Archive of: CM Classics

What Columbus needs 2006

Your fellow citizens have a few ideas--more than 300, actually--on how to make this a better city. Here are the results of our survey, including a list of the top 10 suggestions.

Ray Paprocki and Joel Oliphint

The Ohio Pen's avenging angel

After rioting broke out at the notorious prison in 1968, an Upper Arlington housewife named Ysabel Rennie decided to discover what really happened behind the walls of the downtown fortress.

Game Day

For hours before an Ohio State game, the Shoe and its surroundings roll toward the event, momentum building. Here's an inside look.

Staff

Clash of the super lobbyists

Partners Neil Clark and Paul Tipps, once the most powerful and feared political kingmakers on Capitol Square, are locked in a nasty,high-stakes divorce. And their enemies can’t stop smiling.

Dave Ghose

Ship of debt

A decade ago, former Battelle engineer Tommy Thompson was the man of the hour, as a who's-who of Columbus investors celebrated his retrieval of gold from the depths of the Atlantic. Since then, he has faced endless challenges.

Herb Cook Jr.

The Trial: Jack Carmen's day in court

In one of the most celebrated and most bizarre cases in Columbus history, Jack Carmen finally faced a jury and was found innocent of the brutal murder of Christie Mullins. Here's how it happened.

The Murder of John Nance

On a hot night in the middle of the summer, somebody torched the old Mithoff Building downtown. A firefighter died there--and his friends and co-workers can't shake the memory of their agonizing inability to rescue him.

Michael Norman

Trying to close the gap

Molly Willow and Ray Paprocki

Women and board seats

35 years

Dave Ghose and Ben Zenitsky