COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Two organizations in Columbus are teaming up to offer tax preparation assistance for free to local families. Nationwide Children's Hospital and United Way of Central Ohio are both planning to bring in certified volunteers to help families prepare their taxes for filing on "Super Saturday," set for Feb. 25 from 9 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio State women's basketball team has two games left before postseason play and enter this week with its lowest-ranking this season. The Buckeyes (22-5, 11-5) have been ranked No. 16 in the new Associated Press poll following a 24-point loss on Monday to No. 2 Indiana and a bounce back [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Considered by many Christians to be the holiest time of the year, the Lenten season begins Tuesday and carries through to Easter. Fat Tuesday is the last day before Lent and historically was when Christians would prepare a large feast to use up meat and supplies they would abstain from until [...]
POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) -- A taco shop with six central Ohio locations is expanding with a seventh restaurant. Victor's Taco Shop is welcoming guests at 3450 O'Connell St. in Powell after a grand opening celebration Friday. Jonathan Gaytan, co-owner of Victor's, said the Powell location is part of a larger expansion plan, with ambitions to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An unusually mild winter in Ohio and much of the Midwest and East will likely be followed by a warmer-than-average and periodically stormy spring, based on the newly released three-month outlook issued by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. A waning La Niña that features cooler water in the tropical eastern Pacific has [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The dip in Columbus gas prices is continuing as we approach the end of February. GasBuddy reports the average price for a gallon of gas in Columbus stands at $3.20 Monday, which is 12.6 cents lower than the previous week. That is 30.7 cents lower than a month ago and nearly 14.7 [...]
See previous reporting on how marijuana could become legal in Ohio in 2023 in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – When Raymond Chandler was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 14 in the 1990s, pill after pill was shoved down his throat. From Effexor and Wellbutrin to Prozac and Paxil, the Clintonville resident, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man has been hospitalized and another has been arrested after a shooting overnight Monday in the Short North Arts District just north of downtown Columbus. According to Columbus police, a 36-year-old man was shot in the chest twice at a parking lot across from Skully's Music Diner on North High [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! After a beautiful weekend in Central Ohio, our mild temperature trend continues. We're looking at highs in the middle 50s this afternoon, with mainly cloudy skies, and only light winds. We will remain mostly dry today, with the exception of just an isolated sprinkle as a weak cold [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus police officer is in stable condition after being hit by a car on I-670 Sunday night. According to Columbus police, I-670 westbound is closed between I-71 and High Street as of 10:45 p.m. The officer was on the scene of an accident at the time they were struck, police [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Students at Ohio State University held a candlelight vigil Sunday honoring those killed and wounded in last week's mass shooting at Michigan State University. At the Oval on the university’s campus, hundreds of students and faculty gathered to remember the three students who died in the Feb. 13 shooting. Calls of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a shooting was reported Sunday on the east side of Columbus. According to Columbus police, the victim was found at approximately 8:10 p.m. when officers responded to a report of a disabled car on Interstate 270 South between East Broad Street and Hamilton [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio State University’s women’s hockey team is the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) regular season champs, downing No. 6 Wisconsin 3-1 Sunday to win the conference’s Julianne Bye Cup. It marks the Buckeyes' first regular season conference title in program history. The Buckeyes (28-4-2, 23-4-1 WCHA) scored three goals in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A pop-up event at Polaris Fashion Place celebrated Black History Month on Saturday and Sunday by giving local Black business owners the chance to share their products with the Columbus community. Booths lined the halls, and behind every one was a Black business owner. Koran Wharton has a natural skincare and [...]