Statehouse Square News Today

Columbus has had at least one or more public markets since 1814 - three years before the central Ohio settlement was a borough with its first council

Long before freeways and highways, early Ohioans built impressive network of trails, roads

Henry Clay was one of the most prominent and provocative men of his time, often at the center of controversy because he loved being there.

On July 4, 1839, a crowd estimated at more than 6,000 people gathered in, around and about Statehouse Square. They saw quite a show.

As It Were: Early streets in Columbus didn’t provide smooth passage Ed Lentz Today, the streets of downtown Columbus tend to be taken for granted.   The success of asphalt paving in the past century has meant most streets are reasonably straight and clean.  Such was not always the case.  The story of the streets of Columbus – especially in the old city within two miles of the Statehouse – is a complicated one. And it is a story made more complicated for a variety of reasons.  Colum...

WBGZ Radio 1/16/2021 | By Doug Jenkins - WBGZ Radio   This Sunday, January 17 th, you may notice some of the main Alton thoroughfares will be closed for an hour or so in the early afternoon. The Alton Branch NAACP will host the inaugural Dr. Martin Luther King Day celebration parade. A motorcade is being used to honor the life of Dr. King this year due to public health concerns. Rather than gather in an enclosed area this year, Rosetta Brown, Second Vice President of the Alton NAACP says they...