COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – As summer officially begins, bringing with it high temperatures, the LifeCare Alliance is asking for the community’s help, now accepting fan donations as a part of its Beat the Heat Fan Campaign. Each year, LifeCare Alliance distributes between 2,000 and 4,000 fans to people in need, relying strictly on donations to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A dead car battery can ruin a trip to the grocery store, the doctor, or a road trip very quickly. With summer heat on the way, AAA is encouraging everyone to make sure their car battery is good to go before heading out on the roadways. Last summer in Ohio, AAA [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Federal agents arrested a New Lexington High School assistant volleyball coach on Friday on child pornography and exploitation charges. Junction City man Clay Thomas Wolfe, 28, had received child pornography from more than 100 victims through the app Snapchat since 2018, according to the United States Attorney for the Southern District [...]
See surveillance camera video from the Aug. 6, 2021, shooting in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- When Columbus police launched a series this week spotlighting unsolved homicides, they failed to mention that the first subject was under indictment for felony charges when he was shot dead inside a car. Dubbed "The Unsolved [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One person is dead, and two others are injured after a traffic collision in a far south section of Columbus late Friday morning. According to the Columbus Division of Fire, one person was dead at the scene after a crash at the intersection of Alum Creek Drive and Spiegel Drive, along [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An upscale tech-infused mini golf experience with two full-service bars is opening its first Ohio location in Columbus. Puttshack is opening a 25,000 square-foot venue in the Polaris area, near Ikea and Top Golf, in late 2024. The company's first in the state, the new Puttshack will span two floors and [...]
POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) -- West Nile Virus is in central Ohio, the Ohio Department of Health has determined. A pool of mosquitos in Powell tested positive for West Nile Virus, the Delaware Public Health District announced Friday, although no human cases have been reported. Health district workers, however, will not be able to fog the [...]
A previous report on this story can be viewed in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man wanted for his role in an attempted home invasion that turned fatal has been arrested nearly three years later. According to Franklin County Municipal Court documents, Jamar Johnson was arrested Thursday, two years and eight-plus [...]
Upper-level low pressure spiraling will pull bands of rain into Ohio from the southeast. Showers will linger , with temperatures only reaching the low 70s under solid cloud cover.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- American musician Doja Cat will be in Columbus this winter as part of her first North American tour, "The Scarlet Tour," according to a LiveNation concerts news release. The popular rapper, singer, and songwriter will be joined by rapper Ice Spice for a Dec. 4 performance at Nationwide Arena. The Monday [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A new Miss Ohio has been crowned and is ready to take on the roll and "change the world." Madison Miller, 23, competed in the scholarship program on Saturday in Mansfield at the Renaissance Theatre as Miss North Coast, earning the duties of Miss Ohio, along with a $10,000 scholarship. Throughout [...]
See store surveillance footage released by Columbus police in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Police are searching for a man caught on video breaking a register drawer and walking out with cash in northeast Columbus. About 1 a.m. May 24, video surveillance of a business in the 1800 block of Morse Road captured [...]
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Mount Vernon home is on the market for $2.58 million, listed as an "executive country retreat" with a private pond and more than 40 acres of wildlife. Located at 10268 Liberty Chapel Road, the home sits on nearly 43 acres in Knox County featuring a four-acre pond home to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man has been hospitalized after a shooting in north Columbus early Friday morning. Columbus police said that at just after 2 a.m. officers were dispatched to the intersection of East Hudson Street and Osceola Avenue along the border of North and South Linden. Police were unable to locate a victim, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus School Employees Association wanted a contract that promoted the dignity of the 3,200 classified workers in Ohio’s largest school district – and by the accounts of both the school board and the union, the new collective bargaining agreement delivers on that request. The Columbus City Schools board of education [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are investigating a stabbing that occurred Thursday night in the city’s University District. At 9:45 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to reports of a stabbing on the North High Street and King Avenue intersection in the University, just south of Ohio State’s campus. There a person was found and taken [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Abortion remains a tug-of-war battle in Ohio, with advocates’ sights set on either stamping out – or keeping in check – the U.S. Supreme Court’s year-old decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. On the anniversary of the court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, providers and patients [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A woman is in stable condition after a stabbing in north Columbus early Friday morning. Columbus police said that officers responded to reports of a stabbing at 3:53 a.m. at the Cambridge Apartment complex on Cleveland Avenue in North Linden. The victim was taken to Riverside Hospital and listed in stable [...]
We've got a wet day ahead of us, with fairly steady rain continuing throughout the morning, then more scattered rain and a few rumbles as we head through the afternoon and evening.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A Franklinton business is hoping to re-open soon after a car drove through its front entrance to break in. The incident was caught on surveillance video and showed the driver then going into the store and leaving with a few boxes. "For small business owners we try to do something and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Federal prosecutors for the Southern District of Ohio have requested a 16- to 20-year prison term for former House speaker Larry Householder, one week before his sentencing. In March, Householder and former state Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges were found guilty of racketeering in Ohio’s largest corruption case. Householder and Borges were [...]
This article discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, you can call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline available 24/7. To reach the 24/7 Crisis Text Helpline, text 4HOPE to 741741. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A pair of siblings have been identified in a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A missing 10-year-old boy was found safe by Whitehall Police on Thursday. Neves M. Pleasant was reported missing two days ago after last being seen at 8:50 p.m. Tusday on Vineshire Lane in the Leawood neighborhood near the South Hamilton Road exit off Interstate 70.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A central Ohio family says their fight for justice will not end until those responsible are behind bars. It's been nearly two years since Makenzi Ridley's family was able to share a laugh or hug her. The 17-year-old recent Northland High School grad was shot and killed near a far east [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) is hoping $13 million of the new state budget will be put toward the expansion of the Narcotics Intelligence Center. Gov. DeWine made the plea while subsequently laying out his plan for the Intelligence Center in front of dozens of officers at the Law Enforcement Drug [...]