COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — For the first time in two years, there's a quarterback battle in Columbus. The C.J. Stroud era is over and now it's time for Kyle McCord and Devin Brown to show they deserve to be QB1 at Ohio State. "We were competing against each other last year even though there wasn't [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police is looking to identify a man they say has conducted suspicious activity outside a Jewish synagogue on the east side. According to police, the man went to a synagogue on East Broad Street on Feb. 20 and began throwing rocks at the building. A spokesperson of the synagogue confirmed [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Division of Police released body camera footage on Tuesday from a shooting involving police overnight on Saturday. Officers responded to the 4000 block of East Dublin Granville Road just after 12:30 a.m. on Saturday to a report of a man shooting into a building, according to the Columbus Division [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man pleaded guilty Monday to the 2020 shooting death of a 32-year-old in South Linden. Kevin Johnson, 57, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Franklin County judge after he pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Jermar Watters on June 22, 2020 at a residence on the 1000 [...]
See previous reports when the review board voted to remove its member in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Council authorized the removal of a former member of the Civilian Police Review Board on Monday night, after the board itself recommended his removal in December. The vote, one part of the [...]
Watch an earlier report on the Meola family's wrongful death lawsuit in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The formerly unrecognized fraternity where an Ohio State University student was fatally shot is recruiting new members as an official student organization. Phi Kappa Psi has regained recognition as an Ohio State fraternity nearly five [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio State Buckeyes began spring football practice Tuesday at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. Coach Ryan Day talked about the Buckeyes first practice of the 2023 season in a Tuesday morning news conference. You can watch his press conference in the video player above. Day said the biggest thing he's [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The percentage of adults in the United States who identify as LGBTQ+ has increased to an all-time high, a study has found. A record-breaking 7.2% of U.S. adults now self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or an orientation or gender identity other than heterosexual, according to a recent Gallup poll surveying [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The 2023 Ohio State Fair concert lineup is nearly final as the Expo Center confirmed four more shows for this year. Among the new shows confirmed for the fair, set for July 26-Aug. 6, is an R&B concert with Keith Sweat and Ginuwine. That concert will be on July 29. The [...]
CINCINNATI, Ohio (WCMH) – One person is in critical condition after a reported shooting early Tuesday morning in the Hilltop. According to Columbus police, the shooting occurred on the 400 block of Richardson Avenue at around 2:15 a.m. While in route, police were advised that a vehicle was leaving the scene after a person was [...]
CINCINNATI, Ohio (WCMH) – Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon’s home is part of an investigation in which a juvenile was shot Monday night southwest of Cincinnati. According to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, reports of a juvenile being shot on Ayers Road near the Coldstream Country Club in Anderson Township were received at around [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Walgreens will not dispense abortion pills at any of its 242 locations in Ohio, the pharmacy giant announced Thursday. The decision comes about a month after Dave Yost of Ohio and 19 other Republican attorneys general cautioned Walgreens and CVS against their plans to sell abortion medication through the mail, a [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Tuesday! After a beautiful start to the workweek, with temperatures in the 70s for the 5th time this year, a more seasonable weather pattern settles in for Central Ohio. For Tuesday, expect temperatures to top out in the upper 40s, which is right near normal for this time of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The mother of Donovan Lewis spoke in front of the Columbus City Council, urging members to take action. Rebecca Duran attended Monday’s council meeting, just days after the Columbus Division of Police announced that Ricky Anderson, the officer who fatally shot Lewis, retired from the department in “bad standing,” meaning he [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A fatal crash has closed a portion of Interstate 71 southbound on the north side of Columbus Monday night. Columbus police confirmed the crash, which was called out at approximately 10 p.m., involved at least one death. According to the Ohio Department of Transportation's OHGO website, as of 11:30 p.m., all [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - In addition to shootings that took place Monday afternoon, investigators with the Columbus Division of Police are looking into several shootings which happened over the weekend. Five separate shootings took place from Friday evening through Sunday, resulting in 10 people being shot. “The fact we had those numbers, it gives us [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Monday Evening, It has been another very warm day today, our 5th of the year in the 70s and only a few degrees off the record for the date. We will watch as a cold front works south into our area this evening, with scattered rain showers possible this [...]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Aiden Sullivan, 4, bounded around the plastic slides and metal monkey bars at the playground with ease late Monday morning, constantly in motion and carried forward by his red-and-blue Spiderman sneakers. His mother, Valerie, watched from a short distance away. She pushed him on the swing set, as bursts of his [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Another train derailment in Ohio happened just over one month after the derailment in East Palestine. This comes as bipartisan efforts both at the Ohio Statehouse and Washington D.C. are underway to prevent these incidents from happening again. “I think it was a good year for us to put some safeguards [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An empty Kroger store in southeast Columbus will soon be offering food again. The Mid-Ohio Food Collective (MOFC) purchased the building near the corner of Refugee Road and Hamilton Road for an “anti-hunger service hub,” the collective announced in a press release Monday. MOFC is still coming up with plans for [...]
(WCMH) -- The Jewish holiday of Purim begins at sundown on Monday, March 6, which is 6:29 p.m., and will conclude at sundown on Tuesday, March 7. Not sure what the holiday is about? Here is an explanation. Purim commemorates the saving of the Jewish people by Queen Esther and her cousin and adoptive father [...]