COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A former Hilliard Darby High School teacher was charged on Monday with sexual battery involving a student. Brian Tonti, 48, of Plain City, was charged with the third-degree felony offense on Monday, about a month after his former student reported having a sexual relationship with him more than 10 years ago, [...]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A drug-sniffing K-9 discovered nearly 300 grams of narcotics on Friday during a traffic stop along U.S. 23. According to the Ross County Sheriff's Office, K-9 Garka alerted to the presence of narcotics in a car stopped for a marked lanes violation on U.S. 23 near Trego Creek Road, south of [...]
LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- The athletic director at Bloom-Carroll High School who was accused of sexual battery might not have a trial. According to documents filed with Fairfield County Common Pleas Court, Chad Little, who was indicted in September on four counts of sexual battery, has asked to his have Feb. 7 trial vacated by [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A handful of blighted buildings and structures across Ohio are set to be demolished over the coming months with multiple central Ohio locations added to the list. Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor John Husted announced close to 600 additional structures across Ohio will be demolished as part of its revitalization [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Grammy-Award winning rapper Future is coming to Columbus this spring. Future is taking the stage at Nationwide Arena on March 25 as part of his "One Big Party" tour featuring surprised supporting acts. The tour is in support of his recent album, "I Never Liked You." Future emerged onto the scene [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus-based restaurant conglomerate is adding another concept to Easton Town Center. Cameron Mitchell Restaurants will open a Mediterranean fine-dining restaurant at 4089 The Strand East in Easton’s North District. The restaurant will replace Bone Vie Bistro, which closed when its parent company filed for bankruptcy in 2021. A spokesperson for [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! The chance for showers will continue today ahead of a much colder workweek. As a system moves through the area, we'll continue to see a light wintry mix through the afternoon and evening. We'll see this mix due to temperatures staying in the [...]
PIKETON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man is facing felony charges after the local sheriff said more than 100 dogs and other animals were found dead or severely neglected on his Pike County property. Investigators found over 40 dogs dead and 80 malnourished and emaciated at the home of 62-year-old Wyndan Skye on Friday, according to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man claiming to have just been released from jail was caught on surveillance cameras allegedly stealing from a south Columbus Pizza Hut. The unknown suspect entered the Pizza Hut on 1076 Parsons Ave at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 26, according to the Columbus Division of Police. When the suspect attempted [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Gas prices in Columbus have seen another increase amidst a steady rise to start 2023. GasBuddy is reporting the average price for a gallon of gas in the Columbus area is $3.60, which is 10.8 cents higher than the previous week. That is also 58.8 cents higher than a month ago [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering community resources for women of color is building a 10,000-square-foot headquarters north of Downtown. Zora's House is breaking ground Friday on a three-story space on the corner of North Fourth Street and East Eighth Avenue in Weinland Park, marking an expansion from Zora's 2,000-square-foot home [...]
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio (WCMH) - A building containing over a century of history is slowly being torn down in Grandview Heights as the local school district makes way for renovations. The work is part of Grandview Heights Schools' three-year plan to update its high school and middle school buildings. A fall 2022 district newsletter reported [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are investigating after a shooting victim walked into a Mount Carmel hospital early Monday morning. Officers responded to Mount Carmel Franklinton at 2:29 a.m. on Monday after report of a gunshot victim, according to the Columbus Division of Police. The victim was asleep at their home in the 200 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police are investigating after a 46-year-old man died in northeast Columbus on Sunday. Police were dispatched to the 1500 block of Chauncy Road on Sunday and found Enrique Cruz-Martinez, 46, unresponsive with signs of visible injury, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Columbus fire medics responded to the scene and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Lovely Kendricks, 15, was a 10th-grade cheerleader at East High School whose parents described her as a “ball of fun.” Makhy Andrews, or “Booh Bah,” as his family called him, was a 15-year-old Westerville Central High School student who loved playing football and ping pong, his family wrote in his obituary. [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! We'll see a bit of a wintry mix for today, with that shower activity starting off to the northwest of I-71 this morning, then starting to move southward as we head into the afternoon hours. Temperatures today don't move a whole lot, sticking in the low to middle [...]
CINCINNATI, Ohio (WCMH) -- The trial of the largest bribery scheme in Ohio political history will have to wait one more day. The trial against former Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, a former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, which has seen only two days in the courtroom since beginning [...]
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (WCMH) -- The final spot in Super Bowl LVII is being decided at Arrowhead Stadium as the Cincinnati Bengals take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game. Sunday's winner will face the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The Eagles rolled to [...]
PICKAWAY COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) – A woman is dead and two other people are injured after a wrong-way crash in Pickaway County Saturday night. According to the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a call at approximately 11:24 p.m. for a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck driving the wrong way on U.S. Route 23 south [...]