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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Crew fans will soon have to pay an extra 2% fee on tickets to help fund the city's new National Women's Soccer League team. Columbus City Council voted 8-0 Monday to put the tax in place, which was first introduced in April. The fee will help fund the new team's [...]

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A woman indicted on homicide charges in connection with a fiery, head-on crash that killed three and injured five pleaded not guilty Monday. Kristina Alexander, 52, was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide, which includes a third victim who died two months after the crash, and one count of vehicular [...]

NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Les Wexner, the billionaire founder of L Brands who transformed New Albany, is no longer Ohio's richest person. Four Ohioans made Forbes' annual richest people in America list, including Wexner. It is the first time Wexner was not Ohio's richest man in at least five years. At $9.3 billion, Forbes [...]

A new report from SmartAsset found that Ohio ranks among the top 10 states for affordability when one parent stays home, requiring a single earner to make $72,966 annually.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio’s school districts received their latest grades Tuesday as the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released report cards for the 2025-26 school year. Districts and schools are rated on a scale of one to five stars, with half-star increments. A three-star rating means a district or school meets state standards, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State looks to turn the page after its biggest collapse under coach Ryan Day. Day, along with quarterback Julian Sayin and linebacker Payton Pierce, talked to the media Tuesday and reflected on the loss. OSU is coming off a 24-23 loss to Texas in which the Buckeyes gave up a [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Mediterranean restaurant in northeast Columbus near Gahanna and New Albany recently closed its doors and has already been replaced by a similar concept. Mezze Mediterranean Cuisine, located at 5326 N. Hamilton Road, shut down on Aug. 31 after about 15 years in business. Cedar Mediterranean Grill took over the space [...]

BEXLEY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Bexley City Council is accepting applications for mayor, with hopes to appoint the city's next leader on Sept. 30. Last week, Bexley Mayor Ben Kessler announced he will be resigning from his position to accept a job with the Columbus Partnership. Kessler has been Bexley's mayor for 14 years. Bexley City [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Shoppers at central Ohio Kroger locations may have recently noticed a new kind of employee: robots that use sensors and artificial intelligence to scan shelves for inventory. The Cincinnati-based grocery chain has begun rolling out Tally robots in the Columbus market and plans to have them in about 60 local Kroger [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- For Jaimee-Louise Sharp, the possibility of traveling from England to Columbus is tied to one thing above all else: more time with her 5-year-old son, Teddy. Sharp, 28, has been diagnosed with an aggressive, incurable form of brain cancer known as an IDH1-mutant grade 4 astrocytoma. She underwent surgery to remove [...]

ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio University Police Department is investigating the death of an individual who was found inside a campus dorm room Monday afternoon. According to an OUPD release, officers are investigating an “unattended death” of a person found in McDavis Hall, on the campus’ South Green area, at approximately 4:30 p.m. Police [...]

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Chillicothe City Councilman Richard McQuirt said the proposed data center at the city's revitalized paper mill emerged after promised federal contracts failed to materialize. “It's not just for Chillicothe's salvation," McQuirt said. "This is for national security." When the Pixelle paper mill closed in 2025, Chillicothe faced economic uncertainty, environmental concerns [...]

WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) — Floodwaters destroyed some homes, damaged others, and left behind significant cleanup work for some families in northern Pike County. This round of flooding hit on Saturday evening in the area of State Route 23 and Woodland Park Road. A car from about a quarter mile upstream ended up in the creek [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people were found dead in a home in east Columbus Monday night. According to police, officers responded to the 2800 block of Bannon Court just after 4:45 p.m. following a call from a child who said there was a dead person inside a home. At the scene, officers discovered two [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Maine, Texas, Alaska and Ohio: candidates in these four states are in the midst of heated races that will decide the balance of power in the United States Senate. In Ohio, the major party candidates are no strangers to voters, each of them a career politician. Republican Sen. Jon Husted was [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A long-term power outage is not just a minor inconvenience -- it can come with serious financial costs. Ohio Reps. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) and David Thomas (R-Jefferson) are preparing to introduce legislation that would reimburse electricity ratepayers after a sustained power outage. With the country dealing with an aging power grid [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio found the perfect day to honor Dolly Parton this month, selecting Sept. 25, or 9-two-5, as Dolly Parton Day. Gov. Mike DeWine sign the proclamation Monday in honor of the signer of the 1980 hit "9 to 5." Parton died Aug. 25 after a brief battle with cancer at age [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The city of Columbus wants its biggest water users to pay more. A new rate proposal could change how Columbus charges massive industrial customers, including data centers. Large industrial customers need a lot more water capacity than a home or small business. That means an extra cost to the city to [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State's Moritz College of Law is moving Downtown, the city of Columbus and the university announced Monday. The Huntington building will soon be home to the first major academic program located in the heart of Downtown. "It's important for us to be interwoven in the fabric of the city and place does [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man arrested in connection with a deadly July shooting received a $1 million bond Monday. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Danyo Sellers, 19, one week after a man was found with a gunshot wound to the head in a South Linden alley, and he was arrested [...]