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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, [...]

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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 [...]