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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new campus in Franklin County is aiming to give children entering protective custody a safe place to stay while getting the support they need. Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel joined former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett Wednesday for the ribbon cutting at Champion's Bridge, a Child Wellness Campus on Dublin [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio Democrats are ecstatic over taking the governor’s office for the first time in decades, but beyond that, the balance of power in the rest of state government is about to shift. Democrats flipped nine seats in the Ohio House of Representatives, breaking the Republicans’ long-held supermajority.  Republicans will still control [...]

MARION, Ohio (WCMH) – The wife of a former Marion city council member has had all child sexual abuse charges against her dismissed, nine months after her husband was found not guilty of similar charges. A judge ruled late last month that all charges against Heidi Ratliff are dismissed; she was facing obstructing justice, endangering [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus voters approved two ballot issues Tuesday night that will change how city council members are elected. Will Petrik, the campaign manager for Issue 8, says his group is excited for the future after voters overwhelmingly approved the measure that limits residents to only vote for the council member representing the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Gov. Mike DeWine issued an order honoring the life of a fallen firefighter. Wednesday afternoon, DeWine ordered U.S. and Ohio flags to fly at half-staff in honor of firefighter Ryan Milligan of the North Royalton Fire Department. View the latest headlines from NBC4 in the player above. According to WJW, Milligan, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Over four years since the death of Donovan Lewis, the ex-officer who shot and killed him was in court for a sentencing hearing in a Columbus court room Wednesday morning. In August, Ricky Anderson pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in the death of Lewis, who was gunned down inside a Hilltop [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Yellow Springs Brewery announced it will close its Clintonville taproom this week, the latest in a series of local breweries shutting down this year. "When you see the closings, it sucks, especially for those that work so hard to grow those businesses and and make them successful," Bob Szuter, co-owner of [...]

GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) – A bookstore featuring literary-inspired candles will soon open its doors in Gahanna. The Bibliophile Candle Co. is preparing to relocate from 5454 N. Hamilton Road in northeast Columbus to 116 Mill St. in Gahanna’s Creekside District. The original location will close on Nov. 7 before the new shop opens on Nov. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — When the preseason Associated Press poll came out in August, Ohio State fans circled Nov. 7 on the calendar. That game now has a bigger circle, but for a different reason. The 12th-ranked Buckeyes play No. 23 Oregon on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in a game between the top two teams [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One woman is dead and another is injured after a shooting Wednesday morning that occurred north of Downtown, Columbus. According to Columbus police, officers were called to the 800 block of Gibbard Avenue at 7:37 a.m. in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood, near Lexington Avenue. View the latest headline from NBC4 in the [...]

In Ohio, while hoarding itself is not a specific crime, homeowners can face legal action or property condemnation if excessive clutter creates public health nuisances, structural dangers, or fire hazards.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio voters elected Democrats Amy Acton as governor and Sherrod Brown to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, two years after President Donald Trump carried the state by roughly 11 percentage points. The victories reopened a question Ohio’s recent elections had pushed aside: Can both parties consistently compete statewide, or did Democrats [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Democrat Amy Acton said she plans to begin her term combating corruption as Ohio’s next governor. Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in unofficial results, and Ramaswamy conceded Tuesday night. The gubernatorial inauguration is set for Jan. 11, and Acton has pledged to take action starting on her first day. Acton pledged [...]

TOLEDO, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio's races for secretary of state, attorney general and other top offices are still unknown after Lucas County had not reported any election results as of early Wednesday. By 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, Lucas County still had not submitted any vote totals while all other counties neared finalization of preliminary results. Home [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Projected Governor-elect Amy Acton stopped her victory speech midway through Tuesday night after an audience member apparently passed out. "Someone passed out, we're going to hold for a minute," Acton said mid-speech. Acton, a doctor and former Ohio health director, left the stage around 11:16 p.m. and entered the audience to [...]

What happens when a 27-year-old gets handed the keys to completely refactor nearly all of Cisco's code? This week's episode dives into tech's strangest management bets and the friction brewing inside one of the industry's giants.

• Cisco gives a 27-year old the task of recoding 98% of their software with AI.
• A serious but not earth shaking vulnerability found in PXE booting.
• The largest ($6.3 BILLION) financial heist in history (with crypto).
• 710 Polymarket gambling wallets emptied of $2.7 million.
• A new robots.txt control for AI bots, and agreement to obey it.
• Google generates haiku from the first orbital AI.
• From our listeners: Does stealth updating make sense, how to move web servers off the Internet, books don't contain knowledge, a small company attacked by powerful AI, how would an "AI kill switch" be implemented.
• Another new and worrisome application of reverse-engineering AI

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Full 2026 Results Sort ResultsGovernorU.S. SenateData centersSchool ballot issuesColumbus City CouncilOhio Issue 3Elected state officesU.S. HouseAthens CountyCoshocton CountyCrawford CountyDelaware CountyFairfield CountyFayette CountyFranklin CountyGuernsey CountyHardin CountyHocking CountyKnox CountyLicking CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMorgan CountyMorrow CountyPerry CountyPickaway CountyPike CountyRoss CountyUnion County COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohioans voted Tuesday for their next governor in a contentious race that's drawn national [...]

Full 2026 Results Sort ResultsGovernorU.S. SenateData centersSchool ballot issuesColumbus City CouncilOhio Issue 3Elected state officesU.S. HouseAthens CountyCoshocton CountyCrawford CountyDelaware CountyFairfield CountyFayette CountyFranklin CountyGuernsey CountyHardin CountyHocking CountyKnox CountyLicking CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMorgan CountyMorrow CountyPerry CountyPickaway CountyPike CountyRoss CountyUnion County COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus residents headed to the polls on Tuesday, voting on two measures that seek [...]

Several central Ohio school districts turned to voters with long-term decisions about their buildings and operating budgets on the ballot.