COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is searching for three suspects it says tried to rob a Family Dollar store and assaulted a 72-year-old man. According to the sheriff’s office, three young Black males entered the Family Dollar store on West Broad Street on Wednesday and attempted to steal merchandise. The three then […]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — After 271 days in the hospital — and three major surgeries – a Westerville baby born with a serious birth defect and heart condition could be in her own crib by the end of the month. The girl’s name is Isabella and she’s now nine months old. When she gets a […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The Ohio Department of Health has released the latest COVID-19 case numbers for the state Saturday. As of Saturday, Sept. 12, a total of 136,568 (+1,242) cases have been reported in Ohio since the pandemic began, leading to 4,411 (+8) deaths and 14,284 (+48) hospitalizations. There are presumed 114,066 recovered cases in the […]
Good Saturday! High pressure sliding away to the east has allowed warmer and more air to stream north in a southwesterly flow, boosting readings into the summerlike mid-80s, after a pleasant morning in the 50s. Sunshine will give way to more clouds and a few late-day showers and storms toward evening in the eastern part […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks and personal freedom after months in which the two states avoided the worst of the pandemic. The argument over masks raged this week in Brookings, South Dakota, as the city council […]
EASTON, Ohio (WCMH) — A vehicle crashed into a store in the Easton Town Center shopping plaza Saturday afternoon. According to a spokesperson for the center, a car drove into the White House Black Market store just after 12 p.m. No injuries have been reported. No further information is available at this time.
ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) — A 34-year-old man is facing six rape charges amid allegations he raped three children over a 15-year period. Timothy Lenigar, 34, was arrested Friday inside a Rio Grande McDonald’s. Lenigar is charged with six counts of rape, all first-degree felonies. According to Athens County Prosecutor Keller J. Blackburn, the first […]
(WCMH) — CorgioMed, LLC, is voluntarily recalling all of one of its hand sanitizers because the bottles are labeled as “edible alcohol.” The company issued the statement Saturday, recalling all bottles of its Leafree Instant Hand Sanitizer-Aloe Vera, an alcohol-based hand sanitizer meant to be used externally. Ingesting the sanitizer, the company said, could lead […]
GROVEPORT (WCMH) — Groveport Madison Schools has delayed its return to the classroom by nearly a month. In a post to its Facebook page Friday night, the school district announced it has delayed the start of in-person classes as part of a hybrid learning model until Oct. 19. The initial return date was set for […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — 2 people were hospitalized, including a 5-year-old girl, after being burned at bonfire in northeast Columbus Friday evening. According to Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Steve Martin, crews were dispatched to a residence on Tami Place near Wendler Blvd. Friday evening a little after 8 p.m. for reports of two people who had been […]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Mixed clouds early, pop-up storms later, high 85 Tonight: Rain, some heavy at times, few storms, low 70 Sunday: Rain & storms mainly before noon, partly sunny, high 82 Monday: Mostly sunny, high 76 Tuesday: Sunny skies, cool start, high 77 Wednesday: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy, high 80 FORECAST DISCUSSION: […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The student positivity rate among Ohio State University students has reached its lowest level since late August, according to data released Friday by the school. According to the OSU coronavirus dashboard, the daily positivity rate among students for tests conducted on Sept. 9 is 3.9 percent. Of the 2,414 tests conducted that […]
OXFORD, Ohio (NewsNation Now) — A college student house held a party over the Labor Day weekend that included people who had recently tested positive for the coronavirus, according to police body camera footage obtained by NewsNationNow.com. Oxford police cited six men at a house near Miami University on Saturday for violating the state’s mass gathering […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The Ohio Democratic Party has scored a preliminary injunction against the secretary of state’s office which could allow for voters to apply for absentee ballots via e-mail or fax. The ruling issued by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Friday says a portion of the state elections code on absentee ballots […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — After a 40-year career in the news business, NBC4’s Ted Hart is signing off for the last time. “For the better part of 40 years, I have had the privilege of sharing the stories of good and corageous people, exposing the fraud and shenanigans of others and helping, in some cases, to […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Dining out has been categorized as a high-risk activity by the CDC and now with a new report, that statement is holding true. People who tested positive for COVID-19 were more than twice as likely to report eating or drinking at a bar in the two weeks before they took their test. And […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)–Brian Flechsig can teach someone the basics of fly fishing in a couple of minutes. “Fly casting is as easy as throwing a dart,” Flechsig says. “If you’ve ever thrown a dart before and you’ve hit the dart board, you’re a decent fly caster already.” Flechsig owns Mad River Outfitters on Bethel Rd. […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)- A Town Hall meeting on Columbus’ South Side was held on Friday. The effort was to get more people to the polls to have their voices heard. “People feel they are often dismissed here and that various government policies and other things often overlook people of very limited economic means and so […]