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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week’s Sunday Briefing: "Who knows what's going to happen, other than the fact if Amy Acton wins, I bet you as sure as I'm wearing an Ohio State shirt every day of my life, that they're going to try and take away her powers,” Democratic Ohio Sen. Bill DeMora said. [...]

A wanted fugitive in two 2025 shootings has been arrested in connection to a third shooting that same year after Columbus police tied him to online posts and FaceTime calls.

After less than a year, a restaurant and taproom in Johnstown has closed its doors and plans to move closer to Columbus.

Six years have passed and zero arrests have been made since a man was shot inside his vehicle outside a Sunoco gas station in west Columbus.

The 100th meeting between Ohio State and Indiana, which happened to be the first-ever matchup of top five teams at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, produced drama that no one could've predicted.

The blustery, frost weekend reminded us that winter is inching closer, even as we look forward to a beautiful week for a trip to the pumpkin patch or apple farm.

Briar Vale Cottage in Logan, Ohio, was named one of Airbnb's top trending Halloween-inspired destinations in a global roundup of themed properties.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- For Mike Ray, running the Columbus Marathon is about more than completing 26.2 miles.  A milestone he once had to watch from a hospital bed. Ray says the marathon had been on his bucket list. Two years ago, he was in the hospital with a bowel obstruction and watched the race instead [...]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WCMH) -- Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin will be out for "several weeks" after getting injured on Saturday. Coach Ryan Day confirmed the QB's injury in postgame comments after the 19-15 win over Indiana but didn't have further details. "That's what the trainers told me," Day said. Sayin went to the locker room [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man has pleaded guilty to swindling more than $640,000 from at least five central Ohio residents. Tom Mitchell Manning, 59, pleaded guilty earlier this week to one charge of theft from a person in a protected class, a second-degree felony; false representations in the sale of securities, a third-degree [...]

A Columbus man arrested in connection with a deadly shooting and multicounty police chase was charged with multiple felonies including murder and kidnapping.

A Utah-based chain known for its dirty sodas is planning its first Ohio location in Grove City.

Plans to build a Target store in Delaware are underway.

One person is dead after being hit by a vehicle in the Brewery District Friday night, police said.

Two Ohio Air Force servicemembers were laid to rest this month, decades after they were killed in service during World War II.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus restaurant that had to close after a car crashed into its building earlier this year is getting national recognition. Mezcla, located in Italian Village, ranked No. 8 of 25 spots on Yelp’s Best New Restaurants of 2026 list, a boost for the restaurant after it reopened in June. “It’s [...]

Twenty One Pilots fans are swarming to central Ohio for the band’s biggest hometown show ever. Before getting to headline at Ohio Stadium, the duo got their start playing many small venues in Columbus, including their own high school auditorium.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Attorneys for the state scored a win late last month as Ohio attempts to regulate prediction markets such as Kalshi. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that Ohio can regulate those markets just as it does the gambling industry. Last week, Kalshi filed for a rehearing before the [...]

WORTHINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- While early voters cast their ballots in the midterm election, many residents in Worthington already have their sights set on the November 2027 election, when a zoning change for a proposed housing development will be on the ballot. “We were shocked at how large the apartment complex was,” Martin Shumway with [...]

Two adults who were arrested after nine children were rescued from a Licking County home had been previously investigated by Franklin County Children's Services, NBC4 has learned.