REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Reynoldsburg middle school will close at the end of the current school year due to repairs the district cannot pay for. The Reynoldsburg City School Board voted Tuesday night to close Hannah J. Ashton Middle School, citing the cost of needed repairs -- estimated at $18 million. The district said [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Transportation Security Administration detected nearly 100 firearms at Ohio airports in 2022. TSA stopped the most handguns at John Glenn Columbus International Airport, finding 40 among passengers there. It found 35 guns at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, 13 at Dayton International Airport, two at Akron-Canton Airport and two at Rickenbacker [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is calling out a "phony" home warranty company and taking them to court for misrepresentation and other suspect business practices. The Attorney General’s office learned that Amazon Home Warranty, a Wyoming company based in New Jersey, received over 1,200 filed complaints from consumers since 2018. The [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are seeking help while investigating an attempted robbery that occurred on the southeast side of town. Detectives are searching for a woman who is accused of stealing money from a cash register and threatening to shoot an employee of a store on the 1500 block of Lockbourne Road, near [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One digital sportsbook licensee will owe a $150,000 fine for online advertising that breached state law and commission regulations, the Ohio Casino Control Commission voted unanimously Wednesday at its first meeting since the state’s sports gambling launch. The OCCC sent American Wagering Inc. -- affiliated with Caesars Sportsbook -- and two [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Dublin police are investigating after finding three bodies inside a house overnight Wednesday. According to a release from the City of Dublin, police went to a house on Balfoure Circle just after 2 a.m. after a well-being check call from a resident. When officers arrived, they found two men and one [...]
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio (WCMH) - A new business will inherit the Grandview Heights building that housed a restaurant for 37 years. Marshall's Restaurant & Bar at 1105 W. 1st Ave. closed its doors on July 1, 2022, after owners Matt and Shannon Marshall retired from the food service business. Instead, they said they would be [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are looking for multiple juveniles who they say crashed a believed to be stolen car and crashed it Wednesday morning on the northeast side. According to a spokesperson with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, a deputy with Clinton Township saw what they believed was a stolen Hyundai weaving around [...]
Showers and possible thunder will arrive ahead of a cold front, changing to scattered snow showers later on.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- North America's largest herd of photorealistic dinosaurs is returning to central Ohio this weekend. Jurassic Quest is welcoming visitors at the Ohio Expo Center this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with live entertainment, inflatable attractions, photo opportunities, interactive science and art activities, a self-led scavenger hunt, and more. From the largest predators [...]
Today's report along with a previous report can be seen above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are looking for a 14-year-old boy wanted in connection to the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl on New Year's Eve 2022. On Dec. 31, Columbus police discovered the body of Unique Prater with a gunshot wound at [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Central Ohio Crime Stoppers is asking for assistance in finding a suspect accused of assault and robbery in the South Hilltop area. Police said that at around 10:30 a.m. Oct. 27, Keelan Mitchell entered a home in the 2000 block of Eakin Road and punched a person several times in the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An annual event for craft beer enthusiasts with multiple regional and local breweries is back in Columbus this weekend. The Columbus Winter Beerfest is returning to the Greater Columbus Convention Center with one afternoon session and one evening session on Saturday, instead of two nights. The festival has been the “biggest [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A slew of new restaurants are coming to the University District this spring and summer. Campus Partners, a nonprofit corporation led by prominent members of Ohio State University and Columbus, continues ushering development into the neighborhoods surrounding Ohio State. In an update to the University Area Commission in December, Campus Partners [...]
See a report on recent activity at the Ohio Statehouse in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio lawmakers are mounting another effort to pass a bill that would shift which government agency oversees the state’s medical marijuana program and widen who is eligible for a card. Sens. Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City) and Kirk [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Wednesday! We start the day off on a dry, but cloudy note, with temperatures running 10-15 degrees cooler than where we topped out at on Tuesday, but still several degrees above average for this time of year. Highs look to reach the middle 40s for us in the city. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus City School District is planning some safety and security upgrades, with just under $1 million in grant money being spent across 19 schools. The Columbus City School Board approved the expenditure of the grant money Tuesday, and now scheduling of the work will start as soon as possible. “Just [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Travel plans were disrupted for thousands of people across the country over the last few weeks. If you were one of them, there's a chance you could be compensated for the chaos, and a new interactive tool from the U.S. Department of Transportation could help you figure out if or what [...]
NEW PLYMOUTH, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Hocking County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding an endangered adult who went missing late last week. Jacob Alan Leavitt, from the New Plymouth area, was last seen at the family's home Thursday, Jan. 12. Jacob is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs approximately [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A diabetic medication being swept off pharmacies' shelves for its short-term weight loss effects is hard to come by across the United States -- worrying senior and health care organizations in central Ohio. LifeCare Alliance promotes independent living for Ohio's seniors and other residents with disabilities. Its CEO, Chuck Gehring, said [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Child inventors from around Ohio were at the statehouse Tuesday showing off their award-winning ideas, with more than 40 kids displaying their inventions. Some of the inventions were solutions to simple problems, while others tackled worldwide issues. Sixth-grader Ava-Elizabeth Bell from Rootstown invented a defense mechanism for your car. When your [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Tuesday! It's been a seasonally warm day ahead of the next chance for rain. Today, temperatures climbed to around 60 degrees, which is well above the 37 which is a normal high for today in the Columbus area. It also means that we just [...]
GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) -- Employees at a restaurant in Gahanna are honoring the life of their manager after he was shot and killed on the city's south side over the weekend. "Every day I would see that man in the morning, and he would brighten my day," said Eddie Finch Jr., a kitchen worker at [...]