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America Saves Week launched by Cordray, Boyce’s office

By Felix Hoover

Photo By Terry Gilliam

Attorney General Richard Cordray and representatives from the office of State Treasurer Kevin Boyce spoke in the lobby of the Rhodes Tower on Friday to kick off Roll Your Change: America Saves Week.

Black History Month – Recognize, Educate, Celebrate!

By Karen Perkins

Your News Columbus salute Mayor Michael B. Coleman and his African American staff members during "Black History Month"

Mitchell J. Brown, Director of Public Safety, Erika Clark Jones, Director of Homeless and Social Service Advocacy, Chester Christie, Director of the Department of Human Resources, Suzanne Coleman-Tolbert ,President and Chief Executive Officer of Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation/JOBLeaders, Fred Yates, director of the Equal Business Opportunity Commission Office, Gary Cavin, Director of Technology and the Chief Information Officer, Boyce Safford, III, Director of Department of Development, and Napoleon Bell II , Executive Director Community Relations Commission.

Unprecedented quad for Nation's No. 1 ranked Northland high school basketball team

Photo By Gearl Diggs

The Northland High School boys basketball team captured its fourth straight City League title Saturday, Feb. 20, with a 65-52 win over Marion-Franklin in the gym of East High School. The victorious Vikings are believed to be the first City League team to win four straight league championships without a single in-conference loss. The senior players were 60-0 against City foes during that stretch.

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Cocroft kicks off Common Pleas campaign

By Felix Hoover

Photo By John Ray

Common Pleas Judge Kimberley Cocroft kicked off the campaign to retain her seat on the bench Wednesday evening during a reception on the stage of Lincoln Theatre on E. Long Street.

From Candy Man to Sweet Thunder, homegrown author Wil Haygood delivers the goodies

By Felix Hoover

Photo By John Ray

Wil Haygood spent much of his childhood within easy walking distance of where he treated friends, fans and others to a book reading and signing Saturday evening.

Two local high schools and feeder schools chosen for national initiative

By Felix Hoover

Photo By Columbus City Schools

Some of the speakers at Monday's announcement of a $1.25 million NEA Foundation grant to Columbus City Schools were, from left: Patricia Frost-Brooks, president, Ohio Education Association; Columbus Schools Superintendent Gene T. Harris; John Stanford, executive assistant for education policy, office of the governor; Rhonda Johnson, president and CEO, Columbus Education Association; Janet Jackson, president and CEO, United Way of Central Ohio; and Carol Perkins, president, Columbus Board of Education.

Vast improvements in schooling in the Linden and Briggs area are expected under a $1.25 million grant from the NEA Foundation to a partnership of the Columbus Education Association and Columbus City Schools, with support from the United Way of Central Ohio.

West High hopes high-scorer quarterback leads bowling team on “Road to Chillicothe”

By Felix Hoover

Photo By Terry Gilliam

As smooth as Eric Stewart was as a pocket-passer for West High School’s football team is as awkward as he is a the anchor of the school’s bowling team.

Please join us for one of the closing events for Black History Month at The Ohio State University

Blacks in military weren’t just along for the ride, cycle club shows

By Felix Hoover

Photo By Terry Gilliam

Maj. Gen. John F. Phillips

Unlike the famed black soldiers who made their name in the Old West, the group that carries on their name today comes in on two-wheels.

Outright title makes St. Valentine’s Day messy chore for OSU women

By Felix Hoover

Photo By Terry Gilliam

The Ohio State Women’s basketball team made history on Thursday when it assured itself of at least a share of a sixth consecutive Big Ten title and sweetened the deal on Valentine’s Day by becoming outright champions.

Boyce's Bottom Line

Ohio State Treasurer Kevin L. Boyce

The Earned Income Tax Credit: You Earned It; Just Ask for It!

As a government official, I know how important it is to serve all Ohioans—especially during these tough economic times. Sometimes, helping can be as simple as telling people the easy ways to keep their hard earned money.

That's why I want to tell you about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). It's a federal tax program that allows people earning less than $49,000 to get up to $5,657 more of their hard-earned money back on their tax refund. About 800,000 Ohio families qualify for the EITC, but roughly twenty percent of these families don’t take advantage of it. The reason is they don’t know about the tax credit or don’t know how to access it.

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