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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A southeast Columbus community is now a recreation center desert after the Jerry L. Garver YMCA closed after 30 years. Now, developers want to repurpose the area into apartments. A proposed 216-unit affordable housing development is proposed for the roughly nine-acre site. The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority wants to build a [...]

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after a crash involving a COTA bus on the east side of Columbus Wednesday night. According to a Columbus police spokesman, the crash happened at approximately 7:18 p.m. near the intersection of Allegheny Avenue and James Road. Police said the bus was stopped in the southbound lanes [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus police officer was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of strangling a woman. Timothy Michael Fuller, 42, was charged with one count of strangulation, a second-degree felony. Fuller allegedly got into an argument Tuesday night with a woman at a home in the Hilliard area, pushed her onto a [...]

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) -- A newly passed bill could put an end to a nearly year-long dispute between the Columbus Zoo and Liberty Township over a safety tax. The legislation, now in front of Gov. Mike DeWine, would prohibit Ohio townships from imposing a fee on local venues. If it’s signed into law, it would [...]

PLAIN CITY, Ohio (WCMH) — Hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state's capital budget signed by Gov. Mike DeWine earlier this week are going toward a new central Ohio fire training facility. The facility will be at Tolles Career and Technical School. Josh McDowell, the school's public safety coordinator and a battalion chief at [...]

GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Grove City community is getting creative in order to get a voice on whether large developments like data centers get to settle down near their homes. Grove City already has a temporary pause on data centers in place but some residents are pushing for something more permanent. “It’s not [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Federal authorities remain tight-lipped about a reported FBI raid at the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collective last week. The Cleveland FBI office declined to comment on Wednesday when asked about the bureau’s alleged interest in OOC and what might have precipitated a federal investigation into that group’s activities. State leaders [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A woman arrested for her alleged involvement in a wrong-way crash that began as a reported vehicle theft is one of three suspects recently indicted in fatal wrecks in the Columbus area. Xiaoke Fan is accused of killing 32-year-old Kaitlyn Spahr after a wrong-way crash on State Route 315 the night [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A suspect wanted in a mass shooting in Toledo was arrested Wednesday in Columbus. A source tells NBC4 Ka Nye Taylor, 20, was arrested at an apartment along East Town Street. A second suspect was previously taken into custody. The Toledo police department confirmed Taylor's arrest while thanking the U.S. Marshals [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus’ Franklinton neighborhood recently welcomed a 235-unit apartment complex. Residents began moving into Westrich, located at 509 W. Rich St., at the beginning of the month. The five-story complex serves as the second phase of a larger project that includes the neighboring River & Rich apartments. One more phase is expected, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Internal polling from the Democratic candidate for Ohio Attorney General found Democratic candidates were ahead or tied in three major Ohio races. A new Tulchin Research poll of 600 likely Ohio voters found Democratic candidates for the Senate and governor polling slightly ahead in the November election. The poll was conducted [...]

The Stonewall Columbus Pride March and Festival returns this weekend, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community with the theme "Until We're All Free" and featuring a parade, festival, resource fair, and wellness area.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Despite reports of a shaky future, the campus-area Waffle House is staying put. After initial reports that the Waffle House near Ohio State University's campus would close this year, the breakfast chain was able to figure out its leasing concerns and remain open. The site at 1712 N. High St. is [...]

GALENA, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead and three others injured in a two-vehicle crash in Delaware County Tuesday evening. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a man was driving a 1987 Chevrolet G Series Conversion van and traveling north on State Route 3, at the South Galena Road intersection in Galena. At [...]

DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- The City of Dublin ended a pilot program for an autonomous robot to help its police department patrol certain areas. The robot, named DubBot, was deployed to patrol the Rock Cress parking garage. “It’s a force multiplier,” Dublin Police Department Sgt. Joshua Kirby previously told NBC4. “It gives us the ability [...]

MANSFIELD, Ohio (WCMH) – More than 1,800 people have signed a petition fighting against a planned Buc-ee’s in Mansfield, citing traffic, environmental and safety concerns.  Earlier this month, Mansfield City Council unanimously approved a development agreement that will bring a 74,000-square-foot Buc-ee’s with 120 fueling stations to a 37.5-acre site near Interstate 71 and Lucas [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An alleged plot to detonate explosives and shoot officials at the White House UFC event was thwarted after a Knox County mother alerted police to her son's concerning activity. According to court records, the mother's action led to the arrest of 19-year-old Tycen Proper of Danville on June 10. A recent [...]