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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new bill in the Ohio Statehouse would exempt tipped workers from having to pay income taxes on gratuities. The move follows a similar provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill passed by Congress last summer, allowing service workers to deduct tips from their federal income taxes. House Bill 209, sponsored [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Sen. Jon Husted testified in the corruption trial of former FirstEnergy executives on Wednesday morning. Husted, a Republican, was Ohio's lieutenant governor when House Bill 6 passed and admits he actively promoted the legislation, which was at the heart of Ohio's largest-ever bribery scandal. Husted testified he did not know about [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus police officer facing a strangulation charge has been fired from the department. According to a Columbus police spokesperson, former officer Jacob Smith, 50, of Columbus, was relieved of duty on Tuesday following a disciplinary hearing. Court records show Smith got into an argument after eating dinner in Polaris on [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State University will announce a new leader Thursday morning in a previously unscheduled board of trustees meeting. Ohio State will enter its fourth day without a president following former president Ted Carter's abrupt resignation due to an "inappropriate relationship" with a podcaster seeking public resources to support her personal business. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A man arrested after allegedly shooting a teenager at an east Columbus Metropolitan Library branch was in court Wednesday afternoon. Marsean Bowles is facing one count of felonious assault with a weapons specification, plus one count of improper handling a firearm. The charges stem from a shooting in the parking lot [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new statewide poll shows a close U.S. Senate race in Ohio, with Democrat Sherrod Brown narrowly leading Republican Jon Husted and voters citing insurance costs as their top healthcare concern. The survey of 600 likely voters, conducted March 3-8 by OnMessage Public Strategies for the Insurance Watchdog Coalition, found Brown [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- College sports could face imminent changes again, but those changes could be enacted by the federal government. A panel of college sports leaders and figures convened at the White House on Friday with President Donald Trump to discuss regulation in college athletics. Among the topics was Name, Image, and Likeness rules [...]

A 6,558 square foot estate located in the exclusive Ebrington development of New Albany, Ohio, featuring six bedrooms, six bathrooms, dual offices, a gourmet kitchen, and a spa-like primary suite, is available for purchase for just under $2.6 million.

GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio (WCMH) – Sexton’s Pizza is celebrating its 10th anniversary by launching a new location, in Grandview Heights, and offering discounted pies at all of its locations. The pizzeria, known for its crispy, New York-style pies, began welcoming customers on Wednesday morning at The Little Grand food hall, at 710 Grandview Crossing Way. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- President Donald Trump said he would not sign any bills into law until the SAVE America Act passes, bringing sweeping limitations to voting for Ohioans. Trump said the SAVE America Act is his "No. 1 priority" and said he would not accept a "watered-down" version of the bill, which changes election [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio lawmakers are progressing a proposal that aims to make it easier to prosecute human traffickers, in a move supporters say the state is “dead last” in making. House Bill 507, introduced by Reps. Marilyn John (R-Richland) and Johnathan Newman (R-Troy) in October, would create a new felony offense for knowingly [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead and another is in custody after a stabbing late Tuesday night in west Columbus. According to Columbus police, one person was hospitalized in critical condition with at least one stab wound, while another was detained after a reported stabbing in the 1700 block of Sullivant Avenue in [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- By the time he departed from Ohio State University this week, former university president Ted Carter will have received more than $4.6 million from the school over three years. Carter, 66, resigned abruptly over the weekend after an "inappropriate relationship with someone seeking public resources to support her personal business." The [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Supporters of a proposal to ban fluoride in Ohio's public drinking water urged lawmakers last week to end the decades-long practice, arguing residents should have the freedom to decide whether to consume the mineral. House Bill 182, introduced by Rep. Levi Dean (R-Xenia), would prohibit public water systems from adding fluoride [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther delivered his annual state of the city address Tuesday night, laying out his priorities for the year ahead.  "This year, we have the biggest operating budget in the city’s history," Ginther said. "However, rising costs mean our dollars won’t stretch as far as they used to." Ginther [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Emergencies can happen anywhere, at any time and often with only a few medical resources nearby. The Ohio State University medical students and residents are practicing responding to a disaster and learning to use what they have available to save lives. Dr. Nicholas Kman, a professor of emergency medicine, said they’re helping students build confidence [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The sudden resignation of The Ohio State University’s president on Monday has many wondering what the search for a new president will look like. On Monday, Ted Carter resigned after a little more than two years on the job after disclosing an "inappropriate relationship” with a podcaster who was “seeking public [...]

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio students are required to learn financial literacy before graduating high school, but one central Ohio school is going beyond the requirement with a new hands-on opportunity. Students at Reynoldsburg High School Livingston Campus are operating a fully functioning, student-run credit union branch inside the school. The branch opened recently after [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Fans and others around Ohio are still processing the news that two former Columbus Crew players, Yaw Yeboah and Derrick Jones, have been banned from the league for betting on games. Major League Soccer made the announcement Monday. “This is basically two years’ worth of kind of collecting and selling," Josh [...]

The family of a man who was killed last year in a crash with a Columbus police officer who was responding to a call filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the officer and the city.