COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Ohio has updated the list of states on its travel advisory Wednesday. People traveling to Ohio from Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, and Idaho must quarantine for 14 days. The states on the travel advisory have a COVID-19 positivity rate over 15 percent. Texas and Alabama have been removed from last week’s advisory list.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — At approximately 11:46 a.m. on Wednesday, officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Greenfield Dr. on a report of an accidental shooting. Upon arrival, officers met with with a 14-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to the hand. The teenager was transported to a local hospital in stable condition. The […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging motorists to drive sober. This is all part of their annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. Just last year, police arrested 22,000 people for driving impaired. They say there were 13,047 OVI-related crashes, which resulted in 597 deaths and 8,178 injuries. State Highway […]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) – Approaching his 7th grade year at Hilliard Memorial Middle School, Alex Bing was exceeding his parents’expectations and defying doctors’ earlier prognoses. “Alex has come a long way. They said years ago Alex wouldn’t be where he’s at now,” said Alex’s mother Patricia Waters. The 13-year-old who is nonverbal and lives with […]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) – Approaching his 7th grade year at Hilliard Memorial Middle School, Alex Bing was exceeding his parents’expectations and defying doctors’ earlier prognoses. “Alex has come a long way. They said years ago Alex wouldn’t be where he’s at now,” said Alex’s mother Patricia Waters. The 13-year-old who is nonverbal and lives with […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Columbus Blue Jackets’ season came to an end after CBJ spoiled a two-goal lead in the 3rd period as Tampa Bay scored three unanswered goals to win 5-4 in OT in Game 5 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Columbus scored four unanswered goals after going down […]
MARION, Ohio (WCMH)–For the second time in recent months the Americas Best Value Inn in Marion was searched for drugs. MARMET/METRICH Drug Task force executed a warrant on Tuesday around noon. Investigators found four firearms, three grams of suspected Fentanyl, and 9.2 grams of crack cocaine, plus $5,100 in cash. Dave Davis, 40, of Marion […]
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(CNN) — In the U.S. Flu season happens in the fall and winter, a concern as Americans continue to face COVID-19, and a new study suggests flu and maybe even other viruses can spread on dust particles. Flu season and COVID-19 are about to collide. “Their symptoms will be hard to distinguish from COVID symptoms,” […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The Ohio Department of Health has released the latest number of COVID-19 cases in the state. As of Wednesday, August 19, a total of 110,881 (+958) cases were reported in Ohio since the pandemic began, leading to 3,907 (+36) deaths and 12,529 (+93) hospitalizations. There are presumed 90,436 recovered cases in the state. The Department […]
TORONTO (WCMH) — Follow along as the Columbus Blue Jackets play the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — What is the history of policing in our community? How can it inform us and should the way things have been done before dictate how the future of policing will look in the future? NBC4’s Colleen Marshall is hosting a discussion about policing in our community. You can watch live at noon […]
(WDIV) — Doctors studying the effects of COVID-19 say the pandemic has had major ripple effects into other areas of medicine, beyond the obvious. New research shows it led to fewer parents getting their children vaccinated and an increase in dog bite attacks. Pediatric vaccination rates in the United States have fallen sharply since the […]
HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) — A teen facing a murder charge in the death of photographer Victoria Schafer at Hocking Hills State Park has reached a plea agreement. According to prosecutors, 16-year-old Jaden Churchheus and 16-year-old Jordan Buckley were charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, felonious assault and reckless homicide after Victoria Schafer, 44, was struck and killed by a tree while she was near Old Man’s Cave, September […]
GENOA TOWNSHIP, OH (WCMH) — A Genoa Township man is dead after police say he accidentally left a car running in his garage leading to carbon monoxide leak inside the home. According to the Genoa Township Police Department, at about 4 p.m., emergency crews were called to a residence on Bretton Place on the report of a person dead. […]
GRANVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – With uncertainty surrounding the upcoming school year and concerns for her children’s health, Heather Kessler decided to take matters into her own hands. “I want my kiddos, who I love dearly, to be able to have school,” she said. Like many Ohio families, Kessler’s son, daughter and stepson were abruptly forced […]
COLUMBUS QUICK FORECAST Today: Brilliant sunshine, low humidity. High 80 Tonight: Mostly clear, cool. Low 55 Thursday: Mostly sunny. High 82 Friday: Partly cloudy, warmer. High 84 Saturday: Partly sunny, afternoon storms. High 85 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Sprawling high pressure centered to our northwast is bringing in cooler and drier air from the northeast. Today will […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Two people were injured, one critically, following an automobile accident in northeast Columbus Tuesday night. According to Columbus Police, the crash involving at least two vehicles happened near the intersection of Westerville Road and Agler Road at approximately 9:30 p.m. One victim had to be extricated from a vehicle and has been […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Biden is drawing on a collection of his party’s most experienced leaders at the Democratic National Convention to underscore what he calls a current global leadership deficit that threatens U.S. national security under Donald Trump. Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State John Kerry are among the heavy […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — When Ohio Governor Mike DeWine gave the green light for the state’s high school fall sports seasons to proceed, the athletes were not the only ones excited. “I was really hoping for something like this,” said Owen Moffitt, a member of the Olentangy Liberty High School marching band. Moffitt and his mother […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Four members of the Olentangy Orange High School girls varsity volleyball team have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a school spokesperson. According to the school, the positive tests were taken sometime over the last two weeks. The entire varsity team is in quarantine, the spokesperson said. The positive tests are feeding […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The postmaster general is halting some operational changes until after the November election. Democrats contended that the changes threatened mail-in voting, and some states planned to file lawsuits. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced Tuesday he would “suspend” his initiatives until after the election “to avoid even the appearance of impact on election […]
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) — A 68-year-old woman is dead following a crash in Lancaster County Tuesday. According to the Lancaster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP), the crash happened on SR 158 at the intersection of Blacklick Road at approximately 9:55 a.m. Tuesday. According to OSHP, Lindsay Baker, 18, of Newark was […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – The pandemic has hurt the economies of communities nationwide, but research shows the virus is also taking a mental health toll. New data from the CDC has revealed 40 percent of Americans are struggling with mental health issues because of the pandemic, with the most common issues being anxiety and depression. The […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Postage for mail-in ballots would be covered if Ohio’s Secretary of State has his way. Secretary of State Frank LaRose is proposing using funds from his office to pay for postage on all absentee ballots. According to the proposal, the money would come from the Secretary of State’s Business Services Division fund. […]