**** WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS EVENING THRU THURSDAY MORNING **** This advisory is in effect for mainly along and north of I-70 counties this evening, not including Franklin County at this time. The main concern for this area is going to be freezing rain which could amount to a 1/10″ upwards to 1/5″ […]
President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is on track to end Wednesday with the president being acquitted by the Senate.
COLUMBUS (WCMH)– Police say they arrested a man accused of touching a child inappropriately on a COTA bus. Stephan Howitz, 55, was arrested and charged with two felony counts of Gross Sexual Imposition. According to Columbus Police, a COTA passenger witnessed Howitz inappropriately touch a 7-year old girl on January 25. Police say that he’s […]
MENTOR, Ohio (WJW)– An 11-year-old in Lake County has died from flu-related complications, the Lake County General Health District said on Wednesday. This is the second pediatric flu death in Ohio this season. The first was 16-year-old Kaylee Roberts, a student at Berea-Midpark High School. “Getting the flu vaccine is the safest and most effective way […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The Ohio Department of Health is monitoring another person for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. According to the Ohio Department Health, samples from the person were taken and sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing. Results are expected in the next few days. ODH did not release any additional […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — For the first time ever, the Ohio Fairness Act has had multiple hearings in both chambers at the Ohio Statehouse in the same General Assembly. It has been more than 10 years since the effort to get the bill passed started, and only now can they say supporters have been able to […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH)– Police have arrested a person in connection to the shooting outside of the east Columbus library that left one person dead. The shooting happened at approximately 7:35 p.m. Monday in the parking lot of the Driving Park Branch of the Columbus Library. According to the Columbus Division of Police, when officers arrived on […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) can impact many Ohioans as weather changes from snow, rain to cloudy skies. The Mayo Clinic describes SAD as a type of depression that’s related to the changes in season. SAD symptoms likely begin and end at the same time every starting in the Fall continuing into the […]
COLUMBUS(WCMH)–On January 12, 2020, a Columbus resident entered a home listed for sale in the 200 block on Miami ave. When three suspects had broken into it through the backdoor. The victim called the police, but the suspects were able to leave out a second-story window to the roof according to the Columbus PD. The […]
New witnesses testified, on Wednesday, in the trial for the man accused of raping, torturing and murdering a Columbus woman. Anthony Pardon, a registered sex offender, is accused of killing Rachael Anderson in her apartment and leaving her body in a closet. Anderson’s remains were found in late January 2018 when coworkers said she did not show for […]
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio lawmakers proposed legislation that could change the way Ohio jails place inmates who are at risk of withdrawal from alcohol and drugs. In 2008, singer Sean Levert, son of R&B hitmaker Eddie Levert of the O’Jays, died inside the Cuyahoga County jail. It was found that he died from […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCMH) — Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan left President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday. Ryan issued the following statement: “Tonight I walked out of the State of the Union address. I had enough. It was like watching professional wrestling. it’s all fake. “Tonight’s address clarified one thing: this President has no […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The Ohio State University has issued new guidelines for students and staff members who have returned from China amid the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak. OSU is implementing a self-quarantine for any student, faculty or staff member who returns to the United States from China after Sunday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. Any […]
GROVE CITY, Ohio (COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST) — There might not be a Parade of Homes in 2020, but the developer behind Beaulah Park isn’t passing up the chance to show off the progress at the 220-acre project. Pat Kelley said he’s planning his own home show at the Grove City development after the Building Industry […]
COLUMBUS (COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST) — The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority has spent the past year rebuilding the inside of an 11,000-square-foot Near East Side building – home to a Columbus Early Learning Center for most of its 100-plus-year history – and converted the site into 10 market-rate apartments. Mike Wagner, CMHA vice president of design and construction, […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Businesses nationwide are saying goodbye to cash and choosing to only accept cards and that includes here in central Ohio. Dublin Cleaners has been cashless for more than two years and President and CEO Brian Butler said it was a business move. “With us, it (cash) was only 1.8 percent of sales, […]
COLUMBUS, (WCMH)– Fiverv has announced its plan to reduce its workforce over the next several months, according to an Ohio Jobs press release. The reduction will come in waves and will affect at least 102 employees in the company’s Dublin office. The first reduction will come on March 31 and will affect 6 employees. The […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s says it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tries to reinvent itself in the age of online shopping. The store closures represent about one fifth of Macy’s current total. The stores, which include about 30 that are in […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Democratic Party released partial results of its kickoff presidential caucus after a daylong delay on Tuesday showing former Midwestern Mayor Pete Buttigieg and fiery progressive Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the opening contest in the party’s 2020 primary season. The results followed 24 hours of chaos as technical […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stepping before the nation in extraordinary times, President Donald Trump on Tuesday will extol the “Great American Comeback” as he delivers his State of the Union address on the eve of his likely impeachment acquittal and in the aftermath of the chaotic first votes of the race to replace him. The first president to […]
SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH)– The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested a Portsmouth man with drugs, guns, and cash on Monday. The Southern Ohio Drug Taskforce was assisted by Portsmouth P.D and the Chillicothe P.D SWAT teams in the 600 block on 3rd street. According to Sheriff Marty Donini, investigators obtained almost 343 grams […]
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) – A preschool teacher and a rape crisis counselor were among 14 people arrested in a recent sexual predator sting in Jackson Township, Ohio. “Operation Unsportsmanlike Conduct” ran from January 31 through February 3. One of the suspects, 38-year-old Jerry Roeal Ragsdale, is listed in a police report as a preschool […]