COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A school bus carrying at least 10 children was involved in a Friday afternoon crash in South Linden. According to 911 dispatchers, a crash was reported at 3:53 p.m. at the intersection of Clinton Street and Hamilton Avenue. Dispatchers originally said four people were injured, but officers at the scene confirmed [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two central Ohio men are in custody after they allegedly waved a gun at a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier and demanded he hand over his USPS key, according to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Kenneth Parker. Mahad Jama, 21, of Westerville, and Da’mon May, 18, of Columbus, [...]
A previous report on this story can be viewed in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A New Albany man charged with gross sexual imposition after allegedly assaulting a 4-year-old girl faced a judge Friday afternoon. Cantrell, who has a history of sexual misconduct allegations, was arrested Wednesday over a claim that he [...]
See a 2020 report on the shooting that killed an unborn baby in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man faces life in prison after being convicted of murder and other felonies in the death of a 15-year-old girl's unborn baby in 2020. A jury found 27-year-old Christopher Payne guilty of a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Severe storms have been frequent in Ohio and across the central and eastern U.S. Tornado season normally ramps up in late winter across the Southern states, shifting north with warmer weather across the Midwest and Plains states in the spring. However, a string of powerful weather systems have produced hail, damaging [...]
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A business in Grandview Heights has launched with a simple strategy: Let golfers golf, rain or shine. The lounge-style venue is part of X-Golf, a chain of virtual golf simulator bars, with Michael Wezner taking the helm at the Columbus franchise. It opened on Jan. 7 at the turn of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State will play in front of a crowd for the first time in 2023 during Saturday's spring football game at noon inside Ohio Stadium. Coach Ryan Day announced quarterback Devin Brown, who's competing with Kyle McCord for the starting spot, will not play because of a finger injury on his [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- They're small and slender, their wings flap infinitely fast and they appear to float more than they fly: The hummingbirds are traveling north for the summer -- and some of them are already here. Spring marks the start of a massive migration by more than a dozen species of hummingbird, each [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Seven upper-class students from Africentric Early College Pre K-12 spent their spring break in Ghana. Their itinerary included the University of Ghana and a bartering market. Each student had to raise $1,000 to take the trip. One of the student’s parents says she decided to let her child go on the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A growing share of U.S. homes are passing the $1 million mark amid high interest rates and inflation, a new study shows. The number of $1 million dollar homes more than doubled from 2015 to 2021, according to a study by Today's Homeowner analyzing Census Bureau data. About 4.2 million homes, [...]
Watch previous coverage of the 2021 Chitt Fest riot in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – As hundreds of Ohio State University students and fans descend on Chittenden Avenue on Saturday night for an annual mass gathering called ChittFest, drifting alongside partygoers may be the ghosts of riots past. The block party, a [...]
High pressure off the Southeast coast continues to bring unseasonably warm weather to the region. Temperatures will reach into upper 70s this afternoon for the third day in a row, under a partly cloudy sky. Clouds will increase, as low pressure in the Southeast drifts northward, bringing a chance for isolated showers across southern Ohio [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An industrial fire in Richmond, Ind., has been burning since Tuesday, and billowing plumes of black smoke have been seen in the skies near the Indiana-Ohio border since. On social media, some central Ohio residents have complained of a smell in the air -- and it is possible for smoke and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A suspect who was arrested on Thursday faced a judge Friday morning for the fatal shooting at Esporta Fitness in west Columbus on March 28. 19-year-old Tae'Von Bush is in custody, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's booking website, and faces murder and theft charges. On Friday a Franklin County judge [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police arrested a suspect Thursday in the fatal March 28 shooting at Esporta Fitness in west Columbus. 19-year-old Tae'Von Bush is in custody, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's booking website, and faces murder and theft charges. Bush is accused of shooting and killing 23-year-old Tabias Cunningham on the gym’s [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person was upgraded from critical to stable condition Thursday night after they were struck by a vehicle at the intersection of South High and West Sycamore Streets in the Brewery District. The driver stayed on scene, and the pedestrian who was hit was transported to Grant Medical Center, according to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- All of the lanes on Interstate 670 West -- near Joyce Avenue -- were closed as of 11:30 p.m. Thursday night, according to emergency dispatchers, and traffic was being diverted into a single lane along the shoulder of the highway. Two people were transported to local hospitals after a five-car crash [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The retrial of Andrew Mitchell continued Thursday -- its fourth day in the courtroom. Mitchell, 59, is accused of murder and voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Donna Castleberry during an undercover prostitution sting on the west side of Columbus in 2018. Jurors failed to reach a verdict last [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Health reported 5,165 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, further increasing its downward trend. The case rate is in its sixth week of decline, as the state reported just 5,214 -- the previous lowest record for 2023 -- the week prior. At the beginning of March, Ohio was nearing 10,000 weekly COVID-19 infections before falling [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Numbers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) show troopers have arrested tens of thousands of people for operating a vehicle impaired (OVI) more than once. Of the about 100,000 OVI arrests made by OSHP in the last five years, about 30% are repeat offenders. "The staggering number of 30,000 repeat [...]
See previous reports from when William Husel was found not guilty of murder in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A former Ohio doctor who was cleared of 25 different counts of murder wants to go back to court, with his former employer as the defendant this time. Attorneys for William Husel -- [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A shooting near a Columbus recreation center has some residents questioning if the city’s parks and community centers are safe. One 16-year-old is recovering after being shot Wednesday during a fight across the street from the Linden Community Center. In 2022, there were six shootings in April and May at city [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio has some tips for you to avoid travel scams that could spoil your travel plans if you are planning to get away in the near future. "Travel scams account for about $150,000 of reported loses to BBB in the last year," said Lee Anne [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Thursday evening! Temperatures still plan on staying well above average for this time of year. We'll make it back to the mid to upper 70s through the start of the weekend. We won't see as much sunshine though. Clouds start building on Friday. By the evening, we could see [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two bills moving through the Ohio Statehouse aim to increase support for pregnant women before and after birth. "Mothers are dying in our state from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth more than any other state in the nation," said Representative Andrea White (R-Kettering). House Bill 7, or the "Strong Foundations [...]