Monday, November 18, 2024

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Chelsea Wiley
November 18, 2024

Sponsored by Short North Stage 🎭
Get ready for a night of music and drama with Jersey Boys at Short North Stage! From November 21 to December 29, 2024, on the Garden Theatre MainStage, experience the rise, struggles, and unforgettable hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. For more info, head over to shortnorthstage.org.

Hello, Monday! Chelsea here.

For over 100 years, Ohioans have loved one sweet treat in particular: buckeye candies. These chocolate & peanut butter delights were invented back in 1919, and over a century later, Ohioans are eating millions of these delicious candies every year. From the candies themselves to ice cream, donuts, and more, here are the best places to get your chocolate buckeye fix.

Columbus Leaders Stand United Against Neo-Nazi March in Short North
Over the weekend, a group of neo-Nazis took to the streets of the Short North. But both local and state leaders wasted no time condemning their hatred, reaffirming that hate has no place here in our city.

🌟 Hit The Road On The Ohio Holiday Lights Trail
Starting next week, holiday light displays will start switching on. If you want to go all out this year in your exploration, over 70 sites are participating in this year’s Ohio Holiday Lights Trail. You might want to get started soon, it could take you a while!

Headlines 📰 

🩷 Pastor Joel Shenk is turning guns into garden tools—literally. Through the RAW Tools movement, he transforms firearms into symbols of hope, showing how small, everyday actions can tackle big issues like gun violence and foster community healing. (WOSU)

🏓 When the pandemic paused tennis, Pam Lippy discovered pickleball in a friend's New Albany basement. Now, she's a National Pickleball League champ. (Columbus Monthly)

🥕 Fridge check! Ohio is among 18 states with reported cases of E. coli linked to various brands of bagged organic carrots. (10TV)

⛅️ Weather: 64 and partly sunny, with a chance of showers and patchy fog before 9 a.m.

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Today's Photo 🤳

🏙️ This view of Columbus never gets old. Built in 1903, the Municipal Light Plant smokestack, pictured above, once powered a growing Columbus with streetlights and electricity.

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- Chelsea