Columbus OH

OHIO — Columbus police are investigating a series of vehicle break-ins reported at several hotels across the city early Christmas Eve. According to a Columbus public safety dispatcher, multiple calls were received between 6:55 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. reporting vehicles that had been broken into and damaged. The incidents...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A two-year-old girl is dead after being shot Monday evening in east Columbus. Police said officers went to the 1500 block of East Long Street at 8:38 p.m. on reports a child was shot. The child, identified as Va’Nyiah Mason, was found at the scene suffering from a gunshot wound and […]

A woman pleaded guilty to the "serial killings" of four men in Ohio, the attorney general's office announced.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Ohio Department of Health is investigating a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at Christ Hospital that has resulted in three deaths among six reported cases since October. The outbreak was first identified in October when testing of the hospital’s water identified Legionella bacteria, which can...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Franklin County Engineer’s Office on Tuesday dropped off $8,000 worth of toys — an entire dump truck load — to children and families staying at the Ronald McDonald House. “Having some extra Christmas gifts provides a little extra holiday magic, especially when the parents are already...

An Ohio man has been indicted in connection with the accidental shooting death of his 11-year-old niece, just days after his teenage son was charged in the case. Matthew Seymour, 33, was arrested on Dec. 19 and faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering children in the death of Amya Frazier, according...

A 32-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, died in Las Vegas after being pinned against a loading dock bumper by a reversing tractor-trailer. The incident occurred just before 4:50 p.m. on Tuesday in the 4800 block of E. Cheyenne Avenue near Nellis Boulevard, according to News 3 LV. Police reported that...

In a move that has rippled far beyond church pews, the Catholic Diocese of Columbus has formally excused some parishioners from their obligation to attend Mass, not because of illness or weather, but because they are afraid of immigration enforcement. Issued by Bishop Earl K. Fernandes, the decree grants a...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Amid heightened ICE operations in Columbus, immigrant business owners and community leaders gathered Tuesday at the Global Mall on Morse Road warning it’s hurting both families and their livelihoods. “In some of these businesses, we’re seeing ICE agents are parked at the front literally to...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several bills meant to provide property tax relief into law, but anti-property tax advocates aren’t impressed, and they are moving forward with their efforts to abolish them altogether. Once his dream home, Brian Massie said after 20 years, it’s turned into a nightmare. “I saw that the...