COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Division of Police is holding a news conference to share new information and body-camera footage from a Sunday shooting involving an officer. You can watch the news conference live in the video player above. Police said that at around 3 p.m. Sunday, officers conducted a traffic stop on the southeast [...]
WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus SWAT officers have arrested a suspect in a January homicide that happened at a bar on the Northeast Side. Armando Flores, 25, faces a murder charge for allegedly shooting Rudy Tirado-Gonzalez, 51, who died from his injuries after being taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital. Columbus police said an altercation at [...]
LEWIS CENTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- Emergency vehicles are on U.S. 23 north of Columbus in Delaware County due to a tank explosion Monday afternoon. Currently, U.S. 23 is closed in both directions at East Orange Road, causing heavy delays. The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed there was one minor injury from the incident. View a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man was pulled from a ditch after a trench collapsed at a construction site Monday afternoon on the city's West Side. A large team of rescue workers were called to a construction site on the 800 block of West State Street in Franklinton, where a construction worker was buried and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- On Sunday, the Ohio State Buckeyes suffered its fourth loss in its last five games with a defeat to the No. 8 Maryland Terrapins 90-54. The recent slump has put OSU at its lowest national ranking since preseason. The Buckeyes (20-4, 9-4) dropped down to No. 13 in the new Associated [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! It's a cool, cloudy start to the week ahead of a warming trend and rain showers. Clouds will break up a little this evening as high pressure builds to the south. Temperatures will max out just a few degrees above normal, in the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Are you ready to live it big time? Big Time Rush is coming to Columbus this summer as part of the "Can't Get Enough" tour. The pop boy band is performing at the Schottenstein Center on July 15 with specials guests Jax and Max. BTR's 2023 tour spans nearly 40 cities, [...]
A previous report on this incident can be seen in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police received and shared photos on Monday of a man who allegedly attacked a Columbus City School bus driver. The incident occurred Jan. 31 in the 100 block of Belvidere Avenue as students were being dropped off [...]
COSHOCTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 52-year-old Coshocton man died Sunday after a house trailer fell on him. According to the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office, a 911 call was received just before 1:30 p.m. reporting a man was trapped under a house trailer on Road 47 in Keene Township. When emergency personnel arrived, they found Robert [...]
Monday's report and a previous report from Feb. 2020 can be seen in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The trial for a pair of former Ohio State players charged with rape and kidnapping is set to begin today, three years after the alleged incident. In February 2020 Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint [...]
GROVEPORT, Ohio (WCMH) -- More than 50 years ago, Chuck and Janet Ward took out an $18,000 loan to buy a Groveport grocery store at 619 Main Street that came with a house right next to it, renaming the store Chuck's Little Giant. Nearby was a small pizza shop they purchased as well that they [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Developers are proposing a 6.29-acre expansion north of Dublin's Bridge Park, including new apartments, a hotel, retail and more. Named "Indus Bridge Street," the development would continue off of Bridge Park's Longshore Street by constructing five buildings. The plans call for a nine-story residential building connected to an eight-story residential building, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two men who were shot in separate incidents Sunday evening are expected to survive their injuries, Columbus police said. At 6:03 p.m. Sunday, CPD responded to reports of a person shot on the 800 block of East Broad Street near Downtown. Police found an 18-year old man suffering from multiple gunshot [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - For the first time this calendar year, the national average price of gasoline has seen a weekly decline. GasBuddy is reporting the average price for a gallon of gas in the Columbus has fallen to $3.47, which is 13.4 cents lower than the previous week. However it is still 17.1 cents [...]
NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Construction is in early progress at the site of the eventual Intel semiconductor fabrication plants in New Albany, but a number of technology companies continue to buy swaths of surrounding land in the business park the chipmaker is calling home. At least two companies forked over tens of millions of [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! We're off to a dry start to the workweek on this Monday, with gradually decreasing cloud cover as we head into the afternoon. Expect just partly cloudy skies this afternoon, before more clouds build in tonight. Highs today top out in the lower 40s, which is cooler than [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has issued an urgent evacuation notice for anyone within a mile of a train derailment in the eastern part of the state. The train derailment in East Palestine, Columbiana County, happened Friday when a Norfolk and Southern train derailed and caught fire in the village, located on [...]
STOUT, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Kentucky man who police said robbed a grocery store while wearing underwear on his head in an attempt to hide his identity has been arrested, the Scioto County Sheriff's Office said Sunday. Davonta Edward Mitchell, 30, of Paducah, Kentucky, has been charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping, grand theft of a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus community leaders are reacting to the city’s police announcement to start a new gang enforcement unit, saying they’re hopeful it will be successful but remain cautiously optimistic. “Gang violence has literally traumatized the entire community, there is no doubt about it,” said Zerqa Abid, the executive director of MY Project [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Franklin Park Conservatory has a Community Day on the first Sunday of every month. For February’s theme, staff wanted to celebrate Black History Month for the very first time. Ruby White is the Community Engagement Specialist and planned Sunday’s event. “Our community days have been very much inspired by all [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman in a Blendon Township shopping center parking lot is scheduled to be in court Monday. Rodney Amir Perry, 29, is scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges Monday afternoon in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Perry is accused of shooting Amara [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man is in stable condition after being shot by a Columbus police officer on the southeast side of the city Sunday afternoon. The shooting was reported at approximately 3:05 p.m. near the intersection of Stanley and Wilson avenues. Columbus police said the shooting happened after when officers conducted a traffic [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus police cruiser and a second car were hit by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 71 in north Columbus Saturday night. Police said a 2002 Hyundai Elantra with two people inside was driving south on I-71 near the overpass over Cooke Road at approximately 10:47 p.m., with the cruiser and [...]