Local news for New Albany and Gahanna
Local news for New Albany and Gahanna
Local Government
View MoreA grassroots campaign called Conserve Ohio is gathering signatures for a constitutional amendment to ban large data centers statewide, directly threatening New Albany's data center revenue corridor that generated $10 million in community development charges in 2024.
Local Government
View MoreNational opposition to data centers has surged to 75% in polling, and both Ohio gubernatorial candidates now propose moratoriums, threatening the industry that anchors New Albany's $10 million-a-year revenue stream from its 40-facility business park.
Local Government
View MorePataskala City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, Aug. 25, to reject Aligned Data Centers' proposal for a 200-megawatt facility, citing incomplete power design, as data center resistance spreads through central Ohio communities near New Albany's business park.
Local Government
View MoreNew Albany City Council will vote Sept. 1 on continuing 43 tax incentive agreements for Amazon, Google, Meta and other major employers in the Business Park, following statutory TIRC reviews that recommended renewal of 41 deals.
Local Government
View MoreGahanna held the official ribbon cutting for its new $68.35 million Civic Center on Aug. 25, consolidating City Hall, the police division and the Senior Center at 825 Tech Center Drive after more than 20 years of planning.
Education
Les Wexner, the billionaire who transformed New Albany from a farming village into an affluent planned community, stepped down Thursday, Aug. 20, as chair of the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Board after more than a year of absences and sustained pressure tied to his past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Education
Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools canceled all classes Thursday, Aug. 20, after rising floodwaters closed major roadways throughout the community, while New Albany-Plain Local Schools operated on a two-hour delay.
Education
Two New Albany educators offer back-to-school guidance on supporting students without hovering, urging parents to build self-advocacy habits as NAPLS opens Aug. 19.
Education
NAPLS Superintendent Jason Fine urges students and families to ease into the new school year without expecting perfection, as New Albany-Plain Local Schools opens Wednesday, Aug. 19, and Gahanna-Jefferson students return Thursday, Aug. 20, two days after another round of severe storms hit central Ohio.
Education
The New Albany-Plain Local Schools Board of Education received its Five-Year Forecast, a Career Pathways Audit and two other presentations at its Monday, Aug. 10 meeting without taking formal action, nine days before the 2026-27 school year opens.
Public Safety
View MoreNew Albany-Plain Local Schools bus drivers are conducting mandatory safety training for K-3 students from Sept. 1 through Sept. 11, covering bus stop behavior, danger zones and emergency evacuation as required by Ohio law.
Public Safety
View MoreThe prosecution rested Tuesday in the Bruce Foster III mass shooting trial after calling an Uber driver and a lead detective; the defense's insanity argument begins Wednesday in Licking County Common Pleas Court.
Public Safety
View MoreA federal judge ruled Thursday, Aug. 20, that New Albany resident Michael Jeffries, the former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO, is competent to face sex-trafficking charges, reversing a May 2025 incompetency finding and clearing the way for an Oct. 26 trial.
Public Safety
View MoreThree survivors of the February 2025 KDC/One warehouse shooting in New Albany testified Monday in the bench trial of Bruce Foster III, describing the attack that killed two co-workers, as prosecutors argued premeditation and the defense pointed to untreated mental illness.
Public Safety
View MoreThe Licking County Emergency Management Agency is asking residents to report flood damage from the Aug. 20 storms by email, a separate process from Franklin County's system that New Albany residents on the Licking County side must use to ensure their losses count toward disaster relief eligibility.
Community
A Spectrum News 1 analysis features Buckeye Institute senior fellow Greg Lawson naming New Albany as one Ohio community that negotiated well with data centers, using Loudoun County, Virginia, where data center revenue funds a third of the county budget and cut property taxes, as a benchmark.
Community
The New Albany Community Foundation's 14th annual lecture series kicks off Tuesday, Sept. 15, with a national security discussion featuring retired Gen. David Petraeus and former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch at the McCoy Center, followed by four more sessions running through April 2027.
Community
New Albany's leisure trail network now exceeds 85 miles, with city code requiring every new development to add trail connections and dedicate parkland, though some neighborhoods still lack full connectivity.
Community
Plain Township residents can receive a $100 rebate for replacing invasive Callery Pear, Honeysuckle, Burning Bush, Tree of Heaven or Japanese Barberry through a partnership with the Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District.
Community
Fourteen-year-old Alaina Buckingham of New Albany was selected from more than 2,700 entries to appear in the National Down Syndrome Society's annual Times Square video presentation on Sept. 12.
Business
View MoreAvina Women's Care's contract with UnitedHealthcare expires Sept. 30, and without a new deal, Gahanna-area patients could lose in-network OB-GYN coverage starting Oct. 1.
Business
View MoreNvidia's CFO cited the SoftBank/OpenAI data center project in Pike County, Ohio, as part of AI investments expected to generate roughly a quarter of the chipmaker's business next year, reinforcing Ohio's growing role as a national AI infrastructure hub alongside New Albany's data center corridor.
Business
View MoreLicking County Commissioner Tim Bubb says Intel has not yet ordered the specialized chip-making equipment for its New Albany fab, which carries a two-year lead time, raising questions about the 2031 opening target even as construction activity picks up.
Business
View MoreGatsby's Bar and Grille in Gahanna reopened Aug. 23, three days after flash flooding caused up to $25,000 in damage, thanks to about 30 volunteers including the Copperheads Motorcycle Club and Knights of Columbus who showed up with heavy equipment to dig out the Hamilton Road bar.
Business
View MoreRobert Schottenstein, CEO of Columbus-based M/I Homes, is set to formally replace New Albany's Les Wexner as chair of the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Board at a Tuesday, Sept. 1 vote, completing a transition that began when Wexner stepped down Aug. 20 amid Epstein-related scrutiny.
Sports
Gahanna Lincoln football opens the 2026 season at home against Pickerington Central on Friday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m., beginning a schedule highlighted by an Oct. 2 rivalry game at New Albany.
Sports
Gahanna Lincoln boys soccer released its 16-game 2026 fall schedule, opening at home against Hayes on Aug. 15 as the school begins its first full fall season in the new building while defending back-to-back OCC All-Sports titles.
Sports
The Gahanna Lincoln Golden Lions girls soccer team opens its 2026 fall season under head coach David Merrick, hosting Reynoldsburg on Aug. 14 after a state runner-up finish last year and back-to-back OCC All-Sports titles for the school.
Sports
New Albany Athletics named longtime assistant Jonathan Braund head baseball coach on Aug. 11, promoting from within a staff that led the Eagles to the 2026 OHSAA Division II state championship.
Sports
Gahanna Lincoln's varsity girls tennis program launched its 2026 season on Aug. 7, joining the Golden Lions' fall sports slate as the school defends back-to-back OCC All-Sports titles.
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Brady Johnson is an Illinois native and an Augustana College journalism alumni. His prior experience includes a stint as a Newscast Producer for KWQC-TV6 News in Davenport, Iowa.
Brady Johnson is an Illinois native and an Augustana College journalism alumni. His prior experience includes a stint as a Newscast Producer for KWQC-TV6 News in Davenport, Iowa.
Brady Johnson is an Illinois native and an Augustana College journalism alumni. His prior experience includes a stint as a Newscast Producer for KWQC-TV6 News in Davenport, Iowa.
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