Gov. Mike DeWine today appointed 23 Ohioans to a missing persons task force. The move was a direct response to The Dispatch's VANISHED investigation that published in November. dispatch.com/story/news/202…

During Trump’s first term, 3 Columbus churches housed immigrant mothers, but now, at the beginning of his second term, churches may no longer be safe places for undocumented immigrants. Read my latest for Columbus Dispatch: dispatch.com/story/news/202…

Elon Musk targets Lutheran groups' federal funding. Here's how the money is used in Columbus dispatch.com/story/news/202… via Danae King

Returned home last night after 7 days at the Montaña de Luz children’s home in Honduras. The Trump administration turmoil about USAID threatens to cut off the medicines our children take to stay alive and healthy. dispatch.com/story/news/202…

One solution to homelessness? Permanent supportive housing. Read my Columbus Dispatch story to see how one woman and thousands of Ohioans benefit from this solution: dispatch.com/story/news/202…

Ohio loses an estimated $1.2 billion each year due to intimate partner violence, as it affects far more people than the 188,000 Ohio victims per year. dispatch.com/story/news/202…

Rent prices are increasing the most in more affordable places. That includes Columbus, seen as a more affordable place to live than larger cities. dispatch.com/story/news/202…

Community shelter board employee under investigation following questions from Dispatch reporter Danae King about his YouTube channel on which he referred to Muslims as "crackhead clown individuals." dispatch.com/story/news/202…

In YouTube videos, a Columbus CommShelterBoard employee calls YouTubers who defend Islam “crackhead clown individuals.” See more in my latest for Columbus Dispatch: dispatch.com/story/news/202…

Could getting your child an Ohio ID card help police find them if they go missing? Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's BCI think so. See how in my story on the Ohio Missing Persons Working Group, created by Governor Mike DeWine after Columbus Dispatch' VANISHED series. dispatch.com/story/news/202…

This single mom of 2 has a master's degree, a full-time job with the county & is an artist. Still, she can't make ends meet. She's part a universal basic income experiment in Columbus. See how Central Ohio is piloting UBI, via Columbus Dispatch: dispatch.com/story/news/202…

The Dispatch's VANISHED investigation on Friday won the inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Reporting in Ohio from the Press Club of Cleveland. dispatch.com/story/news/202…

🥇 First Place: Danae King, Max Filby, and Barbara Perenic of The Columbus Dispatch for “Vanished” Judges said, "The analysis, the storytelling, the accountability and weak efforts by police all add up to something special." dispatch.com/story/news/202…

"He was following the law. That's why we don't understand." A Brazilian man living with his family in Westerville as he awaited a decision on an asylum appeal was arrested by ICE last week in Columbus. Now he's detained. More via Columbus Dispatch: dispatch.com/story/news/202…

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So excited for Max Filby and proud to work with him!!

“This beer came out of the shared belief that stories matter,” says an owner of Wolf's Ridge Brewing about the Columbus Dispatch pale ale. Learn more about the collab here: dispatch.com/story/entertai…

Haitians with a special protective status from deportation must leave the U.S. by September. Thousands live in Central Ohio. Here's what some of them are planning as the deadline for them having to leave their homes looms: dispatch.com/story/news/202…

Get your home tested for toxic gas for free! Columbus Dispatch is working on stories about radon-a toxic, odorless gas. We are looking for people willing to have their homes or apartments tested by a licensed pro. Visit dispatch.com/radon & fill out the form if interested.

Closed Columbus church bought by nonprofit to become drop-in center for homeless youth dispatch.com/story/news/202… via Danae King