HealthSpring Medicare Supplement Review – Low Premiums, but More Complaints Than Average

Best for: Price-first Plan G and N shoppers, especially in Ohio and Texas. What Sets It Apart: Women’s Plan G below the median price in Dallas, Columbus, and Phoenix; 5% online discount in some states; Cigna’s former Medigap line, now owned by HCSC. Cost: Plan G at 65...

This Ohio Butcher Shop Is So Fresh Locals Are Rethinking Supermarket Meat Altogether

I went in for a pound of ground beef and walked out with a cooler full of brats, honey, and a smoked bone for a dog I had not even planned to spoil. Ohio has plenty of meat counters, but this small roadside market quietly made me question every plastic-wrapped steak I had ever bought.

What Company Owns Micro Center & Does It Own Any Other Tech Brands?

Micro Center is the go-to store if you're looking for computer parts and electronics and, like many other brands, it has a parent company. Here's the story.

Popular chain retailer closing Columbus store; See where it’s headed next

A popular home décor retailer is making a move from Columbus to the suburbs. HomeGoods has confirmed plans to relocate its Easton Market store in Columbus to Taylor Square in Reynoldsburg. The retailer confirmed the move in a statement to 614NOW. BROUGHT TO YOU BY. “We are always assessing...

Toro Meat Market Prepares to Open New Store in Columbus

Toro Meat Market is preparing to open a new grocery store in downtown Columbus, Ohio, bringing its selection of fresh meats, Latin American groceries and prepared foods to the ground floor of the Continental Building at 150 E. Gay St. Originally expected to open in fall 2025, the new location...

Op-Ed: The growing cost for Ohio farm families

Many farmers are price takers, not price makers. As harvest gets underway across Ohio, we are being reminded just how many of the factors that determine farm profitability remain outside a farmer’ s control. This spring, fertilizer quickly became one of those factors. Global disruption sent nitrogen fertilizer prices...

Sunrise Social Eyes Multi-State Expansion, Offering Franchise Opportunities Across Six States

Sunrise Social, a modern breakfast, brunch, and lunch restaurant known for its Southern-inspired dishes and made-from-scratch menu, is eyeing significant expansion. The growing restaurant brand is currently awarding franchise opportunities across six states: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Florida, and Texas.

Willoway Nurseries Acquires Decker’s Nursery

Willoway Nurseries, a wholesale nursery grower based in Avon, Ohio, announced the acquisition of Decker’s Nursery in Groveport, Ohio, adding approximately 150 acres of nursery operations and expanding its propagation and production capabilities. The acquisition includes container production areas, propagation greenhouses, stock blocks and established grafting and liner production...

Taylor Bill Would Double Ohio's Cut of Wayne Forest Energy Revenue

U.S. Representative Dave Taylor has introduced a bill that would double the share of energy-development revenue flowing back to southern Ohio communities from Wayne National Forest, pushing the state's cut from 25 percent to an even 50/50 split with the federal government. The Acquired Lands Revenue Modernization Act targets a decades-old statutory gap that has long left Ohio and other Eastern states with a smaller slice of federal mineral royalties than their Western counterparts.

Lines Form Before Opening At This Marysville Farm Barn That Fans Swear Bakes Ohio’s Best Cinnamon Rolls

At 8 AM on a Saturday, most people in Union County are still deciding whether to get out of bed. A growing crowd south of Marysville has already made that call and is standing in line outside a barn. They are waiting for cinnamon rolls, and they are not shy...

Toro Meat Market Still Working Toward Opening Downtown Store

Originally slated to launch in the fall of 2025, Toro Meat Market is on track for a fall 2026 grand opening. The new grocery store will be located in the ground floor of the Continental Building, which completed a conversion from office to residences last year. “Toro’s Downtown location on...

Marshalls to Open New Store at Circleville Plaza End of Month

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Major off-price retailer Marshalls is expanding its presence in Central Ohio with a new store grand opening at Circleville Plaza on Thursday, Oct. 29. The approximately 22,700-square-foot location will offer local shoppers brand-name and designer merchandise across apparel, shoes, beauty, accessories, home decor, pet supplies, and children’s items at discounted prices.

Housing in Columbus becoming more expensive

Meet a 23-year-old millionaire who canceled his plan to move to San Francisco because of a billionaire tax he might never have to pay

Ohio-based founder Emil Barr fears broader wealth taxes could follow. It's an "anti-entrepreneurial" attitude, he told Fortune. Jensen Huang disagrees.

Fairfield County streamlines property tax exemption help

The Fairfield County Auditor’s Office has assigned two staff members to oversee local administration of Ohio’s property tax exemption program, creating designated points of contact for property owners seeking assistance, according to a community announcement. The office said Appraisal Assistants Makala Finley and Crystal Walker will handle local applications and processing related to the state tax exemption program. The assignment is intended to make it easier for residents to get help and receive answers about the application process. While the Ohio Department of Taxation determines eligibility and makes final decisions on tax exemption requests, the Fairfield County Auditor’s Office manages applications and local administrative responsibilities. “Our goal is to make the process as clear and accessible as possible for Fairfield County property owners,” Fairfield County Auditor Carri Brown said. “By assigning Makala and Crystal specifically to this work, we can provide more consistent service and make it easier for residents to know exactly where to go when they have questions.” The updated structure is designed to streamline service within the auditor’s office and direct questions about the state tax exemption program to employees assigned specifically to assist with the local process. Property owners who have questions about the program or

When a Family Furniture Store Closed, This Ohio Building Got a Second Life as a Place for Entrepreneurs

A downtown building that once helped families furnish their homes now furnishes something else entirely: big ideas. The old furniture store has become a coworking space for small business owners, remote workers, and dreamers with laptops. I love that twist. The rooms that once held couches and tables now hold...

Gas companies profit, Ohioans bemoan lack of jobs

Residents in eight Ohio counties believe big business is giving them the shaft. Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe and Noble County citizens said a promise of more jobs in fracking is not being met. Fracking drills water, sand and a chemical mix into cracked rock formations to release trapped oil or natural gas to produce shale gas. Sean O'Leary, senior researcher at the Ohio River Valley Institute, said there's been great interest in gas deposits in northeast Ohio since the 2000s. "Many political leaders, certainly business leaders, saw the development of what would eventually become the richest natural gas field in the world would be a driver of economic development in the region," O’Leary explained. Generating natural gas produces substantial revenue , O'Leary noted, and since 2006, microseismic technology has advanced shale gas production while the need for workers has declined. A 2023 economic impact study by the American Petroleum Institute suggested 50,000 industry jobs would be created in Ohio. The absence of reinvestment in communities hosting fracking operations is considered troubling by industry experts, especially amid a weakening job market. Big business and policymakers are “turning their heads the other way,” O’Leary contended. "There are surprisingly few

Ohio AG says consumers can submit claim if they were overcharged for generic drug

COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson is urging Ohioans to check their eligibility for compensation from settlements reached with generic-drug manufacturers accused of conspiring to inflate generic-drug prices. “If […]