Columbus OH

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — The Columbus city attorney is requesting the court to shut down a bar in the Linden area to protect public safety after a shooting there left two people injured this past weekend. First Stop Bar and Grill, located at 1427 Oakland Park Avenue, has a...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Detectives are investigating a fatal shooting at a suspected "after-hours" club on the city's South Side after a property owner discovered a man’s body Wednesday morning. Columbus Division of Police officers were called to a building in the 1,600 block of Lockbourne Road around...

OHIO — Two Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s deputies were injured early Wednesday morning after a crash involving a stolen pickup truck, according to authorities. Officials said deputies were responding to assist the Brooklyn Police Department with a report of a stolen pickup truck in the area of Fulton Avenue and Poe Road....

OHIO — The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a man who has been missing since March 20. Sheriff Jeff Lawless said Robert Fox was last seen in the County Road 15 area, also known as Lick Creek Road, in Lawrence County. According to deputies, Fox was last seen […] The post...

OHIO — A Boardman woman is facing a felony charge after police say she struck a man multiple times with her vehicle in Warren, according to a police report. Officers were called around 3:15 p.m. Monday to a home on McMyler Street NW for a report of a person being hit by a car. When […] The post One woman arrested...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AVC News) — Dave Yost has filed multiple lawsuits across the state accusing several contractors and a builder of defrauding Ohio consumers out of a combined $564,000. The lawsuits, filed in Franklin, Delaware and Muskingum counties, allege violations of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act....

INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Public Health Department in Indiana is warning about a dangerous new drug spreading across the Midwest, the health department says it is significantly more powerful than fentanyl. Health leaders say the drug, cychlorphine, has been linked to a growing number of fatal overdoses in...

OHIO — A dangerous line of severe storms is expected to sweep across parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania Thursday evening, with forecasters pinpointing a critical window between 6 PM and 10 PM for the most intense activity. High-resolution weather models are aligning on this timeframe, indicating a fast-moving...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A new Ohio bill would bar noncitizens without legal residence from driving in Ohio, including those with valid driver’s licenses from another state. House Bill 722 was introduced by Rep. Adam Bird (R-New Richmond) and states “nonresidents who are unlawfully present in the United States shall...

On Monday, March 23, 2026, a Franklin County man was sentenced after a fellow inmate, identified by family as Courtney Rhodes, died following what relatives and local reporting describe as exposure to fentanyl inside the county jail. Rhodes' family used the hearing to make an emotional plea for justice and to call...