DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Hundreds of award-winning central Ohio students were treated to a performance by the Harlem Globetrotters on Tuesday morning. For nearly a century, no one has demonstrated creativity on the court better than the iconic basketball team, but it's fostering that creativity in kids off the court that's helping create the next [...]
LIMA, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two men are on the run after escaping from an Ohio prison on Tuesday. Authorities are searching for 50-year-old Bradley Gillespie and 47-year-old James Lee, who were reported missing on Tuesday from the Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution near Lima, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Prison officials are working [...]
Service was restored on May 23, 2023. We thank our viewers for their patience. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An issue with Spectrum is impacting NBC4 viewers, making our signal unavailable to those cable customers. Spectrum is working on the issue and we hope they resolve it quickly. We apologize for the inconvenience. In the meantime, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people have been taken to a local hospital after a shooting near Wedgewood Village Apartments on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities responded to the 600 block of Wedgewood Drive at 1:36 p.m. on Tuesday after ShotSpotter detected a shooting, according to a police dispatcher. Responding medics transported the two injured to OhioHealth [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The new superintendent of Columbus City Schools is making her first media appearance since being selected for the top role. Angela Chapman, formerly the district's interim superintendent, will speak with the media Tuesday afternooon. Tune in at 2 p.m. to watch in the video player above. The Columbus school board named [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two missing persons cold cases in Franklin County that each date back more than 15 years have had major breakthroughs. According to a release from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's office, the Franklin County Coroner's Office has identified two missing people, one from 1992 and another from 2006, using advanced DNA [...]
LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Ohio farmer known by many through a meme has died, but not without leaving behind a legacy in the agricultural world alongside his internet fame. On Thursday, 76-year-old Dave Brandt was driving home to his Fairfield County farm after picking up red corn near Champaign, Illinois, when his truck crashed. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Sneezing, sniffling and irritation: It's something many people face during allergy season. Now, experts say allergy sufferers could face those issues for longer period of time, while symptoms can also be more intense. Dr. Kara Wada, an allergist and immunologist with Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center, said experts are seeing [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An eight-year-old boy was awakened by a domestic incident and called for help, which resulted in an arrest on the southeast side of Columbus. According to court documents, Brandon Dudley was arrested after an alleged domestic dispute in an apartment complex on the 3200 block of Winter Lane Park in the [...]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Three people have been placed in the Ross County Jail after being arrested during a drug bust on Monday in Chillicothe. The Chillicothe Police Department states that SWAT officers went to a house on East 7th Street to execute a search warrant related to drug possession. When police entered the house, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One person is dead after a two-car collision near John Glenn Columbus International Airport Monday night. According to Columbus police a 2005 Volkswagen Passat was heading west on the 4300 block of East 5th Avenue just south of the airport at 8:25 p.m. At that time a 2004 Acura TSX, heading [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Dublin lacks affordable housing for young adults and families as the median sale price for a home in the city has risen to $500,000, a new study has found. About 92.6% of Dublin's 48,000 workers are living outside the area as moderate-income housing options are in short supply, according to the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio lawmakers are mulling a change to victim’s rights law that backers said will improve sexual violence survivors’ access to the status of their rape kit. The Ohio House last month passed its version of the state’s $88 billion budget bill, which included an amendment authored by Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police officers who work overtime this summer will be eligible for double-time pay rather than just time-and-a-half, according to an agreement signed off on by the city's public safety director and the police union. Columbus City Council -- for the second year in a row -- ratified that memorandum of [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Tuesday! If you like the warmth, you will love today! We'll be a couple of degrees warmer than we were yesterday, with afternoon highs topping out in the low to middle 80s for Central Ohio. We'll see a few clouds out throughout the day, but mostly sunny skies overall. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The roads throughout central Ohio will be busier this weekend as more than 42.3 million people across the U.S. will be traveling for Memorial Day weekend. According to AAA, approximately 1.6 million people in central Ohio will travel 50 miles or more for the unofficial start of summer. That number is [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Council voted Monday to ordain an executive order for food carts in the Short North to shut down at midnight. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther issued the order last week in response to violence in the area. On a typical Saturday in the Short North, food trucks line both sides [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Secretary of State’s office has released the arguments state lawmakers submitted both for and against the amendment Ohioans will likely vote on in August. The arguments will be available to all voters at their polling places should the Aug. 8 election survive court challenges. The amendment would, if passed, [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WCMH) -- The FBI is continuing to investigate the illegal release of nearly 10,000 minks from a farm in northwestern Ohio late last year. The FBI said members of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) claimed responsibility for the release of the animals on Nov. 15 from a Van Wert County farm, as well [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The city of Columbus is going to continue using portable surveillance and lighting systems at some city parks, extending the original $500,000 contract the city had for the technology, which was set to end this month. Columbus City Council approved Monday to spend another $550,000 that'll allow the city to keep [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio’s social studies K-12 curriculum standards are reviewed every five years – and 2023 is one of those years, and some lawmakers said it is time for a change in the way curriculum is set. And there are competing approaches to how those standards should be reviewed. Rep. Don Jones (R-Freeport) [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio chapter of a national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group has created a new resource portal to help educators promote inclusive learning. Amina Barhumi, executive director of the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said inclusivity is the goal of the newly launched site that provides a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police have released surveillance photos of people wanted in connection with a shooting that injured a child outside an elementary school last week. Columbus police posted three photos to its Facebook page, asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects. A 12-year-old boy was injured in the May 16 [...]