COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Cleveland bagel shop is almost ready to serve its breakfast sandwiches and bagel burgers to hungry Columbus customers. Cocky’s Bagels is opening its first Columbus location this spring. The Cleveland bagel mongers will set up shop on North High Street in the University District, blocks away from Ohio State's campus. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A convicted sex offender from north Columbus appeared in court again to face sexual battery charges. Daniel Lugo Jr., 29, who was convicted of rape in 2010, is facing new charges of sexual battery and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, which were filed on March 5. According to a Franklin [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — NBC4's third Puppy with a Purpose celebrated a milestone with a special mid-morning weekday trip to the station. Brutus's first birthday was observed in the NBC4 newsroom with plenty of love, hugs, and pets from NBC4 staffers. The golden Labrador retriever's Canine Companions handler brought him for his special visit. On [...]
There's a good amount of sunshine in the forecast, and while temperatures rise, the warm rebound will be accompanied by rain.
A previous report on this murder case can be viewed in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A woman who was charged with a southwest Columbus murder in November was arrested Tuesday and will appear in court Wednesday. Nachyla Halton, 20, was charged for the shooting death of a woman whose body was [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Central Ohio is celebrating St. Patrick's Day on Friday with drink specials, live music and Irish cuisine. Find an event, parade or pub honoring the Irish saint's feast day below. Byrne’s Pub The menu includes pub favorites like fish and chips, green chili Guinness stew, soups, “Dicks Dirty Western” burger, salads [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State's Marvin Harrison Jr. enters his junior season with outside expectations of not only being the best receiver in the country in 2023 but the best player. "Me? Me I'm the best player?" Harrison asked, surprised, after practice last week. The numbers from 2022 show the potential to be the [...]
Watch a previous NBC4 report from Nov. 14, 2022 about a search-and-recovery team's efforts to find Koby Roush COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Since Danielle Dyer’s 24-year-old brother went missing three years ago, law enforcement agencies in rural Ohio have found their fair share of human remains. It wasn’t until Saturday afternoon, however, that one of [...]
GROVEPORT, Ohio (WCMH) -- Changes are coming to the Groveport Madison School District after the board of education unanimously approved a new comprehensive school safety plan. The approval comes after several incidents, including large fights and loaded guns brought to school. The new comprehensive safety plan is the result of a survey sent to high [...]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) – A central Ohio suburb is taking a major step in advocating for victims of crimes in their community. The city of Hilliard recently hired a full-time victim advocate. That new advocate, Cynthia Newsome, said her role is to help victims of crimes like domestic violence or assault navigate the legal system, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Financial documents show Ohio’s State Teachers Retirement System is among the investors in a California bank that collapsed on Friday. The failure of Silicon Valley Bank forced the federal government to take extraordinary steps to assure depositors that they would be able to access all of their money. According to disclosures [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Division of Police relieved three officers of duty after they were each arrested within four days of one another in different incidents. Officer Robbie Whitlow, Sgt. Melvin Romans and Officer Tylor Nixon are all without their gun and badges as of Tuesday evening -- on either restricted duty or [...]
LICKING COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man is in custody after a double shooting in Licking County Tuesday evening. According to the Licking County Sheriff's Office, Devon M. Jones was arrested in connection with the shooting, which happened on the 7500 block of White Chapel Road. Jones was later arrested on Owl Creek Church Road [...]
GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) - Just like school districts across the country, districts in central Ohio have been dealing with transportation issues. Families in Southwestern City Schools (SWCSD) were notified Sunday to prepare for possible delays or cancelations of bus routes this week. Cailor Reed, a mother of a fourth-grade student in SWCSD, received the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect in a fatal shooting at a southeast Columbus convenience store earlier this month. Malike D. Miller, 22, is wanted for murder in connection with the March 3 shooting at a Sheetz store on the 3000 block of South Hamilton Road. According to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A concerned Columbus woman called Better Call 4, wanting us to warn you about Rushmore Energy. She said a representative from the Texas-based utility company called her, offering a discount on her electricity bill, if she could provide her social security number. Better Call 4 reached out to Rushmore Energy about [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Tuesday Evening, It has been a very chilly day today, the coldest in about 5 weeks, and the coldest vs normal since December 26th. Clouds will start to thin out overnight as winds start to relax, and temps fall into the lower 20s in town and the upper teens [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A mild winter has led to millions of dollars in savings for local governments and the State of Ohio. The winter of 2022-2023 will end next week as one of the least snowy in central Ohio's history. Having less ice to clear from roadways frees more resources to use later in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As CEO of R.Riveter, Lisa Bradley created the goal of providing independence and income to military spouses all over the country and championing female leaders in the workplace. On average a military family will move every two to three years, that fact makes it extremely difficult for military spouses to build [...]