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After thieves stole everything of value — including the toilet — from their Vinton County weekend camper, Becky Wolff and her husband, Bill Echols, abandoned their dream of building an A-frame cabin on the property. They wanted something more secure. They found their answer in a rail yard in Obetz: shipping containers. In February, the Columbus couple paid $6,400 to have three containers delivered to their 12-acre lot near South Bloomingville.
This Mother's Day weekend, chef Sangeeta Lakhani (owner of The Table) is remembering her grandmother and making the Indian Spiced Okra that her grandmother prepared for her so often. Hear more from Lakhani in the full video by Dispatch videographer Courtney Hergesheimer, learn the recipe and see other recipes from Columbus tastemakers at Dispatch.com/food.
As he forages the country in his bid to be president, Gov. John Kasich proudly brags about how great things are in Ohio.
How well is Ohio really doing, economically?
Our annual review of economic indicators and poverty ahead of the governor’s speech before a joint session of the General Assembly reflects a mixed bag.
Image by Dispatch cartoonist Nate Beeler
Anabel can’t go very fast these days, what with all the cancerous tumors that fill her chest, but that doesn’t mean the 15-year old shepherd mix doesn’t clearly delight in spending her days ambling about in the sun. And there’s plenty of room to roam here at the home of the Champaign County Animal Welfare League, a new organization with a mission spelled out in the will of the late David Robert “Bob” Wetzell and made possible by the $3 million the eccentric, longtime art teacher left to start it when he died on Dec. 6, 2014.
This 72-acre patch of countryside has a long list of programs and amenities available for helping animals -- and it's still growing.
13 gigantic outdoor art pieces seen in central Ohio
Have you seen them all? Take a look!
This Pembroke Welsh corgi, Keebler, went from a central Ohio animal shelter to winning a blue ribbon at Westminster!
Learn more about him and his owner, Roger O'Sullivan, at Dispatch.com.
Photo by Marla K. Kuhlman of ThisWeek News
Dispatch cartoonist Nate Beeler adds his take on Facebook's new "reactions." You can check out more of his work at Dispatch.com/Beeler!
More Dispatch Instagrams at @columbusdispatch
At first glance, the vending machine appears awkwardly out of place, as though workers stopped for a break before hoisting it further. Closer inspection reveals that it has no chips or pop inside. The machine instead holds "brain food" and is perfectly placed in the center of the Worthington Community Center lobby.
Worthington Libraries is among the first to experiment with the familiar glass display offering unusual contents: books, movies and music.
With the swipe of a library card and push-button selections, items plop down a chute just like snacks, but at no charge.
Long before digitized music, when album-cover artwork wasn't scaled down to fit the tiny screen of a handheld gadget, the tactile and visual elements of a vinyl record held a distinct appeal. The covers had a certain sight, feel, even smell. An exhibit at the Columbus Museum of Art will revisit this corner of the past at a time when the vintage audio format is again enjoying heavy rotation among old- and new-school listeners alike.
There’s a reason that you don't remember a time without Sweethearts at Valentine’s Day: The iconic candy has been around longer than any living person. The small hearts imprinted with short sayings of love and affection are celebrating a monumental birthday.
A team at NECCO reviews the phrases each year, retiring some and introducing three to five new ones to reflect modern lingo.
This year, “On fleek,” “Sweet Tweet” and “Wicked cool” joined “#Love” and “Text me” among the newer sayings, mixed in with the traditional “My love” and “Be mine.”
Among the retirees this year: “Let’s read,” “Girl power” and “Live N Love.”
Believe it or not, people often tell Cissy Watkins how cute her baby's diapers look. The South Side mother picked up her first full set from Cloth Diaper Connection, a local nonprofit organization that helps low-income families save thousands of dollars and reduce landfill waste by choosing new-generation cloth diapers over disposables.
Watkins said the organization removes a big stumbling block for many families by covering the initial cost, which might run $150 or more for a set of 24. "It does cost a lot to get started, and that was intimidating for us," she said. "But we like it a lot. It's not nearly as difficult as everyone thinks."
Sting and Peter Gabriel are joining forces, bands and songs for a joint headline tour across North America that opens at Nationwide Arena in Columbus on June 21.
Image by Columbus Dispatch cartoonist Nate Beeler
Starting today, babies born at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center receive special blankets supporting the Buckeyes in their New Year's Day Fiesta Bowl game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Learn more about this tradition of Ohio State football-themed newborn blankets at Dispatch.com! (Photo by Dispatch photographer @fivefootphotog)
After the birth of her first son two years ago, Maria Guzman Rodriguez decided she wanted an IUD to prevent another pregnancy until she was ready. But when she learned the appointments and device combined could cost her as much as $1,000, she abandoned that plan. This time, after giving birth to another son in September, someone at the hospital told the 23-year-old Northwest Side woman about care she could get at little or no cost at Columbus Public Health.
We spent nine months examining the effects of a public-health crisis spawned in part by a broken mental-health-care system.
Learn more about suicide, the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, at Dispatch.com/suicide.
(Image by Columbus Dispatch cartoonist Nate Beeler)
When you answer a Thanksgiving Day turkey hotline, you’ve pretty much heard it all — and Marge Klindera has the stories to prove it. She recently recounted a call from a mother who discovered that her young son had added a little something to the stuffing: a toy Matchbox car.
Just when operators think they’ve heard every anecdote, Butterball Turkey Talk-Line operator Marge Klindera said, they take a call such as the one from a woman who had stored her turkey in a snowbank, then discovered — after a fresh snowfall — that she couldn’t find it.
“We don’t recommend that — at all,” Klindera said.