Local grocers are taking a carving knife to turkey prices in hopes of luring Thanksgiving shoppers.

UPDATE: Authorities are investigating whether three recent bomb threats at one local middle school are related.

Storm Team 4 Meteorologist Jym Ganahl is calling for showers tonight and again off and on before it dries out tomorrow. Low of about 45 overnight.

Developers of the casinos that voters approved for Ohio want a rule that would block communities from “unreasonably” holding up building permits or other local action.

UPDATE: NBC 4 talks to an Etna business owner who lost his building to a fire. Rags apparently combusted in a nearby work truck.

The key to saving lives could be in your unborn child’s umbilical cord.

U.S. 40 in Madison County in front of the Madison County Airport has reopened after an accident involving a car and a combine tractor.

A review of the federal government’s recovery.gov website finds millions of dollars mislabeled as heading to congressional districts that don’t exist.

Faced with an $851 million budget hole, Ohio lawmakers could soon decide on a plan to fill the gap.

The state watchdog has found that one state Department of Transportation employee ran his private business on state time while another made excessive personal phone calls.

An investigation by Ohio’s inspector general says a state employee played golf when his time sheets said he was working.

Police say several Ohio University students were hurt, with at least one seriously injured, during an initiation at a fraternity house.

The most talked about rivalry in college history not only affects the fans here in Ohio and in Michigan, but our heroes overseas as well.

Columbus Public Health says it has a limited supply of seasonal-flu vaccine but people should take the same precautions as H1N1 during holiday get-togethers.

Residents who use COTA’s transit services will see an increase in fares Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.

State lawmakers and health-care officials launch the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Coalition Tuesday and introduce legislation to tackle childhood obesity.

A former top aide to fallen Attorney General Marc Dann is appealing the state’s decision that he improperly classified workers at his private construction company when determining his workers compensation obligations.

Gov. Ted Strickland, whose popularity has declined with the economy, will soon pick his running mate and begin his 2010 re-election campaign in earnest.

The former Republican vice-presidential candidate will sign copies of her new book from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Borders bookstore at 6670 Sawmill Rd.

Parking along many Columbus streets will cost 50 percent more in a phase-in starting after Thanksgiving.

A few northeast Columbus residents were awakened to a fire Tuesday morning by a neighbor banging on their door.

Storm Team 4 Meteorologist Jym Ganahl is calling for chilly breezes overnight with a low temperature of 44 degrees.

Vonage has agreed to pay a total $3 million to West Virginia and 30 other states to settle a multistate investigation of some of its business practices.

Soldiers headed for Afghanistan are getting new training on when to use high-powered weapons as the U.S. looks to reduce civilian deaths.

Miami University of Ohio provost Dr. Jeffrey Herbst is the new president of Colgate University.

There is a backlog of cases in the Columbus Police crime lab, but a city council proposal may change that.

Dozens of Christian activists descended on Columbus Monday morning to rally in the name of Rifqa Barry, the central Ohio teenager who converted from Islam to Christianity. Bary fled to Florida during the summer, saying she feared her father would kill her because of her conversion.

Authorities are looking for a man accused of robbing a local CVS Pharmacy today.

On Thursday the Ohio State Highway Patrol arrested a man suspected of taking three computers from the Ohio Department of Public Safety.

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, some still struggle with finding where their next meal will come from.