COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Pushing a message of keeping Ohioans vigilant during the "second half" of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Mike DeWine has turned to two well-known sports figures in the state. DeWine unveiled a public service announcement Tuesday featuring Urban Meyer and Jim Tressel, two former Ohio State football coaches who each led the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — More than nine months into a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people in the U.S., nearly three in four Americans say the coronavirus has had a major daily impact on their lives or their family’s lives, according to results from this week’s NBC/SurveyMonkey poll of U.S. adults. Thirty-seven percent [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says that the positivity rate in the state is climbing again. During his briefing Tuesday, DeWine pointed out that the state’s positivity rate is 3.9% for the last seven days, which is up from 2.7% on Sept. 23. DeWine also noted that 51 counties in Ohio are either Alert [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio State University announced Tuesday that it has reached additional settlements with victims in the Dr. Richard Strauss abuse case. According to the university, it has reached a $5.8 million settlement with 23 additional survivors in five lawsuits related to the sexual abuse caused by Struass. The settlement averages about [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine provided an update on COVID-19 in the state Tuesday afternoon. As of Tuesday, Oct. 13, a total of 171,626 (+1,447) cases have been reported in Ohio since the pandemic began, leading to 5,017 (+12) deaths and 16,565 (+123) hospitalizations. There are a presumed 144,903 recovered cases in the state. DeWine continued [...]
(WDIV) Recently, there has been a lot of focus on how COVID-19 is spread through the air via droplets and aerosols, but now a new study is reemphasizing the continued importance of hand washing. Toward the beginning of the pandemic, a study showed that the SARS-Cov-2 virus can survive on cardboard for as long as [...]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) -- Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle in a hit-skip crash that left a man dead. According to the Columbus Division of Police, between 12:30 a.m. and 1:41 a.m., Monday, Jeremy Coldiron, 40, was struck by a vehicle driving eastbound in an alley near Dana and Sullivant avenues. Police say the vehicle drove away after [...]
GAHANNA, OH (WCMH) -- Teachers in the Gahanna-Jefferson Public School District have gone on strike after weeks of back and forth on contracts. The biggest sticking point has been the hybrid learning model, and how teachers balance in-person and remote learning. “This weekend, GJEA presented the District with multiple learning models and proposals to reach a compromise — [...]
COLUMBUS QUICK FORECAST This Morning: Clearing, breezy and cool. Low around 47 Today: Sunny, cool. High 68 Tonight: Mostly clear, chilly. Low 45 Wednesday: Mostly sunny, warm. High 72 Thursday: Partly cloudy, breezy and showers later. 56/68 Friday: Partly cloudy, cooler. 39/53 Saturday: Sunny, chilly. 35/57 FORECAST DISCUSSION: The front which swept through the region [...]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Election Day is just three weeks away, and Monday was a perfect example of both campaigns showing they’re trying to lock up Ohio’s 18 electoral votes. “It’s on Ohio,” Vice President Mike Pence said during a campaign rally in Columbus Monday. “It’s going to take all of us. Ohio always looms large [...]
GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) – At this hour, families in Gahanna still don’t know if their usual teacher will be giving lessons to their students Tuesday. Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools District and its teachers’ union have been at odds over plans for a return to some in-person leadership. Last week, the union voted to authorize a strike [...]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) -- Columbus Police are investigating after a man showed up at a local hospital suffering from a gunshot wound Monday afternoon. Police said officers responded to a call for a shooting victim at a local hospital at approximately 4:35 p.m. The victim told the officers that he was in the area of Jermain [...]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – The Ohio State University announced it will be adding patrols and special duty officers on campus following the shooting death of a student Sunday morning. OSU President Dr. Kristina M. Johnson said in a letter to the university community that Ohio State Police and Columbus Police are working closely to make those [...]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) -- The nearly 50,000 Franklin County voters who may have received the wrong absentee ballots will soon be receiving replacement ballots. According to Franklin County Board of Elections Director Ed Leonard, the replacement ballots were printed on Saturday, while officials spent Sunday and Monday inserting them into envelopes. Leonard said special arrangements were [...]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) -- As Vice President Mike Pence rolled down the street, supporters and protestors chanted loud and clear. Some people, like Kathy Burgess, made her presence known. "We can’t change the minds of these people or the hearts of these people, but we can change the laws and we have got to get Trump [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio Parole Board is hearing a petition this week that could set a convicted child rapist free. But a man who helped send William Wasmus to prison is trying to convince the Parole Board that he needs to stay behind bars. William Wasmus was a Grove City evangelical minister who [...]