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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Excitement is building to watch both the Ohio State men’s and women’s basketball teams dancing in March Madness this year. Whether you are planning a short trip to the Schottenstein Center to cheer on the women’s team or a longer trip to Greenville, SC, to cheer on the men, it’s important [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recent Gallup survey showed that roughly a third of American adults are cutting back on basic living expenses to pay medical bills. Some lawmakers at the Ohio Statehouse are looking to tackle that problem with House Bill 257, also called the Medical Debt Fairness Act. Proposed by state Reps. Jean [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Before 2000, Columbus was the largest city in the nation without a major downtown arena or a major league professional sports team. Both were resolved with the arrival of Nationwide Arena and the Blue Jackets in 2000. In the 25 years since, the Arena District has become the most vibrant area [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus City Schools student who was shot outside an east Columbus library last month is back home. Mar’Qwez Mattox, 18, a junior at East High School, was shot right across the street from the school in a library parking lot. “I got the phone call that he got shot and [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus will become an Olympic city in two years and the amount of events being contested in central Ohio has been confirmed. Nine soccer matches for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will be played at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field in the Arena District. The Columbus Crew's home stadium is one of six venues [...]

CLINTONVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new restaurant has opened in the former home of Gallo's On High in Clintonville following the establishment's recent ownership transition. Allora Kitchen and Bar announced March 8 in a social media post that it is now open at the site previously occupied by Gallo's on High, located at 4215 N. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A multi-city festival offering pickle-themed food and drinks that sold out its first stop in three hours is coming to Columbus this summer.  The Pickle Palooza Food and Drink Festival will take place at Huntington Park, the home of the Columbus Clippers, in the Arena District on June 27 from 5 [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead after being struck by a vehicle while they were pushing a shopping cart along a west Columbus road Sunday night. According to Columbus police, an adult pedestrian was pushing a shopping cart in a northbound lane of Georgesville Road, south of Hall Road, in the Riverbend neighborhood. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A man has died after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing a northeast Columbus road late Sunday night. According to Columbus police, a man was crossing Cleveland Avenue, just north of Green Apple Avenue in the Northland section of the city. At the same time, at around 10:43 p.m., [...]

According to a new analysis by SmartAsset, the income needed to remain in Ohio's and Columbus' middle classes is growing, with the 2026 income range for Ohio being $48,141 to $144,424 and for Columbus being $44,723 to $134,168.

MORROW, Ohio (WCMH) -- A southwestern Ohio school board member resigned after social media posts in which he praised Nazis came to light. Dan Smith was treasurer of the Little Miami Board of Education before he resigned last week over social media posts. Smith's resignation comes within weeks of the board banning a poster that [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — While gas prices dropped nearly eight cents after weeks of significant spikes, the average price in Columbus and Ohio remain well above last month and last year’s average, and there doesn’t appear to be relief any time soon. According to GasBuddy’s survey of 500 stations in and around Columbus, Ohio, gas [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recently introduced Ohio bill would require the filing of a “certificate of life” after the detection of a fetal heartbeat and the registration of all fetal deaths.  Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland) introduced House Bill 754 on Wednesday. Under the legislation, a medical professional who determines the presence of a fetal [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Flags across Ohio are being flown at half-staff in honor of three Ohio Airmen who lost their lives supporting U.S. military operations against Iran. On Sunday, Cpt. Seth Koval, Cpt. Curtis Angst, and Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons were remembered by family and the community, along with three other servicemembers who died [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on the Sunday Briefing: “What we were trying to do was the right thing to try to keep nuclear power plants open,” Husted testified this week. Hear why he said a million-dollar bailout of nuclear power plants was the right thing to do, and whether he has any regrets. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Happy Selection Sunday central Ohio! For the first time in four years, the Ohio State Buckeyes will be represented in the men's and women's March Madness brackets. The 6 p.m. men's selection show will reveal the 68-team field for this year's NCAA basketball tournament. Ohio State is projected to earn an [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Police are still searching for leads in a 2022 homicide that occurred outside of an east Columbus pub house. On Sept. 8, 2022 at 12:44 a.m., police were called to the 6000 block of East Broad Street, at Donerick’s Pub House, where a man was found suffering from a gunshot wound. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A proposal to designate the buckeye as Ohio's official state candy took its next step last week, as lawmakers in the House began considering the measure after it passed the Senate late last year. Senate Bill 247, introduced by Sen. Bill DeMora (D-Columbus), would formally recognize the chocolate-and-peanut-butter buckeye as the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people are dead after a crash that stemmed from someone fleeing from law enforcement in Columbus Saturday afternoon. According to an Ohio State Highway Patrol press release, at 3:44 p.m. the driver of a Toyota Prius, 17, was fleeing from police on 19th Avenue when they ran a stop sign [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Department of War has released the identities of the six servicemembers killed in a refueling crash in Iraq Thursday during Operation Epic Fury, including three that were based in central Ohio. Capt. Seth R. Koval, 38, of Mooresville, Indiana, Capt. Curtis J. Angst, 30, of Wilmington, Ohio, and Tech. Sgt. [...]