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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The 11th day of competition from the Milan Cortina Olympics is headlined by the signature event of any winter games. The women's figure skating event finally gets underway Tuesday afternoon with three Americans having serious medal chances. All will hope to get the team back on track after no golds in [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Lawmakers from both parties in Ohio are discussing a repeal of the tax breaks for data centers. For more than a decade, Ohio has granted data center companies sales tax exemptions to attract economic development, but those tax breaks cost the state millions in revenue every year, and some legislators say [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- City leaders say there are positive trends in violence reduction. After 2025 was a historic year in lowering crime, two months into 2026, crime data from Columbus police shows those trends are holding up. “There have been people who have kind of accepted the olive branch, if you will, and are [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A wrong-way driver in a deadly crash Friday morning on Interstate 71 in downtown Columbus was located six hours after the crash, according to a crash report from the Ohio Department of Public Safety. The crash happened at about 2 a.m. near East Broad Street when a driver in a Chrysler [...]

COSHOCTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Coshocton County Sheriff's Office apprehended a suspect in an out-of-state double homicide on Saturday, deputies said. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers apprehended Coshocton resident Caleb Fosnaugh on Saturday within hours of learning he was wanted in a double murder investigation out of Moore County, North Carolina. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie [...]

"Ava and the Boy She Loved", a psychological thriller shot in Columbus, Ohio, is now available to watch on Tubi, and was created by Columbus-based filmmaker Dom Campbell and his team.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Saks Fifth Avenue will permanently close its store at Polaris Fashion Place, eliminating 41 jobs, according to a notice filed with the city. In a Feb. 10 Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification letter addressed to Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, Saks & Company LLC said the store at 1500 Polaris Parkway will [...]

GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) – Cava, a fast-casual chain known for Mediterranean bowls and pitas, is preparing to open in Grove City.  Cava is coming to 4120 Buckeye Parkway, according to signage posted on the building. The address previously housed a Visionworks store. A post on Grove City’s Facebook account states the new restaurant will [...]

COSHOCTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Coshocton City School will pay its abruptly retired superintendent more than $5,000 in his early retirement. On Jan. 21, Coshocton Superintendent Mark Kowalski was placed on paid administrative leave amid an internal investigation. Kowalski resigned for retirement purposes 10 days later, although the circumstances surrounding the investigation are still not public. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Stonewall Columbus is speaking out after the Trump administration removed a rainbow Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument in New York, calling it a narrowing of history at the site commemorating the 1969 uprising. In a statement issued Feb. 11, Executive Director Densil Porteous called the monument "a marker of courage" [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A woman imprisoned for shooting her husband to death in a widely publicized 1993 crime was released on Thursday after Gov. Mike DeWine commuted her sentence. On Tuesday, DeWine granted 55-year-old Michele Williams commutation, a form of clemency that reduces a penalty to a less severe one. She was released on [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WCMH) -- As immigration protections remain in limbo, Ohio leaders are concerned about the future of citizen children born to Haitian parents in the U.S. A city of 60,000, Springfield has between 12,000 and 20,000 Haitian immigrants, many of whom arrived in Ohio after a 2021 presidential assassination. Amid federal efforts to end [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - What's the best thing to cure the Monday blues? Winter Olympics action all day on NBC4. The tenth day of action is highlighted by the women's hockey semifinals as Team USA meets Sweden and Canada takes on Switzerland. Twelve current or former Buckeyes will feature in these two games. We also [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A local nonprofit organization is preparing to help hundreds of students shine during one of high school’s biggest nights. Dress to Dream gave out hundreds of prom dresses last year, and organizers are hoping to do the same this year. “I had the most beautiful, full white gown on, perfect makeup, [...]

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- More than 50 Black-owned businesses and nonprofits were highlighted at Pickerington High School North Sunday for the second-annual Black-Owned Business Fest. The event celebrated Black History Month while lifting up local entrepreneurs and reminding people that small businesses are the backbone of central Ohio’s economy. "Columbus, as we know, is a [...]

Is social media addictive by design or just irresistible entertainment? The panel tackles the lawsuit that's dragging tech giants onto the witness stand and how surveillance tech is quietly expanding while lawmakers and users scramble to catch up.

• Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at landmark US trial
• Instagram Chief Says Social Media Is Not 'Clinically Addictive' in Landmark Trial
• Section 230 turns 30 as it faces its biggest tests yet
• Meta apparently thinks we're too distracted to care about facial recognition and Ray-Bans
• Amazon Ring's Super Bowl ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance
• Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
• TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app.
• Discord backtracks on controversial age verification rollout...kind of
• Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass
• The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor that this man remotely accessed thousands of them
• HP's laptop subscriptions are a great deal — for HP
• FTC Ratchets Up Microsoft Probe, Queries Rivals on Cloud, AI
• T-Mobile announces its network is now full of AI by rolling out real-time translation
• Apple's latest attempt to launch the new Siri runs into snags
• SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar 'Self-Growing City' Over Mars Project, Musk Says
• Elon Musk declares victory with Medicaid data release
• Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars
• Backblaze Drive Stats for 2025
• $1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show
• OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China's ChatGPT Fans Aren't OK
• Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega's consoles, has died
• Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78
• Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- We have reached the second week of the Milan Cortina Olympics and before we dim the cauldrons, there is a whole week left to savor these amazing games. Monday is headlined by the women's hockey semifinals that feature 11 current or former Buckeyes who made it to the Olympics. Medals will [...]