primary ballot and endorsed another candidate.