Scientists, Their Allies and Families March Through Columbus and other top stories.

• Scientists, Their Allies and Families March Through Columbus

  

  Millions across the world marked Earth Day by marching in the streets to support scientists and the scientific process in the face of what many perceive as growing opposition from the US federal government as well as governments and powerful institutions around the globe. In a cloud-covered Columbus, thousands of scientists and science allies arrived at the Statehouse lawn for the 10:00 am rally and teach-in. “This is actually the first thing I’ve done in a crowd or politically since I got out o..

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• Columbus event raises money for Reagan Tokes Memorial Fund

  

  Ohio State campus-area businesses came together Sunday for the "Rise For Reagan Block Party" to raise money for the Reagan Tokes Memorial Fund. (WSYX/WTTE)COLUMBUS (WSYX/WTTE) — A community comes together to honor a slain OSU student while raising funds to help push for change in Ohio laws.It was all part of the "Rise For Reagan Block Party" Sunday in the The Short North.A portion of proceeds from sales at Bodega Columbus, Short North Tattoo, and Oddfellow's liquor and bar went toward the Reag..

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• Distracted driving involves more than texting

  

  While texting while driving is technically illegal in Ohio, the infraction is categorized as a secondary offense for adults, meaning officers can issue citations only if they catch drivers breaking other traffic laws. By MARC KOVAC COLUMBUS Hang around the Statehouse long enough and you’re bound to run into Sharon Montgomery.For the past 15 years or so, the suburban Columbus woman has been making regular trips to Capitol Square, meeting with lawmakers and testifying about the dangers..

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• Review | New Pornographers

  

  Curtis Schieber/For the Columbus Dispatch Great pop music can be lost or found in the details, as Vancouver’s indie-rock darlings the New Pornographers illustrated in the Newport Music Hall last night during an energetic 90 minutes that let up only briefly for tech adjustments. The Pornographers have just released their seventh album, something of a surprise given that the band began back in 2000 as a one-off partnership between three terrific songwriters—A.C. Newman, Neko Case, and..

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• Blue Jackets | Free agents, expansion draft key to summer

  

  Aaron Portzline The Columbus Dispatch @Aportzline The biggest challenge before the Blue Jackets’ front office last summer was patience.General manager Jarmo Kekalainen and company made a few substantive moves, but they did not blow up the foundation of the dressing room and they did not quit on young players who were taking their sweet time to develop.It will be much easier to stay the course this summer after the Blue Jackets climbed from the fourth-worst record in the NHL to fou..

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• Fentanyl, a ruthless, indiscriminate killer, taking a big toll in Ohio

  

  Alan Johnson The Columbus Dispatch @ohioajCatherine Candisky The Columbus Dispatch @ccandisky It's known on the street as China White, Dance Fever, Murder 8 and Jackpot. An Ohio addiction doctor calls it "terrifying," a county coroner labels it "overwhelming" and the Columbus health commissioner says it's "very sobering." Many Ohioans know the powerful painkiller fentanyl as a cold-blooded killer that preys indiscriminately on addicts: rich and poor, urban and rural, male and f..

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• Medical center, pharmacy coming to King-Lincoln District

  

  JoAnne Viviano The Columbus Dispatch @JoAnneViviano Equitas Health is poised to open a medical center and pharmacy in the King-Lincoln District, which some say is a "health-care desert." The center, which also will offer dental services, opens May 8 in the Gateway Building at 750 E. Long St. A community open house will be held two days earlier from noon to 3 p.m.It will be Equitas' second medical/pharmacy site in Columbus.The first location, which serves several thousand patients..

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• Kasich gives Trump 'incomplete' mark as 100 days near

  

  Randy Ludlow The Columbus Dispatch @RandyLudlow As Donald Trump nears 100 days in office, one of his fiercest campaign critics is not ready to assign a grade to his fledgling presidency. “It’s incomplete. He’s done some things well and he’s done other things I don’t agree with,” Ohio Gov. John Kasich said of his fellow Republican this morning during an appearance on “Face the Nation” on CBS. “The story about yanking people out of their homes who have not committed a crime once the..

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• College football | Luke Fickell a perfect fit at Cincinnati

  

  Bill Rabinowitz The Columbus Dispatch @brdispatch CINCINNATI — Only now can Luke Fickell take a deep breath. Since his hiring in December as the University of Cincinnati football coach and his arrival in January after Ohio State’s Fiesta Bowl loss, Fickell has gone full throttle without a break. “It’s an incredibly exciting, incredibly stressful, but incredibly enjoyable process,” the longtime Buckeyes assistant coach said in an interview last week near the end of UC’s spring prac..

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• Wal-Mart holds first graduation at Canton training academy

  

  Wal-Mart has established a training academy for front-line supervisors at the Tuscarawas Street W store. The first class with 65 employees from stores eastern Ohio graduated on Tuesday. Edd Pritchard CantonRep.com staff writer @epritchardREP CANTON  Wearing blue gowns draped with golden-yellow sashes, 65 employees marched through Wal-Mart's store at 4004 Tuscarawas St. W to a graduation ceremony early Tuesday morning.The employees are department supervisors from 18 Wal-Mart stores ..

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Humpback whales are gathering in huge groups, and nobody's sure what they're up to .	Twenty One Pilots adds 5th Columbus show at Nationwide Arena .
Twenty One Pilots adds 5th Columbus show at Nationwide Arena .	Police identify men shot, killed in North Linden .