LEWIS CENTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- While the Columbus Blue Jackets season is winding to a close, tryouts for young Blue Jacket hopefuls are just about to amp up. And one AAA Jacket, who is doing something that's never been done before, could already be setting him up for a future in the NHL. "He rollerblades [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police have shared new security camera footage from a deadly shooting at Esporta Fitness. The video captured from three different angles showed the two suspects walking inside of the gym, located in the 1800 block of Tanglewood Park Boulevard, as well as through the building's hallways. They would later be [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Just more than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, central Ohio's largest health systems are no longer requiring visitors to wear face masks. OhioHealth, the Ohio State University Wexner Medical System, and the Mount Carmel Health System announced Monday that masks will be optional for asymptomatic patients and visitors starting [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Central Ohio Transit Authority is updating its transit plan, and it wants to know what riders think should change. Throughout mid-April, COTA will host a series of virtual and in-person public meetings about updates to its short-range plan, a five-year guide to help prioritize transit investments and allocating local, state [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohioans' future access to a popular abortion pill remains in limbo after judges in Texas and Washington sparred on whether to pull the FDA-approved drug off the market. In an 67-page decision Friday, federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Texas granted an anti-abortion group's request to temporarily block nationwide access to the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — You may recall a coast-to-coast total solar eclipse six years ago that was the most widely viewed in history, starting on the West Coast in Oregon and ending in South Carolina. Fortunately, we only have to wait another year for a total solar eclipse. On Apr. 8, 2024, totality will stretch [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Developers are proposing a new seven-building apartment complex across 19 acres in Dublin as part of an effort to revitalize the area surrounding Metro Center, an office district built in the late 1970s. Columbus-based developer Pizzuti is proposing a series of apartment buildings on 18.9 vacant acres on Blazer Parkway, between [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WCMH) -- One year after former Ohio State and NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed while walking on a Florida highway, the family's attorney has filed a lawsuit that says his death was avoidable. A statement from The Ellsley Law Firm on behalf of Haskins’ widow, Kalabrya Haskins, confirms that a lawsuit [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — In the last two weeks, the average gas price in Columbus has gone up more than half a dollar. GasBuddy is reporting the average price for a gallon of gas in the Columbus area is $3.72, which is 26.5 cents more expensive than the previous week. That is also 33.1 cents [...]
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (WCMH) -- Authorities in Arkansas found the bodies of a missing Ohio Wesleyan student and his father on Sunday near a lake after multiple weeks of searching for them. According to the Benton County Sheriff's Office, the bodies of Ohio Wesleyan sophomore Charley Morris and his father Chuck Morris were recovered in the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The union representing Columbus City Schools employees just got bigger. Nearly 300 building substitutes across the city recently announced their intent to unionize with the Columbus Education Association, joining the ranks of nearly 4,500 school employees. At a school board meeting Tuesday, building substitutes took to the podium to demand that [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A former officer with the defunct Columbus Division of Police vice squad is set to be retried on murder and manslaughter charges Monday. A jury deadlocked in April 2022 after the seven-day trial of former officer Andrew Mitchell, who is accused of shooting and killing Donna Castleberry. One week after that [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people are recovering after a house fire in north Columbus early Monday morning. According to a spokesperson with the Columbus Division of Fire, crews were sent to a house on the 100 block of Richards Road in Central Clintonville and contained the fire. The homeowners both got out of the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Eli Weinstock was a funny, larger-than-life 20-year-old who was “thriving” during his sophomore year at American University. He loved to play tennis, cook chicken teriyaki and produce homemade films starring his siblings. Unbeknownst to him, the Bexley High School graduate encountered fentanyl in the final moments of his life, his mother [...]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A three-year-old child is recovering after sustaining injuries from running into a car Sunday night on a roadway near Chillicothe. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a car was going west on Stoney Creek Road when the child began to cross the roadway and ran into the side of the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead and another is injured after a shooting early Monday morning in the Hilltop neighborhood in southwest Columbus. According to a police dispatcher, officers were sent to the 200 block of South Eureka Avenue a little after 3:45 a.m. after reports of a shooting. Police arrived and found [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! After a beautiful holiday weekend in Central Ohio, we have got a great week on tap! We start Monday off with cool temperatures and patchy frost, but by this afternoon, we continue our warming trend, with highs into the upper 60s under sunny skies. Winds will be very [...]
BUCYRUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after a crash in the western portion of Crawford County Sunday evening. The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) Bucyrus Post said the crash happened at approximately 6:26 p.m. on Marion-Melmore Road at Nevada-Wynford Road. OSHP said a 2023 Chevrolet Equinox, driven by a 50-year-old Nevada, Ohio, woman, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It’s been two months since a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the small town of East Palestine, Ohio. Since then, there have been concerns about the safety of their water supply Michael Kinney, a gate clerk at Pappas Trucking in Lockbourne, is trying to collect 625 cases of water bottles. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ninety years ago this weekend, the prohibition on beer was lifted in Ohio, but it’s been in the last decade that breweries have really boomed across the state. Mary MacDonald with the Ohio Craft Brewers Association said that 10 years ago, the number of craft breweries in the state was around [...]
WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) – Two men have been arrested after an alleged hostage situation turned into a chase in Pike County. According to the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a 911 call at approximately 3:08 p.m., hearing a woman and man arguing, with the woman allegedly screaming, “You are holding me hostage.” The sheriff’s [...]