Air quality is reaching some of the poorest levels we have seen since smoke from the Canadian wildfires started to reach Central Ohio. Many places in the Columbus metro area are in the "unhealthy" category with even poorer quality expected for the middle of the week.
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – A suspect wanted in a Circleville shooting earlier this month was arrested in Columbus on Tuesday. According to Circleville Police, William P. Riffe II, 31, of Circleville, is facing assault and weapons charges in connection with a June 10 shooting. Police said officers responded to a call of a disturbance on [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- June 27 marks National HIV Testing Day, and on Tuesday, one Columbus business is recognizing the occasion by rewarding community members who come in for a free screening. Franklin County has the highest percentage of new HIV diagnoses in the entire state of Ohio. And according to recent studies, Columbus even [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Columbus Blue Jackets revealed their 2023-24 schedule Tuesday as they look to snap a three-year playoff drought under soon-to-be coach Mike Babcock. The Blue Jackets begin their season at home against former coach John Tortorella and the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, October 12. The first four regular season games for [...]
View the latest Storm Team 4 forecast in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Air Quality Alert has gone out for four counties in central Ohio, with pollution levels that could get worse going into Wednesday. The alert was first issued Tuesday, as the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission tracked pollution levels at [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus State Community College and OhioHealth have announced a joint $120 million investment that includes building a brand new academic building to train healthcare students. In a press conference Tuesday afternoon at Columbus State's Mitchell Hall, Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, and officials with OhioHealth and the community [...]
MANSFIELD, Ohio (WCMH) – A Richland County teenager is dead after a fatal single-car crash over the past weekend. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting that on Saturday at 6:22 p.m., Damon Mauk, 18, of Lucas, was traveling southeast on Mansfield Lucas Road at the Rummel Road intersection in Monroe Township. Mauk reportedly lost [...]
We have certainly had prettier days in Central Ohio. A low pressure center to our northeast is swirling in wildfire smoke from up north, making our skies hazy. Nearly overcast skies will be steady through Tuesday, eventually bringing in stray showers.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A lesser-known, minor meteor shower is occurring through early July, peaking on the night of June 27, although cloud cover will obscure the best chance to catch a few meteors Tuesday night in central Ohio. Clearer skies on Wednesday night may provide a brief window to see a few stray meteors, [...]
BEXLEY, Ohio (WCMH) -- On Tuesday, multiple law enforcement agencies came together for first responder training. Personnel from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security, Bexley police, Franklin County and the Jewish community ran through hypothetical scenarios at a synagogue. Law enforcement officers never know what they may face each day, but that doesn’t mean [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohioans are split on an August ballot measure that could determine the fate of abortion in the state, a poll found. While a majority of Ohioans support an abortion-rights amendment eyed for the November ballot, voters are divided on Issue 1 – the measure at hand in the Aug. 8 special [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As hundreds of thousands of people are set to gather downtown Columbus for Red, White & BOOM! next week, there are several places to watch the biggest fireworks show in the Midwest. Here are some of the top spots central Ohioans say are the best to watch as the fireworks will [...]
COLUMBUS, OHIO (WCMH) – Columbus police responded to what they say has been yet another accidental shooting involving a teenager, this time in the city’s northeast side. Police were called to Riverside Methodist Hospital, where a 14-year-old boy reportedly walked in with a gunshot wound to his left arm. When interviewed the boy said that [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio is home to several statutes criminalizing HIV, including a felony charge and prison sentence for those with the virus who fail to disclose their status to sexual partners. HIV-positive Ohioans can be charged with second-degree felonious assault and receive a prison sentence of up to eight years for engaging in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Development said it has established an official onshoring agreement with Intel for $600 million in grants. The agreement, announced Friday, was more than a year in the making. Jointly, the state and Intel announced its $20 billion dollar project to build a “mega-site” of semiconductor fabrication plants [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The greater Columbus region may have been spared a deadly outbreak when measles spread among central Ohio daycares in the winter, but a study suggests the region remains at risk of greater spread should the virus return. Researchers at Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, alongside the Imperial College London, [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Tuesday! The same low pressure system that brought us scattered showers and storms yesterday evening, continues to make its way eastward through the Great Lakes. This will, once again, send us a few lingering spotty showers this afternoon. Most of this activity will stick off to the east and [...]
Scattered showers and storms are slowly wrapping up as we head into Monday night and Tuesday morning. Very stray showers will be leftover for the next day, but a good bit of wet weather is still to come.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police said a boy showed up at a Columbus hospital suffering from a gunshot wound Monday afternoon. The 14-year-old boy walked into Grant Medical Center at approximately 5:40 p.m., police said. The teen told officers he was shot while on the 100 block of Buffalo Court in south Columbus. However, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead and another is seriously injured after a shooting on the northeast side of Columbus. Around 6 p.m. on Monday, officers went to the 1600 block of East 26th Street in the city's South Linden neighborhood on reports of a shooting, according to police dispatchers. Medics pronounced one [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Three children were injured after being hit by a car on the east side of Columbus Monday afternoon, police said. According to police, the accident happened at approximately 5:40 p.m. near the intersection of Krumm Avenue and East 6th Avenue. Police said one victim was taken to Children's Nationwide Hospital initially [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A new study conducted by researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) is bringing attention to the issue of young kids getting their hands on guns and using them in unintentional shootings. The study involved deadly unintentional shootings involving kids younger than 15 years old. "I think the biggest takeaway from these [...]
GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) -- A neighborhood in Gahanna is calling out the city for communication issues over a construction project. Residents along Theori Avenue said they are excited about the new road, but wish they had known in advance. Residents can’t use their driveways, saying it makes getting groceries to houses in the construction zone [...]