COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in the hospital after a shooting in south Columbus Wednesday afternoon. According to a police dispatcher, officers went to the 400 block of East Morrill Avenue in between Hungarian and Vassor Villages on the reports of a shooting. One person was found with injuries and taken to Grant [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Shannon Rosenberg is a wife and mother of three, and works a full-time job with Nationwide Insurance, but she also is a woman on a mission to help families and children, as well as provide much-needed adoption support. For Shannon Rosenberg, it was a moment years ago when she knew her [...]
GEORGETOWN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police investigators traveled south to Brown County Wednesday morning after a body was found there. Police confirmed to NBC4 that authorities were notified that a body was found at a Rumpke landfill in Georgetown, roughly 50 miles east of Cincinnati. Columbus Police Commander Mark Denner spoke with media members in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Governor Mike DeWine and Norfolk Southern Corporation are taking steps to expand its Operation Awareness and Response program. DeWine and Norfolk Southern Corporation agreed to create a first responders training center to improve and expand firefighter training to better prepare for disasters involving hazardous materials. According to a release from the [...]
Watching the hearing for House Bill 6 in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A bill preventing transgender girls from participating in school sports received its first hearing at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday. House Bill 6 -- the "Save Women's Sports Act" -- would bar trans girls from taking part in female [...]
GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) -- Final design plans for a new location of chain gas station and convenience store Sheetz, a construction project that has drawn the ire of some nearby residents in recent weeks on and off social media, will be heard at a planning commission meeting and public hearing Wednesday night. The Gahanna Board [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- This spring, dozens of residential streets are among those that will be repaved in the city of Columbus as part of this year's project. On Monday, the city council approved a nearly $10 million plan to repave 59 streets in Columbus with Kokosing Construction. The resurfacing of these streets is scheduled [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are looking for community help in identifying a man they say fired shots near a South Franklinton elementary school last week. Police say that on Mar. 3, a resident notified a community liaison officer of hearing multiple gunshots near Sullivant Elementary School on Griggs Avenue. Patrol officers arrived and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A festival dedicated to sampling homemade soup is returning to central Ohio this weekend, featuring more than 40 soups and a lineup of live music. SoupFest is back for a sixth year on Saturday at the Valley Dale Ballroom in north Columbus. Doors open at 1 p.m. for sampling 45 soups [...]
A storm moving across northern Ohio will bring periods of rain, beginning as a wintry mix. Temperatures could dip into the upper 20s.
An earlier report on this incident can be seen in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Central Ohio Crime Stoppers is asking for assistance while Columbus police continue to search for a suspect wanted in connection with a homicide that took place in the University District in December 2022. At about 1 a.m. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – “Gender” and “sexuality” do not appear anywhere in a proposed bill dubbed the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” but they were on state representatives’ tongues Tuesday. Introduced by Reps. D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) and Sara Carruthers (R-Hamilton), House Bill 8 would affirm existing laws on the right to view a child’s academic and [...]
LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Karen Raymore, the longtime executive director of the Hocking Hills Tourism Association, glanced at a link in her email inbox on a January morning she was hasty to click into. About halfway down the article sent by a colleague, she read that Hocking Hills was among the ranks of the year’s [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An injured victim has been found and a portion of a North Linden road is closed while police investigate a shooting. According to Columbus PD, a call came in for a shooting at 4:39 a.m. on the 1200 block of East Hudson Street, near D&R Motors, but when officers arrived on [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A Columbus police officer is fighting her charges in court after being accused of drag racing while under the influence. NBC4 obtained an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper's bodycam video of the Jan. 3 incident, which involved Columbus Division of Police Officer Trier Knieper and her friend, Paige Slyman. The pair [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Wednesday! Our seasonably cool weather is here to stay for the middle of the workweek, with daytime highs today expected to be in the upper 40s in Columbus. We'll see a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. Good news is, the breeze will be slightly lighter than [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for his role in one of the largest central Ohio catalytic converter theft rings. Tommy Cox Jr., 42, pleaded guilty last month to 15 counts in connection to the theft ring and based on the plea agreement, could be sentenced to between [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A warrant has been issued for a 16-year-old boy accused of killing a 21-year-old man at a Hilltop gas station last year. William Armstead, 16, has been charged with murder and aggravated robbery in connection to the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Andrew Combs in December 2022. David Johnson III, 20, and [...]
Cuyahoga and Franklin counties are among the top 50 counties with the most traffic deaths nationwide between 2016 and 2020, a new federal report shows.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- March 5-11 is National Consumer Protection Week, a collaborative effort between local, state and national agencies designed to help you understand your rights as consumers. The Ohio Attorney General's Office is one of those agencies, working to teach well-informed decisions about personal security, and how to protect from scams and identity [...]
DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) - It's been a little more than five weeks since a train derailment in Delaware County. It happened on the evening of Jan. 25 near Curve Road, which is not too far from Sunbury Road. As of March 7, five derailed cars were still at the crash site. "It was very [...]
This story below and the report in the video player above discuss instances of sexual violence and may be upsetting for some readers or viewers. If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence, there are resources available. CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) — The CEO of a Chillicothe hospital is responding to sexual misconduct allegations against [...]
CINCINNATI (WCMH) -- Closing arguments were made Tuesday in the corruption trial against former Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder and former chairman of the Ohio Republican Party Matt Borges. Both men face up to 20 years in prison if they are found guilty in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to pass [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Tuesday Evening, It has been a very beautiful and seasonal day today with highs right about at normal in the upper 40s. We will continue with this north to northwest breeze overnight tonight with low temps falling back into the middle 20s. Winds will stay at about 5-10mph overnight, [...]
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two men face criminal charges after they were arrested Tuesday afternoon in a robbery at a bank in Reynoldsburg. According to Reynoldsburg police, officers were called to KeyBank on East Main Street on the report a robbery was occurring. Police located the suspect's vehicle and tracked it as it drove away [...]