Survey: Columbus top Midwest city for visitor satisfaction and other top stories.

• Survey: Columbus top Midwest city for visitor satisfaction

  

  Columbus tourism officials have long lamented the city's lack of image, adding that once people visit, they're impressed with all the city has to offer. A new, first-of-its-kind survey out Wednesday from research firm J.D. Power seems to prove that point. Among the 50 cities studied, Columbus placed first in the Midwest for visitor satisfaction and in the top 10 overall. Columbus scored particularly well in the categories of food and beverage, cost/fees and infrastructure. Kansas City and India..

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• Amazon Locker expected to open at Polaris next month

  

  Next month, central Ohio Amazon customers can have their packages delivered somewhere other than their home or office. The first Amazon Locker location is scheduled to open at Polaris Fashion Place. Its arrival is part of mall-owner Washington Prime Group's rollout of the order drop-off lockers at 50 locations nationwide. The lockers provide a self-service delivery location for people to pick up and return Amazon packages. It avoids the possibility of theft of items left on doorsteps or in a co..

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• Former traffic-camera CEO sentenced to prison for bribery scheme ...

  

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The former CEO of a traffic-camera company was sentenced Wednesday to 14 months in federal prison for bribing officials in Columbus and Cincinnati to win or keep camera contracts. Karen Finley, 57, of Cave Creek, Arizona, pleaded guilty in June 2015 to conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery and honest services wire and mail fraud. She admitted that through her former company, Redflex Traffic Systems, she funneled campaign contributions through a political consultant t..

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• Judge restores voting rights for thousands of Ohioans

  

  Thousands of Ohioans got their voting rights restored for the 2016 election Wednesday night through a federal judge’s ruling. But Judge George C. Smith of U.S. District Court in Columbus acknowledged that his attempt to remedy what he said was Secretary of State Jon Husted’s illegal purging of many Ohioans from the state’s roll of eligible voters still will leave some eligible voters on the sidelines. “There is no dispute that the remedy ordered by this court will not involve the reinstatement ..

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• Columbus' Own: Hidden Places finds groove on first EP

  

  Please follow and like us:Three young men, a guitar, drums, bass and musical chemistry is the recipe for Hidden Places’ first EP, “Three Step,” released in September. Drummer Matt McCroskey described the band’s sound as “fast, jittery and almost dancy.” The post-punk vibe of Hidden Places largely comes from how Kiko Cvetanovski, a third-year in nutrition, and David Fuller, a third-year in journalism, work together. Cvetanovski and Fuller have been working together on songs since 2009, but Hidde..

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• Movies: Happy Hallo-stream! 15 streaming movie picks for ...

  

  We’ve got a lot of great picks for getting out of the house this Halloween season in this issue — including the obvious one for horror movie fans, the inaugural Nightmares Film Festival at the Gateway Film Center. But for those of you too scared (or too lazy) to leave the house, here are picks for some of my favorite movies in the spirit of the season now available on the major streaming services. Netflix “The Babadook” (2014) Proudly flaunting influences like “The Shining” and “The Exorcist,”..

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• Colbie Caillat bringing a taste of Malibu to Columbus

  

  Please follow and like us:Colbie Caillat will stop in Columbus Oct. 22 for her The Malibu Sessions Acoustic Tour. Credit: Courtesy of Amber Crisci Colbie Caillat is bringing the sound of the beaches of Malibu to Columbus. The two-time Grammy award-winning singer’s tour, The Malibu Sessions Acoustic Tour, is making a stop at the Jo Ann Davidson Theatre on Saturday. The tour is in support of Caillat’s new album, “The Malibu Sessions.” Everything is different about this tour, Caillat said. She sa..

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• PHOTOS: Touring Platform Beer Co.'s under-construction downtown ...

  

  Platform Beer's bar area. Platform Beer Co.’s Columbus experiments will go beyond a steady stream of small batch brews. The Cleveland-based craft brewer will use its downtown space as both a barrel house and cider house for its growing operations. Platform Beer's bar area. Platform in March announced its plans to not just start a distribution hub in Columbus, but also bring a taproom. Touring the under-construction space at ..

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