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POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) — For three years the team at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has been working to successfully breed a puggle, an echidna baby. This December it finally succeeded and welcomed the sweet little puggle to the zoo family. "Most people don't know what an echidna is. They've never even heard of them," [...]

A fire at an east Columbus apartment that sent three people to the hospital in critical condition was caused by a natural gas leak, according to fire officials.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio legislators rushed to pass legislation Wednesday ahead of an extended summer break but failed to reach a resolution on one of Ohio's top issues: data centers. Legislators had expected to vote on a bill that would establish new requirements for data centers, update how their utility costs are regulated, and [...]

A shooting in northwest Columbus that claimed the lives of two people has been noted as a murder-suicide.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- State lawmakers raced to finish up some important, last-minute business late into Wednesday night before leaving Columbus for the summer break. The General Assembly passed a capital budget, new fraud prevention regulations for Medicaid and SNAP and a resolution calling for photo ID requirements to be added to the state constitution. A [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A man has been charged with aggravated robbery after allegedly stealing a pizza and assaulting the store manager. According to Columbus police, a man entered a Pizza Hut at 11:26 p.m. Tuesday. He attempted to pay for a pizza at the North High Street location near the South Campus area. Police [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Meet Merlin! He is up for adoption at the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center. Merlin is a 4-year-old corgi mix who has been with the shelter since May. Staff said the sweet dog is a little shy, but he has been working with the shelter to come out of [...]

Columbus, Ohio is hosting a variety of events this weekend, including stage performances, festivals, World Cup watch parties, and more, offering something for everyone to enjoy.

Transportation Security Administration agents found replicas of explosive devices at the security checkpoints of two Ohio airports this week, including Rickenbaker International Airport.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Former gubernatorial candidate Heather Hills is back in the race after filing to run as a write-in candidate Wednesday. According to Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Hill filed paperwork Tuesday morning to run as a write-in candidate for governor. LaRose said her running mate is listed as Patrick Manley, a Republican [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A federal judge in Ohio has tasked the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles with reviewing thousands of rejected vanity plates under stricter standards for denying applications. U.S. District Court Judge Dan Aaron Polster signed an order May 29 directing the BMV to re-evaluate approximately 3,400 prohibited plates after finding the agency [...]

BERNE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Lancaster man is dead following a one-vehicle crash in south Fairfield County early Wednesday morning. According to the Lancaster post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ian James McCoy, 36, was driving a 2013 Fiat 500 north on Horns Mill Road at approximately 2:43 a.m. when he failed to [...]

HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people are dead after a shooting Wednesday night in a Hilliard apartment complex. According to Columbus police dispatchers, the incident was reported on the 5200 block of Applebaugh Street in The Charles at Riggins Run apartment complex. The shooting was first reported at approximately 7:34 p.m. Both adult victims were [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The American Red Cross of Southern and Central Ohio said they are seeing a worrying trend this year of serious fires at apartment complexes. Red Cross officials say their disaster action team responded to Bairsford Drive early Wednesday morning. They called it a scary scene. The Red Cross said this situation [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The climbing wall at Scioto Audubon Metro Park is closed for the "foreseeable future" because repairs are needed to fix some unexpected damage. “A lot of climbers love to use it and having it closed, it's just like when you’re a kid and you go to the playground and it's closed, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The state is recommending a maximum sentence for a former Franklin County deputy who was convicted of reckless homicide in the death of Casey Goodson Jr. In a sentencing memorandum filed Tuesday, prosecutors requested the judge sentence Jason Meade to 36 months in prison due to the severity of his conduct. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A woman has been indicted and charged with murder more than four years after allegedly killing a man. Columbus police said on Wednesday that Alyssia C. Albert, 31, has been indicted on charges of aggravated murder, murder, aggravated robbery, and tampering with evidence in connection with the Feb. 18, 2022, killing [...]

A CBS Sports crewmember was killed last week in a crash while in Dublin covering the Memorial Tournament.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An 11-year-old girl killed after an alleged domestic dispute was shot four times and sustained additional wounds, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday. According to the Franklin County Coroner’s Office, Aliv’eyah Chandler was shot in the head twice, once in the chest and once in the thigh. Chandler and her [...]

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) – A restaurateur who got his start in Columbus is preparing to bring one of his concepts to Upper Arlington.  Next Cool Restaurant Ventures, owned by Rick Doody, plans to open The Arlington Grille at 3150 Tremont Road in the Kingsdale Shopping Center later this year, according to the company. The [...]