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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Meet Sadie! She is available at the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center. Sadie is 5 years old and is described as a sweet, gentle girl with a lot of love. She knows "sit," "shake" and is currently working on other commands. The shelter said she is great around other [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State President Ravi Bellamkonda will deliver his first State of the University address Thursday morning. Six months into the role, Bellamkonda's speech is expected to highlight the university's recent successes and push forward to new opportunities. The topics of the speech are unconfirmed, but likely topics include Ohio State's progress, [...]

Central Ohio is set for a busy weekend of events starting Thursday, September 17, including sports, live music, theater, and community festivals.

HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) -- After 10 months, the city of Hilliard has withdrawn its legal challenge over a proposal to power an Amazon data center with fuel cell technology. Hilliard leaders approved an Amazon Web Services data center in 2022 but raised concerns in the fall of 2025 over a proposal to power the center [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – When customers of a west Columbus chicken wing restaurant open their takeout or delivery orders, they will now find more than just food. Mean Mug Wings & Things, located at 3780 W. Broad St., has partnered with CaseTrace, a national missing persons database founded in central Ohio, to include missing persons [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead, another critically injured after a multi-vehicle crash on a north Columbus highway early Thursday morning. According to Columbus police, the crash occurred at 12:29 a.m. when officers responded to the area of Interstate 270 East near the Worthington-Galena Road overpass. Two vehicles involved in a crash resulted [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio’s races for U.S. Senate and governor remain close less than two months before Election Day, with Democrats Sherrod Brown and Amy Acton each leading by three percentage points in a Bowling Green State University poll. Brown received support from 48% of likely voters in the special Senate election, compared with [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – With rapid data center development in central Ohio, Columbus City Council has been working on policies to regulate how they can operate within the city. The latest focus is on financial impacts and what regulations are needed to protect residents’ wallets. Columbus is looking at a new way to charge some [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A suspect is hospitalized after being shot by a Hilliard Police officer Wednesday night. According to Hilliard Police Chief Michael Woods, officers arrived at an apartment complex on the 4600 block of Lowell Lane to serve an arrest warrant on a public indecency incident at a grocery store on Sept. 11. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno sat with NBC4’s Colleen Marshall for an interview, covering a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence and President Donald Trump’s $5,000 campaign pledge. Moreno said he is drafting legislation to fund the latest payout promise from Trump – to give every adult citizen in the country [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Central Ohio non-profit organizations that make sure community members do not go hungry are facing another rise in fuel prices after already being hit with higher prices earlier this year. Gas prices are on the rise again, and diesel prices have hit record highs. “These are costs we haven't seen before [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- State leaders are alarmed by the number of Ohio police departments that are not reporting rape kit results to the Attorney General’s office. Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) said Tuesday he wants the legislature to rewrite the law requiring police to get those kits tested and report the results, as sexual violence [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The basketball schedules for Ohio State's men's and women's teams for the upcoming season have been set. The Big Ten announced the detailed conference schedules for the Buckeyes and the other 17 teams in the conference. The men's team opens the season on Nov. 2 against BYU in Salt Lake City [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther wants to invest more than $21 million in new fire trucks for the city. This comes a year after NBC4 Investigates showed you how the division is facing a fire vehicle crisis: not enough trucks and trucks that were past their life cycle still on the road. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- In just two weeks, the puck will be back on the ice at Nationwide Arena and the Columbus Blue Jackets will begin a new campaign to end their playoff drought. Training camp begins Thursday under Rick Bowness, who enters his first full season at the helm after taking over the franchise [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson is pushing for the criminalization of Flock camera misuse, he announced Wednesday. Flock cameras are automated license plate readers that police can use to help solve crimes and find missing people. The presence of the devices throughout Ohio has sparked major debate, even causing some cities [...]

A million-dollar Tudor-style home in Richfield, Ohio, featuring authentic European architectural salvage, has gone viral after being featured on the Zillow Gone Wild social media page.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Jordanian street-food restaurant is preparing to open on Bethel Road, bringing shawarma, kebabs and other Middle Eastern staples to a familiar northwest Columbus property. Nashmi is coming to 2503 Bethel Road, across from Carriage Place and next to Meadow Park Church. An opening date has not been announced, and hours [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – After about 25 years of serving Downtown Columbus, an Indian restaurant has shuttered and is planning to relocate. Indian Oven closed its sole location at 427 E. Main St. in Downtown Columbus on Sept. 1. “Saying goodbye is never easy, and while today is bittersweet as our final day here … [...]

NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) — Eighteen months and change after a man shot six people, including two fatally at a New Albany warehouse, a Licking County judge will announce a verdict on the suspect’s fate. Bruce Foster III, accused of killing 38-year-old Kyle Vaver and 30-year-old Shakhar Chapagai, and injuring four others, faces the following charges: [...]