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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. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio State Buckeyes are set to make the College Football Playoff again and will learn their path towards back-to-back national titles on Sunday. The 12-team bracket is set to be revealed at noon and after Saturday's 13-10 loss to No. 2 Indiana in the Big Ten championship game, No. 1 [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A man from the Northeast Side has been arrested and accused of attempting to rape a blind person. According to court documents, Mifflin Township police were called to a home on Parkwood Avenue in the Arlington Park neighborhood after receiving a report of a sexual assault. The person reporting the assault [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after a crash involving a police cruiser early Sunday morning in a west Columbus neighborhood. Columbus police said officers were driving towards a burglary in progress at 2:50 a.m. in Franklinton. The cruiser was going east on West Broad Street towards Central Avenue with its sirens and [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A convicted sex offender from Dublin has been sentenced to a lengthy stay in federal prison after arranging to meet up with who he thought was a minor in Cincinnati. According to federal prosecutors, Kyle Tennyson, 35, used the social media app Kasual to talk with and arrange to meet who [...]

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) – A family-owned restaurant that serves a blend of Cuban, Mexican and American fare is preparing to open a new location in Powell. Three Brothers Diner is coming to 345 W. Olentangy St., which housed Monte Carlo Italian Kitchen before it closed in May. The restaurant will hold a grand opening on [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio lawmakers are weighing a proposal that would create a statewide grant program to help schools offer kosher and halal food options for students with religious dietary restrictions. House Bill 562, introduced in October by Reps. Ismail Mohamed (D-Columbus) and Beryl Brown Piccolantonio (D-Gahanna), would appropriate $300,000 in fiscal year 2027 [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency released a report finding that the demand for water is skyrocketing. The report cited competing needs between industrial centers and agriculture. “We're all individual entities, but we all exist in the same circumstance. And we all ought to be partnering together, working together,” said Jim Roberts, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- This week President Trump voiced negative comments about the Somali community. Now many people, including city leaders, are taking action, pushing back against his words. Community members and elected officials like Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin gathered at city hall today all with the same mission, showing support for Somali [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after a shooting in the North Linden neighborhood of Columbus Saturday afternoon. According to a Columbus police media release, officers responded to a shooting in the 2600 block of Osceola Avenue just before 1 p.m. Columbus police say the victim, who has not been identified, was pronounced [...]

INDIANAPOLIS (WCMH) -- It's a meeting of the top two teams in the country and the only unbeaten schools left in the Football Bowl Subdivision. No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana go head-to-head for the Big Ten Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium, with the winner likely earning the overall top seed in the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered U.S. and Ohio flags to be flown at half-staff on Sunday, the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The flags are being lowered on all public buildings in Ohio from sunrise to sunset to honor the American soldiers lost in the Dec. 7, 1941, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An ex-soldier from Columbus charged with multiple federal counts related to child pornography has changed his plea. According to prosecutors, Austin Pittman has admitted to distributing images of real child pornography and using AI to “morph videos and photos of real children” into images of child pornography. The investigation into Pittman, [...]