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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man arrested in connection with a deadly shooting and multicounty police chase received a $5 million bond Thursday. David Estrada, 22, was charged with murder Tuesday after a police chase following a shooting that left one dead in Columbus' Hilltop neighborhood. The chase ended on U.S. 33 in Fairfield [...]

A hotel on Columbus' north side with an alleged history of crime was ordered to be shuttered, City Attorney Zach Klein announced Thursday.

A Columbus man was arrested and charged with murder after he reportedly confessed his involvement in a 2012 double homicide, officials said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio's lawmakers briefly returned this week amid a 19-week break from sessions, but the break does not extend to their paychecks. Ohio's legislators returned Wednesday for the first full session in three months, and lawmakers are not scheduled to return in full again until after the Nov. 3 election. Despite breaks, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Gov. Mike DeWine signed a pause on Ohio's gas tax into law, removing the tax on gasoline and diesel for the next 90 days. The law will suspend the 38.5-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline and the 47-cent-per-gallon tax on diesel through the end of the year. Lawmakers estimate Ohioans will save between [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Meet Mario! He is available at the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center. Mario is a 4-year-old Coonhound who loves meeting people and getting all of the attention he can get. This handsome boy gets along with just about anyone including kids, adults and other dog friends. The shelter said [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The first rankings for the College Football Playoff are still more than a month away, but No. 5 Ohio State's game Saturday at No. 14 Iowa will have ramifications. The Buckeyes already have a loss to Texas, so the room for error is minimal to qualify for the 12-team field, which [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Ohio immigration attorney could not locate her client for 32 hours after an abrupt change in ICE's online detainee locator. "The speed at which this happens is like instantaneous," Maya Lugasy, senior attorney at Brown Immigration Law, said. "Someone can be detained and on a flight out of the state [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio’s next treasurer will manage the state’s investments, debt and daily cash flow, and voters will choose Nov. 3 between a former state legislator who helped write Ohio’s state budget and a Cincinnati official with a background in community development and local administration.  Democrat Seth Walsh is a Cincinnati City Council [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Texas-based travel center Buc-ee’s and Ohio gas station chain Mickey’s have settled a trademark infringement lawsuit over the companies’ cartoon animal logos. On Sept. 15, Buc-ee’s and Coles IP Holdings, the parent company of Mickey’s, reached a confidential agreement during a settlement conference, according to court records. The settlement stems from [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two new polls conducted over nearly identical periods show Democrat Sherrod Brown leading Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio’s special U.S. Senate election. A poll conducted by Suffolk University and USA Today found Brown with roughly 47% support among likely voters, compared with 44% for Husted. Brown’s edge falls within the [...]

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Transportation released its final feasibility study report on the proposed U.S. Route 23-Interstate 71 connector on Wednesday. State lawmakers directed ODOT, in partnership with the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission, to complete the study by Thursday, but some are concerned with the results of the report.  “It’s [...]

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Nurses at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center held an informational picket as an incentive pay program used to help fill additional shifts reaches its expiration date. Hours later, the Ohio State University Nurses Organization resoundingly rejected Ohio State's "last, best" offer. As nurses voted on the plan throughout the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Attorney General’s office is taking a closer look at why hundreds of agencies aren’t reporting sexual assault kit data to the state. Ohio law requires hospital and law enforcement agencies to report sexual assault kit data to the attorney general’s office, but a report found more than 900 agencies [...]

BEXLEY, Ohio (WCMH) — There's a new pilot program in central Ohio aiming to help the environment through the use of re-usable to-go food containers. “The mental model for me is kind of like checking a book out of the library; you check it out, you borrow it, take it home, bring it back when [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It’s been more than a month since a destructive tornado swept through the south side of Columbus and some are still without their recreation center. Repair work has begun on the damaged Columbus Recreation and Parks facilities including Barack Community Center where part of the roof was torn off. “There are [...]

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Testimony is underway in a high profile sexual assault trial in Knox County. Gary Tom Keesee Jr. is facing 32 charges including rape, gross sexual imposition and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Court documents say all of the alleged victims had ties to Faith Life Church in New Albany, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted learning for an entire generation of students. For years, we’ve heard about the lasting impact that it had on children just starting school. Now, NBC4 Investigates found something different is happening in Columbus. Kindergarteners at most Columbus elementary schools are testing higher on the state test than [...]