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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two teams from Olentangy schools will meet on Friday night, and only one will advance to a regional final in Ohio's high school football playoffs. At 7 p.m., top-seeded Olentangy Orange (11-0) will play host to No. 5 Olentangy Liberty (8-4) in our Game of the Week on Football Friday Nite. [...]

There were two nights of visible aurora throughout the continental
US and dead HF bands due to a severe geomagnetic storm caused by
what Space.com calls "a colossal X5.1 class solar flare" and
associated coronal mass ejection (CME) on Tuesday, November 11.

Spaceweather.com for November 14 reports that a NASA model of the
latest CME suggests that it could deliver a glancing blow to our
planet's magnet...

Amateur radio operators throughout the US and Canada are getting ready for one of the most anticipated weekends of the year. The 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes phone (SSB voice) contest takes place November 15 - 17, beginning at 2100 UTC Saturday and running through 0259 UTC Monday. The CW (Morse code) event was held 2 weeks ago, Nov. 1 - 3.

November Sweepstakes, sponsored by ARRL The National A...

GROVEPORT, Ohio (WCMH) -- Groveport's first Chick-fil-A opens Friday, and the company will mark the occasion with a community donation. In celebration of its "first Groveport location," Chick-fil-A will donate $25,000 to the Mid-Ohio Food Collective to address food security. The Atlanta-based restaurant is known for its chicken sandwiches, nuggets, fries and sauces. The new [...]

LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) — An Akron man who pleaded guilty to placing a hidden camera inside the bathroom of a Hocking Hills cabin was sentenced beyond the recommended prison term agreed upon by opposing counsel. Jason Yard, of Akron, pleaded guilty to one count of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, a second-degree [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A new restaurant serving Vietnamese dishes such as pho and spring rolls recently opened in east Columbus.  Pho 2024 began welcoming customers at 6615 E. Broad St., just north of Reynoldsburg, on Nov. 3. The eatery offers “authentic” and “fresh” Vietnamese food, according to its Facebook page. “At Pho 2024, our [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- No. 1 Ohio State will be home and under the lights of Ohio Stadium Saturday to take on UCLA. The Buckeyes (9-0) are looking to achieve their 32nd 10-win season ever and enter the game having won 13 straight games, the longest active streak in the nation. The Bruins are 3-6 [...]

The most expensive homes in Franklin and Delaware counties in October sold for $2.4 million and $1.5 million respectively, with properties in Columbus, Upper Arlington, New Albany, Westerville, Lewis Center, Dublin and Plain City.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new Ohio bill would make it easier for parents to send their children to school without vaccines, even during outbreaks. Co-sponsored by Reps. Melanie Miller (R-Ashland) and Monica Robb Blasdel (R-New Waterford), House Bill 561 protects parents' rights to not vaccinate their children. Named the Parental Clarity on Health Options [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Prosecutors continued calling witnesses on Friday in the murder trial of Connor Grubb, the Blendon Township police officer who fatally shot Ta’Kiya Young in 2023.  Grubb, 31, is charged with four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and two counts of involuntary manslaughter in relation to the deaths of [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus-based barbecue chain Ray Ray's Hog Pit is closing three of its central Ohio locations, including two full-service restaurants that opened this year. Owner James Anderson announced Thursday that the company's Johnstown and Marion restaurants shuttered on Wednesday, and its Linworth food truck parked outside Aardvark Wine & Beer will close [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Supporters of an Ohio bill say setting aside a day to honor Henrietta Lacks would both celebrate a woman whose cells transformed modern medicine and acknowledge the injustices she endured. Senate Bill 111 would designate Oct. 4 as "Henrietta Lacks Day" in Ohio. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Hearcel Craig (D-Columbus) [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- On Thursday night, Columbus City Schools Superintendent Dr. Angela Chapman recommended cuts to nearly 450 district jobs during a special board meeting to talk about making $50 million in budget cuts. Around 80% of Columbus City Schools’ current operating budget is spent on personnel, so it isn’t surprising that a large [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Coach Chris Yoder of Team Ohio's PGA Junior League team is well aware that the National Championship tournament in Frisco, Texas, is coming up very soon. "Every morning at 7 a.m., my phone's buzzing -- 21 days, 20 days, 19, so they've had a countdown going for 30-plus days here, and [...]

MARION, Ohio (WCMH) – A Morrow County grand jury handed up an indictment last month in a 46-year-old murder case after a deputy opened a cold case file and discovered the evidence to solve it was available for nearly five decades. Seventeen-year-old Cathy Conley was kidnapped from a parking lot in Marion. Her family has [...]