COSHOCTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Coshocton City School's superintendent has resigned less than two weeks after he was placed on leave amid a district investigation. In a special board meeting Monday, the Coshocton Board of Education approved a separation agreement between Superintendent Mark Kowalski and the district. Kowalski had issued a Jan. 31 resignation letter citing [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Michael McKee, charged in the murder of his ex-wife and her husband, reportedly shot the victims over 15 times, according to an autopsy report. In released documents from the Franklin County Coroner’s Office, Monique Tepe was shot nine times, while Spencer Tepe suffered from seven gunshot wounds. The deaths of the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Central Ohio chain Yogi’s Bar and Grill is preparing to open its fifth location, which will be in northeast Columbus. The restaurant will open at 5571 N. Hamilton Road this summer, the brand announced on social media last week. Yogi’s is taking over the building that formerly housed Turtle Creek Tavern. [...]

Breeze Airways has announced a new non-stop flight from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in South Carolina, starting May 8th.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WCMH) -- A last-minute ruling has prevented one-fourth of Springfield from losing the right to live and work legally in the U.S., issued hours before immigration protections for Haitians were set to expire. A city of about 60,000, Springfield is home to 12,000-20,000 Haitian immigrants. Most Haitians are in the U.S. under Temporary [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A suspect in a 2024 Columbus homicide was arrested Monday in Toledo, according to the U.S. Marshals. Duron Thomas, 34, was wanted on charges of murder and felonious assault in connection with a shooting July 28, 2024, in the 300 block of South Glenwood Avenue, authorities said. The shooting stemmed from [...]

Dalton Didelot, a Target team member in Columbus, Ohio, has created a detailed Lego model of a Target store using approximately 2,500 pieces and submitted it to Lego's product ideas program, where it could one day become an official product.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead after being struck by a vehicle while walking along a west Columbus street Monday night. According to a Columbus police incident report, an adult pedestrian was walking in the roadway on the west side of North Wilson Road, near the Enterprise Avenue intersection in the northwest Hilltop [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The City of Columbus has been selected among the host locations to participate in the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games. According to a release by the Columbus Crew, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games announced Tuesday that six additional venues across the country will hold matches for the 2028 Olympic Football [...]

GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- South Western City Schools cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other support staff have overwhelmingly voted to strike beginning next week. On Jan. 29, members of the OAPSE Local No. 211 union voted overwhelmingly to strike over stalled contract negotiations at South Western City Schools. OAPSE represents hundreds of drivers, secretaries, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The concert lineup for the Ohio State Fair is taking shape, with three more acts -- a family-oriented show, a Grammy-winning rapper, and a classic rock powerhouse -- being announced for this year's event. Organizers announced Tuesday that the family show Blippi, rapper Nelly, and rock legends Styx will perform during [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Democrat Sherrod Brown significantly outraised Republican Sen. Jon Husted in the final quarter of 2025, as the two prepare for Ohio's high-stakes U.S. Senate race this year. Brown raised $7,333,987 between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, according to campaign fundraising figures released in January, while Husted brought in $1,508,472 during the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- If you're flying without a Real ID or another acceptable form of identification, there's a new option and cost at airport security. Starting on Feb. 1, John Glenn Columbus International Airport, along with airports across the nation, officially launched TSA ConfirmID, which allows travelers without proper identification to verify who they [...]

ASHVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – Body camera footage of a deadly shooting involving two Pickaway County Sheriff’s deputies last month shows what led up to the incident. The deputies were the first officers to arrive at the scene at a mobile home park in Ashville south of Rickenbacker International Airport on Jan. 20. At the scene, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two Ohio lawmakers and former educators are proposing new legislation to provide more financial assistance to student teachers. House Bill 523, also called the Future Educators Support Act, would allow public school districts to pay student teachers minimum wage, require the state to provide cost-of-living stipends and reimbursements, and allow universities [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As parts of central Ohio continue to clean up from last week's snowstorm, some areas are preparing for the possibility of a little more. “This time of year, we stay constantly ready," Columbus Infrastructure Management Division Administrator Scott Tourville said. Even though Columbus is expected to get less than an inch of [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police have arrested an 18-year-old man they said shot at officers who were standing outside a police substation this past weekend. “Gun violence is never the answer,” Columbus Division of Police Deputy Chief Smith Weir said of the incident, which happened at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday. Police arrested Samatar Salad [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- What one family feared would end in heartbreak has instead become an unbelievable reunion. In late January 2025, a car crashed into a yard at the home of Columbus Humane’s behavior manager. Her dogs got out and one did not come back. Now, because of chipping technology, we get to show [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Schools students were off all five days last week because of last Sunday's foot of snow was followed by bitter cold. On Monday, it was time to head back to school and that meant making sure the buses were ready to drive more than 28,000 students on 450 routes. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Emergency funds have been authorized to fix water mains in Columbus that broke following a brutal week of weather that saw a foot of snow drop, followed by bitter cold. Mayor Andrew Ginther authorized at least $1.5 million to be used to assist the city's water and power division in working [...]