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DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Plans to transform The Bogey Inn in Dublin into a golf-theme "entertainment campus" have been scrapped, according to the company behind the project. Hana Hesselgesser, who joined Rise Brands as CEO in January, confirmed to NBC4-partner The Columbus Dispatch that the company has canceled its proposed redevelopment of the former bar [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus police deputy chief who was relieved of duties was under an internal investigation for allegedly being untruthful, according to documents obtained by NBC4. The documents allege that Deputy Chief Elrico Alli was not being truthful when he was asked if an officer was on overtime and if the officer [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A driver who is accused of crashing into a Columbus home after fleeing troopers at 130 mph appeared in court Friday morning. Mohammed Ndiaye, 18, of Columbus, was arraigned on a charge of fleeing and eluding. He was given a $5,000 bond and is not allowed to drive. He must also [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State is one of dozens of universities that agreed to stop partnering with a networking organization for PhD students to resolve a federal investigation into alleged "race-exclusionary practices." The Department of Education announced last week it had resolved 31 of 45 investigations into universities launched in March 2025. Ohio State [...]

Fast food restaurants are offering limited-time seafood items in time for Lent, including fish sandwiches, shrimp tacos, and shrimp combos.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Cava has confirmed that it is bringing at least three restaurants to central Ohio and revealed a timeline for when they may open. Last year, permits revealed that Cava was planning to open at 1370 Polaris Parkway in north Columbus and at 1790 Hilliard Rome Road in the northwest portion of [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A man accused of shooting a teenager at an east Columbus Metropolitan Library branch was identified by multiple sources before turning himself into police, according to a criminal affidavit. The library shooting occurred in the parking lot of the East Long Street location, just north of East High School on Broad [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus high-rise once home to Nationwide office workers is being redeveloped into a mixed-use apartment tower, with a new name tied to the insurance company's 100th anniversary. Nationwide Realty Investors, the real estate development affiliate of Nationwide Insurance, confirmed plans this week to renovate Two Nationwide Plaza, the 18-story office [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Ohio lawmaker is pushing to examine the feasibility of reintroducing elk to the Buckeye State. Elk, members of the deer family that can weigh up to 1,000 pounds, could once be found across Ohio, but were extirpated from the state in the 1800s due to overhunting and deforestation. In January, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Ohio lawmaker is seeking to increase criminal penalties for coordinated retail theft, months after a separate law took effect targeting organized retail crime across the state. Rep. Josh Williams (R-Sylvania Township) introduced House Bill 615 in November. The measure, dubbed the "Retail Theft Prevention Act," would create new felony offenses [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A child has been recovered after they were abducted out of Madison County and later found near Hilliard Friday morning. According to Columbus police, a child was found safely on Hilliard Rome Road in west Columbus after reports of an abduction were received at around 2:45 a.m. For an earlier report [...]

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) – A former Big Walnut coach was hired in northern Ohio despite an active investigation into alleged misconduct. Six months into his new role, he was arrested for public indecency. Big Walnut Local Schools said former coach Brett Bartlett was immediately reported to the State Board of Education after Bartlett resigned amid [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther announced plans Thursday to invest an additional $1 million into the city’s alternative crisis response programs, aimed at helping people experiencing mental health and addiction crises. The funding, included in the mayor’s proposed operating budget, would expand the city’s current efforts to connect residents with appropriate care [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- State lawmakers are considering bipartisan legislation to limit the ability of some Ohioans to obtain public records from government agencies. Under the state’s Sunshine Laws, Ohioans have the right to request documents from every level of government, but some officials, like Medina Township Trustee Chuck Johnson, said certain people have begun [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Central Ohio has seen it all over the last couple of weeks. Bitter cold, snow, rain and warmer temperatures are the perfect recipe for potholes. “We absolutely have as many pothole crews out as we can get. That is really the biggest thing that we are working on this time of [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Thursday was a special anniversary for a central Ohio woman, who marked 25 years since she received a lifesaving liver transplant. “It seems like a long time, but it also seems like yesterday, and just trying to pack a lot of life into all the years," Morgan Mersy said. Mersy's transplant [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are hard at work every day to take fentanyl off the streets of Central Ohio. Agents say last year in Columbus alone, they seized enough fentanyl to kill more than two million people. “We are relentless right now,” said Brian Mulcahy, the Assistant Special [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Metropolitan Library's Martin Luther King Branch in Near East Side was temporarily on lockdown Thursday after a shooting in the parking lot, according to a library spokesperson. The shooting happened at about 5 p.m. when a person in a car pulled into the parking lot, got out of the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency released a draft for a new permit that would allow data centers across the state to release untreated wastewater and stormwater directly into rivers and streams. The new permit would apply to water that circulates through all current or future data centers, regardless of location. Residents [...]

MARYSVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after the dump truck they were driving crashed in Marysville on Thursday. According to Marysville police, the truck was driving east along US-33 just after noon when, for an unknown reason, it drove off the road and hit a tree. The driver was pronounced dead at the [...]