Fashion brand Amongst Peers tailors a retail hub centered on creative collaboration

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Beyond creating its own stylings, Columbus fashion brand Amongst Peers has formed a retail hub in the Short North, one that aims to promote and sell streetwear brands from around the world.

Along with offering working class-inspired street and leisurewear branded under the Amongst Peers moniker, co-owner Mario Hairston said the store, located at 15 W. 5th Ave., carries brands and high-end garments from Montana, Miami, New York, Los Angeles and France.

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New policy expands paid family leave for Franklin County employees

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The Franklin County commissioners expand a new policy to ensure all county employees receive paid family leave, a major step toward increases in gender and racial equity.

The new policy is an extension of the commissioners' Paid Family and Medical Leave put in place last year. The expansion went into effect at the beginning of the year and allows county workers to take up to eight weeks of paid leave for events such as childbirth, adoption, care for seriously ill family members, quarantine and for treatment due to COVID-19.

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Former Ohio State football player Bri'onte Dunn arrested after woman overdoses

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Former Ohio State running back Bri'onte Dunn was arrested on a charge of felony drug possession Friday in Grandview Heights after a woman overdosed.

According to arrest reports, Grandview Heights police officers were dispatched around 8:43 a.m. Friday to the 800 block of Junction Way, where they discovered a woman who overdosed in the residence.

After police administered two doses of Narcan, the woman regained consciousness and was later transported to a local hospital.

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Franklin County Board of Elections appoints executive assistant as new director

Antone White, former executive assistant at the Franklin County Board of Elections, has been appointed as the agency's new director.

With his approval Monday by the board of directors of the county Board of Elections, White fills the vacancy left by former director Ed Leonard, a licensed attorney who left to take a job with incoming county Prosecutor Gary Tyack. He was chosen over eight other candidates.

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New Franklin County program helps place low-income residents in mid-level technology jobs

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In line with the Franklin County commissioners' aim to reduce poverty in the county, the new Amazon Web Services training program is showing success in moving low-income residents into more sustainable careers in information technology.

The training pipeline, which was started by the National Center for Urban Solutions (NCUS) – an organization focused on providing avenues for self-sufficiency for people affected by poverty – was established in October 2020. As planned, the program has helped low-income residents get opportunities in the higher-wage IT field.

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Can Joe Biden unite us? Ohioans weigh in on inauguration, the American dream

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After a year of pandemic and turmoil, of divisions that continue to tear at the country, what do Ohioans hope for in 2021 and beyond after President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris are sworn into office on Wednesday?

Reporters from the USA TODAY Ohio Network posed three questions to Ohioans from varying socioeconomic, racial and ideological backgrounds:

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Franklin County moves first-half property tax deadline due to potential Statehouse violence

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Franklin County Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan announced Friday that she has moved back the deadline for first-half real estate tax payments due to warnings of potential violence around the Statehouse next week.

The new deadline is Jan. 29, nine days after the originally scheduled due date of Jan. 20. Sullivan said property owners are not required to go to the county treasurer’s office Downtown to make their payments.

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Here's how to cope with increased stress surrounding the new year, COVID-19 crisis

Many people looked forward to seeing 2020 in the rearview mirror. But the year's problems didn't go away when the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1.

And people need to remember to care for themselves in the new year, experts say.

Although there is light at the end of the tunnel thanks to vaccines, it's unclear when we'll be free from a pandemic that has killed more than 370,000 people nationally.

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