COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — "The Voice" two-night finale begins Monday, and homegrown Ohio group Sorelle is among the top five finalists performing live in hopes of winning America's vote. Despite their young ages, Madi, Anna and Bella Heichel have placed their success on being seasoned performers and are counting on viewers to notice their love [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Monday evening! Sunshine and warm weather have settled into Central Ohio for the next couple of days! Skies will stay clear through Monday night and temperatures will drop to the upper 50s. Sunshine stays steady through Tuesday and temperatures climb even higher as we reach into the lower 80s. [...]
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WCMH) – A Lucasville man is in custody after being accused of shooting another man in the face. Henry Allen Clay Jr., 26, was arrested Saturday by the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office and is facing charges of second-degree felonious assault, third-degree felony having weapons while under disability, and misdemeanor operating a vehicle under [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Suspects are in custody after a Columbus City Schools teacher was robbed at gunpoint on school property Monday afternoon. Authorities responded to East High School at 1500 E. Broad St. around noon on Monday after a teacher was confronted by armed suspects in the parking lot, according to Columbus City Schools. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A teenager has died after what authorities believe to be a fall outside of the Ohio University student union. According to Ohio University police, officers responded to reports of an unresponsive male on the lower-level patio outside of the Baker Center about 10 a.m. Sunday. OUPD and Athens police officers found [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Olentangy Local School District must submit to the Ohio Supreme Court records pertaining to its cross-cultural partnership with Chinese educators, the Court ruled last week. After ousted Liberty High School aide Antoinette Evans sued the district over its maintenance of records related to its collaboration with the Wuhan School System in [...]
Watch the latest and a previous report on former Columbus police officer Adam Coy in the player above COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The agency prosecuting the murder case of a former Columbus police officer in the death of Andre Hill changed hands Monday morning. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said its office is stepping back [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Central Ohio public pools are opening throughout the upcoming weekends. View when local pools are opening near you below. Bexley David H. Madison Community Pool 2100 Clifton Ave. Canal Winchester Municipal Pool 180 Groveport Rd. Dodge Community Center 645 Sullivant Ave. Driving Park Community Center 1100 Rhoads Ave. Dublin North and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Forty-one urban school districts in Ohio are urging state lawmakers to pump the brakes on expanding school choice vouchers until the state’s public schools are fully funded. Earlier this month, the group of districts, including Columbus City Schools, wrote a letter to the General Assembly asking its members to prioritize its [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A person is dead after a motorcycle struck another car that was involved in an accident on the south side of Columbus Sunday evening. According to Columbus police, a 2012 Nissan Altima was traveling east on Williams Road, approaching Hurd Road in the Far South neighborhood. As well, a 2008 Honda [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – According to Patrick De Haan, gas prices should see a slight increase heading into Memorial Day weekend, but only after the average price of gasoline dropped nearly a dime last week. De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy said, “I continue to be optimistic that the national average will remain [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- At least half a dozen new apartment buildings pitched in place of surface parking lots and aging buildings could be etched into the near-future plans for Downtown Columbus. Between two meetings, six proposals have appeared on the Columbus Downtown Commission’s agenda for mixed-used and residential buildings ranging from five to 19 [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! We have got a really beautiful stretch of weather settling in for Central Ohio. It starts with today, with mostly sunny skies, low humidity, light wind speeds, and highs topping out right near 80 for Columbus. For Tuesday, we'll be even warmer, with highs into the lower 80s [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A drag brunch fundraiser for a local youth center at the end of April gained national attention when a group of demonstrators stood outside and flew a neo-Nazi flag. And now a $5,000 goal has turned into more than $65,000 in donations. The fundraising event at Land Grant Brewing in Franklinton [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The man who said his killing of a 13-year-old boy last October was self-defense has been arrested on weapons and tampering charges in relation to the case. Kreig Butler, 37, was booked into Franklin County Jail Sunday on one charge each of improper handling of firearms in a motor vehicle and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Jewish baseball players from all over the country have come to Ohio for the 14th annual Columbus Baseball Invitational. The 3-day event is the country's largest baseball tournament for Jewish Day schools. This year’s tournament has 13 teams featuring more than 280 players from all over the country, with some teams [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Girls on the Run of Central Ohio held its spring 5K Sunday morning, with more than 1,100 girls from third through eighth grade taking part. More than 400 coaches and 500 other participants also got the chance to run the course. The celebratory race comes after 10 weeks of preparing both [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ahead of the Asian Festival happening next weekend in Columbus, teams of 21 people competed in dragon boat racing Sunday on the Scioto River. Participants formed teams with their workplaces and organizations and raced all day long up and down the river. All 20 teams got a chance to compete, and [...]