Columbus OH

YOUNGSTOWN A man who approached a Youngstown police officer to ask if he was "doing good" was arrested after a records check revealed he was wanted on a felony warrant. Tremayne Byrd Jr., 30, of Franklin County, was taken into custody Tuesday evening after the encounter at the Western Reserve Transit Authority...

A proposed bill at the Ohio Statehouse is expected to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour. The legislation outlines that increases would happen between 2026 and 2029. According to WCMH reporting, minimum wage would jump to $12 beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and increase by $1 each year...

OHIO — A late-night game at a blackjack table turned into a life-changing moment when a man hit a rare progressive jackpot worth $32,000. But the celebration quickly ended when the government stepped in, seizing most of the money to settle more than $23,000 in unpaid child support. A...

Kash Patel will join U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II, DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Andy Lawton and FBI Cincinnati Special Agent in Charge Elena Iatarola at the FBI Cincinnati field office.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A rainbow-painted crosswalk near Ohio State University was recently vandalized, according to city officials, but has since been cleaned and restored. The crosswalk, located at the intersection of East Lane and Waldeck avenues, is one of five throughout Columbus installed as part of a traffic...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Starting Sept. 2, approximately half of the households in Columbus that receive weekly city trash pick-up will experience changes to their collection day and route color. The city has introduced a new schedule to address unbalanced trash collection routes as Columbus continues to grow. "As...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A new law passed by Ohio back in June will make some changes for potential drivers when it goes into effect at the end of September. Under a provision of House Bill 96, 18-year-olds who may have been considering getting their license by just taking the written test at the BMV […]

“We’ve done ‘pick your own apples’ the same way for the past fifty years,” Andy Lynd, owner of Lynd Fruit Farm remarked. “Cars enter in, pick apples, pay for what they picked, and leave.”. But this weekend alone, 6-7 people were caught hiding apples in...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man charged with raping several women in Columbus was sentenced to at least 17 years in prison. Michael Davis, 57, pleaded guilty to five counts of rape last week, ending a dayslong trial. While out on bond for a 2023 kidnapping and rape case, Davis...

Two Ohio residents are facing charges and are accused of trafficking over $100,000 worth of cocaine into western Pennsylvania.