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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Hundreds of people across Franklin County are living outside, feeling the impact of the affordable housing crisis in central Ohio. On Monday, Columbus City Council approved more than $600,000 to create a new pilot program to help those in this situation. It will be called the CORE Team: the Columbus Outreach and [...]

WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) -- A sitting member of the Whitehall City Council has been charged with sexual misconduct against an underage person. According to the Whitehall police department, Gerald Dixon was arrested Monday evening without incident. Dixon is charged with felony counts of gross sexual imposition and compelling prostitution. The nature of the incident behind [...]

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- As deliveries pick up for the holiday season, so does package theft and authorities urge residents to stay vigilant against porch pirates. Lt. Mike Scalley with Delaware County Sheriff’s Office said thieves are taking full advantage of the gift-giving season, even snatching packages in broad daylight. “The porch pirates know to [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio will need to find ways to meet the enormous energy demands of new data centers and manufacturing facilities, as well as the average energy needs of everyday Ohioans. That task is made all the more difficult by the typically lengthy process of getting a new energy project approved.  A new study [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin will be one of the four men invited to New York as a finalist for this season's Heisman Trophy. The sophomore was announced as one of the candidates to win college football's most prestigious individual award on Monday. The other three finalists alongside Sayin are Indiana [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An independent investigation into a fatal crash involving a Columbus Division of Fire firefighter will result in disciplinary charges filed against the division's chief. The investigation found multiple violations within the department pertaining to the investigation of the 2023 crash and the lack of discipline for the firefighter involved, with the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Schools is closing down four school buildings due to budget cuts and students and programs will move to other buildings. The Board of Education voted on closures last week as part of cutting $50 million from the district’s budget. One school building, Fairwood Alternative Elementary, will be shut down [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are seeking tips from the community in the September death of a woman on the far south side of the city. On Sept. 10, CPD officers were called to the 5500 block of Englecrest Drive near Canal Winchester at 3:23 a.m. on reports of a woman who had been [...]

The most expensive home in Franklin County in November sold for $2.7 million in New Albany.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Plans for next summer’s Ohio State Fair are continuing to materialize as officials with the Expo Center have confirmed the second concert for 2026. The country ensemble of Alison Krauss & Union Station will be coming to Columbus to perform at the State Fair on Aug. 1. The band has a [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recent study has revealed Ohioans’ favorite Christmas song. FinanceBuzz, a personal finance website, analyzed Google search data from the past five years as of this November to find out which holiday tunes residents of each state searched for the most. The songs with the most search traffic were considered the "most [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Jaggers, the fast-casual burger, chicken and salad chain created by the founder of Texas Roadhouse, is preparing to enter the Ohio market with a location near Polaris Fashion Place. A building permit filed with the city of Columbus in November outlines the company's intent to take over part of the parking [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The common practice of gasoline price cycling made its rounds throughout the state of Ohio, but the rise in cost was not as abrupt as in recent weeks. According to GasBuddy’s survey of 500 stations in and around Columbus, Ohio, gas prices climbed 13.8 cents from last week, to average out [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Schools is looking into allegations that a first-grade teacher made students rub his feet in class. "Straight up, it's inappropriate," parent Jacob Jackson said. "It's not a normal thing for a 6-year-old to rub a 50-year-old man's feet during school, where they're supposed to be learning.”  Jackson pulled his [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority is advancing a funding plan for the $400 million renovation of Nationwide Arena, outlining a mix of state, local and private dollars to modernize the 25-year-old venue. The proposal, detailed in a Dec. 3 announcement, calls for the FCCFA to seek up to $100 million [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Thousands of central Ohio families will be left without care after Columbus Speech and Hearing shuttered its speech department with just two weeks' notice. “Your decisions have real life consequences for families like mine," Columbus Speech and Hearing mom Haylee McFarland said. "Every child deserves a voice. And you're taking away [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A cutting-edge forensic technique is assisting law enforcement agencies with solving decades-old investigations in Ohio and across the country. On Nov. 3, 1989, the remains of an unknown man were discovered on Walcutt Road in western Franklin County. In October, after 36 years, the John Doe was identified as Ernest Emerson [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Each December German Village transforms into a holiday storybook. Sunday night, thousands of visitors poured into the historic neighborhood for Village Lights which is one of Columbus' most treasured traditions. "I mean the holiday spirit, what can you say," Tim Geraghty said. "It's just a wonderful time to be out and [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ronald McDonald House Charities hosted a community fundraiser Sunday afternoon. The goal is to raise money to support and benefit families of hospitalized children. The third annual first responder's charity basketball tournament brings together a variety of first responders from the Columbus police department, Dublin police department, and like Marques Greene, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- While the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes are off to Arlington, Texas to play in the Cotton Bowl in the playoff quarterfinals, multiple other Ohio schools have learned their bowl destinations. Four other schools from the Buckeye State will play in a bowl game in December to conclude their 2025 campaigns. [...]