QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Thursday Evening, Clouds and temps continue to increase ahead of rain and a cold front tonight. Temps will top in the upper 50s to lower 60s this afternoon and then slowly fall after sunset. We should start to see light showers moving in just after sunset and increasing in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 7,586 new COVID-19 cases, making for the smallest increase thus far in the year. The state is nowhere near its biggest spike during the past three years. The case rate is in its second week of decline, as the state reported just 8,332 cases. In [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Eight college basketball fanbases, along with basketball lovers all over central Ohio, will descend upon the downtown area this weekend, causing a bit of congestion on the roads. Nationwide Arena is hosting NCAA men's tournament games for the first and second rounds of the tournament Friday and Sunday. Here's what you [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — NBC4 posted big wins to start the year. NBC4 was the No. 1-rated station in multiple broadcasts across the central Ohio market in the recently released January Nielsen and Comscore surveys. NBC4/WCMH-TV is ranked #1 in these programs: “We are extremely proud of our January results and very appreciative of our [...]
See an earlier report on the shooting near Joe Mixon's home in the player above. CINCINNATI (WCMH) -- The sister of Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon was one of two people indicted Thursday after a real-life shooting broke out while a group of teenagers was playing with dart guns in his neighborhood. Shalonda Mixon, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 15-year-old boy has died from his injuries from a weekend overnight shooting in Columbus. The Columbus Division of Police first sent officers on Sunday to the 2900 block of Sandridge Avenue, near the Sandridge Apartments, on reports of a shooting. When they got there, CPD said they found Keshawn Watson [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Eight fake charities in Ohio took advantage of names similar to real ones for five people to profit off donations, Attorney General Dave Yost said Thursday. Among the false nonprofits were seven using "cancer" in their name, as well as one charity that directly took the name of another well-known organization. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is hospitalized after being shot on the northeast side of Columbus. Around 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Columbus police responded to reports of a shooting in the 2700 block of Brentnell Avenue, where they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound, according to police dispatchers. Medics transported the victim to [...]
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WCMH) – Two men in an alleged stolen vehicle were arrested after a traffic stop Thursday morning in Scioto County. According to the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office, deputies pulled over a vehicle at the intersection of State Route 104 and McDermott Pond Creek Road in Rushtown, just south of Lucasville. Nicholas Breech, 42, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Council will outline initial proposals Thursday morning for housing policy priorities it wants to pursue in the city and its surrounding suburbs throughout 2023. The housing initiatives being detailed Thursday center on three greater themes -- investment, preservation, and inclusion, according to a Council news release. "We are at [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Parker, a dog looking for a home at the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center, has the unique talent of being able to match the energy of whoever he's around. "He's a super sweet boy, pretty mellow for a 6-month-old puppy," said Becca Moser, behavior coordinator at the Franklin County [...]
SHELBY, Ohio (WCMH) – A motorcyclist is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Richland County Wednesday night. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Frederick Plew, 28, of Shelby, was traveling southeast on East Main Street in Shelby, Ohio. His 2009 Honda Shadow motorcycle struck a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, which was heading northbound on Roberts [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- From comedian Taylor Tomlinson at the Palace Theatre to the Columbus Symphony at the Ohio Theatre and St. Patrick's Day celebrations, here are things to see and do this weekend in central Ohio. Blippi – The Wonderful World Tour: March 16 Learn with Blippi and special guest Meekah as they discover [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio lawmakers are reconsidering a bill to give divorced parents 50-50 child custody as a starting point. Similar to a proposal introduced last year, House Bill 14 would automatically establish an equal parenting arrangement at the onset of custody disputes. The bill’s sponsors, Reps. Rodney Creech (R-West Alexandria) and Marilyn John [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One woman has died, another is in serious condition after a double shooting in west Columbus early Thursday morning. According to police at the scene, officers responded to the shooting at around 3 a.m. and found two women shot at a home on Rodgers Avenue, near West Gay Street in Franklinton. [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Thursday! We have got a beautiful day in Central Ohio today! Expect more clouds than yesterday, but we will still be seeing some sunshine. Highs today top out in the upper 50s, with just a bit of a breeze during the afternoon. We are looking mostly dry during the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus boxing team is preparing its fighters to compete at a USA boxing national qualifier event this weekend in Detroit. The Rising Stars Boxing team from Columbus is sending five fighters to the event – the most of any gym in the country. Those fighters are Erick Martinez, 156-pound weight [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Central Ohio’s largest hotel is near capacity on the eve of March Madness tip-off in Columbus, one of four cities hosting week one games of the NCAA tournament. While games won’t start until Friday, fans are already starting to come to Columbus, checking out a city that has grown quite a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The executive director of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association is speaking out after the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) lost tens of millions of dollars in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. In a statement, STRS said it had $27 million invested in the now-defunct bank, about .03% of STRS’s total [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Could passenger trains make a comeback to Columbus? The question was one of many at a weekly discussion forum hosted by the Columbus Metropolitan Club, with a panel of experts weighing in on if and when passenger trains could soon be an option for Ohio travelers. Amtrak currently services Cleveland and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Alzheimer’s Association released its latest statistics Wednesday, and it’s not good news for Ohio families and caregivers. Some of the facts reported by the association include: Even if you don’t have a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia, it’s taking your tax dollars. Medicaid spends more than $2.5 billion each [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Franklin County DUI Task Force is urging people to have a safe St. Patrick's Day weekend. The weekend is one of the more popular times of the year to drink, and members of the task force are sending out a reminder they share throughout the year: do not drink and [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Wednesday Night, After a more seasonal day today, clouds will slowly increase tonight with winds becoming light out of the south to southwest with lows dropping to the upper 20s to near 30. We will have clouds and the southerly breeze increasing on Thursday and this will push highs [...]
WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) -- The trial for the final defendant accused of killing eight members of a Pike County family could be delayed until next year. Now presiding over the case, Brown County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Alan Corbin, alluded to the possibility that the trial for George "Billy" Wagner III may not take [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- There’s a bipartisan push at the Ohio Statehouse to pass more legislation to protect crime survivors. About 100 people gathered Wednesday in the Statehouse Atrium with Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice to make their voices heard. “Now that we have this space where survivors’ voices are being heard, we hope [...]