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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State's Big Ten opener for the 2026 season now has a kickoff time. The sixth-ranked Buckeyes will host Illinois on Sept. 26 at Ohio Stadium for their first conference game. It was announced Monday the game will kickoff at noon Eastern. This will be the fifth consecutive Ohio State home [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State University was one of four Ohio schools to receive an "F" ranking in First Amendment organization FIRE's seventh annual College Free Speech Rankings. FIRE, or the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, compared 261 universities nationwide for its annual free speech report, including 13 in Ohio. Ohio universities all [...]

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) — An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper was injured overnight while on duty assisting with traffic control due to flooding in Ross County. According to the OSHP, a trooper was assisting the Ohio Department of Transportation with traffic control on U.S. 23, near Blain Highway, between Chillicothe and Waverly in Ross County. [...]

DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Families representing students in part of the Thomas Elementary attendance area have filed a formal administrative complaint against Dublin City Schools, alleging the district discriminated against their community when it redrew school boundaries earlier this year. The complaint challenges the district’s decision to move most students in the southwest portion of [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A limited-time collaborative project between a central Ohio pasta restaurant and local food truck will soon launch at Polaris Fashion Place. Polaris restaurant Flour Modern Pasta Bar and food truck Fetty’s Street Food have joined forces to launch a pop-up eatery called Flour + Fetty’s. The concept will combine Flour’s homemade [...]

New research from Ohio State University indicates that psilocybin-assisted therapy may safely reduce severe, treatment-resistant PTSD symptoms in veterans.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Gas prices in the Columbus area broke a Labor Day record one week ago and continue to rise far above average costs from this time one year ago. According to GasBuddy’s survey of 500 stations in central Ohio cites, gas prices jumped by 27.3 cents per gallon last week, to average [...]

GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- More than 40 parents, educators, school advocates and community members gathered in Grove City last week to examine how state and federal funding decisions are affecting South Western City Schools and what they could mean for classrooms in the years ahead. Parents United for Public Schools (PUPS), a statewide advocacy [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Parole Board recently recommended a reduced sentence for a death row inmate who has been in prison for more than 30 years for the murder of an elderly couple that he maintains he did not commit. On Aug. 25, the board advised Gov. Mike DeWine to commute the death [...]

MCARTHUR, Ohio (WCMH) -- With the likely dismissal of the case against Gary Siders Sr. pending, the three Vinton County cases that drew national attention await similar competency rulings. Gary Siders Sr. was one of four adults arrested after police rescued 16 children from "horrific" conditions in a Hamden home. On Wednesday, he was found [...]

CHILLICTOHE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Flash flooding in southern Ross County over the weekend has left many Central Ohioans’ properties underwater. "I’ve never seen US-23 flood before, especially in that area. That’s what we witnessed. It was pretty intense and rapid," Ross County resident Crystal McGrail said. McGrail lives in Waverly, US-23. Excessive rain on September [...]

LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead, and another person escaped safely after a house fire on Sunday afternoon. Crews responded to the fire around 2:15 p.m. at the 300 block of Williamsburg Lane. Red Cross and Charity Newsies are assisting the survivor. No other injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Longhorns defeated the Buckeyes 24-23 Saturday, ending Ohio State's 3 game winning streak against No. 4 Texas and dropping them to No. 6 in the AP Top 25 ranking. Texas took the No. 1 spot, followed by Georgia, which remained at No. 2 after beating Western Kentucky 70-20. Newly unranked [...]

NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) -- Five years after a Licking County man was released following a decade behind bars for rape and sexual battery, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for child pornography crimes. Christopher McInturf, 56, pleaded guilty in federal court in February to two counts of receiving and possessing child sexual abuse [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus police continue to investigate a 14-year-old double homicide in which cousins were gunned down in a northeast Columbus home. On March 13, 2012, Antonio Bolden was visiting his cousin, Daniel Floyd, at an apartment in North Linden in the 2900 block of Cleveland Avenue, near Eddystone Avenue and the New [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 17-year-old boy is the second teenager to be arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man at a west Columbus apartment complex. Officers said the teen suspect was arrested Thursday, following the arrest of a 17-year-old girl Tuesday. She told officers a dispute led to the shooting. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- PETA began a "chicken war" against Raising Cane's on Thursday, parking a vegan chicken truck in front of the chain's campus location to promote going vegan. PETA's "Free the Chicken" truck will be parked in front of the campus Raising Cane's through Monday. The truck offers free vegan chicken fingers to [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio’s distracted driving law is now three years old. The goal of the law was to create a stronger enforcement authority while also improving driver safety.  David Berk, owner of Faith Driving School, said the law has led to safer roadways for all Ohioans. He noted it has reduced crashes, accidents and deaths.    [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Sen. Jon Husted’s campaign has parted ways with a top staffer after questions surfaced about social media activity that included a Facebook profile photo showing soldiers from a Nazi military unit. Stephen Woytek, 25, joined Husted’s campaign in August as political director in the Ohio Republican’s race against former Democratic Sen. [...]

LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man has received a $5 million bond in an aggravated vehicular homicide case, accused of crossing a highway median and striking another vehicle head-on in a fiery crash. The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded about 6:15 p.m. Sunday to a crash on U.S. 33 near U.S. 22 near Lancaster. [...]