The Columbus Dispatch
URBANA, Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan considers the wrestling mat an ideal foundation for life s battles, including politics. The closest thing to a wrestling match is a committee hearing, the four-time state high school champion in the sport recently told The Dispatch.
And he thinks of this small town in the center of Champaign County near where he grew up, learned the sport and raised a family as formative to his now-high-profile career in Washington, where he s been a member of Congress since 2007 and one of the most-vocal allies of former President Donald Trump.
Fierce loyalty for Jordan and the 45th president pervades this county seat of about 12,000 residents located 45 miles west of Columbus at the southern end of the 4th Congressional District that snakes to Lake Erie.
URBANA Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan considers the wrestling mat an ideal foundation for life s battles, including politics. The closest thing to a wrestling match is a committee hearing, the four-time state high school champion in the sport recently told The Dispatch.
And he thinks of this small town in the center of Champaign County near where he grew up, learned the sport and raised a family as formative to his now-high-profile career in Washington, D.C., where he s been a member of Congress since 2007 and now one of the most-vocal allies of former President Donald Trump.
Fierce loyalty for Jordan and the 45th president pervades this county seat of about 12,000 residents located 45 miles west of Columbus at the southern end of the 4th Congressional District that snakes to Lake Erie.
UPDATE: Scene is clear at Blackmon Road Middle School after alleged bomb threat [INSERT CAPTION HERE] (Source: Gray News) By Jessie Gibson | May 10, 2021 at 12:17 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 12:51 PM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Police have cleared the scene of an alleged bomb threat and active shooter at Blackmon Road Middle School in Columbus.
According to an email sent out by Muscogee County School District earlier Monday morning, a call was received at Blackmon Road Middle School threatening an active shooter and pipe bombs in the cafeteria. Blackmon Road Middle School, Eagle Ridge Elementary School and Shaw High School were on lockdown because of the threat.
A service concluded: Vacant former Catholic church ends lengthy life of faith
Near the end, the lonely structure originally dedicated to passionate growth shows only one sign of growth itself: spindly, scraggly tree limbs sprouting from the 127-foot-tall tower, like bony fingers seemingly reaching desperately to cling to life.
Clearly, it seemed only a matter of time that the very building that kept watch over countless funerals would one day see its own sad passing.
“It really is like a death,” said the Rev. Clem Davis.
The old, Gothic Revival-style St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, which proudly has stood for 129 years at 845 Eighth St. in downtown Columbus, is coming down in the next few days, its mission complete, its impact huge and emotional among the faithful. Such is true via Christmas Masses, weddings, first Communions, you name it. Some buildings serve in a mere mortal capacity. But a Christian church?