Ohio News

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus football coach is being heralded as a hero after one of his players was shot outside of a library last week. The student was shot outside the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Martin Luther King Branch on Thursday after an altercation. The library is across the street from East High School. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- If you’ve ever given an employee a tip at a publicly owned swimming pool, convention center or vacation lodge, that commonplace gesture might technically be against the law. “When the drink cart comes around to the guys playing golf and it’s a public golf course at a state park somewhere, if [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Columbus Division of Police is looking for the driver who hit and killed a construction worker early Saturday morning and then fled the scene. The incident happened on Interstate 70 West near State Route 315 around 2 a.m. Saturday. The driver drove into a construction zone, hit a generator and [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland hosted its annual community conversation called the State of the Girl on Tuesday morning. It’s meant to focus on the issues girls face and the work being done to uplift them. “There's a lot of things that girls face, challenges and opportunities, and we want [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Speech and Hearing, which shut down last month, was facing an eviction for allegedly not paying rent, according to court records. The owners of the property at 510 East North Broadway in a court filing said that Columbus Speech and Hearing owed tens of thousands of dollars in rent. The [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A semi-truck crashed on State Route 315 North near Ohio State's campus Tuesday afternoon, causing the highway to shut down for over one hour. The northbound lanes on SR-315 were closed at Medical Center Drive/King avenue due to the crash. Traffic cameras showed the semi crashed into a barrier and part [...]

The most expensive February home sale in Franklin County was a 10,555-square-foot estate in New Albany, which sold for $3.7 million, while the top sale in Delaware County was a 4,260-square-foot new-build in Powell, which sold for $1.484 million.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The second of two suspects has been charged in connection to a west Columbus fire that injured a firefighter last December. According to a police complaint report, Trina Bumgardner was allegedly involved in a fire that caused significant damage to an apartment unit on Racine Avenue in the Brookshire neighborhood. The [...]

SUNBURY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A longtime motorcycle dealership in Sunbury is closing its doors after two decades in business. The Farrow Harley-Davidson north dealership at 7754 E. State Route 37 is shutting down after its former parent company, Ricart Automotive, sold the Sunbury location and the Farrow east dealership at 5840 Scarborough Blvd. to the [...]

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) – A health-focused cafe in Powell has permanently closed its doors after about 13 years in business. Be Fit Cafe, located at 10259 Sawmill Parkway, shuttered on Feb. 22, according to a post on its Instagram page. Business records indicate the eatery launched in late 2012. “It has been an incredible journey [...]

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) — A family of three was rescued from an apartment complex in Reynoldsburg fire Tuesday morning. According to the Turo Township Fire Department crews arrived to the Chandler Commons apartment complex on Steinway Drive, where one unit was seen with heavy smoke conditions. Three occupants were reportedly trapped inside the apartment, one [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Athenaeum is on the market for more than $8 million, months after the property fell into foreclosure and a court-appointed receiver took control. An online listing posted this month by The Robert Weiler Company shows the historic property at 32 N. Fourth St. has an asking price of $8,500,000. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Amid efforts to abolish property taxes in Ohio, a state senator wants to move the state toward taxing land, rather than total property value. Sen. Louis Blessing (R-Colerain Township) introduced Senate Joint Resolution 7, which would authorize land value taxes in Ohio. Unlike property taxes, which tax land and the structures [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Three more shows have been added to this year’s Ohio State Fair concert lineup, including a free daytime show, an evening of funk and soul, and a Grammy-nominated country artist. On Friday, July 31, the S.O.S. Band and the Dazz Band will coheadline a show at the Celeste Center. Founded in [...]

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) – The Humane Society of Delaware County is seeking homes for a variety of animals rescued in an abuse case, including dogs, pigs and chickens.  On Jan. 23, an agent with the humane society, assisted by the county dog warden and sheriff’s deputies, removed nine dogs, five pot-bellied pigs, three cats, two [...]

WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) -- For months now, Whitehall's elected leaders have been under intense scrutiny. From a recall effort targeting the mayor and two councilmembers to controversy surrounding sitting councilmember Gerald Dixon, all eyes have been on the city's officials. But at Monday night's state of the city address, much of Whitehall Mayor Michael Bivens [...]

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people are dead after a head-on crash in Hardin County on Monday afternoon. According to the Hardin County Sheriff's Office, the crash happened at approximately 5:49 p.m. on State Route 68 near State Route 701. A 2004 Volkswagen Passat, driven by Owen Bame, 27, of Dunkirk, was driving south [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Four people were sentenced Monday in connection with a 13-year-old's death in 2023. Police were called on Sept. 5, 2023, to a home on North Warren Avenue in North Hilltop for an unresponsive child, prosecutors said. The grandson of Ema Loza De Leon, 58, was found dead in the home when [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- For the past three years, people who live or travel in downtown Columbus have watched a tower rise well into the capital's skyline. The Merchant Building on Wall Street will become the largest building project in the city in more than three decades. The tower sits right across from the Greater [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus leaders are hoping to expand alternative crisis response in the city. The goal is to free up first responders for violent emergency calls, while sending mental health professionals to non-violent ones. Now it’s up to the voters, and the community advocates behind this push have turned in around 30,000 signatures [...]