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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 [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Some in central Ohio are following the situation in the Middle East very closely after the United States and Israel's attack on Iran over the weekend. Sherry and Rezi Bayegan own Charmy's Market in downtown Columbus. The name comes from the name of the couple's first restaurant in Iran. “We still [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Some Ohio lawmakers are increasingly concerned about students’ declining test scores in math and English. According to recent assessments, one-fifth of Ohio students displayed limited proficiency in English, and one-third showed limited proficiency in math. Ohio Sen. Andrew Brenner (R-Delaware) called Ohio’s test scores "atrocious." “This is going back now to, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Waking up to snow in central Ohio has become an all-too-common sight this winter. Though many hope this will be the last snowfall of the season, state and local officials are prepared for any weather. Early snow on Monday caused some hiccups for the morning commute. Columbus’ Snow Warriors hit the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus police officer was arrested Friday in Delaware County on charges of strangulation and illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor permit premise. Officer Jacob Smith allegedly placed his hand around someone's neck and caused them to "lose consciousness and urinate on themselves" before again putting his hands around [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A murder suspect whose case has been in court for six years was sentenced after a plea bargain. German Sanchez Jr. was facing murder charges, along with one count each of attempted murder, felonious assault, and having weapons under disability in the death of one man and the injury of another. [...]

Two people have been charged in connection with a January homicide in the Hilltop neighborhood.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority has applied for $100 million in state funding to help finance a $400 million renovation of Nationwide Arena, tapping into a grant program funded by unclaimed state dollars that remain under legal challenge. The request, submitted Jan. 30 through the Ohio Sports Facility Performance Grant [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A bar and restaurant chain has shuttered its location at the Hamilton Quarter shopping center in northeast Columbus, marking its exit from central Ohio.  Beerhead Bar & Eatery, located at 6294 E. Dublin Granville Road west of New Albany, shut down earlier this month, according to a post on its Facebook [...]