How many hats do you wear? Do your roles include: mother, wife, career woman, organizer, negotiator, taxi service, psychologist, cook, lover, friend and role model? To refer to you as “multipurpose” is a vast understatement! A mom faces a delicate balancing act, one that she will never perfect.

You know what it’s like – kids are desperate to start the summer holidays, you’re anxious to reduce the clutter in your calendar, everyone’s looking forward to the warm weather, and then suddenly, after one week of summer bliss, the whine sets in. Well, here are some tips.

College students returning to life under their parent’s roof can prove to be a difficult change for both the young adult and their parents.

Children should be worried about things like recess, their favorite toy and the next adventure with their family, but too many are worried about where their next meal will come from.

When you go grocery shopping, there are some things to make sure you have in your cart leaving you healthy on the inside and out. 

Mac and Cheese Spoon

Maytag Blue Cheese Crostini

Mini Meatballs

First At 4’s Ellie Merritt tagged along as carrier Brenda Barton delivered the holiday goodies.

Weeks after winning the MLS championship, the Columbus Crew is searching for a new head coach.

A record number of families who need assistance for the first time ever are slamming the phone banks at FirstLink.

Customers of a popular fitness gym get a shock Wednesday morning when they showed up for a workout.

About 1,600 members of the Ohio National Guard's 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are returning home in waves of homecoming ceremonies over the next two weeks.

A missing adult alert is canceled Wednesday.

Columbus Steel Castings on Parsons Avenue faces 19 charges for violating air pollution rules just as USA Today ranked two nearby schools –- Reeb Elementary and Buckeye Middle schools—as being among those with the highest levels of toxic chemicals in the air.

Residents upset over the closing of their neighborhood recreation centers will get a chance to speak out Tuesday night.

UPDATE: Nearly a dozen families are out of a home Tuesday after a fire destroyed their apartment complex.

A British zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare pygmy hippopotamus on Monday by inviting visitors to vote on its name.

Central Ohioans should expect cloudy skies, afternoon rain, windy conditions and milder temperatures Tuesday.

State officials say 116,798 white-tailed deer were killed by Ohio hunters last week during the state's weeklong gun season.

It's a common situation: you get a speeding ticket and pay it immediately. Here's the twist, a few months later, you get a letter in the mail saying the ticket isn't paid in full.

Are you intimidated by panhandlers downtown? Some tough new restrictions on their activities could be on the way.

Fire investigators release an official cause on the fatal apartment fire that killed five people over the weekend.

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has helped honor an Ohio minister who fought for civil rights in the 1950s and '60s alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Central Ohioans should expect cloudy skies, cold temperatures and some rain-snow mix in the afternoon.

LaBarbera posted his fourth NHL shutout Saturday night, making 14 of his 23 saves in the second period to lift the Kings to a 3-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

A group of Cincinnati-area Boy Scouts who were robbed at gunpoint last year while selling Christmas trees are back in business.

Arizona authorities say a 14-year-old girl was killed and a 16-year-old boy badly hurt in a car accident involving an Ohio man.

A young girl's dreams came true after a new facility opened in Hilliard.

Central Ohioans should expect some leftover flurries in the morning and then clearing skies.