COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus’ gun restrictions have been struck down, at least temporarily, by a Delaware County judge, meaning the city cannot restrict firearm magazines or implement gun storage requirements. Delaware County Common Pleas Judge David M. Gromley placed an injunction on the ordinance in a ruling issued Tuesday. The lawsuit was previously filed [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Interstate 71 South reopened Tuesday evening following a near three-hour closure at Fifth Avenue -- by downtown Columbus -- after one driver shot at another, according to local emergency dispatchers and the Columbus Division of Police. Medics transported one person to Grant Medical Center in stable condition after the shooting and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in "life-threatening" condition Tuesday afternoon following a shooting in east Columbus, according to local emergency dispatchers. Columbus police responded to a shooting call around 12:30 p.m. on the 700 block of Northview Avenue, where they found one male victim. He was transported to Grant Medical Center in life-threatening [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Tuesday afternoon! Temperatures get a little bit warmer for Tuesday. We should make it to the mid to upper 50s across Central Ohio, but that still puts us a decent bit below average. Clouds will be pretty steady throughout the day. We eventually see a couple of scattered showers [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Council authorized $1.7 million Monday to settle with two families in unassociated wrongful death lawsuits, each of which involved city public safety workers. Both settlements -- reached before either case could go to trial -- include a denial of liability on the city’s behalf, according to a spokesperson for [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A pair of murder suspects in Columbus were issued identical bond sentences at their respective arraignments Tuesday morning. Hassan Abdalla and Heather Taylor were each handed $750,000 bonds, told to stay away from the victims’ families and are next scheduled to appear in court on May 4. Abdalla, 20, is charged [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A sushi bar serving dishes on a moving conveyor belt, with more than 500 locations across Japan, Taiwan and the United States, is opening its first Ohio location in Columbus. Kura Revolving Sushi Bar will begin welcoming guests to its new restaurant at 8833 Lyra Dr. in Polaris in early 2024, [...]
See a previous report in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A local softball player who was caught on camera punching an umpire at Berliner Park during an adult league game has now been charged. According to a release from the office of Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein, the player, identified as Gregory Roudabush, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One of the world's best selling solo artists is coming to Columbus this summer. Multi-platinum singer Barry Manilow announced he will perform in Columbus at Nationwide Arena on August 25. He will also have shows in Cleveland on Aug. 24 and Cincinnati on Aug. 26. The Grammy, Tony, and Emmy award [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man’s plea to prevent eyewitness evidence from being used at his murder trial has been dismissed. After 16 months, 50 pages of arguments and two hearings, a Franklin County judge denied a motion to suppress eyewitness identifications used to arrest the man accused of murdering an Ohio State University student [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Managers of Ohio’s $90 billion public teacher pension fund are considering a larger round of bonuses for its investment staff despite retired educators’ concerns. At its monthly meeting on Thursday, the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) presented to its 11-member board a proposal to set aside $11.1 million of its $115 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – State lawmakers are taking aim at a practice employed by a central Ohio catalytic converter thief, a stalker in Akron and other tech-savvy accused criminals: using an AirTag to maliciously monitor someone’s every move. A Senate committee on Tuesday will reconsider a measure that would prohibit the installation of a tracking [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Tuesday! We start the morning off on another cold note, with a Freeze Warning and below freezing temperatures for much of the area. By this afternoon, however, we will be a few degrees milder than we were yesterday. Highs will top out in the upper 50s in Columbus. Highs [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus City Schools Board of Education is backing building substitutes in their bid to become part of the district’s teachers union. The board and the union, the Columbus Education Association (CEA), filed a joint petition Monday with the state Labor Relations Board to add building substitutes to the CEA bargaining [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Things at John Glenn International Airport have been back to normal since a plane made an emergency landing there Sunday morning. An American Airlines flight from Columbus headed for Arizona had to make an emergency landing after a bird strike and engine fire. "Bird strikes are not a common occurrence in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Former residents of a condemned Mt. Vernon apartment building are entitled to $265,000 worth of money and furniture. Columbus City Council voted Monday to approve an ordinance calling for each former resident to receive a one-time cash payment and furniture through a grant agreement with The Wells Foundation, a philanthropic organization [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A minor was shot near Columbus State Community College Monday evening. According to 911 dispatchers, police responded to a report at 250 Cleveland Avenue in downtown Columbus shortly after 6 p.m. One person was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital in "serious condition." The minor's age is not known, and the Columbus [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Monday Evening, It has been a chilly day today with temps only in the upper 40s to lower 50s. We will see skies starting to slowly clear tonight with lows dropping to the lower 30s to upper 20s. Freeze warnings in effect for our entire area. Expect winds to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A pair of bills that aim to restructure higher education in the state are moving through the Ohio Statehouse but are garnering pushback from students, administrators and faculty. “We’re going to be afraid of legislation, we’re going to be afraid of lawsuits, we’re going to be afraid of the next levels [...]