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An Ohio-based company that initially balked at granting a mom's request to work from home during a high-risk pregnancy has been found liable for the newborn's death and ordered on Wednesday to pay $22.5 million in damages. Chelsea Walsh, according to her lawsuit, made the work-from-home request with Total Quality...

OHIO — A developing threat of strong to severe thunderstorms on Friday could lead to school delays or closures in parts of Ohio. According to the National Weather Service, forecasters have placed much of Ohio within a “marginal risk” area for severe weather, with the greatest potential expected late Friday afternoon...

OHIO — Detectives in Miami Township seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana during an investigation into a suspected drug trafficker, authorities said. The discovery was made as part of an ongoing investigation, according to police. In addition to the large quantity of marijuana, detectives also found a firearm and...

MCL Restaurants and Bakery, a 76-year-old, Indianapolis-based cafeteria-style buffet chain, is closing several locations this month, according to various local reports and social media posts. The closures will impact locations in Terre Haute, Muncie, and Indianapolis, Ind., as well as Whitehall, Ohio, which is just...

A 16-year-old girl reported missing from Columbus, Ohio, has been found safe in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after a multi-state search led by the FBI ended at a South Florida motel on Wednesday. A 32-year-old man was taken into custody at the scene without incident, and the teen has since been reunited with her family,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — State Representatives Mark Johnson (R-Chillicothe) and Riordan McClain (R-Upper Sandusky) announced that the Ohio House of Representatives yesterday passed House Bill 92, legislation to restore fairness and accountability for unpaid water and sewer bills owed to a municipal utility. Current...

OHIO — A man is facing multiple charges after police say he intentionally caused a crash during a domestic dispute Wednesday evening. Officers were dispatched just before 5 p.m. to the area of South Avenue near Simon Road for reports of a crash. According to an incident report, witnesses told police that a man, later...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Columbus police have released a photo of a suspect accused in an armed robbery. Few details were immediately available, but a CPD statement indicated that the person in the photo above approached an 18-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman, "brandished a firearm, and demanded their property."

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — An 18-year-old from Venezuela, who federal prosecutors say was in the United States illegally, will not face a trial for allegedly dragging Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with his car. Officials said Héctor Velandia-Anaya tried to flee from Enforcement and Removal Operations...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 30-year-old suspect charged with murder in the shooting death of a west Columbus man two months ago was arrested on Monday. Officers with the Columbus Division of Police were called to a reported shooting in the 500 block of South Richardson Avenue in the South Central Hilltop neighborhood on Jan....