COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio's attorney general is suing two Columbus contractors accused of performing poor driveway resurfacing work. Attorney General Dave Yost's office said it filed a lawsuit against Peter Ristich and Teneilla Stults on Friday after the pair allegedly performed "shoddy" driveway resurfacing work under the business name Central One Paving. The suit [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Professional volleyball has made its way to Columbus. The Pro Volleyball Federation, the premier women’s professional volleyball league in North America, has announced that a Columbus team will join its league. Columbus becomes the fourth market introduced publicly to the league, joining Atlanta, Omaha and Grand Rapids, Michigan. The inaugural season will [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Attorney General is suing two Columbus-area car dealerships accused of dialing back odometers to mislead customers. On Friday, Attorney General Dave Yost's office said it filed separate lawsuits against two dealerships -- S Automotive, owned by Simon Nwaru Jr. in Whitehall, and Kalango Links, owned by Korite Michael Kalango [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A local brewery is marking International Women's Day early this year with a new beer aiming to provide opportunities for women in the brewing industry. Combustion Brewery and Taproom is making a new beer specifically for International Women's Day on March 8. The brewing process began Friday as the beer has [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The owners of two watering holes popular among generations of Columbus bar hoppers are expanding into Victorian Village. The owners behind Zeno’s Bar and Restaurant and The Library Bar, tried-and-true dive bars steps away from the Short North and Ohio State University, respectively, announced in a social media post last week [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A warrant has been issued for a 27-year-old woman after a shooting in north Columbus. Officers responded to the 600 block of Worthington Forest Place at 1:13 a.m. on Friday after getting a report of a shooting caused by a domestic dispute, according to the Columbus Division of Police. A 28-year-old [...]
An isolated shower with a passing cold front will be followed by a stronger storm with more significant rain later on.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Forty-five minutes northeast of Columbus sits a magical camp for children with serious illnesses. Flying Horse Farms is a specialty medical camp in Mount Gilead, Ohio that enables children with a wide range of diagnoses to heal, grow and thrive. After the pandemic interrupted its operations for a few years, the [...]
You can watch a livestream of the news conference, set to begin at 10:45 a.m., in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Gov. Mike DeWine will hold a media briefing Friday morning to discuss the latest developments on the train derailment in East Palestine that occurred two weeks ago. DeWine will be joined by [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The first fast-casual kosher restaurant in Columbus has found a home on the East Side. Saba Middle Eastern Grill is poised to open a kosher-certified stall at 212 Kelton Ave. in the Historic Trolley District’s East Market in coming weeks, according to the market’s director of operations and leasing Aubrey Stevens. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 5,200-square-foot Columbus penthouse is on the market for $3.4 million, complete with a private rooftop sun deck, ornate lighting fixtures, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Located at 60 E. Spring St., the Sixty Spring building is home to industrial flats and lofts in the heart of downtown. The structure is a few [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – More than a century has passed since Wilbur and Orville Wright ascended into the Dayton skies after designing the world’s first functional airplane. Today, two lawmakers want to honor that feat by crowning the brothers’ famed aircraft, the 1905 Wright Flyer III, as Ohio’s official state airplane. The third rendition of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Police are searching for a high school student who brought a gun to a Columbus city school and was able to break free from custody late Thursday morning. A Columbus City School spokesperson confirmed that Eastmoor Academy High School received an anonymous tip that a student on campus may have possessed [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The owners of Latitude Five25 – an apartment complex plagued by bedbugs, broken elevators, asbestos, and burst pipes and deemed unsafe to live in – will pay nearly $4.4 million and immediately forfeit ownership of the properly, a court ruled Thursday. Paxe Latitude, the management company that owns the 400-unit apartment [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Friday! Our cold front has officially moved through, and that is giving us a very steep drop in temperatures this morning! We hit our official high temperature for the date at midnight, but temperatures are falling, and will only rebound to the lower 30s as we head into the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kent Johnson's third-period goal was the tiebreaker, Joonas Korpisalo had 36 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 on Thursday night. The Blue Jackets overcame a terrible first period, tying a season-low with just two shots on goal in the frame. They tied the game [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in critical condition after being shot in east Columbus Thursday evening. Just before 7:30 p.m., Columbus police responded to the 1500 block of East Main Street on a reported shooting, dispatchers said. The victim has been taken to Grant Medical Center. Dispatchers said the suspect fled the scene. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The 11-member board of the State Teachers Retirement System is not confident in the pension fund's leader. In a split vote Thursday afternoon, the board rejected a motion to declare confidence in STRS Executive Director William Neville, who has presided over the $90 billion public teacher pension fund since June 2020. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A person has died after being hit by a car in southeast Columbus Thursday evening. Columbus police were called to the intersection of South Hamilton Road and Eastland Drive shortly after 4:30 p.m. on reports of a pedestrian hit, dispatchers said. Police said the victim was walking eastward across South Hamilton [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Three teenagers have been shot in South Linden Thursday evening and taken to a local children's hospital. According to Columbus Division of Police dispatchers, police responded to a ShotSpotter alert on the 800 block of East 12th Avenue around 5:16 p.m. Three gunshot victims have been taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- On top of Ohio Speaker of the House Jason Stephens' list of priorities is House Bill 1, legislation seeking to lower and flatten taxes. After laying out his legislative priorities, Stephens said the bill ensures “all Ohioans can keep more of their hard-earned dollars.” “Not only will it provide a mechanism [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 8,999 new COVID-19 cases, continuing a slow uptick barely under 9,000. Weekly COVID-19 cases in the state have resided at four-digit levels for five weeks straight. While cases fell under 8,000 in mid-January, they teetered back above moving into February before inching closer to 9,000. The numbers [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Better Call 4 received a message from a central Ohio woman who said she got a call from a number belonging to the Ohio State University Police Department, according to the caller ID. She answered and spoke with a woman claiming to be Officer Elaine Foster, who gave a badge number [...]
LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man from Hocking County has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after he and his significant other were federally charged last year for producing and possessing child pornography. Robert Gemienhardt, 37, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to 45 years, according Kenneth L. Parker, the U.S. Attorney for [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio State University's board of trustees approved Thursday a plan for professional services and design of a new ice rink on campus. The proposal calls for a 5,000 seat arena with expanded practice facilities. The rink would be located in the athletics district, which includes the Ty Tucker Tennis Center, the [...]