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8+ hour, 16+ min ago (39+ words) Social media star Denise Ivonne Jarvis Gongora " who was known for her extreme plastic surgeries " died after falling from the ninth-floor balcony of a rented condo in Phuket, Thailand on Tuesday, ... Tracking heavy snow moving through Cincinnati region...

9+ hour, 14+ min ago (367+ words) The city of Columbus, Ohio, recently enacted an ordinance that will require most employers to provide reasonable, good-faith estimates of a position's wages or salary in job postings. The ordinance makes Columbus at least the fourth major municipality in Ohio to require some form of wage or salary disclosure to job applicants. On November 4, 2025, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther signed'Columbus Ordinance 2898-2025, amending Chapter 2335 of the Columbus City Codes'which'prohibits salary history inquiries'to require pay transparency in job postings. Ordinance 2898-2025 went into effect on December 3, 2025, but enforcement against employers will be delayed until January 1, 2027. Under the ordinance, employers must provide a "reasonable salary range or scale for potential employment," referring to financial compensation that includes but is not limited to "wages, commissions, hourly earnings, and other monetary earnings." The ordinance sets forth a nonexhaustive list of factors for the "reasonableness" of a posted…...

9+ hour, 56+ min ago (410+ words) The Ohio State Buckeyes are preparing for the College Football Playoff as they aim to defend their national championship, but in the meantime, they should also be weighing which players they wish to pursue in the transfer portal. Ohio State has been terrific in the portal over the last couple of years, bagging stars such as quarterback Will Howard, running back Quinshon Judkins and safety Caleb Downs. Who else could the Buckeyes add to their list? Well, one name in particular stands out: Michigan State Spartans wide receiver Nick Marsh. Marsh has decided to enter the transfer portal after spending the first two seasons of his collegiate career at Michigan State, and while Ohio State already has Jeremiah Smith plus incoming five-star talent Chris Henry Jr. at the position, let's remember that Carnell Tate is about to head to the…...

13+ hour, 25+ min ago (241+ words) Some Ohio State football fans are wondering when they will see coach Ryan Day and company continue their quest for back-to-back national titles. The Buckeyes concluded their 2025 regular season with a Big Ten championship loss to Indiana. Ohio State is a No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff and will play in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas. Despite the loss to Indiana, Ohio State has the highest betting odds to win the national championship, per BetMGM. No, the Buckeyes do not play football on Dec. 13. Ohio State clinched the No. 2 seed in the 2025 College Football Playoff and will not play until the quarterfinals against the winner of No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 10 Miami in the first round. The first round of the CFP starts on Dec. 19 when No. 8 Oklahoma takes on No. 9 Alabama. Texas A&M and Miami…...

14+ hour, 16+ min ago (1181+ words) Bill On Ohio Governor's Desk Will Put Hemp Companies Out Of Business, Owners Say As Trump Nears Marijuana Announcement, Dispensary Owner Running For Congress Pledges To File Full Legalization Bill On First Day In Office Alaska Psychedelics Campaign Ends Push To Put Legalization On 2026 Ballot, Shifting Focus To 2028 Trump May Be About To Announce He's Reclassifying Marijuana, Opponents Warn As White House Denies Rumors Legal Marijuana Access Reduces Suicide Rates For Older Adults, New Study Suggests Marijuana Breeders Can Use AI To Design New Strains, Study Demonstrates Patients In New York's Medical Marijuana Program Saw "Significantly Reduced' Opioid Prescriptions, Federally Funded Study Shows Researchers Published More Than 4,000 Studies On Marijuana This Year As Trump Continues To Weigh Rescheduling Marijuana Regulations Protect Public Health Better Than Alcohol Rules Do, New Government-Funded Study Finds As More Americans Choose Marijuana Over Alcohol, Mainstream…...

15+ hour, 31+ min ago (117+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State's impressive 2025 season has allowed a few players to be immortalized in program history. Any player who achieves first-team status from a reputable list receives a tree in Buckeye Grove on the south end of Ohio Stadium. These Buckeyes have been honored so far for 2025: WALTER CAMP FOOTBALL FOUNDATION Second team: QB Julian Sayin andDE Caden Curry. See the complete list here. Release Date: Dec. 15 Release Date: Dec. 16 FOOTBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Release Date: Dec. 17 First team: WR Jeremiah Smith, DE Caden Curry, DT Kayden McDonald, LB Arvell Reese and SAF Caleb Downs. Second team: WR Carnell Tate and LB Sonny Styles. Freshman: RB Bo Jackson...

17+ hour, 53+ min ago (449+ words) After the Buckeyes" Big Ten Championship Game loss knocked them down from the No. 1 to the No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff bracket, many still viewed playing for a national title as Ohio State"s minimum goal for the postseason. A former Ohio State player believes that instead of looking ahead, Ohio State"s primary focus should be the game on Dec. 31. During "The Bobby Carpenter Show" on the BIGPLAY Sports Network, Anthony Schlegel, former member of the Buckeyes" coaching staff and former linebacker, discussed how coach Ryan Day will gear up Ohio State to be victorious in the Cotton Bowl. For Schlegel, that should be all the Buckeyes are thinking about. "The thing that I do know, Ryan Day will be all over the coaches and the players," Schlegel said. "Mutually coming together to make sure we are…...

18+ hour, 52+ min ago (487+ words) For the fifth time in eight years, Ohio State's starting quarterback is a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. Julian Sayin arrived in New York on Friday and will be one of four players recognized during Saturday night's Heisman ceremony'along with Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love. It's a dream come true for Sayin, who's envisioned himself attending the Heisman Trophy ceremony since he was a child. "Me and my brother being quarterbacks, that was definitely a dream of ours, and growing up, I think'I would tell people, "Hey, one day I'm going to be in New York for the Heisman ceremony.So it's definitely pretty surreal to be going out there," Sayin said this week. And regardless of where he finishes in Saturday night's vote, his first season as Ohio State's…...

19+ hour, 28+ min ago (175+ words) Ohio State was in all of the top-three rated college football games of the 2025 season, according to data shared by Ohio State from Nielsen. The Buckeyes topped the charts during their 27-9 victory over Michigan on Nov. 29, gathering an audience of 18.42 million viewers. Not far behind was Ohio State's recent appearance in the Big Ten championship against Indiana on Dec. 12. The game had 18.3 million viewers, making it the most-watched Big Ten championship on record and the most-watched game of the conference championship weekend, according to FOX Sports. Ohio State's first game of the season against Texas was the highest-rated game with 16.3 million viewers. FOX disclosed that peak viewership of the Ohio State-Michigan game came from 2:30-2:45 p.m. with 20.54 million viewers. The 2025 edition of The Game was the second most-watched college football game ever on FOX. This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch:…...

21+ hour, 16+ min ago (788+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio " Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine needs to have more policy discussions and get to know GOP-supported Vivek Ramaswamy before endorsing him for governor, he said in a one-on-one interview. For fifty years in the public eye, DeWine has walked his own path. As he finishes his term, at times, he's diverged from the Republican party with vetoes, public statements and silence. I sat down with DeWine on Friday, where he told me he wants to leave the state in good hands. But it's not exactly as he pictured it. Once then-US Senator JD Vance became vice president, DeWine had to fill that seat. Cincinnati entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy had big ambitions and set his sights on leadership in the state, either in the Senate or as governor. After passing over Ramaswamy to appoint former Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted, DeWine's heir…...