Columbus OH

Staff Lt. Todd J. Roberts, office of planning, research and development, was promoted to the rank of captain Jan. 25 and was recognized recently by Col. Charles A. Jones, Ohio State Highway Patrol superintendent, during a ceremony at the patrol’s training academy. Roberts transferred from his previous assignment in...

An 81-year-old man was struck and killed by a Jeep Cherokee on Cleveland Avenue in north Columbus on Sunday night while crossing outside a marked crosswalk, authorities said. Emergency crews transported him to Riverside Methodist Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Police said the driver stayed at the scene...

An investigation by Canary Media suggests that opposition to a solar project in Ohio may have been inflated with false identities and misinformation. There's no doubt that community advocacy gets results. But what happens when local opposition is inflated or overwhelmingly made up? A solar project in Ohio may fall...

CLEVELAND — A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for Cuyahoga and Geauga counties. Behind Monday morning's cold front, temperatures fall and winds shift out of the NW, setting us up for another round of snow for the Northeast Ohio Snowbelt. Scattered snow showers pick up this afternoon, and...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead after being struck by a vehicle while they were pushing a shopping cart along a west Columbus road Sunday night. According to Columbus police, an adult pedestrian was pushing a shopping cart in a northbound lane of Georgesville Road, south of Hall Road, in the Riverbend...

CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio — Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman is facing a lawsuit from several Ohio sheriff's deputies after using footage from a 2022 raid on his home in a viral music video. The trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday. The lawsuit stems from the raid during which Adams County sheriff's...

MORROW, Ohio (WCMH) — A southwestern Ohio school board member resigned after social media posts in which he praised Nazis came to light. Dan Smith was treasurer of the Little Miami Board of Education before he resigned last week over social media posts. Smith’s resignation comes within weeks of the board banning a...

Two people are dead after a juvenile driver fled from a traffic stop and struck a vehicle on the city's Northeast Side. The crash occurred March 14 after officers attempted to stop a vehicle around 3:40 p.m. that was linked to a March 10 shooting, according to a Columbus Division of Police media release. A...

If there is one thing the car community and the public can agree on, it's their hatred of takeovers.

OHIO — Authorities are investigating after a woman was found unresponsive in a cell at the Portage County Jail Sunday evening. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, Pauline Ferrell, 42, was discovered around 8:30 p.m. during a routine security check inside the jail. Officials said jail staff...