COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Columbus Taco Fest Puppy Dress-up Contest is returning for another year. Dog owners will get to showcase their furry friends to win prizes, while supporting a good cause. The contest will be held on Sunday, May 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Columbus Taco Fest. According to the release, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Dublin City Schools have confirmed that two students have been charged with making threats mentioning a Dublin high school. According to a spokesperson with the district, the unspecified threat was posted over the weekend on the social media app Discord, and it specifically named Dublin Scioto High School. Two students were [...]
WAUSEON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A woman who worked as a utility clerk in a northwest Ohio village was sentenced to prison after being accused of stealing public funds. According to a news release from the Ohio state auditor's office, Kari Rowe, who worked as a utility clerk for the village of Swanton, has been sentenced [...]
Temperatures will only make it to the upper 40s/lower 50s across central Ohio on Monday afternoon. That puts us more than 10 degrees below normal for this time of year
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A fast-food chicken and waffles shop that charmed Ohio University students and Athens residents alike is relocating to Columbus. After a nearly two-year stint of dishing out fried chicken sandwiches drizzled with syrup on Court Street, B.B.C. Chicken N' Waffles has parted ways in February with its southeast Ohio loyalists, heading [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest is back to becoming an annual event and has announced dates for the summer of 2023. Last year the fest returned after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year marks the 42nd fest, which draws over 200,000 people to the Downtown area [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Four-time Grammy award winning and multi-platinum selling artist Drake announced 12 new dates and locations across the country for his 2023 “It’s All A Blur” tour. One of them will be in the Buckeye State. On Saturday, July 1, Drake will perform in Columbus, Ohio at the Jerome Schottenstein Center with [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Developers are aiming to construct a 55-lot neighborhood with three-story townhomes sporting a contemporary aesthetic in Dublin to the east of Bridge Park. Grand Communities, a subsidiary of Fischer Homes, is proposing a new neighborhood on 3.72 vacant acres between John Shields Parkway and Village Parkway, a 15-minute walk from Bridge [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It's only one week before voters across Ohio will head to the ballot box. However, unlike the election in 2020 or even the two primary elections in 2022, some voters won't need to cast their ballots on May 2. A handful of counties in central Ohio won't be holding primary elections, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The average local gas price took another modest dip last week, dropping nine cents per gallon, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 500 stations in Columbus. GasBuddy reports the average price for a gallon of gas in Columbus dropped to $3.55 Monday, 9.0 cents lower than the previous week. However, that price per [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus is in the early stages of overhauling its zoning code, as city leaders stare down estimates that the region will grow by a million or more residents in less than three decades. Released in fall 2021, an analysis of the current code -- which officials said hasn't had a major [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! We've got an unseasonably cool weather pattern settling in, with temperatures feeling much more like March. For Monday, expect increasing cloud cover, then a few light and spotty showers this afternoon. Highs will top out near 50 in Columbus. Clouds break up briefly overnight, allowing temperatures to drop [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Members of the central Ohio chapter of the Parents of Murdered Children and Other Homicide Victims gathered for a memorial Sunday in honor of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The event, held at Franklin Park Conservatory, was an opportunity for friends and family to keep the legacy of their loved ones [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after a shooting on the west side of Columbus Sunday night. According to Columbus police, the shooting happened on the 700 block of Wedgewood Drive at approximately 9:48 p.m. The victim was pronounced dead at 9:48 p.m. There is no further information available at this time.
LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) – One man is dead after the Hocking County Sheriff’s Office said he was stabbed during a fight at a rental cabin Sunday. The sheriff’s office responded to a call on Sullivan Road for a man possibly being stabbed. When medics arrived, they found the 22-year-old victim suffering from a stab wound. [...]