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Dr. Timothy Moore, a Columbus dentist, may have one of the biggest magic collections in the country. It includes posters and props that belonged to some of the most famous magicians in history.

Sundown towns were a form of discrimination and segregation prominent in the U.S. during the period after Reconstruction through the first half of the 20th century. The name comes from a warning—with either an explicit or implicit threat of violence—that people of color were not welcome in the area after sundown.

For decades, urban and suburban planners focused on cars rather than pedestrians when building infrastructure. Now Columbus and other cities are playing catch-up in adding safe sidewalks and shared-use paths.

Forty-five years ago, a new cable TV service called QUBE launched in Columbus, Ohio. It offered an unheard-of 30 channels and a remote control that let viewers interact with local shows in real-time. Though QUBE was short-lived, it was a launching pad for programming on MTV, Nickelodeon, home-shopping on QVC, and pay-per-view television.

Colonial Hills is a suburban neighborhood in Worthington, just north of Columbus. It is a quiet, family-friendly place dotted with modest houses and two parks for kids to play in. While most suburban development boomed in the post-World War II period, Colonial Hills got its start during the war.

The Columbus Division of Fire is nearly 200 years old, with 35 stations covering the city. Over the department's long history, some of those stations have

In late October of last year, Kathleen Hagedorn, her husband Peter and their son Wyatt all fell ill with COVID-19. While Kathleen and her son’s symptoms

Ohio is now into its fourth month of distributing COVID-19 vaccines, an effort that's helped the state relax some restrictions and finally look forward to

Aaron Doster / Associated Press Ohios restrictions and guidelines around COVID-19 have changed tremendously since the governor issued his first public health orders last March. As part of WOSU’s A Year Of COVID series, we asked readers what questions they still had about the pandemic and the states response. Reader Adam Leeds sent in this question:  Does Ohio still have a ban on mass gatherings? The short answer is yes. Ohio may have ended its stay-at-home order and canceled the nightl...

Faced with a governor who appears intent on holding school districts to a coronavirus vaccine agreement, Columbus City School leaders appear just as set on