WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) -- An 11-year-old Belgian Malinois K-9 officer with the Waverly Police Department died Saturday morning. According to the Waverly Police Department, Sergeant K-9 Gold, a long-time officer with the department, passed at Ohio MedVet with his handler, Sgt. Taylor, and his family and Waverly Police Chief John Winfield by his side. Gold [...]
We saw some sunshine, but skies have turned mostly cloudy. Temperatures are very mild for late January, reaching the upper 40s this afternoon. Clouds will thicken early tonight in a light southerly flow. A cold front and weak low pressure north and west will result in an increasing chance for showers after midnight. Temperatures will [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Storm Team 4's meteorologist Liz McGiffin met up with Alyssa Cassabaum-Smith, scientist at COSI to do an experiment using dry erase markers, a glass plate and water. Because the erase markers are insoluble, any design you draw will float off a glass plate when you add water. You can watch the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are looking for two women they say went to a store at Easton and stole two full shopping carts worth of merchandise. Police say that on Jan. 13 just after 1 p.m., two women were seen entering a store on the 3700 block of Easton Market and filled two [...]
Hitting 116 degrees F in normally temperate Portland, Oregon. 105 degrees in Reno in September, just as summer is meant to be waning. And in California's Death Valley National Park, temperatures hit almost 130 degrees in the aptly named Furnace Creek, marking a world record for the hottest September day in history. 2021 and 2022 saw some of the hottest temperatures [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 13-year-old boy is recovering after being hit by a gunshot Friday evening in south Columbus, according to Columbus police. CPD state that at 11:58 p.m., an unknown person fired multiple gunshots into a residence at the 3300 block of Quaker Road on the south side. Police say one of the [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good morning & happy Saturday! It's going to be a cool, cloudy start to the weekend ahead of the next round of showers. Snow showers will continue to wrap-up this morning ahead of a mostly cloudy sky. Temperatures today will climb to the mid 40s, [...]
The above video contains graphic, violent content that may be upsetting for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- In the wake of video footage released showing Memphis police officers' violent, ultimately fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop in early January, civil rights attorneys, community leaders and faith [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police are looking for a man caught on video robbing a bank in Columbus' Westmoor neighborhood Thursday afternoon. At about 12:15 p.m. Thursday, surveillance video at the Chase Bank at 3100 W. Broad St. showed a man giving a bank teller a "threatening demand note for money," according to Columbus police. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus community members, local leaders and federal leaders are trying to work together to reduce the amount of violent crime in the city. During a press conference Thursday, Mayor Andrew Ginther announced three additional plans to address violent crime. Steve Dettelbach, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A woman accused of kidnapping 5-month-old twins along with their mother's car and setting off an Amber Alert in December faces additional felony charges for an apparently unrelated incident. Nalah Jackson, 24, was charged Friday with one count of receiving stolen property and one count of theft, both fourth-degree felonies, according [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WMCH) -- A state representative who accused the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus of exclusion during campaign season will not be allowed to join the caucus under its new rules. Before the November 2022 election, NBC4 talked with now-Republican Rep. Josh Williams (R-Oregon), who said he was frustrated that the caucus did not endorse [...]
ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) -- There is no question what team the town of Athens is rooting for on Sunday – the Bengals. More specifically, fans are rooting for their hometown boy, Joe Burrow. As soon as you turn off Route 33 into The Plains, not only are you in Bengals country – you’re in Joe [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — NBC4 Meteorologist Ben Gelber is receiving attention once again from the central Ohio community, but this time it is not about the weather forecast. A detailed profile of Gelber's ensemble Friday Night Live Music was shared in Columbus Jewish News. The article highlights the longtime forecaster's passion for traditional Shabbat music [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Health has announced upcoming changes to provisions meant to combat the ongoing infant formula shortage. On March 1, nearly all Women, Infant, and Children formula alternatives introduced in 2022 will come to an end. This means if you’re a WIC parent you will not be able to [...]