COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are determined to find those responsible for what they are calling "a hostile street takeover." Authorities responded to Indianola Avenue and East Cooke Road in Clintonville on April 29 after report of large crowds and cars doing donuts in the street, followed by a shoot out with police. Now, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Pet parents now have a new opportunity to celebrate their furry family members in a big way during the month of May, which is National Pet Month. Shoutable, an online company that offers anyone the ability to add digital messages to billboards, is partnering with Lamar Advertising, an outdoor advertising company, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio attorney general David Yost announced that drugs confiscated in Franklin County have been identified as rainbow fentanyl. This is the first confirmation of the drug here in Ohio. The attorney general says rainbow fentanyl are colorful and deadly pills designed to look like candy. Over 1,000 pills were seized by [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — PlayStreets is making a return this summer with free community events for children and their families. PlayStreets is a collaboration between Nationwide Children's Hospital and their Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families initiative. According to the release from the hospital, It's an effort to get kids outside while promoting health, wellness and social interaction. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio State football team has announced changes and updates to its schedule for the 2024 and 2029 seasons. The Buckeyes have added a home game against Marshall on Sept. 21, 2024 and moved their home game against Western Michigan to Sept. 7, 2024. OSU also added two home games in [...]
WORTHINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two Olentangy Local school buses crashed Wednesday afternoon, causing minor injuries. The right lane of Interstate 270 westbound to U.S. Route 23 northbound was briefly blocked after two buses crashed on the exit ramp, according to a message Olentangy Local Schools sent to parents. Fourth grade students from Arrowhead Elementary were [...]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WCMH) -- Two days after using a homophobic slur on a Cincinnati radio program, West Virginia University announced that Bub Huggins will remain as men's basketball coach but not without repercussions. The university announced Wednesday that Huggins will not be terminated but it has reduced his salary by $1 million and his multi-year [...]
High pressure will bring sunshine and seasonable weather. As the high shifts off to the east, a return flow of southerly winds will push temperatures toward 80 on Thursday. Some high clouds will overspread the region ahead of a storm system in the Central states. The arrival of higher humidity will create a chance for [...]
A previous story can be seen in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- People who were hoping to see Drake twice in Columbus this summer will now only have to settle for one concert. A spokesperson with Columbus Arena Sports & Entertainment confirmed to NBC4 that Drake's July 2 concert at the Jerome Schottenstein [...]
Watch a previous NBC4 report on House Bill 6 in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Lawmakers at the Ohio Statehouse voted on Wednesday to move forward on a bill banning transgender athletes from participating in school sports aligned with their gender identity. House Bill 6 -- the "Save Women’s Sports Act" -- [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The northern lights, or aurora borealis, could be visible tonight across the northernmost United States. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center, a moderate geomagnetic storm (G2) will follow a partial halo coronal mass ejection (CME) that was observed erupting on the surface of the [...]
Scattered storms start to move in soon, with temperatures also dipping down. However, there is sunshine coming on the other side.
CLEVELAND (WCMH) – America’s heart-shaped state is going back to its roots with its marketing campaign. Ohio is relaunching the slogan of decades past: “Ohio: The heart of it all,” Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled at Cleveland’s Karamu House Theatre Wednesday morning. Replacing the tourism-focused slogan of “Ohio: Find it here,” DeWine said the retro phase [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The saga continues as the next episode of the Star Wars film concert series is in central Ohio this weekend, performing the entire score live while the film plays on a large screen. The Columbus Symphony Orchestra is welcoming audiences to a galaxy far, far away by performing the score to the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 21-year-old man has been arrested nearly two months after a fatal shooting in south Columbus. According to Columbus police, Tayvion Taylor was taken into custody by a SWAT team on Tuesday and has been charged with murder in connection to the death of 62-year-old Richard Carr. On March 11, police [...]
Ahead of Columbus City Schools’ “Day in the District,” NBC4 is profiling the three finalists for superintendent on May 8-10, 2023. Read about Angela Chapman and George "Eric" Thomas. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – When the finalists for Columbus City Schools superintendent descend on the district for a candidate town hall, one will travel further than the [...]
POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) -- While most of the action in the Columbus Zoo's Heart of Africa is on the savanna or the feeding yard there is also quite a bit happening behind the scenes in the massive giraffe barn. Inside there are massive stalls to house the zoo's 17 giraffes, including a large common space [...]
MARION, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man driving a motorcycle died Tuesday evening after hitting a deer on a Marion County roadway. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, 45-year-old Gerald Lyman was driving his Harley Davidson FLHX on Prospect Upper Sandusky Road at 9:20 p.m. when a deer ran onto the road. Lyman hit the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A fast food chain with roots in Columbus is teaming up with Google to add artificial intelligence to its menu. Wendy's -- headquartered in Dublin -- told NBC4 on Tuesday that it will launch an AI chatbot to automate its restaurants' drive-thrus. Dubbed FreshAI, it will hold limited conversations with customers [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people have been hospitalized after a drive-by shooting late Tuesday night near a southwest Columbus neighborhood. According to a spokesperson with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, shots were fired at around 11:30 p.m. at the 730 block of Harrisburg Pike near the South Hilltop neighborhood. When deputies arrived, they found [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Wednesday! If you liked yesterday, you will love today! We've got dry conditions on tap, low humidity, and light winds. Highs will be a few degrees warmer, topping out in the middle 70s across most of the region. Expect clear skies throughout the day. For Thursday, dry weather persists [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – As the Ohio Bureau of Investigation continues looking into Saturday’s shooting in the Short North that left 10 people injured, those who work and play in the area are hoping to see changes, but that doesn’t mean they feel unsafe in the neighborhood. The City of Columbus and the city’s police [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A teenage girl is dead and a man is under arrest after a shooting Tuesday afternoon on the city’s west side. According to Columbus police, officers were sent to an apartment on the 700 block of West Rich Street at approximately 12:47 p.m. Officers found the 16-year-old girl suffering from a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - There have now been more than 60 homicides in Columbus so far this year. About 20% of them, or 12, have been domestic violence related, according to Mayor Andrew Ginther. The mayor said that number is more than all of last year, and it's only May. "I would hate to say [...]
A previous report on Dr. Amy Acton stepping down as Department of Health director can be watched above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Dr. Amy Acton will exit RAPID 5 -- a nonprofit project seeking to boost public access to central Ohio waterways, parks, and trails -- a little more than a year after she was [...]