Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Wednesday! Sunshine and a southerly breeze will help to bring temperatures to record levels ahead of the next round of rain. As a warm front continues to lift through the area, we'll see plenty of sunshine and a breeze picking up out of the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – After failing to muster enough votes in the last General Assembly, a sprawling, 2,000-page bill overhauling Ohio’s education system and its governance has passed one statehouse chamber. Ohio state senators had student test scores and what they called failings of bureaucracy on their minds when the chamber voted along party lines, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police are investigating after a car crashed into a brewery in Franklinton on Wednesday afternoon. Officers responded to Taft's Brewpourium at 440 W. Broad St. around 1:17 p.m. on Wednesday after getting a report that a car drove into the building, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Authorities said the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is launching a new limited-edition flavor inspired by the television series "Ted Lasso." Named "Biscuits with the Boss," the collaboration is inspired by Lasso's shortbread cookies and a daily ritual with his boss, Rebecca Welton. The new flavor features shortbread cookie crumbles folded into a salted butter [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police units collaborated for a 20-hour period that resulted in numerous arrests and a plethora of drugs and weapons seized from west side neighborhoods. Columbus police say from 7 p.m. on Feb. 22 to 3 p.m. on Feb. 23, their patrol officers, SWAT, drug, traffic, and major crimes units conducted [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (WCMH) -- The first major event in preparation for the NFL draft has arrived as plenty of former Ohio State players hit the field for the first time in weeks. The scouting combine in Indianapolis has already begun at Lucas Oil Stadium, but the first on-field workouts for players start on Thursday. The following [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two west Columbus houses that have frequent visits from police due to drug-related crimes were served preliminary injunctions by the city attorney's office. The office of Zach Klein, the Columbus city attorney, stated Wednesday that a known drug house at 351 Dakota Avenue in the neighborhood of Franklinton has been boarded [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Africentric girls basketball team should be riding high after winning its 17th Central District title in the last 20 years. The Nubians (20-4), the sixth-ranked team in the state and the No. 2 seed in the district tournament, defeated Fairbanks 48-26 last Thursday. But at 6 p.m. Wednesday, there will [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Blue Jackets front office has kept busy in anticipation for Friday's NHL deadline. Among the team's moves was a goalie swap with a West coast contenders. Columbus has traded goaltender Joonas Korpisalo and defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to the Los Angeles Kings for goalie Jonathan Quick, a conditional 2023 first [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are asking for help locating a suspect accused of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Central Ohio Crime Stoppers reports that Jeremy Joseph Daniels, 36, failed to show up for a November court date on a $250,000 bond. He is facing felony charges of unlawful sexual conduct with a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Live shows, documentary screenings, workshops, donation drives and more are popping up across central Ohio this March in celebration of Women's History Month. From the Wexner Center for the Arts to Ohio State University and the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, find an event near you below. Women’s Salary Negotiation Workshop: March [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A slate of Ohioans who said they were sexually abused by their Boy Scout troop leaders urged lawmakers Tuesday to pass a bill entitling them to 100% of the compensation they’re owed. At a hearing to reconsider House Bill 35, or the Scout’s Honor Law, Ohio representatives listened to five men [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Scioto Mile Fountain at Bicentennial Park is set to get a $15 million makeover, and with renovation construction likely to take an entire year, it will also be out of commission for the summer 2023 season. The Downtown Commission, which reviews city project applications, voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two people are dead, and a third person was injured after an overnight shooting at a northeast Columbus bar Wednesday morning. Columbus police responded to reports of a shooting at 2:19 a.m. at Cheers Too, a bar on Cleveland Avenue in the Northern Woods neighborhood. Upon arrival police confirmed two people [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Wednesday! For the fourth time so far this year, we have got another record-warm day on tap, with forecast highs near 70° in Columbus. We will break the previous record set in the city, which was 65° set back in 1997. It will be a nice day out, with [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The results are in, and StormTeam 4 continues to deliver the “Most Accurate” forecast in central Ohio, now nine years in a row. "This is quite an honor that StormTeam 4 was awarded as the Most Accurate Forecast in central Ohio," said Dave Mazza, StormTeam 4 Chief Meteorologist. "I know this [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – In a few months, the Columbus Division of Police will change how its officers are spread across the city. The division currently splits the city into five coverage zones. With the change, there will be six. Leaders with the division said this is happening for a few different reasons, one of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man was robbed at gunpoint after being lured into a garage in the South Hilltop section of Columbus over the weekend. According to Columbus police, the incident took place on Saturday, Feb. 25, at approximately 4:16 p.m. on the 2100 block of West Mound Street. Police said the 34-year-old man [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man who was shot and killed in Morrow County Sunday night went on a crime spree in Columbus just an hour before the fatal shooting, according to Columbus police. Police said that for about 30 minutes, Keith D. Moser, 25, committed a series of crimes throughout the city. Moser was [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two people are in stable condition after a shooting Tuesday night in the South Linden section of Columbus. According to Columbus police, the shooting was reported near Ontario Street and East 22nd Avenue at approximately 8:24 p.m. One victim was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital while the second was taken to [...]
NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) – Newark-based Park National Bank will pay millions of dollars to settle claims of lending discrimination. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Park National was accused of practicing redlining in the Columbus metropolitan area. Redlining is when lenders illegally avoid giving loans to potential borrowers because of race. “Redlining not only [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Tamie Kalish is the owner and founder of TS Roofing and Home Improvement in Columbus. "I had a woman contact me," Kalish said. "She said that she had a rental property here in Columbus, and she lived in Georgia. She wanted to know if I would go give her a bid [...]
LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) – People who attend a 154-year-old “church house” in central Ohio are celebrating its roots. The building stood as the center of a once-thriving Black community. The people at Allen Chapel in Lancaster recently held an open house to show off the progress on that project. During a time when they couldn’t [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A bill under discussion in the Ohio Legislature could set a uniform income tax rate for all Ohioans. House Bill 1, which the Speaker of the Ohio House called one of his top priorities, had its first house committee hearing on Tuesday. Sponsored by Representative Adam Mathews (R-Lebanon), it aims to [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Tuesday evening, It has been a mild day to close the month of February. We had temps in the lower 50s again today to start the morning, and this will lock us in with the 3rd warmest February on record. It was also the first time we did not [...]