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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A teen shot themself at 12:43 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of Mayfair Boulevard and Dale Avenue. Police responded to a report that someone had accidentally shot themself. When they arrived, the teen was suffering from a gunshot wound to the left hand and left...

Goodbye fluoride, hello Ozempic — the city of Columbus is about to get thinner. City officials announced in mid-March that by the end of April, all drinking water in Columbus will contain Ozempic and other GLP-1 medications. Fluoride has been steadily sucked out of the water supply for the last week to make way for...

Crews have moved in at 6150 E. Broad Street across from Mount Carmel East, tearing down a sprawling vacant office complex and clearing out roughly 461,000 square feet of building. When the dust settles, the work will open up about 30 acres of redevelopment-ready land at the I-270 interchange, a high-visibility corner...

Just an hour’s drive from Downtown Columbus is Lievita, an Italian eatery and pizzeria located in Chillicothe. If you haven’t heard of it, you’re not alone, but this small-town spot has begun turning heads on the international level after a recent performance at the International Pizza Expo.

The Columbus mayoral race of 2027 just got a lot more interesting. The world’s first AI-based mayoral candidate declared this morning that it would be running against incumbent mayor Andrew Ginther, who announced his plans to run for a fourth term last year. “Columbus is ready for change,” stated...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Rising gas prices and high electric bills are putting pressure on the community, and that strain is having consequences you may not expect. Animal protection agency, Columbus Humane, sees an increase in emaciated dogs when the community is not doing well. Throughout the beginning of this year,...

Survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are suing Les Wexner, who ran Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch, and the Wexner Foundation.

GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) – A central Ohio soul food restaurant recently opened a location in Gahanna.  Soul 2 Go began welcoming customers at 134 N. Hamilton Road on Friday, about 11 months after announcing the new eatery.  The business plans to have a grand opening weekend from May 1 through May 3 and said on […]

OHIO — Authorities in central Ohio have issued an Endangered Missing Child Alert for a 17-year-old boy last seen in Licking County. According to the Licking County Sheriff’s Office, Colton Smith was last seen around 1 p.m. Tuesday on Douglas Lane Road NW in Centerburg. Deputies said Smith is 5 feet 7 inches tall,...

OHIO — Authorities in southwest Ohio are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a woman wanted on a felony drug charge, according to Greater Cincinnati Crime Stoppers. Cincinnati Police District Three is searching for Monica May Marie Delay, 22, who is wanted for felony possession of drugs. Police say that on...