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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A teenager is dead after a shooting in Columbus' Busch neighborhood Saturday morning. Columbus police officers were called to the 1100 block of Mediterranean Avenue around 1:27 a.m. Saturday and found 18-year-old Nathaniel J. Kerby suffering from a gunshot wound. Kerby was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:37 a.m. Investigators [...]

HEBRON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Authorities are investigating a Licking County shooting late Friday night that left a 16-year-old boy critically injured and resulted in the arrest of his older brother. Officers with the Hebron Police Department and deputies from the Licking County Sheriff's Office responded around 11:30 p.m. on Friday to the 100 block of [...]

MARION, Ohio (WCMH) -- A husband and wife pleaded guilty Thursday in the death of the man's mother, according to the Marion County Prosecutor's Office. James and Wendy Fuson pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter. Deputies were called March 26, 2024, to the 7800 block of Emahiser Road in Marion County after a report [...]

MARION, Ohio (WCMH) — A large-scale drug trafficking investigation that began over three years ago has led to a decades-long sentence for the man believed to be at the center of the operation. According to the Marion County prosecutor, in 2022 agents from the MARMET Drug Task Force and the Delaware County Drug Task Force [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person has died after a shooting early Saturday morning outside a north Columbus hotel. Authorities responded to the 6100 block of Quarter Horse Drive at 1:31 a.m. on Saturday after report of a shooting, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Officers found one person suffering from a gunshot wound [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A repeat offender will serve 20 more years in federal prison after pleading guilty to gun and drug charges related to a Columbus narcotics ring. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the ring sold fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, most recently over a four-year period. Court documents state that from May 2021 [...]

The Columbus Regional Airport Authority has announced new and expanded routes for 2026, including flights to Panama City Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Montreal, Greenville-Spartanburg, Key West, and Austin, Texas.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- During one of the most popular times of year to eat fish, a local wholesaler says prices are the highest they’ve seen. The impact is being felt at local church fish fries.  The Lenten season is the busiest time of year for Columbus Fish and Seafood. Operations Manager Nancy Ehman says they always prepare [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- With more than 100 school buildings across the city, Columbus City Schools leaders say giving families choices is a key part of the district’s enrollment process. Each student in the district is assigned to a neighborhood school based on their home address. But families can also apply to the school lottery [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Technology is constantly evolving and a local police department is taking advantage of that. The West Jefferson Police Department rolled out new body cameras. “As I took over leadership of the agency, it’d become really important for me to make sure that we continue to provide premium-level police service,” said Chief [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Thousands of athletes from all across the world are in Columbus for the Arnold Sports Festival, and for at least one, the competition wasn't the only special stop he made. One of the competitions that takes place at the festival is the World's Strongest Firefighter competition. Firefighters from around the globe [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A feud between the Columbus Zoo and Liberty Township is escalating. Liberty Township claims that the zoo plans to hire its own private ambulance service to avoid paying township fees. In a Facebook post, the township said the service would only run in the summer and would not entirely eliminate the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The war in the Middle East has people on edge across the world. Here in Central Ohio, Jewish leaders say they are monitoring the situation and are increasing security at synagogues and schools. Friday morning, Rabbi Hillel Skolnik at Congregation Tifereth Israel was preparing for Shabbat services. Shabbat is the Jewish [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- President Donald Trump will visit Cincinnati on Wednesday "to celebrate his economic victories" and tout "lower prescription drug prices for working families," a White House spokesperson confirmed to NBC4. The announcement comes after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the United States lost 92,000 jobs in February and unemployment rose [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It is Women in Construction Week. This week highlights the contributions of women in the industry, and one local company is uplifting their employees. The central Ohio building company Gilbane honored their female employees with a breakfast this morning. Emily Greenberg, project manager, shared a feeling of appreciation and support from the team. She noted it's an honor to work in [...]

Less than a month after Eddie Bauer's store operator in North America and Canada filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, dozens of stores are hitting the market.

LONDON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Madison County man who was accused of stabbing his wife to death and claiming that the wounds were self-inflicted appeared in court Friday morning. Kyle Foster Long, 35, was issued a $1.5 million cash/surety bond. The case was bound over to the Madison County Court of Common Pleas. He was [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A German Village-area craft beer bar says it will close temporarily this month as it undergoes renovations and a rebranding aimed at transforming the space into a broader community gathering spot. The Daily Growler at 702 S. High St. announced Wednesday on social media that it will enter into a "chrysalis [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An apartment complex is coming to northeast Columbus, near Gahanna and New Albany.  The Columbus-based real estate developer The Daimler Group, Inc. is preparing to launch Windsor Place at Chestnut Hills at 5097 N. Hamilton Road. The clubhouse will open on Labor Day for leasing, with residents moving in during the [...]

A central Ohio couple defied the odds to win the lottery twice, with their latest win being a $5 million jackpot from an Ultimate $5,000,000 scratch-off ticket.