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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two state lawmakers have proposed new legislation requiring a government warning label to be displayed on social media platforms with addictive properties.  House Bill 808 -- sponsored by state Representatives Christine Cockley (D-Columbus) and Jodi Salvo (R-Bolivar) -- defines an addictive social media platform as one that heavily relies on push [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- High prices at the gas pump and the grocery store could have people re-thinking their Memorial Day weekend travel plans. AAA said Ohio specifically is looking at about 1.7 million people traveling with more than 1.5 million people traveling by car. The auto club said those numbers are similar to last [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Clay Jones loves the Buckeyes, and when he looks at Ohio Stadium, that love bursts out. "You can feel it through your body. It's a rush,” Jones said. "It's just a great feeling to be a Buckeye and to be a part of all this; it's an amazing feeling that empowers [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- NBC4 Investigates has been digging into how much money Franklin County has spent so far on two trials of former deputy Jason Meade in the death of Casey Goodson Jr. The answer is more than half a million dollars. Meade’s first trial in 2024 ended with a hung jury. His second [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The end of an east Columbus apartment complex that was shut down to its residents on Christmas in 2022 has officially begun. Demolition crews were spotted Monday morning at the now-vacant Latitude Five25 towers on Sawyer Boulevard. The demolition is the first movement toward a $150 million affordable housing complex, which [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- OhioHealth has cleared another hurdle in its plan for the former Big Lots headquarters in northeast Columbus, though the health system has yet to announce what it wants to do with the property. Columbus City Council voted on May 11 to approve a zoning change for the 24-acre site at 4900 [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Mexican restaurant, a dessert store and a brunch eatery are preparing to launch inside a retail center near New Albany and Gahanna. The Commons at Hamilton Quarter is located off Old Hamilton Road in northeast Columbus, just south of Culver’s and west of the Hamilton Quarter shopping development. Built in [...]

Central Ohio is hosting a variety of Memorial Day events, including parades, ceremonies, and open houses, to honor the men and women who have died in military service.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An 11-year-old girl who was struck while crossing a busy west Columbus road died over the weekend, police reported. According to an updated incident report, 11-year-old Scarlett Hightower died at a hospital Friday night, two days after being struck by a vehicle on Hilliard Road Road, near the intersection of Hilliard [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Although public polling for Ohio's Senate and governor's races in an effective tie, a new poll found state legislators predict Ohio will vote Republican. Gongwer-Worth surveys members of Ohio's General Assembly to get their perspectives on state politics. A new Gongwer-Worth poll published last week surveyed nearly 50 Ohio legislators on [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — For the second consecutive week, Columbus motorists experienced cheaper gas prices, but overall prices remain far from cheap throughout the state and country. According to According to GasBuddy’s survey of 500 stations in and around Columbus, Ohio, gas prices fell by 21.7 cents per gallon last week, to average out at [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would ban landlords and homeowners associations from prohibiting thin blue line flags.  Senate Bill 202, sponsored by Sen. Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster), cleared the Senate on Wednesday and now moves to the House for further consideration. Under the legislation, HOAs, condominium associations, landlords, [...]

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead, another is in critical condition after they were thrown off of a motorcycle after a crash in Pickaway County. The crash occurred Sunday afternoon at 2:51 p.m. when Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers were alerted to the intersection of SR-159 and Kingston Adelphi Road in Kingston, which [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A proposal at the Ohio Statehouse would bar public officials and government employees from participating in prediction markets. Rep. Sean Brennan (D-Parma) introduced House Bill 887 this month. The proposal, titled the "Ohio Public Employee Event-Wagering Ethics Act," would amend the state's ethics laws to ban public officials and employees from [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A local group just took a major step toward its goal of having a dumpsite removed from the heart of its community. “We love our community and we don’t want it to look like a dumpsite when people come and visit,” Little Turtle Civic Association Trustee Natalie Struttman said. The City [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A health institute’s data shows Ohioans are among the unhealthiest Americans. The Health Policy Institute of Ohio, a non-partisan organization dedicated to informing health policy decisions, said that, according to its health value dashboard, Ohio ranks 43 out of all 50 states in health value. “Health value is a combined measure [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Crew is looking for a new head coach after announcing the club has let go of coach Henrik Rydström. The Crew announced the change on Sunday after a disappointing 3-7-4 MLS record under Rydström, who took over in December for Wilfried Nancy, who left the Crew to become the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week’s Sunday Briefing: Exclusive audio of him advocating for what he criticizes his opponent, Democrat Amy Acton, for: segregation and testing mandates. “Certain people on the basis of a biomarker, are segregated, saying you can't go back to normal life or certain people get a head start, is that inequity [...]

CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) – A Chillicothe woman is dead after she was struck by a car in Ross County on Saturday. At 8:27 a.m., the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s (OSHP) communication center in Jackson received a report of an object on the side of the road. When responding units arrived, they discovered that a [...]

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) – A woman is dead after her car crashed into a retention pond near Powell on Saturday night. At about 10:43 p.m., Bonnie Baumgartner-Zimmer, 67, of Dublin, was operating a 2014 Toyota Camry eastbound on Community Way in Liberty Township when she traveled off the roadway at the intersection with Harmony [...]