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Forget Big City Living And Head To This Insanely Affordable Small Town In Ohio

You’ve been paying big city prices for big city problems, and somewhere along the way, nobody stopped to ask whether the trade was actually worth it. Portsmouth, Ohio stopped asking that question a long time ago and just started being a better option instead. This southern Ohio town sits...

Portsmouth, OH · 6d
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Ohio Buc-ee’s finally owns its next site

Ohio’s next Buc-ee’s is no longer waiting on a land deal. The planned travel center has moved one clear step beyond The Coconut Mama’s previous Ohio Buc-ee’s update, although drivers…

Mansfield, OH · 4d

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7 Ohio Butcher Shops Where Families Stock The Freezer For Less Than Supermarket Prices

One Ohio butcher counter sells freezer meat in numbered boxes. You can order Box #1 like it’s a drive-thru combo, then haul home weeks of family dinners. I love that kind of no-fuss shopping, especially for parents feeding hungry kids. Bulk bundles from a local shop can mean custom cuts, fresher meat, and a lower price per pound than the supermarket.

Ohio · 1d
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Ohio Family Farm Operating Since 1919 Opens a Two-Day Thanksgiving Market for Smoked Turkeys and Pies

Homemade pies and turkeys get their very own two-day market at one Ohio family farm right before Thanksgiving. That’s a holiday shortcut I can fully get behind. The family behind it has been farming since 1919, which is a lot of harvests. More than a century of growing food tends to make people very good at feeding a hungry crowd.

Pataskala, OH · 1d
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Ohio counties respond to salt mine closure

WARREN, Ohio — It’s been more than a week since the Morton Salt mine in Fairport Harbor discovered enough water in the mine to force its closure and the layoff of workers. Multiple counties around the state have orders of salt from that mine and are watching closely in case they can no longer count on their delivery.

Trumbull County, OH · 2h

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Meet the 27-Year-Old Who’s Trying To Bring Housing Back to Rural Ohio

Ben Goehner, 27, says rural America's housing crisis can be solved through vertically integrated building.

Mansfield, OH · 1d

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Ohio Widow Raised Five Children and Built a Grocery Business That Survived for 100 Years

Raising five children after losing her husband would have been difficult enough. But in 1925, one determined widow in Ohio opened a small grocery store to support her family, beginning a business that would survive for an entire century. Margaret Riesbeck started with a modest corner shop in Woodsfield. By...

Woodsfield, OH · 3d

The US Sun

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Dead mall with Macy’s to get second life under $566m ‘reimagination’ with homes & coffee shops on the way

A ZOMBIE mall with Macy’s and JCPenney stores is in line for a major revamp, with a proposal to transform it entirely via a hefty $566million investment. Under the plan, the once-bustling Mall at Tuttle Crossing would be converted into a neighborhood featuring over 1,000 homes, retail stores, classrooms, and recreational areas.

Columbus, OH · 2d

The Coconut Mama

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Ohio grocery chain to cut 55 jobs as warehouse operation changes hands

An Ohio grocery chain is ending its own operation at a produce and commissary warehouse, affecting 55 jobs while another distributor takes over. It follows other recent grocery-distribution closures, although…

Parma, OH · 3d

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Water Closes a Salt Mine Under Lake Erie

Because of the strong El Niño, this winter in the Great Lakes area promises to be warmer than normal with much less snow. This is fortunate for northern Ohio because a significant water intrusion on 22 October closed the Morton Salt Mine at Fairport Harbor that’s the main supplier of rock salt for northern Ohio’s roads.

Fairport Harbor, OH · 3d

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New Albany mayor and council told to ‘do better’ in protecting area residents from gas-fired power plant pollutants

A seventh proposed gas-fired power plant for the New Albany International Business park in western Licking County has Dr. Don DeShetler concerned for the health of his neighbors and the 8,000 patients of the family practice he and a group of doctors staff in Granville. So the New Albany resident...

New Albany, OH · 3d

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Columbus Man Pitches 1,600 Homes to Save Fading Tuttle Crossing Mall

The Mall at Tuttle Crossing — Site of Proposed 1,600-Home Redevelopment. The Mall at Tuttle Crossing has lost two-thirds of its tenants since its 1997 opening, and now a Columbus resident wants the city to turn the struggling property into a neighborhood of up to 1,600 homes before it meets the same fate as other dying American malls. Ben Jay says he has sent a concept plan to the city outlining a mixed-use overhaul of the site, arguing that doing nothing risks losing the 82-acre property for good.

Columbus, OH · 3d

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Developer proposal in Etna compared to ‘blackmail’ at Licking County Planning Commission meeting

Six years ago, the Licking County Planning Commission unanimously approved a proposal from Scannell Properties to build a 95-acre distribution center on the east side of Tollgate Road. Since then, the property has gained FedEx as an occupant – and a slew of complaints from neighbors. And this November,...

Licking County, OH · 3d

NBC4 Columbus

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Bath & Body Works opens second test store in Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Bath & Body Works has remodeled its Easton Town Center store, transforming the space into its second location of a test concept. The company began welcoming customers to its revamped Easton mall store, featuring its Feel Good store concept, on Oct. 30. The first Feel Good store debuted at SouthPark Mall […]

Columbus, OH · 2d

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CRG Residential marks opening of 3 new multifamily communities

CRG Residential is celebrating an exciting milestone after unveiling three multifamily communities, representing $167.5 million in investment across three states. Three multifamily communities by CRG Residential have added 600 apartments across Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, the Indiana-based developer announced this week. At least one of the communities, The Slate Apartments...

Evansville, IN · 3d

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Nestlé factory shutdown in Ohio could leave workers searching for new opportunities

Imagine spending years at the same factory, only to learn that production will soon move away. That is the situation facing Nestlé employees in Solon, Ohio, after the company announced plans to close its manufacturing facility. The shutdown is scheduled for late 2027, giving workers time to prepare. Still,...

Solon, OH · 2d

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Ohio Woman Revived a Forgotten 1932 Brand and Turned It Into a Marketplace for Local Businesses

Nearly a century after a soda brand was founded in Ohio, a local entrepreneur brought its forgotten name back to life and turned it into an opportunity for dozens of small businesses. The original company dates to 1932, when a Russian immigrant launched a beverage business in Youngstown. In 2025,...

Youngstown, OH · 3d

The Financial Wire

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Homeowners in Ohio, Oregon, Kentucky and Minnesota face year-end 2026 property tax deadlines, from Oregon’s Dec. 1 late-filing senior deferral to Ohio’s Dec. 31 homestead exemption

Oregon homeowners who missed the April 15 cutoff for the state’s senior and disabled property tax deferral have until Dec. 1 to file, and the late application carries a fee of 10 percent of the taxes, between $20 and $180. Ohio’s homestead exemption in Montgomery County closes Dec. 31, the same day Minnesota’s veterans exclusion... The post Homeowners in Ohio, Oregon, Kentucky and Minnesota face year-end 2026 property tax deadlines, from Oregon’s Dec. 1 late-filing senior deferral to Ohio’s Dec. 31 homestead exemption appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Kentucky · 1h

NewsForce 24/7

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CRG Breaks Ground on 911,000 Square Feet of New Industrial Space at Etna

ETNA, Ohio — CRG has broken ground on two Class A industrial buildings totaling more than 900,000 square feet at The Cubes at Etna, the 305-acre master-planned industrial park in Etna Township, about 20 miles southeast of downtown Columbus, according to Connect CRE and REBusinessOnline, which both reported the groundbreaking this week. The larger of […]

Etna Township, OH · 3d

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Gas stations aren’t passing on gas-tax holiday savings, some Ohio drivers say

About 30 days before Republicans suffered their biggest midterm election in decades this week, party leaders in the Statehouse made a big promise to drivers to temporarily cut Ohio’s gas tax, starting just as early voting began. As planned, gas prices listed on retailers’ signs would fall the whole...

Ohio · 12h