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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One day after the remains of three Ohio National Guard airmen returned home, Columbus City Council honored the legacy of the Columbus native who lost his life in service. The three Ohio airmen died in a refueling crash in Iraq earlier this month. They were 36-year-old Captain Seth Koval, from Stoutsville, 30-year-old [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Mid-Ohio Food Collective received its largest egg donation ever on Monday when more than 300,000 eggs were donated by Prairie Star Farms and the Ohio Poultry Association. The donation will allow about 25,000 central Ohio families to take home a dozen eggs this week, just in time for the Easter [...]

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) — A major road closure that started on Monday morning will impact thousands of central Ohio drivers for months to come. The Ohio Department of Transportation is working on a slip repair project on State Route 315. ODOT estimates the project will cost $3.3 million and shut down SR-315 between Home Road [...]

A new flight has taken off at John Glenn Columbus International Airport.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus' Speakeasy Bakery is bringing its liquor-infused pastries to the East Market area. Speakeasy Bakery is expanding into a small event space steps away from East Market at 1610 Oak St. Mother-daughter duo Candi and Fran Francisco, founders of the original Speakeasy Bakery, are managing the expansion. The Franciscos said the [...]

XENIA, Ohio (WCMH) — Two Reynoldsburg adults were among four people involved in a two-vehicle crash that turned fatal in southwest Ohio Sunday evening. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, troopers are investigating a crash in Greene County, near the intersection of U.S. Route 42 and Hickman Road in Xenia Township’s town of Wilberforce. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- WIT Farm, a family-owned central Ohio livestock farm, is seeking to expand its operations with a proposed grocery store in German Village. In a March 11 social media post, farm owner Jamie Pritchard announced plans to open "The Farmer's Larder," a retail shop focused on locally-sourced food, including meats raised on the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohioans are turning to Google to decode the latest texting acronyms, with a recently released study showing which abbreviations puzzle residents the most. Unscramblerer.com, an online tool intended to assist with spelling games such as Scrabble, analyzed Google search data to discover the most-searched texting acronyms in Ohio and across the [...]

The Yellow Springs Film Festival is hosting its 2026 Mini-Fest, featuring three Ohio premieres of locally-shot pictures, including "Union County", "The Bulldogs", and "Freelance", as well as bonus screenings and a moderated conversation with Sandra Bernhard.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week marks two decades since Brian Shaffer was caught on surveillance footage entering a Columbus bar but never recorded leaving. To recognize 20 years since he went missing, NBC4 is airing a one-hour special dedicated to the case. Anchor Andrea Robinson and Digital Reporter Ava Boldizar will tell the story [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Supporters of a Republican-backed bill that would restrict how Ohio's child welfare system handles cases involving transgender youth told lawmakers last week that the measure is needed to protect parental rights and prevent government overreach. During a March 25 House Judiciary Committee hearing, proponents of House Bill 693, the "Affirming Families [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — While the average price for a gallon of gasoline creeps ever-so-quickly to the $4 threshold, several gas stations in central Ohio are just one hundredth of a penny away, sitting at $3.99 9/10. According to GasBuddy’s survey of 500 stations in and around Columbus, Ohio, gas prices jumped by 13.8 cents [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Senate is considering a bill named for Charlie Kirk that would teach the "positive influence of religion" in public school history classes. House Bill 486, the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act, was approved by the Ohio House in November and is now under consideration in the state Senate. The [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The remains of the three Ohio National Guard Airmen who died in a refueling crash in Iraq over two weeks ago are back home. Among them was 28-year-old Technical Sergeant Tyler Simmons, a Columbus native. On Sunday afternoon, a procession escorted his remains from Rickenbacker International Airport to Smoot Funeral Services [...]

ATLANTA (WCMH) – An unruly passenger made a bomb threat on a flight from Columbus to Atlanta Sunday, resulting in the plane being diverted from the terminal as authorities investigated. According to a statement from Frontier Airlines, shortly after Flight 2539 landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport just after 5 p.m., as the plane was approaching [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Housing affordability is the highlight of a new report from the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, and shows that about half of Ohio's nearly two million renters are paying more than they can afford.   “If you're paying 30% or less, you live in affordable housing and the fact that that is out of [...]