Watch an earlier report on Kason Thomas in the player above. INDIANAPOLIS (WCMH) -- Nalah Jackson, the woman accused of stealing a running car with infant twins inside and setting off a multiday Amber Alert in Ohio just before Christmas, was sentenced for one of her charges in Indiana court. On Wednesday, Jackson had a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The battle between Ohio and Dollar General continues, with the state’s attorney general asking a judge on Wednesday to file a temporary restraining order against the national retailer. The lawsuit filed in November against Dollar General by Ohio Attorney General David Yost charges the retailer with deceptive pricing practices, alleging customers [...]
ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Athens police are looking for a man who struck a police cruiser and drove recklessly away from police before running into the woods on Tuesday. Police say Eric Saylor, 40, of Albany, struck an Athens Police Department cruiser on Mill St. before driving recklessly on the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway. The vehicle [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Workers at a Starbucks across from Ohio State University’s campus won their union election, making that store the third in Columbus and ninth in Ohio to successfully vote to unionize. After petitioning the National Labor Relations Board in November, workers at the coffee shop voted 13-5 in mid-December to join the [...]
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio (WCMH) - A local chain of hot chicken restaurants now has its seventh Ohio storefront, and gave a historic building a makeover in the process. Hot Chicken Takeover has expanded aggressively over the past three years with funding from a New York stakeholder. It grew from Columbus into Cleveland in 2019, followed [...]
GLOUSTER, Ohio (WCMH) – A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty for his part in an overdose death from September of 2021. In a release from the Athens County Prosecuting Attorney’s office, Thomas Thomas, 46, of Glouster, will serve 10 years on third-degree felony charges of involuntary manslaughter, two counts [...]
BUFFALO, New York (WCMH) -- Bills safety Damar Hamlin is out of the hospital and back home a little over a week after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game against the Bengals. In a Wednesday afternoon update, the Bills said Hamlin was discharged from Buffalo General Medical Center, two days after arriving back in [...]
A light snow accumulation is possible north and west of the I-71 corridor, with flurries and gusty northwesterly winds, as temperatures fall to the low to mid-30s.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A December game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres has been rescheduled. The NHL announced the game will now be played on April 14 at 7 p.m. at Nationwide Arena, making it the new 2022-23 regular season finale for both teams. The initial December 27 contest was postponed due [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The ovens are ablaze at a locally owned, New York-style pizza joint that prides itself on serving the best stromboli in town. Pizzano’s Express, located at 804 Parsons Ave., opened its doors in early December to expand the reach of its halal, Italian-inspired dishes to Columbus’ South Side community, according to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A baby koala born at the Columbus Zoo in May finally has a name. Kora the koala, weighing in at a mere 600 grams, made her named debut Wednesday on the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium's social media pages. Her name, voted by zoo staff, combines her parents' names: Katy and the [...]
LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) -- New research says that Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio was among the top ten state parks in the United States that has grown the most in popularity over the last year. Through analyzing web metrics on search, Travel Lens states that Hocking Hills had the sixth largest search increase from [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are seeking help locating a man accused of shooting another man after getting into an accident in north-central Columbus. Police said that on Oct. 1, 2022, an auto accident resulted in a shooting at the intersection of Morse Road and Kingshill Drive in the Woodward Park neighborhood, near Interstate [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Symphony Orchestra is saluting the Queen of Soul with a tribute concert this weekend. "Respect: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin" is playing at the Ohio Theatre at 8 p.m. on Saturday, part of the Columbus Symphony's Pops Series. Tickets range from $18 to $68 and can be purchased in-person [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The FAA grounded all flights nationwide Wednesday morning. A source told NBC News that the shutdown was due to a computer system issue, though it did not initially confirm how much of an impact it had on travelers at John Glenn International Airport. An advisory to pilots and airports the FAA [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Children struggling with obesity should receive aggressive treatment earlier, including medications and surgery, according to new guidance from a leading U.S. pediatricians group. The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines on Monday for children with obesity and shifted from previous guidance that delayed treatment to see if they outgrew obesity [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio RV and Boat Show turns 43 years old and will once again take over the Ohio Expo Center this week. The annual show, which originated in 1981, solely as a boat show, “showcases what is new and exciting in the camping, boating and outdoor enthusiasts' industries”, according to show [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- In his century on earth, John Schmidt lived enough to fill dozens of people's lives. A prolific athlete, skilled musician, actor, professor, television personality and maple syrup farmer, Schmidt excelled in his every endeavor. He left bits of his legacy all over Ohio and the country: He was a pole vaulter [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Wednesday! We start the day off on a dry note, but by this afternoon, scattered shower activity starts to develop. We're looking at fairly light totals when all is said and done today, but you may want to keep the umbrella handy through the end of the workweek. Temperature-wise, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There’s a lot of unknown for a central Ohio restaurant after a recent crash where a car drove off the road and into the building. No one was hurt, but it all happened last Friday, while customers were eating. Hoggy’s barbeque restaurant on Bethel Road was damaged when a car drove [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Wanna be a billionaire? Hopefully, you took your shot with a Mega Millions ticket Tuesday. Tuesday’s jackpot is worth an estimated $1.1 billion, with a one-time cash option of $568.7 million. The jackpot is the result of no players matching the winning numbers for more than two months over 24 drawings. [...]
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WCMH) – Eighteen people have been charged and 11 have been arrested on drug charges after an investigation in Scioto County. The Southern Ohio Drug Task Force, Portsmouth Police Department, Scioto County Sheriff’s Office, and the FBI served arrest warrants Tuesday in Dayton and Portsmouth, resulting in the arrest of several people allegedly [...]
MOOREFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) – A Zanesfield, Ohio, man has been arrested in Indiana after he allegedly kidnapped and detained two women in Springfield, Clark County, Tuesday. According to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Charles E. Womack, 49, is facing kidnapping and other charges in connection with the Tuesday incident. Womack went to a house [...]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – One woman is dead and a suspect remains on the run after a shooting outside a Westerville grocery store Tuesday. According to Columbus police, the victim was found suffering from a gunshot wound inside a car outside of a shopping center on the 5900 block of Sunbury Road at approximately 5:50 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October, and since then, there's been confusion, chaos and concern around some of the changes made to the social media platform. "I spend part of my day reading things on Twitter, and a lot of them now are about, 'Is Twitter going away?'" [...]