Columbus OH

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...

A powerful cold front brings the threat of severe storms early Monday.

Skies will stay mostly cloudy across central Ohio. This comes with well above average temperatures as highs top off in the lower 70s. While the heat kicks up so will wind speeds. Gusts this afternoon may reach over 40 mph.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Police are still searching for leads in a 2022 homicide that occurred outside of an east Columbus pub house. On Sept. 8, 2022 at 12:44 a.m., police were called to the 6000 block of East Broad Street, at Donerick’s Pub House, where a man was found suffering from a gunshot wound. […]

Ohio collected $794.3 million from insurance premium sales taxes in 2024, accounting for 2.1% of the state's overall tax revenue of $37.5 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC). The State Government Tax Collections (STC) survey tracks five major tax...