Divine

Reports say that Ohio’s own Victoria’s Secret is getting a new owner! The private-equity firm Sycamore Partners will buy a controlling 55 percent of the company for $525 million from L Brands, which will keep the remaining 45 percent. Les Wexner will step down as chairman and CEO. AP cited experts as saying that to turn around […]

National

The auction ended Wednesday, but it was unclear whether the final offer of $138,900 was legitimate.   UPDATED: Thursday, May 19, 10:50 AM The gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin reportedly sold for $138,900 in an online auction, reports Reuters: Zimmerman’s offer to sell the Kel-Tec PF9 9mm handgun on UnitedGunGroup.com drew praise from gun rights enthusiasts and […]

Cbus

Did you hear about this?! According to Fox 28, “Columbus Dispatch print products sold to New Media Investment Group,” according to a tweet from The Columbus Dispatch Wednesday morning. The sale includes the longtime family owned Columbus Dispatch. Chairman and publisher John F. Wolfe described the decision to sell the publication his family has owned […]

Cbus

According to 10TV, a mall in southeast Columbus has finally been sold after being on the market since last year. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Eastland Mall, located near Refugee Road and I-270, has been sold for $9.7 million to Eastland Mall Holding. The sale officially closed on May 1. Glimcher Reality listed the mall on […]

News & Gossip

Brandon Harker came home last week from an 8-month deployment to Afghanistan to discover his 2-year-old labrador Oakley was missing. Heartbroken, Harker soon discovered that the friend he left Oakley with had put the dog up for sale on Craigslist in February.   Harker now has turned to Craigslist and Facebook in hopes of reuniting with Oakley. […]