FROST ADVISORY SOUTHERN OHIO TONIGHT A strong cold front has shifted east of Ohio, ushering in a chilly air mass this weekend behind a departing wave of low pressure. A few additional showers will pop up this afternoon, with a few breaks of sunshine. Temperatures will only reach the mid-50s. Unseasonably cool weather will persist [...]
A previous report can be seen in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The victim of a Wednesday southeast Columbus shooting has died, leading to charges for the woman who police said accidentally shot him. Columbus police said the shooting happened on the 3700 block of Knightsway Lane at approximately 10:45 p.m. Wednesday when [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Saturday morning! A cold front has brought a good bit of wet weather to start us off for Saturday. Heaviest showers will wrap up by the afternoon, but still expect to see a stray shower for the rest of this evening. Temperatures don't get too warm as we only [...]
LONDON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A homicide investigation is underway in Madison County after a man was found inside his home with a gunshot wound and later died on Friday afternoon. According to London police, officers were sent to a home on the 200 block of Washington Avenue just before 5:45 p.m. after a caller reported [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic radically altered the U.S. economy, with unemployment peaking at 14.7% in April 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). While jobs have been gaining since, millions of out-of-work Americans are still searching for jobs. Before COVID-19 gutted the economy, the United States' economic landscape was rapidly changing, with health care, computer [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in critical condition after being hit by a car early Saturday morning in east Franklin County. According to the Franklin County sheriff's office, one person was hit by a car just before 2:45 a.m. neat the intersection of Johnstown Road and Stelzer Road in Mifflin Township. When deputies [...]
NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) -- Licking County's largest cemetery, Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newark, has had a sign for decades that bars artificial flowers from spring through summer. Residents said that, for decades, no strict rule against artificial ornaments, keepsakes, decorations, bird houses, or other relics was enforced -- until now. "We've had a decoration policy [...]
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WCMH) -- Four people from Kentucky and West Virginia were arrested Thursday afternoon after they crashed two stolen cars -- a 2017 Kia Soul and a 2011 Hyundai Elantra -- along U.S. Route 23 in Scioto County, according to an Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) news release. The Scioto County Sheriff's Office notified [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Division of Police is missing around 160,000 rounds of ammunition meant for their officers. Columbus police said it was stolen from a warehouse on the west side earlier in April. When the division noticed the delivery was short, it contacted the shipping company -- who said everything had shipped. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in critical condition Friday evening after a shooting on the North Side of Columbus, near Worthington. Emergency dispatchers received a shooting call around 5:50 p.m. on the 700 block of Worthington Forest Place, according to dispatchers. Medics transported the victim to OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital in critical condition. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus cricket community is mourning after 24-year-old Saiesh Veera was shot and killed on Thursday while working as a clerk at a Shell gas station in Franklinton. Veera came to the U.S. for school and he was set to graduate with his master's degree in 10 days, social media posts [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio House of Representatives is working through a $95 billion budget proposal before it goes to the Senate. The budget intends to invest heavily in education, a provision Democrats and Republicans agree is a priority. However, there are currently no specific funding outlined for after-school enrichment programs that advocates said [...]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ever since certain car models started increasing, Kia owner and Hilliard resident Sharon Harrison has been worried. A family member and another person she knows had their Kias stolen. She does not want to be next. "I don't want my car stolen, so we need to do something -- so this [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two men, including one from Columbus, were sentenced to prison in federal court Friday for conspiring to attack U.S. power grids "in the name of white supremacy." Columbus resident Christopher Brennan Cook, 21, and 25-year-old Jonathan Allen Frost were sentenced to 92 months and 5 years, respectively, for their roles in [...]