🌌 What That Strange Light Over Columbus?

Plus: 🍭 There's A New Sweet Spot Downtown

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Chelsea Wiley
August 13, 2025

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Hello, Wednesday! Chelsea here.

If you were out stargazing in Columbus last night, you might’ve caught something wild. A bright, glowing light streaked across the sky—big enough to make even the most casual sky-watchers stop and say, “uh… what was THAT?” My fellow space nerds (hi, it’s me 👋) immediately started running through the possibilities: meteor? rocket? alien delivery? The real explanation is pretty cool, and it wasn’t just Ohio that got the show. In fact, people across the country were looking up at the exact same thing.

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Sweet tooth, meet your new happy place! The Candy Spot is officially open near OSU, featuring rare treats from around the world and a chocolate bar where you can craft your own masterpiece.

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Step into a 16th-century English village without leaving Ohio! Joust, shop, eat turkey legs, and maybe even heckle the queen at the Ohio Renaissance Festival.

Headlines 📰 

💸 AEP just dropped a jaw-dropping $1.2 billion in profits for Q2, all while Ohioans are seeing their electric bills creep up. Because apparently “record earnings” and “customer-focused strategy” go hand-in-hand with charging more. (NBC4)

🇺🇸 Sherrod Brown is officially running for Senate in 2026, ending months of speculation on whether or not he would run for Senate or perhaps Governor. He will be challenging John Husted, who was appointed by Governor DeWine to fill J.D. Vance’s seat. (Axios)

🚋 Columbus is still feeling the fallout from decades of highway construction that tore apart neighborhoods and prioritized cars over people. While cities in Asia and even some U.S. peers have embraced transit and streetcars, Columbus is only now slowly exploring ways to reconnect its downtown and neighborhoods. (Matter News)

⛈️ Weather: 86 with a chance of showers and thunderstorms throughout the day

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