Columbus OH

MCL Restaurant & Bakery recently closed multiple locations, and Whitehall made it on the chopping block. MCL’s Whitehall location at 5240 E. Main St. will host its final day of business on March 29. The news was posted on the restaurant’s door earlier this month. “It has been...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTAP) - The Ohio Department of Aging is warning residents about scam calls targeting participants in the Golden Buckeye program. The agency said it has received reports of unsolicited calls from people falsely claiming to represent Golden Buckeye and trying to obtain personal information, including...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Sweeping changes to Ohio’s voter-approved cannabis law are slated to take effect Friday. Senate Bill 56 will introduce changes like limits on intoxicating hemp and charges for transporting cannabis outside of a car’s trunk or ingesting cannabis in public, including edibles that have been legal...

OHIO — A 19-year-old man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Friday afternoon in Findlay, according to police. Authorities said the crash happened shortly after 1 p.m. on Broad Avenue near Bigelow Avenue on the city’s north side. The rider, identified as a man from Kalida, Ohio, was traveling in the area when...

OHIO — A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection with an attempted carjacking in the parking lot of Monroe High School, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say the incident occurred just before 3:30 p.m. Thursday when the teen approached an 18-year-old who was sitting in a parked vehicle...

OHIO — A reported shoplifting incident at a Walmart store led to the arrest of three people on drug-related charges, according to Richland Township Police. Officers responded March 18 after Walmart loss prevention reported a suspected shoplifter. Police said a woman, identified as Brittany Guthrie, was detained and...

Some price tags make you feel smart, and then some make you stop and wonder whether the store forgot to finish writing the number. This Ohio liquidator warehouse has exactly that kind of effect, because the prices seem so low they almost look unfinished. The first reaction is disbelief. The...

While Columbus Pride and the Dublin Irish Festival both get their fair share of love on a national level, the Ohio Renaissance Festival just received some flowers of its own. As a part of USA Today’s 10Best Readers Choice awards, the Ohio Renaissance Festival was tapped as the nation’s best. Finalist fairs were...

Columbus police have released a surveillance-style photo of a man they say robbed two 18-year-olds at gunpoint on March 8 in the 5600 block of Red Carnation Drive in southwest Columbus. According to the department, the suspect brandished a firearm, demanded the victims' property, then took off before officers...

A sprawling dataset compiled from 17 years of Franklin County Municipal Court reports paints a stark picture of traffic enforcement in Columbus, Ohio. The numbers suggest a system in retreat. Speeding citations are down roughly 75 percent since their peak, stop sign violations have dropped by nearly 80 percent, and...