COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Mid-American Conference announced Friday that football will start Nov. 4 with teams playing a six-game, conference only schedule. MAC presidents and chancellors unanimously approved a season. The championship game will be Dec. 18 or 19. No general public attendance or tailgating will be allowed at games. The MAC originally postponed its [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Quintell Quinn, a standout football player at DeSales High School, announced last week he'll be playing for Ohio University next year. As a junior in 2019, Quinn put on one of the best performances in Stallions' history all while coping with the death of his brother. On the field, Quintell is [...]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Four men have been indicted for four separate killings in Franklin County. According to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien, the grand jury returned the indictments Friday on four separate and unrelated killings. Lason Tyleke Booker, 20, was indicted in connection with the July 19 shooting death of Jerome Trayvaughn Steward, 26, on [...]
LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) — A second teenager has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a photographer at Hocking Hills State Park in 2019. Jordan Buckley, 16, of Logan, accepted a similar plea agreement to Jaden Churchheus, 17, in the death of 44-year-old Chillicothe photographer Victoria Schafer. She was struck and killed by [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Nearly 1 in 6 public school districts in Ohio have received variances to the state’s COVID-19 sports order. In all, 118 variances to the order Gov. Mike DeWine signed Aug. 19 have been approved as of last Friday, including variances from 101 public school districts, individual high schools and private schools, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Week 5 of the high school football season is here and there are only two regular season games left for most teams in Central Ohio, excluding teams in the Columbus City League and teams who have had to postpone games due to the coronavirus. Amanda-Clearcreek and Groveport Madison announced Thursday night [...]
CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio (WCMH) — The Franklin County Sheriff's Office confirms a deputy was killed in a crash near Canal Winchester Friday. Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin called the death of Deputy Angela Kane a "tragic loss." According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 1:30 p.m. along U.S. 33 near Bowen [...]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Health has released the latest number of COVID-19 cases in the state. As of Friday, September 25, a total of 148,894 (+1,150) cases have been reported in Ohio since the pandemic began, leading to 4,734 (+19) deaths and 15,127 (+76) hospitalizations. There are a presumed 128,369 recovered cases in the state. The Department of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The attorney for a woman who was tased this week at a middle school football game in Logan after she refused to wear a facemask says the school district involved "misapplied the law, and misapplied it haphazardly and violently." Alecia Kitts was attending a Logan Middle School game Wednesday as a [...]
COLUMBUS QUICK FORECAST Today Patchy Dense Fog Early, Partly cloudy and warm. High 80 Tonight: Mainly clear, mild. Low 58 Saturday: Mostly sunny, warm and humid. High 82 Sunday: Sunny, breezy. 63/84 Monday: Mostly cloudy, showers. 61/71 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Today will be another nice one here in Central Ohio. We are starting with patchy dense [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead after a shooting in the 3200 block of Kenray Drive in northeast Columbus. The shooting occurred at approximately 10:45 p.m. and the victim was pronounced dead at 11:14 p.m. Columbus Police are investigating this incident. This is the 112th homicide in Columbus for calendar year 2020.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Franklin County is in the Orange Level of Ohio's coronavirus alert system, and also dropped out of the top 10 for highest COVID-19 occurrence. After six months of living with drastic lifestyle changes, a lot of people are feeling the effects, including fatigue, frustration. People are also easing up on some [...]
AMANDA, Ohio (WCMH) — Amanda-Clearcreek and Groveport Madison announced Thursday night that they have canceled their football games on Friday. Amanda-Clearcreek was supposed to play Hamilton Township and Groveport was supposed to play Newark, so Hamilton Township will play Newark at Fortress Obetz. Due to uncontrollable circumstances, we are cancelling tomorrow night’s football game. We [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two children were transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital in stable condition after a motorcycle collided with a pick-up truck on Steele Ave. and North Warren Ave. at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.