Local News

• Ohio Awards $11.9 Million From $21.5 Million Demolition Fund. What Does Dublin Get?

  Dublin-area residents see no local projects funded as nearby counties split $460,000 for demolitions elsewhere, and cleared sites face no rebuilding requirements.

• Dublin Historical Society Expands August Programming with Wyandot Removal Speaker Series, Walking Tours

  The speaker series features a Wyandotte Nation scholar exploring the 1843 forced removal of the Wyandot, the last Native nation expelled from Ohio.

• Franklin County Deputy Rodney Rickman Dies After Medical Emergency at 56

  The Gahanna resident and military veteran had served as a deputy for two years after eight years with Franklin County Fleet Management.

• Dublin Launches Elder Fraud Awareness Event and New Public Safety Education Program

  Ohio elder-fraud losses hit $164 million in 2025, and Dublin is responding with a scam-awareness session and a free 10-week Public Safety U course starting the same week.

• Dublin Locks Data Centers Out of 370-Acre West Innovation District, Creates New Research Zone

  The ban blocks facilities from one of the city's last major growth corridors, steering future development toward research, advanced manufacturing, and offices.

• Dublin Food Pantry Loses Access to Fresh Produce and Dairy After Regional Food Bank Pauses Key Program

  The Mid-Ohio Food Collective's pause on its Shop Thru program through August hits as summer hunger peaks, with the pantry now serving roughly 65 households a day.

• John W. Danforth Company to Nearly Double Dublin Workforce, Adding 80 Advanced Manufacturing Jobs

  The 140-year-old union mechanical contractor will invest $850,000 in equipment and generate $8 million in new annual payroll under a city incentive deal capped at $353,000.

• Dublin Families Hit New Kindergarten Age Cutoff as 2026-27 Registration Opens

  A new Ohio law ties kindergarten eligibility to the first day of school, pushing Dublin's cutoff from Sept. 30 to Aug. 20 and leaving some families scrambling.

• Memorial Tournament elevated to PGA Tour's top-tier Championship Series beginning in 2028

  Dublin's flagship golf event will guarantee $20 million purses and fields of roughly 120 top players under the PGA Tour's new two-tier structure starting in 2028.

• Dublin's New Art Pass Wants to Turn You Into a Public Art Tourist in Your Own City. Will It Work?

  The GPS-enabled pass guides residents to 12 installations across the city, launching alongside a new sculpture dedication and exhibition in September.

• Dublin Locks In Years of Health-Campus and Trail Commitments — With Key Accountability Gaps on the Books

  Dublin sold 16.3 acres to Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center for $2.93 million but waived all job-creation benchmarks, leaving no enforceable hiring targets in the deal.

• Central Ohio flooding prompts Franklinton floodwall activation as Scioto River crests near 24 feet

  Dublin sits upstream on the same Scioto watershed, where days of record-breaking rain already put river-adjacent homes and roads on alert ahead of more forecast storms.