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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A ramen shop near Grandview Heights will close this month but plans to reopen at a new location in the future.  Red Rabbit Ramen has sat inside Echo Spirits Distillery, located at 985 W. Sixth Ave. in the Fifth by Northwest neighborhood, since 2022. Last week, the ramen concept announced that [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Meet Abner! He is available at the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center. Abner is a 6-year-old pitbull mix who is described as a very sweet and affectionate dog. Shelter staff said he is well mannered, housebroken, crate trained and is treat motivated. As of now, he knows "sit," but [...]

Central Ohio is packed with holiday events this mid-December weekend, from the Franklin Park Conservatory's Holiday Blooms to the Ohio Craft Museum's Gifts of the Craftsmen sale, the Doll Museum's Around the World in 80 Dolls exhibit, the Easton Holiday Drone Show, BalletMet's Nutcracker, the Columbus Dance Theatre's Carol, the Revolutionists at Curtain Players Theatre, Bobcat Goldthwait's standup comedy show, the Run the Lights 2025 event, Christmas at the Harrison House, An American Christmas concert, and the Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Vegas Golden Knights game.

WILLARD, Ohio (WCMH) – Decades after a teenage boy was found dead in an Ohio cornfield under suspicious circumstances, a national podcast and university students are shining new light on the case.  The body of Daniel “Danny” Violette, 17, was discovered in a Huron County cornfield on Nov. 4, 1998. His cause of death was [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new Emerson College Polling survey of Ohio voters found increasing success for Democratic candidates ahead of 2026's elections. New polling released on Thursday found the statewide elections for governor and U.S. Senate have tightened since Emerson's last poll in August. The poll found Ohioans' shift in favorability toward Democratic candidates [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio lawmakers are weighing new penalties for possessing electronic devices that can be used to unlock and start cars without a key, as vehicle thefts increasingly involve digital tools instead of broken windows or hot-wiring. House Bill 519, introduced in October by Rep. Andrea White (R-Kettering), passed the House on Nov. [...]

HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) -- A sewage leak in a basement has led the Norwich Township Fire Department to ask for the community's help to make the holidays better for area children. In a social media post on Wednesday, the fire department said the sewage leak happened at the fire station on Davidson Road, where the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An 11-year-old girl is dead, and a teenage family member is charged after police said they accidentally shot her. Amya Frazier, 11, died Monday due to injuries she suffered after being shot three days earlier. According to police, officers responded to a home on the 200 block of South Wheatland Avenue [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Outrage has been pouring in after last weekend’s GalaxyCon Columbus, with attendees voicing concerns about overcrowding and inaccessibility. “It’s just a total display of a lack of care and empathy for other people and it’s unbelievable,” said Oleander Seals, who attended GalaxyCon Columbus, an annual pop culture convention. Seals said he [...]

Editor's note: This story contains details that readers may find disturbing. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A letter from Whitehall's police chief to Mayor Michael Bivens details some of the allegations against councilman Gerald Dixon and notes that some changes may need to be made to certain events to address concerns of parents. NBC4 received a [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio lawmakers are exploring the possibility of using a psychedelic drug to treat patients with severe addictions or post-traumatic stress disorders. A committee met for the first time on Wednesday to study whether the next General Assembly should allow ibogaine, a psychedelic compound derived from a West African root vegetable, to [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – NBC 4 was on the scene to get a firsthand look at how the U.S. Marshals Task Force for the Southern District of Ohio finds and arrests wanted fugitives. The Fugitive Apprehension Team partners with other agencies, and the most recent partnership is with the FBI. That collaboration led to one [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A family is claiming discrimination by an Ohio agency after they were denied the opportunity to reunite biological brothers, one of whom is with a different foster family. The family is Muslim, and they think that may be why they’ve not been able to move forward with the adoption of their [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- AEP Ohio has proposed increasing its rate by a little more than 2%. If approved, the average customer will pay around $4 more per month, but the monthly bill would be significantly higher for schools. Columbus City Schools is the largest district in Ohio, and district board members spoke at the [...]

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Pickerington school board member and now-former food pantry director was indicted Wednesday on charges related to fraud. Vanessa Niekamp, 55, was indicted on charges of forgery, identity fraud and telecommunications fraud, according to the Ohio Attorney General's office. Niekamp, who is a member of the Pickerington School Board and the [...]

Central Ohio is home to several winter farmers markets offering local produce, baked goods and more, including the Canal Market District Indoor Farmers Market, Granville Indoor Market, Healthy New Albany Indoor Farmer's Market, HTM Farm Market, North Market Bridge Park, North Market Downtown, Schumacher Place Winter Farmers Market, and Worthington Farmers Market.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A philanthropic initiative led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sánchez, has awarded $5 million to the YMCA of Central Ohio, the largest gift in the organization's history. The award is part of the latest giving cycle for the couple's "Day 1 Families Fund," which has distributed $102.5 [...]

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) — A Delaware man missing since March has reportedly been found dead in a car submerged in a large body of water. According to Chaos Divers, 21-year-old Trenton Rollins was found dead after a vehicle was pulled out of Hoover Reservoir, located northeast of Westerville and south of Galena. In efforts to [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- As Ohio State begins to rest and prepare for the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Eve, its quarterback will pack his bags to head to the Big Apple. Julian Sayin will be in New York starting Friday as one of the four finalists for this year's Heisman Trophy, which will be [...]

OBETZ, Ohio (WCMH) – A former auto body garage has found new life as a coffee shop in Obetz. Grumpy’s Coffee Garage began welcoming customers at 5210 Groveport Road on Dec. 1. The building previously housed a custom motorcycle repair shop named Grumpy’s. Ben Winkler owns the coffee shop alongside his brother-in-law, Corey Zeller. Winkler, [...]