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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There is an effort to get 211 services to all 88 counties across Ohio after the governor announced a new partnership. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced the partnership between the Ohio Department of Children and Youth Services and Ohio 211 earlier this year. When someone dials 211, they are connected to [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- With the first day of school steadily approaching, a central Ohio educator said parents don't need workbooks or worksheets to help keep their children learning through the rest of the break. Former Worthington teacher and Doodles and Digits founder Caroline Farkas said many students experience what's known as the "summer slide," [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- After nearly a year of training, Columbus Division of Fire recruits got a taste Wednesday of what it’s really like to fight a fire. In a rare opportunity Columbus Division of Fire Lt. Nick Davis said only comes up every few years, training exercises were held in a vacant building. “This [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- With the Ohio State Fair in its final stretch, lawmakers held a special session at the fairgrounds Wednesday when both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees jointly heard from farmers and state leaders about the state of Ohio’s farms.  According to Ohio Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Adam Sharp, the next [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- NBC4 is looking into how law enforcement agencies throughout Franklin County share Flock camera data. Flock cameras are automated license plate readers that police use to solve crimes and locate missing people. However, some are calling for the technology to be banned due to privacy and data-sharing concerns. The debate is [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- In the mid 1800's, Ohio was the top-producing state in America for wine. Today, Ohio ranks sixth nationally in wine output, still the most in the Midwest (one spot ahead of Michigan), and that's likely a surprise to some Ohioans. "A surprise.... other than those of us that are Ohio wine nerds," [...]

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Upper Arlington bakery is creating a special cookie to help raise funds for an Ohio corner store that is being sued by Buc-ee's. The Original Goodie Shop is selling cookies for $3 each, and $1 from each cookie sold will go to Beaver's Mini Mart in Beavercreek. The cookies [...]

WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man found guilty of murder for a homicide that took place over a year ago in east Columbus could spend the rest of his life in prison. On June 5, 2025, officers arrived to Players Family Billiards, located on East Main Street in Whitehall, where they found Corey Divers, 35, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Franklin County couple will spend the next decade in prison on cocaine and gun charges after a federal sentence was handed down Tuesday morning. According to federal prosecutors, Laura Reyes Esquivel and Mario Gamino Sanchez, residents in the north Columbus neighborhood of Northgate, were arrested in June 2025 after agents [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Canton man who previously lived in Perry County will spend the next four decades in prison for sexually exploiting and abusing four central Ohio children. According to federal documents, Shannon McTighe, formerly of Thornville, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court on charges of sexually exploiting four minor victims beginning [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus police identified and arrested a suspect allegedly involved in a robbery last week that turned fatal. According to court records, Cai McGee-Jones was arrested in connection with the death of Mar Shawn Johnson, who was gunned down at the Summit Park Apartments on Le Marie Court in the Northern Lights [...]

WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) – A trial date has been set for the last Wagner family member facing charges in the Pike County massacre. A jury trial for George “Billy” Wagner has been scheduled for Jan. 11, 2027, according to the Pike County Court of Common Pleas docket. He is facing 22 charges, including eight counts [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Ballot Board formalized the language for Issue 3, which will appear before voters statewide this November. The issue will allow Ohioans to vote on whether or not to adopt a constitutional amendment enshrining Ohio’s current photo ID requirement for voting. The issue would not change elections in Ohio but would make [...]

HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) -- A coffee shop in downtown Hilliard has reopened just down the road from the building it was forced to leave in June. Coffee Connections of Hilliard is now operating as a pop-up out of the basement of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship at 4066 Main St., roughly two blocks from its former location. [...]

A two-story penthouse in Columbus's historic LeVeque Tower is up for auction, with bidding starting at $580,000 and closing on August 6.

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline available 24/7. To reach the 24/7 Crisis Text Helpline, text 4HOPE to 741741. CINCINNATI (WCMH) – Kroger has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed five years ago that alleged store managers [...]

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Residents of Pickerington schools will again be asked to vote on a district income tax this fall, three months after rejecting a larger levy request in May and after the district approved millions of dollars in annual cuts. The district’s Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to place a 10-year, 0.75% [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) continues to refuse to step down from his reelection bid amid an ethics investigation, with new details from both him and his former father-in-law, Sen. Bernie Moreno. Miller, who represents a district in northeastern Ohio, is under an investigation by the U.S. House Ethics Committee that he [...]

WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) -- Whitehall residents are left with more questions than answers after a council member posted to social media that a new president would be appointed at Tuesday's meeting, but that appointment didn't happen. Former Whitehall City Council President Thomas Potter stepped down last month, citing the fact that he is moving out [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is hospitalized after a reported shooting a few blocks from Nationwide Children's Hospital Tuesday night. According to a Columbus police dispatcher, the shooting happened near the intersection of South 22nd Street and East Livingston Avenue just before 11 p.m. One person was taken to a local hospital in an [...]