COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- March celebrates National Kidney Month, as more than 37 million people in the U.S. are estimated to have chronic kidney disease. "Kidney disease is a disease multiplier," said Transplant Nephrologist Dr. Uday Nori with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. "It adds on and multiplies common systemic causes like high [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Thursday struck a major blow to Ohio's former Speaker of the House, who maintained his innocence throughout the investigation of the state's largest corruption case. A U.S. District Court jury found former speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chairman Matt Borges guilty of racketeering, for their part in taking [...]
See a March 2020 report on Ohio's first COVID-19 case in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 8,332 new COVID-19 cases as the state simultaneously crossed the third anniversary since seeing its first coronavirus patient. While new COVID-19 cases are being reported at a rate much higher [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An "illegal after-hours" club in south Columbus has been ordered to close following a string of violent and criminal activities in recent months. A warehouse operating as "The Underground" at 754 Harmon Ave. in south Franklinton has been shut down by the city after multiple reports of break-ins, stolen firearms, loud [...]
WHEELERSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) -- Scioto County deputies have arrested a Wheelersburg man, who is accused of raping a three-year-old and a 10-year-old child. According to the Scioto County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a report that a three-year-old child may have been sexually assaulted. An investigation confirmed that there was a three-year-old victim and the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A pedestrian suffered serious injuries after he was struck by a Jeep at an eastside intersection of Columbus. Police were called to the intersection of Gender Road and Refugee Road when a man was attempting to cross Gender Road, just south of the intersection and while the “don’t walk” signal was [...]
Watch the Ohio Department of Transportation's traffic camera video of the explosion at Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation in April 2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio (WMCH) -- A Columbus woman has accused an East Side paint factory of severely damaging her home when a deadly explosion emanated from the plant in 2021. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Franklin [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are investigating three Thursday night shootings on the East Side with few leads as to how they occurred. At 9:07 p.m., police responded to reports of a shooting in the 1800 block of Stetson Road, in the Pine Hills neighborhood, where officers found a 25-year-old man had been shot. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Clocks are skipping an hour this weekend for the beginning of daylight saving time, possibly marking one of the last times clocks spring forward in the U.S. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, beginning the annual period when U.S. clocks "spring forward" an hour in March and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Council will spend upward of $400,000 for a number of in-chamber renovations, including a new desk for each of its future additional members and new cameras for streaming purposes. The Council cleared the $407,437 within a consent agreement at its meeting Monday night, entering into a construction contract with [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus Police cruiser was struck by a car, whose driver was taken to the hospital after he surrendered a few miles away in Bexley early Friday morning. According to a sergeant at the scene, a Columbus officer’s car was stopped along I-70 East at Champion Avenue conducting an investigation at [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Friday! Expect scattered rain shower activity to continue throughout the day for Central and Southern Ohio. For our far northern counties, that moisture will fall as snow showers and a wintry mix during the afternoon hours, with light accumulations in those areas. Temperature-wise, we will be much cooler today, [...]
PATASKALA, Ohio (WCMH) -- A lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Columbus accuses two Licking County sheriff's deputies and two Pataskala police officers of violating the constitutional rights of a disabled veteran -- as well as of battery, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, civil trespass and criminal conduct. The attorney for Marine Cpl. Milroy Cort [...]
GENOA TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) -- The first stop signs deemed unwarranted by the Delaware County Engineer’s Office in Genoa Township will be taken down Friday as required by law. The intersections where the signs will be removed are: The ones at Hilmar Drive at Grisham Street will be the first to come down, and a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Volunteers at The Columbus House Rabbit Society see an uptick in domestic rabbit rescue calls every year -- around Easter. People give away rabbits as pets, but don’t think about how much work goes into taking care of them. “We find that we actually start getting calls for dumped rabbits and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Norfolk Southern spends millions of dollars every year on political activity to engage with policymakers on issues that could impact the company or the railroad business as a whole, according to its company website. While lobbying and donating to campaigns can help a company further its own interests, experts and lawmakers [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- You won't find this one on your calendar, but March 9th is Slam The Scam Day. The Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General created the initiative in 2020 to raise awareness about social security and government imposter scams. "It's something along the lines of, you'll get contacted by text, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Newborns at Grant Medical Center received a special surprise this week to commemorate the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s 150th birthday. Each patient was given a gift bag from the library with onesies, books and games. Around 50 newborns received the gift, each born in the last few days. “I think it's wonderful. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – NBC4 is pleased to announce that Jerod Smalley will become NBC4’s new First at 4 anchor, joining Jennifer Bullock on weekdays at 4 p.m. Jerod Smalley has served as Sports Director at NBC4 since 2006 and added anchor duties for NBC4 at 5 in July 2022. He first joined the sports [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Thursday Evening, It has been another pretty early March day today, with temps a few degrees above normal in the lower 50s. This evening clouds will increase quickly, with rain showers moving in ahead of midnight. After midnight we will see a wet mix possible closer to I-70, with [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 40-year-old woman has been named in connection to a fatal shooting in northeast Columbus last month. Cassandra Nichole Franklin, 40, is wanted for the murder of 36-year-old Michael Sarratt, according to the Columbus Division of Police. A warrant has been filed for her arrest and authorities said Franklin is known [...]