Columbus OH

OHIO — Three people are in custody following a shooting that left one man injured Monday night in Monroe, according to the Monroe Police Department. Officers were dispatched around 8 p.m. to Michigan Avenue just north of Lorain Street after receiving a report of a man who had been shot while inside his vehicle. The...

OHIO — As of Tuesday morning, power outages across Ohio remain limited but widespread, affecting several counties and utility service areas statewide. According to the latest outage data, 2,802 homes and businesses are without electricity, representing 0.05% of the 5,363,287 customers tracked across Ohio. Compared...

BEREA, Ohio (WKRC) - A Berea man says a routine trip to the grocery store and gas station turned into a lottery win. Brian said he stopped for gas while his pregnant wife was at home sleeping and decided to purchase an Ohio Lottery ticket. He bought a $5 EZPLAY Progressive Jackpot Lucky Numbers ticket and matched 15...

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid Ohio State University's head of gynecology quarterly payments of thousands of dollars, Department of Justice files show.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Cincinnati Public Schools could be at risk of losing more than $150 million in state funding if proposed legislation becomes law. Ohio House Bill 671 would require the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce to withhold state foundation funding from any school district participating in legal...

CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - A Kentucky developer has acquired nearly a dozen former Frisch’s locations, including multiple properties in the Tri-State. Between October 2025 and January, Lee Greer invested more than $17.2 million purchasing 11 former Frisch’s properties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana...

PATASKALA, Ohio (WSYX) — A man who died in a house fire over the weekend has been identified. Franklin McKnight died at OSU Wexner Medical Center. He was 84 years old. The fire began Saturday afternoon in the 4830 block of Columbia Road Southwest in Pataskala. McKnight was rushed...

A federal jury found a Columbus man guilty of transporting drugs in secret compartments within a vehicle driving from California to the Polaris Fashion Place. According to court documents and trial testimony, agents in Albuquerque, New Mexico, told Homeland Security Investigation agents in central Ohio that New...

In November, it was revealed that an EdgeConneX data center was making its way to a Central Ohio community. And this community was not thrilled about it. The data center, made up of 18 major structures, is to be constructed on 200 acres at SR-752, about 17 miles south of Columbus. At the Asheville Village Council...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Multiple neighborhoods in north Columbus have not received a week's worth of mail. Starting last week, Jay Ryan said that he and his neighbors did not receive any mail from USPS. Monday, he said he received two pieces of mail. "Here's my two pieces of...