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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Voting for the Ohio midterm elections is now officially underway as residents can cast their ballots early. Those who are registered to vote for the Nov. 3 general election can now cast early in-person or absentee ballots. Voters will have multiple opportunities to cast early in-person ballots at their local county [...]

Starting Oct. 5, Ohioans have new limitations in buying recreational cannabis products.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – About a dozen Ohio laws take effect Tuesday, including measures requiring drivers to provide basic identifying information at traffic stops and mandating that schools teach students they are more likely to succeed if they get married before having children. Gov. Mike DeWine signed 13 bills on July 7, all of which [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Millions of dollars for storm damage was approved, but followed by some strong words from a councilmember toward the mayor of Columbus at Monday night's city council meeting. City council approved $2.5 million for mitigation projects for various Columbus Recreation and Parks Department facilities damaged by August’s strong storms; most of [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — In addition to the tornado damage repairs at the city of Columbus' Barack Community Center, severe weather from mid-August has caused hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage at other recreation facilities as well. “This definitely had the biggest impact in recent memory," said Kerry Francis, head of community relations [...]

A long construction project has been taking a toll on Downtown Columbus businesses, but a new program was designed to bring customers back.

Tennessee's botched execution is once again raising nationwide questions about capital punishment and the effectiveness of what is, at the moment, Ohio’s only legal method of execution. 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Health Resources and Services Administration and Nationwide Children’s Hospital announced more than $500 million in federal funds for the national Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. "We know children, the first teachers that they have are their parents and if we can help those parents, we can help [...]

The Columbus man indicted in connection with the disappearance and death of an Indiana teenager pleaded not guilty on Monday. 

Ohio State's regular season meeting against defending national champion Indiana has a start time

Columbus residents will lose approximately one hour and 15 minutes of daylight throughout October before daylight saving time ends on November 1.

The restaurant group behind Mexican cuisine in east Columbus and Italian Village appears to be planning a location in Grandview Heights.

Kroger recently opened its latest central Ohio location, a $33 million new-build in Delaware. 

Five of six adults charged across three Vinton County child abuse cases remain in jail awaiting further hearings.

South Western City Schools voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to approve a 2.26-mill bond issue that would replace Grove City and Westland high schools without raising the property tax rate, according to the district. 

With the statewide gas tax pause in effect, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) called for a federal gas tax suspension next.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead, a second has been hospitalized after a reported shooting in the southeast Columbus area. According to Columbus police, officers responded to an alleged shooting near the intersection of Seabrook Avenue and Selkirk Road in the Linwood neighborhood. One person was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:09 [...]

Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Pike is among the latest botched executions in U.S. history, which includes multiple incidents in Ohio.