LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- At least a dozen students were injured after two Lancaster City Schools buses crashed on Friday afternoon. Authorities responded to the intersection of State Route 37 and Rainbow Drive in Fairfield County after two buses from Thomas Ewing Junior High School carrying students collided, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. [...]
BUCYRUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 37-year-old central Ohio man has been arrested, with investigators saying he was using and selling illegal drugs from his home. Jerimiah David Cottrell, 37, was arrested on Wednesday during a narcotic search warrant in the 5000 block of Spring Valley Court in Galion, according to the Crawford County Sheriff's Office. [...]
See a previous report on this shooting in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man found in life-threatening condition after a shooting on the east side of Columbus has now died Friday, police confirmed. Columbus police went around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of Northview Avenue to a reported shooting [...]
Low pressure will track across central Ohio, bringing showers and a few evening thunderstorms over the eastern part of the state, when the rain could be briefly heavy. Temperatures will rise into the mid-60s, with some brighter skies at times. The wave will push off to the east tonight, with drying conditions early on Saturday, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Fairfield County man who committed three bank robberies in 2020 and one in 2017 -- and was accused of others going back more than 20 years -- was sentenced in a U.S. District Court. According to a release from U.S. Attorney Kenneth Parker, William Johnson, 58, of Lancaster, admitted to [...]
POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is getting a new attraction in the form of sky-high views. One month after regaining its zoological accreditation, the zoo announced the Adventure Sky Wheel will open on Saturday, May 27, and stick around for the remainder of 2023. It will be brought to the zoo [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A shooting that occurred on Interstate 71 South Tuesday afternoon has police searching for two individuals who are believed to be involved. Police released photos of two individuals who they say are connected to a shooting on I-71 South near Downtown. The incident, which occurred around 1:50 p.m., forced the closure [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man suspected of an October murder in east Columbus will face a judge Friday morning after recovering from injuries sustained in a South Carolina car crash. According to a Franklin County Municipal Court affidavit, Charles Rocker, 54, was issued a warrant for a murder that took place on October 26, [...]
For a previous report on this story view the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Four-time Grammy award winning and multi-platinum selling artist Drake recently announced 12 new dates and locations across the country, including Columbus. Make it 13. On Saturday, July 1, Drake will perform in Columbus, Ohio at the Jerome Schottenstein Center [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- From yoga wear to perfume, three new stores are opening soon at Easton Town Center between the spring and fall. FOUNT, 3933 Easton Square Place Cleveland couple Phillip and Jackie Wachter are bringing their handcrafted leather bags to Columbus. With bagmakers in Ohio and Fair Trade partnerships with artisans in the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus was named among the top 20 housing markets in the United States as central Ohio home prices increased for the second month, a new report shows. Columbus Realtors' Central Ohio Housing Report for March found the average sales price for a home was $328,769, marking a nearly $13,000 increase from [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) –Five people were arrested after an armed robbery and an hour-long police chase throughout the Columbus city streets and into the eastern suburbs. According to Columbus police, officers attempted to pull over a vehicle with suspects of an armed robbery inside. The robbery occurred near West Broad Street and Wilson Road on [...]
WEST UNION, Ohio (WMCH) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is going to bat for Afroman as a group of Adams County sheriff’s deputies take the “Because I Got High” rapper to court. In a 21-page brief last Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio asked Adams County Judge Adam McBride to [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Friday! We start the day off with a soaking rain across the region. It gradually gets lighter as we approach daybreak, but after the soaking rain, we've still got scattered rain that will continue throughout Friday. A few rumbles of thunder and a storm or two are possible this [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Suspects are in custody after a 19-year-old man was shot in the Hilltop neighborhood on Thursday. Officers responded to the 300 block of Wrexham Avenue at 4:08 p.m. on Thursday after report of a shooting, according to the Columbus Division of Police. The 19-year-old victim was found and transported to a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An 18-year-old man is facing several murder charges after a shooting tied to an alleged drug deal killed two people on the east side of Columbus last week. Cayon Drake, 18, has been charged in Franklin County Common Pleas Court with two counts of aggravated murder and three counts of murder [...]
Watch NBC4 anchor Jerod Smalley speak one-on-one with C.J. Stroud after the Texans selected the former Buckeye QB #2 overall. KANSAS CITY (WCMH) -- For the first time since 1982, an Ohio State quarterback has been taken in the top ten of the NFL Draft. Quarterback C.J. Stroud was taken by the Houston Texans with [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Division of Police is finding more machine gun conversion devices, sometimes called switches. So far this year they have taken 26 off the streets, according to a spokesperson for CPD. The devices can turn a semi-automatic handgun into a fully automatic weapon. "It’s like a machine gun, what it [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- "I have all of my bills. All of my bills. You can look at them. Paid in full, paid in full, paid ahead," said Mike Moore, a Columbus resident. Moore said that's been the trend for the nearly 20 years he's lived in his Olde Towne East home. So, he was [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — NBC4 anchor Colleen Marshall was honored by the YWCA Columbus on Thursday as one of the organization's 2023 Women of Achievement. At the Women of Achievement lunch, Marshall spoke on a panel with her fellow honorees. She was joined by Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt, Marilyn Brown, Chris Cozad, Dr. Patrice A. [...]