COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Changes are coming to the west side of Columbus as the former Westland Mall is set to be demolished. The site has been deteriorating for some time, as a Sears location was the last store open at Westland before closing in 2017. "It's exciting to know there’s going to be revamp, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One of eleven defendants and the ringleader in a federal drug distribution case, believed to be the "largest single fentanyl seizure in the Southern District of Ohio," pleaded guilty in a courtroom Friday, according to U.S. District Attorney Kenneth Parker. Isabel Odir Castellanos, from Los Angeles, was first arrested in June [...]
Temperatures plummeted into the teens and will hover around 20 degrees this afternoon, with a few passing flurries early. The weekend will also start off on the cold side.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- 2021-2022 was a banner period for the Ohio State Buckeyes athletic department with a new revenue record set. According to the NCAA's membership report, which details every school's revenue from athletics over the fiscal year, Ohio State athletics earned a reported $251 million in revenue from July 1, 2021 to June [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A second suspect was arrested in connection with a New Year’s Day shooting at a Columbus night club which resulted in one death and four others injured. Jermaine Westbrook was arrested on Thursday and charged with four counts of felonious assault for his alleged involvement in an altercation that turned fatal [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — National Wear Red Day, celebrated on the first Friday of February each year, raises awareness about the impact of heart disease on women and NBC4 anchors and reporters are showing their support by wearing red on air. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), heart disease is the [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Shake Shack is opening a new central Ohio location next week, featuring the chain's first drive-thru in the state. The new location is welcoming guests at 3734 W. Dublin-Granville Rd. beginning at 11 a.m. on Monday. Dublin's Shack marks the chain's seventh location in Ohio. To celebrate, the first 200 guests [...]
ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio University police are investigating the second reported attack on a woman in as many weeks. One week after police received a tip about a strangulation outside an East Green residence, the department responded to an anonymous report that a woman had been raped early Saturday morning. According to an Ohio [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The top home sold in Franklin County last month went for $2.39 million, and the top home in Delaware County went for $1.2 million. NBC4 analyzed daily property sale records from the Franklin and Delaware County auditor’s offices and filtered for “one family dwellings” so as not to include things like [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Rep. Daniel Troy wants to etch into Ohioans’ calendars a consistent, unmoving date for the state’s primary election. Citing a need to quell voter confusion and shorten Ohio’s lengthy election cycle, the Willowick Democrat on Thursday proposed legislation that would set Ohio’s primary date in presidential election years as the first [...]
NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) – The Licking County Emergency Warming Center Task Force announced the opening of a warming center for anyone seeking a place to get out of the cold tonight in preparation for extremely cold temperatures. The Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Licking County will be open as a warming center due to falling [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There are more than 1 million fewer undergraduate and graduate students at U.S. universities than before the pandemic as enrollment struggles to recover from COVID-19 – a trend rearing its head at many of Ohio’s universities. An analysis of nine Ohio public four-year universities shows that enrollment is down at most [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Friday! We end the workweek on a very chilly note, with morning lows in the teens, but feeling like the low single digits, on either side of zero. This is all behind a cold front that moved through overnight, bringing with it cold arctic air with a northwesterly breeze. [...]
This article discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal ideation or a mental health crisis, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline available 24/7. To reach the 24/7 Crisis Text Helpline, text 4HOPE to 741741. CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio (WCMH) - In response to Thursday's incident at a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A Columbus childcare center is without its buses after at least three people vandalized them. Indigo Children's Center usually parks its three buses behind the building. On Thursday, employees watched as they were towed away, damaged by vandals in December. “I don’t even know. I don't know what was going through [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Connor Essegian scored 17 points, Chucky Hepburn added 15 and Wisconsin held off Ohio State 65-60 on Thursday night for the Buckeyes' third straight loss. Wisconsin led 62-47 with 7:18 remaining before Ohio State scored the next 13 points to get within 62-60. The Badgers missed their final nine field goals [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Division of Police is setting its sights on ending gang violence in the city, including through a pilot program for a new special unit called Gang Enforcement. But after Memphis law enforcement officials deactivated a similar team in the wake of Tyre Nichols' death, some people are questioning the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The IRS is now open for business, accepting 2022 returns. And while the deadline to file is more than two months away, on April 18, Chief Tax Information Officer Mark Steber said filers should get it done as soon as possible. "There's a lot of bad people like we talked about, [...]
LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two men face felony drug trafficking charges after Hocking County sheriff's detectives said they found more than four pounds of methamphetamine in their car while pulling them over. Detectives with the Hocking County Sheriff's Interdiction Unit arrested Dayshawn Bland, of Columbus, and Malik Bryant, of Warren, on Wednesday, after stopping their [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Biden-Harris Administration has awarded $12 million to the City of Columbus as part of its $800 million Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program. The $12 million will be used to upgrade a stretch of East Livingston Avenue from South 18th Road to South Nelson Road. The corridor has [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 8,260 new COVID-19 cases, with cases staying at their recent low levels. Weekly COVID-19 cases have resided at four-digit levels for the first time since falling below 8,000 in the week of April 15, 2022. While cases fell under 8,000 in January, they teetered slightly above [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio's auditor office hit a milestone on Thursday: 100 convictions for fraud and corruption since 2019, and $18.3 million dollars issued in findings for recovery in the past four years. “It’s as simple as somebody going and using their government credit card to take cash out at the casino,” State Auditor [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 10-month-old baby who was found drowning in a bathtub died because the mother left the child unattended, thus failing "to provide for the child's safety," a coroner has ruled. According to an autopsy report, 10-month-old Reign Nall died of complications from drowning on Aug. 31, 2022, after her mother left [...]