Maeve Walsh
WKBN 27 First News
Columbus, OH, United States
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Murder charges filed in death of Columbus woman found in landfill
Columbus police have arrested a man and accused him of taking a woman’s body to a landfill located hours away. → Read More
Columbus woman sues Yenkin-Majestic paint factory over deadly 2021 explosion
Columbus woman sues Yenkin-Majestic paint factory over deadly 2021 explosion → Read More
Ohio state worker took bribes to give $800K in fraudulent unemployment benefits, investigation claims
An ousted Ohio Department of Job and Family Services employee has been accused of illegally dishing out $800,000 in pandemic work benefits to ineligible claimants — including neighbors, family members and people behind bars — the Ohio Inspector General’s Office announced on Tuesday. → Read More
Sexual abuse survivors urge Ohio lawmakers to pass ‘Scout’s Honor Law’
A slate of Ohioans who said they were sexually abused by their Boy Scout troop leaders urged lawmakers Tuesday to pass a bill entitling them to 100% of the compensation they’re owed. → Read More
Former nurse sentenced in death of Ohio nursing home resident
LEWIS CENTER, Ohio (WCMH) – A former nurse at a Lewis Center nursing home was sentenced Monday for the death of a resident in 2021. In January, Aminata Fofana, who worked at the Lewis Center nursing home Capri Gardens, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, a third-degree felony. Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Judge James […] → Read More
Should Ohioans with autism qualify for medical marijuana?
See previous reporting on how marijuana could become legal in Ohio in 2023 in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – When Raymond Chandler was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 14 in the 1990s, pill after pill was shoved down his throat. From Effexor and Wellbutrin to Prozac and Paxil, the Clintonville resident, […] → Read More
Ohio lawmakers consider bill to overhaul criteria for marijuana OVIs
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – State Sen. Nathan Manning wants to equip Ohioans with extra armor to fend off a marijuana OVI charge. The North Ridgeville Republican on Thursday introduced legislation that would overhaul the way law enforcement screens marijuana impairment among motorists, citing the drug’s long-lasting presence in the body and the lack of clear-cut […] → Read More
Nearly 70 children in Columbus were killed or injured by gun violence in 2022
Lovely Kendricks, 15, was a 10th-grade cheerleader at East High School whose parents described her as a “ball of fun.” → Read More
Infant subject of Ohio Amber Alert has died
One of the twin infants rescued during a statewide Amber Alert last month has died, according to a family spokesperson. → Read More
Four people arrested in $30,000 Ohio county drug bust
Law enforcement agents arrested four people and seized nearly $30,000 worth of illegal drugs at a Minford, Ohio home on Wednesday. → Read More
Jury convicts Powell man in Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
A Washington, D.C. jury convicted on Thursday a Powell man who participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol two years ago. → Read More
How legal marijuana could affect Ohio’s medical dispensaries
And, as an effort to fully legalize the drug inches closer to making its way onto the November ballot, the already-oversaturated medical marijuana market in the Buckeye State could encounter another problem: cannabis competition. → Read More
Former Ohio Speaker’s $60 million corruption trial begins next week
The public corruption trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder begins Monday over accusations he helped orchestrate the largest bribery scheme in state history. → Read More
Ohio bill overhauling control of public education gets revived by lawmakers
Ohio lawmakers have resurrected an effort to strip the State Board of Education of most of its powers and hand the reins instead to the governor’s office. → Read More
Marion man sentenced to life in prison for raping 7-year-old girl
Marion County Common Pleas Judge Matthew P. Frericks sentenced Thomas Chafin, 61, to life in prison without parole on Friday. → Read More
‘Savage’ Short North beating sees family sue bars for wrongful death
A Short North business has been accused of acting negligently and recklessly when two of its employees fatally attacked a 37-year-old man outside its establishment. → Read More
Biden’s latest student loan plan could cut some Americans’ payments in half
The U.S. Department of Education unveiled on Thursday its latest plan to curb the cost of Americans’ student loan payments. → Read More
Child rape in Columbus: More than 400 filed report in 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Hundreds of Columbus-area children walk through the halls of the Center for Family Safety and Healing every year. Some are suspected to be sex abuse victims in need of a medical exam, and others are there to tell police about the parental neglect they’ve encountered. While their zip codes, perpetrators, and […] → Read More
How marijuana could become legal in Ohio in 2023
Watch above: The U.S. House voted in April 2022 to legalize marijuana at the federal level. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio’s Secretary of State has resubmitted a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. After a legal skirmish struck the initiated statute from last year’s ballot, Secretary of State Frank LaRose reintroduced an act to legalize, tax […] → Read More
Court must reconsider 65-year prison sentence for Columbus nursing home thief
The 65-year prison sentence of a former Columbus woman who stole more than 3,000 items from nursing home residents must be reconsidered, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled last month. → Read More