COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A crash involving a tractor-trailer is causing a backup along Interstate 71 northbound Wednesday afternoon. According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, as of 6:30 p.m., all lanes are reopened, although there is still a backup. Columbus police said one person was taken to Grant Medical Center in a stable condition. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Many people in Columbus are looking to get involved and give back to their community, but it can be hard to figure out where to start. That’s why the Columbus Young Professionals Club hosts Coffee with a Cause on the first Wednesday of every month. The goal is to connect young [...]
The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has extended the Air Quality Alert through Thursday for Delaware, Franklin, Fairfield and Licking counties, mostly as a result of the transport of wildfire smoke across eastern Canada, coupled with ground-level ozone concentrations. High pressure will build south, with a very dry northerly flow carrying dense smoke from Canadian wildfires. [...]
Central Ohio's most accurate forecast COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Air Quality Alert has been extended into Thursday due to smoke from wildfires in eastern Canada blowing into the United States. The alert was first put in place on Tuesday; they are issued when pollution levels exceed 100 on a 0-500 scale. AirNow, a government [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — NBC4 has been honored with seven regional Emmy Award nominations in six categories, as announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Ohio Valley Chapter. "NBC4 did outstanding work in 2022, and I’m delighted that some of it was recognized," said NBC4 News Director Denise Eck. Two of NBC4's [...]
LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) – A Logan man was issued a $1 million bond and charged with rape of a minor this week in Hocking County Municipal Court. According to court documents, Logan police officers responded to reports of a sexual assault just before 10 p.m. on June 3. Officers interviewed the victim, a 12-year-old girl, [...]
See a previous report on the location for Jason Meade's murder trial in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A trial date has been set for a retired Franklin County deputy nearly three years after the shooting death of a Black Columbus man. Jason Meade originally faced two charges of murder and one [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – State representatives on Wednesday considered a measure that would allow Ohioans to join the police force at an earlier age. The bill, which passed out of the Ohio Senate last month, lowers the minimum hiring age for police officers from 21 to 18 years old in an effort to expand the [...]
Hazy skies are once again in Central Ohio. After some brief relief from yesterday's cold front, smoke will build back into our skies throughout today. The air quality index for Wednesday is well into the "unhealthy" category.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The countdown is on for the largest Independence Day celebration in the Midwest. Red, White & BOOM! returns Downtown on Monday, July 3 and organizers are preparing for the big event. Co-executive director Shawn Verhoff said it is an exciting four-week lead-up to the event as organizers are putting on the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are looking for a man they say pulled a gun and robbed a store in an east Columbus neighborhood. On May 30 just after 8 p.m., the man walked into a store on the 900 block of South James Road in Eastmoor and demanded money from the cash register, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Central Ohio Crime Stoppers and Columbus police are looking for a man they identified as a suspect in a May fatal shooting in a northeast Columbus neighborhood. On May 12, officers were called to the 1000 block of Atcheson Street in the King-Lincoln Bronzeville neighborhood around 1:30 p.m. and found [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Arts Festival is welcoming nearly 500,000 guests to Downtown this weekend for more than 200 visual artists, three stages for performances and dozens of food vendors. The festival is running from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The mother of a man who died after an altercation with a Kroger security guard has sued the guard, his employer and the grocery store. Charlee Cooper, the mother of 26-year-old Paris Royal, sued the Cincinnati-based grocery giant in Franklin County court in March, two months after Royal's death. Royal died [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A case before the Ohio Supreme Court will determine whether Ohio State University – and more than half of the state’s public universities – can be sued over the decision to close campus at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ohio State has asked the state’s top court to determine whether [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A third shooting in the past week in a west Columbus neighborhood has police searching for a suspect after one person died overnight Wednesday morning. At around 1 a.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting at the Alpine Village Apartments on the 4500 block of Hilton Avenue in Lincoln Village. [...]
Expect hazy sunshine once again, as wildfire smoke from Eastern Canada continues to stream through Central Ohio. Highs will be a bit cooler today, topping out in the middle 70s.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One person is dead and a second injured in a shooting Tuesday night on the north side of Columbus. According to Columbus police, the shooting happened on the 4800 block of Glendon Road at approximately 10:36 p.m. Police said the victim was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:05 p.m. The [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus City Council held its first public hearing Tuesday on the city’s proposed capital budget, totaling $1.736 billion. The hearing was a chance for residents on the city’s south side to learn more about where the money will be going and to voice their opinions on how it is being spent. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – After weeks of work, the Ohio Senate revealed its version of the state’s budget Tuesday. The 7713-page budget spends around $85 billion total, about $10 billion less than the version the Ohio House passed. In the Senate’s budget, a large focus is on tax relief to the tune of $2.5 billion. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A semi-professional basketball player who was seriously injured by a driver who police said was under the influence of alcohol and/or marijuana is a little closer to getting justice. A Franklin County grand jury on Tuesday indicted Gail Kimberly Smith, 64, for aggravated vehicular assault and operating a vehicle under impairment. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It was last fall when a Columbus man, who asked to remain anonymous, bought new brakes for his car. He went online to Amazon, entered his vehicle information and a description, and bought a kit with brakes and rotors included, for about $260 from third-party seller Callahan Brake Parts. When the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- With school out, many parents turn to summer camps to keep their kids busy and engaged during summer break. But for those youngsters dealing with health challenges, there could be fear of the “what ifs” while that child is away. For decades, a camp based in central Ohio has provided a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Viral researchers believe someone in central Ohio has been infected with COVID-19 for at least two years, and they want to find that person. While the researchers believe there is no threat to public health, they hope this case holds much-needed answers to treating long COVID. Molecular virologist Dr. Marc Johnson, [...]