Clearing skies behind a cold front allowed temperatures to reach the low 60s, before cooler air filters in overnight. Clouds will return for a time tonight. Brisk winds will prevail on Thursday, with some sunshine and cooler readings in the 40s. A few showers will develop in the evening, mixing with wet snow after midnight, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WMCH) – Dozens of brightly colored, mini knit hats will no longer float above visitors’ heads at a Short North pop-up shop aimed at erasing childhood cancer. Love Your Melon, the latest online brand to occupy Tenspace at 930 N. High St., opened its doors to Columbus’ community for the last time on [...]
CLINTONVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – What was supposed to be a one-off offering of bold burger bites is about to blossom into its own brick-and-mortar location. Preston’s: A Burger Joint is preparing to open its first standalone storefront on North High Street in Clintonville after serving North Market patrons for two years. Although Preston’s owners, Matthew [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- CPD is looking for community help in identifying two persons of interest that could be connected to a November shooting in the Hilltop neighborhood. On Nov. 22, Columbus police responded to shots fired at the 1700 block of Sullivant Avenue just after 11:15 p.m. Officers found a man who was shot [...]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ross County Sheriff’s Office said it is looking for a missing child. Darius Lester, 13, was last seen around 9 p.m. Tuesday near Kinnamon Lane in the Pleasant Valley area, northwest of Chillicothe, according to the sheriff's office. He is between 4’8” and 4’10’ and weighs approximately 84 pounds, and [...]
WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) – Additional details have been released regarding a shooting on New Year’s Day in Whitehall. On Jan. 1 at 3:21 p.m., Whitehall police responded to shots fired at the intersection of East Main Street and Hamilton Road. When officers arrived they found a 22-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his [...]
CINCINNATI (WCMH) -- While Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin remains in critical condition at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, family and friends said Wednesday morning that there are improvements. ESPN reporter Coley Harvey wrote on social media that the Hamlin family and their spokesperson and Damar's marketing representative, Jordon Rooney, told him that doctors [...]
PIKETON, Ohio (WCMH) – A man was killed after a car collision with a backhoe on State Route 32 Tuesday night. The Ohio State Highway Patrol reported that at 10:51 p.m. Tuesday, 66-year-old Hal Smith of Piketon was travelling westbound on SR 32, near Tipton Lane in Pike County. His 2013 Chevrolet Silverado struck the [...]
CLINTONVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – More food halls have come to Columbus-area Kroger stores, and grocery store shoppers can win up to hundreds of dollars in gift cards to celebrate. Sandwiched between refrigerated dips and deli meats at Clintonville and Dublin Krogers, Kitchen United-run Mix Food Halls promise a variety of meals to go. With options [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- In recent days, Gov. Mike DeWine has signed more than a dozen bills from the General Assembly into law. DeWine said a few bills he has yet to sign are still being looked at “very closely,” with more information from his office to come this week. Here is a look at [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Wednesday! We have got more rain on the way for today, as showers move in from SW to NE, bringing us showers from about the morning commute timeframe, to the mid afternoon. Showers will then taper off from SW to NE, leaving us with plenty of dry hours this [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The new year kicks off with another record lottery jackpot after a year that saw multiple billion-dollar jackpots. Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, worth an estimated $785 million (or a cool $403.8 million for the cash option), is the sixth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history and comes after a year of record-setting [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Messages of support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin are coming from all across the country Tuesday, including support from here in central Ohio. Hamlin collapsed after making a tackle in Monday night’s game against the Bengals in Cincinnati. Two local high school football coaches, first and foremost, are hoping and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are looking for a suspect they said allegedly stole bottles of alcohol from a store in Clintonville. Police said that on Nov. 17, the suspect walked into a store on the 3600 block of Indianola Avenue at approximately 3:20 p.m. The man took two boxes of Patron Tequila and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Students of the state’s largest school district return to the classroom from winter break Wednesday, but the journey to get back to school will look pretty different for thousands. Columbus City Schools District has completely overhauled the school bus routing system, which could mean a combination of a new bus driver, [...]
A report filed before the agreement was announced is above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An agreement reached between the city of Columbus and the owners of a troubled apartment complex calls for the sale of the complex. The agreement calls for the current owners of Latitude Five25, Paxe Latitude, to close the sale of the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohioans officially have a new senator representing them on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tuesday afternoon, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) was sworn in for his first term. Vance said while Tuesday was only his first day on Capitol Hill, he has already had conversations with his colleagues on both sides of the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Medical experts said the fast reaction time and lifesaving measures performed on Damar Hamlin Monday night were the difference between life and death. Paramedics performed CPR on Hamlin for nine minutes. Central Ohio paramedics said saving a life is all about early recognition, early intervention, and calling for help as soon [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Among the many bills Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law Tuesday morning was an extensive criminal justice reform bill that, among other things, makes distracted driving a primary offense. While the bill is more than 1,000 pages, DeWine hung his hat on just one portion: the distracted driving change that he [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good evening and happy Tuesday! More rain is on the way ahead of a much cooler end to the week and weekend. Rain showers are staying southeast of the I-71 corridor and will continue to thin through the evening. Temperatures today climbed into the 60s, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Say goodbye to 2022 -- another year filled with money and personal information lost to scams, according to the Better Business Bureau. As 2023 begins, the BBB recommended making some resolutions to help keep you free from fraud this new year. "They can look so legitimate. They, they have the website [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in critical condition after a shooting in the Milo-Grogan section of Columbus Tuesday afternoon. Columbus police said the shooting happened at approximately 4:45 p.m. on the 900 block of Leona Avenue. The victim was taken to Grant Medical Center. There is no further information available at this time.
ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 70-year-old man has died after a crash in Athens County. The crash happened around 9:54 p.m. on Monday. A 2011 Chevrolet Silverado traveling southbound on State Route 78 drove left of the center and struck Robert Pancake, 70, in a 2010 Ford Explorer, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus and Reynoldsburg schools are returning to the classroom this new year with updated bus routes. Reynoldsburg returned to class Tuesday, with Columbus students back in session on Wednesday. Columbus parent Matt Monjot said he has concerns and unanswered questions going into the new school year. “What was the longest acceptable [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police have released surveillance photos of three people of interest in a fatal shooting Monday in north Columbus. The shooting happened at approximately 6:55 p.m. on the 4400 block of Cleveland Avenue near Morse Road. Officers found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the [...]