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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The concert lineup for the Ohio State Fair is taking shape, with three more acts -- a family-oriented show, a Grammy-winning rapper, and a classic rock powerhouse -- being announced for this year's event. Organizers announced Tuesday that the family show Blippi, rapper Nelly, and rock legends Styx will perform during [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Democrat Sherrod Brown significantly outraised Republican Sen. Jon Husted in the final quarter of 2025, as the two prepare for Ohio's high-stakes U.S. Senate race this year. Brown raised $7,333,987 between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, according to campaign fundraising figures released in January, while Husted brought in $1,508,472 during the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- If you're flying without a Real ID or another acceptable form of identification, there's a new option and cost at airport security. Starting on Feb. 1, John Glenn Columbus International Airport, along with airports across the nation, officially launched TSA ConfirmID, which allows travelers without proper identification to verify who they [...]

ASHVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – Body camera footage of a deadly shooting involving two Pickaway County Sheriff’s deputies last month shows what led up to the incident. The deputies were the first officers to arrive at the scene at a mobile home park in Ashville south of Rickenbacker International Airport on Jan. 20. At the scene, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two Ohio lawmakers and former educators are proposing new legislation to provide more financial assistance to student teachers. House Bill 523, also called the Future Educators Support Act, would allow public school districts to pay student teachers minimum wage, require the state to provide cost-of-living stipends and reimbursements, and allow universities [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As parts of central Ohio continue to clean up from last week's snowstorm, some areas are preparing for the possibility of a little more. “This time of year, we stay constantly ready," Columbus Infrastructure Management Division Administrator Scott Tourville said. Even though Columbus is expected to get less than an inch of [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police have arrested an 18-year-old man they said shot at officers who were standing outside a police substation this past weekend. “Gun violence is never the answer,” Columbus Division of Police Deputy Chief Smith Weir said of the incident, which happened at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday. Police arrested Samatar Salad [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- What one family feared would end in heartbreak has instead become an unbelievable reunion. In late January 2025, a car crashed into a yard at the home of Columbus Humane’s behavior manager. Her dogs got out and one did not come back. Now, because of chipping technology, we get to show [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Schools students were off all five days last week because of last Sunday's foot of snow was followed by bitter cold. On Monday, it was time to head back to school and that meant making sure the buses were ready to drive more than 28,000 students on 450 routes. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Emergency funds have been authorized to fix water mains in Columbus that broke following a brutal week of weather that saw a foot of snow drop, followed by bitter cold. Mayor Andrew Ginther authorized at least $1.5 million to be used to assist the city's water and power division in working [...]

NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Facebook parent company Meta announced a $6 billion agreement to support data center innovation, including in New Albany. Meta announced a multi-year partnership with Corning Inc. to supply up to $6 billion in fiber optic cables for Meta's data centers. Meta's New Albany data center said the partnership will support [...]

The Columbus Department of Public Service shared a hilarious music video on social media, showing their "Snow Warriors" going into "Plow Mode" to clear the snow-covered roads, which quickly went viral and received enthusiastic responses from viewers.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — After many central Ohio motorists were stuck at home or on their respective side streets and alleys, they returned to the roads to find lower gas prices. According to GasBuddy’s survey of 500 stations in and around Columbus, Ohio, gas prices fell 14.3 cents per gallon from last week, erasing an identical [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus police are looking for a dark colored sedan after a reported hit skip that hospitalized one person in the far west side of the city. According to a CPD incident report, an adult was operating an electric bike on Monday morning just after 4 a.m., heading east on Sullivant Avenue [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Buckeye State will be represented at the Milan Cortina Olympics this month in a variety of sports and events. Team USA lists seven athletes with Ohio as their home state, but the connections don't stop there as many current and former Ohio State student-athletes will be competing. And for the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The body of a missing Indiana teenager whose last whereabouts were known to be in southeastern Ohio, has been found in Perry County. According to the suspect's defense attorney, Samuel Shamansky, 17-year-old Hailey Buzbee has been found dead in Perry County. Shamansky is representing 39-year-old Tyler Thomas, who is a suspect [...]

MARION, Ohio (WCMH) -- Monday marked the 47th time that Buckeye Chuck, Ohio's official groundhog, gave his forecast on when we can expect spring weather to start. If there was any winter Ohioans did not want Buckeye Chuck to see his shadow, it is this one after a foot of snow and brutal cold temperatures [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The amount of liquor purchased in Ohio fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, but sales remained higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic.  OHLQ, the state agency that manages the wholesale and retail sale of liquor, sold 15.8 million gallons in 2025, marking a 4.2% decrease from 2024, according to [...]

The end of meteorological winter (December-February) seems like a distant dream, after a brutally cold and snowy end to January.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle in east Columbus late Sunday night. According to Columbus police, one person was severely injured after being struck on East Main Street, between Noe Bixby Road and the Interstate 270 interchange. The driver, operating a Toyota Prius, [...]