LifeWise to be in nearly all Franklin County districts by end of year
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Religious release time program LifeWise may be in nearly every Franklin County public school district by the end of this year. Hilliard-based LifeWise is one of the nation’s most prolific Released Time for Religious Instruction programs. The biblical education group provides off-campus...
Residents call for change after dozens of crashes at central Ohio intersection
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Years of complaints, dozens of crashes, and neighbors constantly on edge are now reaching a boiling point. The growth in Central Ohio has led to an increase in traffic and NBC4 Investigates has heard fear and frustration from those living around one intersection. Over the past nine years,...
FOUND SAFE: Columbus police cancel search for critically missing 9-year-old boy last seen overnight
UPDATE: I am told Oliver King-Messiah, 9, has returned home and is safe. The Columbus Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in helping to locate a critically missing 9-year-old boy. 9-year-old Oliver King-Messiah was last seen in the area of the 5100 block of Dana Drive on Thursday,...
Columbus Metro Library to sell land for affordable housing
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Metro Library is moving forward with the sale of vacant land north of its Shepard Branch to a nonprofit, affordable housing developer. CML said the land is at 850 N. Nelson Rd. and the developer is Homeport. The final sale was approved for $480,000. Homeport...
Fire rips through Westerville apartments, displaces 17 residents including 5 children
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WSYX) — An apartment fire in Westerville prompted a large response from firefighters early Thursday morning. Seventeen people, including five children, are safe after a fire broke out around 2 a.m. at their apartment complex on Lakota Drive near Blendon Ravines Metropark. Several other...
Ohio county sees success with program connecting inmates to treatment, not just punishment
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — Jefferson County leaders say a new program is helping turn arrests into second chances. 7News sat down with multiple change makers in this effort and has the story. Addiction remains a major crisis in Ohio, with thousands of overdose deaths each year, even as the numbers begin to...
Person shot in southwest Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Detectives are investigating a shooting that happened Thursday afternoon in the 700 block of Hart Road in southwest Columbus. Franklin County deputies and Franklin Township police responded to a business in the area just after 1:15 p.m. Franklin Township police said one person was shot...
The Best Donuts In Ohio Are Hiding Inside This Old-Fashioned Bakeshop
That iconic red neon sign on Columbus’s east side isn’t just illuminating the street—it’s beckoning sweet-toothed pilgrims to what might be Ohio’s most cherished temple of flour and sugar: Resch’s Bakery. In a world obsessed with the new and novel, this unassuming bakeshop stands...
As church attendance drops, Ohio holy sites find new roles
The sun is still shining through stained glass windows of the sanctuary at St. Ladislas Church in Columbus. But the pews and the pulpit are gone. With fewer practicing Catholics in Columbus’s south side, the church held its last service in June of 2023. It’s been vacant ever since.
Local doctor’s study on cannabis has ‘shocking’ warning
Dr. Eric Ligotski has found that exposure to edible cannabis products by children aged zero to five has increased twelve times between 2018 and last year, and he is urging parents to treat these products with the same caution as firearms.
