Mark Ferenchik
WOSU News DirectorMark Ferenchik is news director at WOSU 89.7 NPR News.
Before joining WOSU in March 2024, he was a reporter at the Columbus Dispatch for more than 25 years, where he covered Columbus City Hall, urban and growth issues, Columbus neighborhoods and other topics.
Before coming to The Dispatch, he reported for the Canton Repository and Medina County Gazette.
He's won Associated Press and Ohio Society of Professional Journalists awards.
He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Kent State University and lives in downtown Columbus.
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A group plans to go to the Columbus city clerk's office on Wednesday to submit a charter amendment proposal to change how city council members are elected. -
The money will go toward four priorities Columbus officials say will create more affordable housing for low and middle-income families. -
The settlements total $800,000, or $100,000 for each survivor. -
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of two people who died and two others who were injured, claimed there was inadequate security at the KDC/One warehouse in New Albany. -
The motion says Les Wexner had no knowledge of Richard Strauss' sexual abuse of athletes while he was team doctor. Victims of Strauss' sexual abuse have filed a lawsuit against Ohio State University. -
Michael D. McKee, 39, waived bond during his arraignment Friday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. He is charged in the shooting deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe in Weinland Park on Dec. 30, 2025. -
Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Young pushed back the trial again, scheduling a status conference for Feb. 9. Meade's first trial ended after Young declared a mistrial when jurors couldn't come to an unanimous decision. -
Michael D. McKee was arrested in Rockford, Ill., on Jan. 10, 2026. McKee has been charged with two counts of murder in the Dec. 30, 2025, shooting deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe. -
"Operation Buckeye" ran from Dec. 16 - Dec. 21. Meanwhile, hundreds at the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday night protested the death of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday. -
The U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday secured the subpoena for Ohio billionaire Les Wexner.
