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WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- After months of harassment, sophomore Maria Morsch decided to unenroll from Otterbein University last week. "(When) the first experience on your campus is people planning to threaten or jump you, that's kind of concerning," said Morsch, vice president of Otterbein Turning Point USA until her unenrollment. One year after conservative Christian [...]

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) -- A central Ohio community is joining a growing list of cities that are cutting ties with Flock Safety. Reynoldsburg will discontinue its Flock camera system effective immediately, Mayor Joe Begeny announced Wednesday on social media. The City of Reynoldsburg will partner with Flock Safety to bag and remove the cameras as [...]

BEXLEY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Bexley's longtime mayor announced his resignation Wednesday, but not because he plans to leave the city. In an announcement posted to social media, Bexley Mayor Ben Kessler announced he will be stepping down as the city's mayor after nearly 19 years of serving the city, 14 of those as mayor, to [...]

joel walks it off.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after being struck by a car near a north Columbus intersection Wednesday night. According to Columbus police dispatchers, the accident happened at approximately 8:45 p.m. near the corners of Morse and Maize roads. The victim was taken to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead at [...]

HEATH, Ohio (WCMH) -- In Licking County, two communities are pushing for special elections so voters can have a say in where data centers are built. The push comes after Heath and Johnstown missed last Friday’s deadline to get on the November ballots. “We were pushing for an opportunity to have a voice,” Johnstown resident [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A local Army veteran was stationed near the Pentagon when a plane slammed into it on Sept. 11, 2001. Carl Ey now spends summer and fall evenings helping to coach softball in Dublin; his team is made up of 9- and 10-year-old girls who weren’t even alive when the military veteran [...]

Ohio will soon be investing tens of millions of dollars of federal grant funding into programs that connect low-income middle and high school students with career and higher education options. 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A central Ohio family whose loved one was shot and killed three years ago expected to get some closure this week but will now have to wait. Bridget Bennett Norris thought she would be reading a victim impact statement in court on Tuesday. Bret, her older brother, was killed in 2023 [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- As home sales increase across central Ohio, Columbus is outperforming the rest of the U.S., according to a new report from Columbus realtors. Carlie Boos, executive director of the Affordable Housing Alliance of central Ohio, said this report is a glimmer of hope for the Columbus housing market, but more work still needs to [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- O'Charley's is reportedly closing all locations, including three in central Ohio. According to multiple reports on social media, all O'Charley's locations are shuttering after 8 p.m. Wednesday. Central Ohio is home to three O'Charley's, located at 2272 Baltimore Reynoldsburg Road in Reynoldsburg; 6224 Gender Road in Canal Winchester; and 1335 N. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 17-year-old girl was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man at a west Columbus apartment complex. Officers were called to the Emerald Glen Apartments in the Cherry Creek area Aug. 30 just after 11:30 p.m. on a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they located Mohamed [...]

American Airlines has announced plans to expand its international service from John Glenn Columbus International Airport by introducing several new routes through major U.S. hubs starting in 2027.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A long-debated development in German Village has won approval from the German Village Commission after more than a year of revisions and public opposition. Commissioners voted 3-2 on Sept. 2 to approve the design and demolition plans of Cedar Square, a mixed-use development proposed for 245-277 E. Livingston Ave. The plan [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to a slew of cybercrimes, including using AI to generate over 3,000 sexually explicit images of children. James Strahler II, 37, was arrested in June 2025 and pleaded guilty in federal court in April to cyberstalking, producing obscene [...]

MCARTHUR, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two men charged in child cases in Vinton County are expected to be in court Wednesday. Gary Siders Sr. is scheduled for a competency evaluation at 3 p.m. to determine whether he is fit to stand trial. Siders, 73, is charged with 16 counts of child endangerment related to 16 children [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio’s highest court has again declined to hear an appeal made by Mackenzie Shirilla, who was convicted of murder in a 100 mph Cleveland-area car crash that killed two people. On Sept. 1, the Ohio Supreme Court announced that it denied Shirilla’s motion asking it to reconsider its previous rejection of [...]