COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 40-year-old man who was living in central Ohio during the COVID-19 pandemic pleaded guilty to wire fraud for relief loans he received for a now-closed Gahanna bar. James Dawson, from Orlando, Fla., pleaded guilty to wire fraud and making false statements for applications for five Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans [...]
Skies have stayed a little drier as we've gone throughout Tuesday. Slight amounts of haze have kept air quality at "moderate" levels, but we're improving through the week. A little bit of wet weather is left over for tonight before we get drier for Wednesday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A poll released Tuesday gives an early picture of where voters stand on the slate of candidates for the U.S. Senate election in Ohio and the presidential election, with 15 months and two elections preceding it. Suffolk University and USA Today conducted the poll between July 9 and 12, interviewing 500 [...]
Skies have managed to get a little better as we've gone through the week! Haze has continued to push out of our area, improving area quality. Skies are a little sunnier as well, but stray chances for showers will eventually return to the area.
BUCYRUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 54-year-old man arrested on Sunday for hitting a U.S. mail truck faces additional charges after deputies found several guns and drugs at his house. The Crawford County Sheriff's Office says that on Sunday, it arrested James Auck for hitting a United States Postal Service truck and fleeing the scene. He [...]
PICKERINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force is investigating at a Pickerington massage parlor, the Ohio Attorney General's Office confirmed Tuesday. Pickerington police and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation vehicles surrounded the strip mall that contained Massage Experts, and had the area blocked off with crime scene tape as of 11 [...]
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus resident was part of a massive drug bust in Portsmouth, where police seized over $200,000 in estimated street value of drugs Monday evening. In total, five people were arrested Monday at 6:20 p.m. in an apartment on the 2400 block of 17th Street in Portsmouth. There, the Southern Ohio [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) – Another Franklin County school district has added its name – and proposed levy – to residents’ ballots in November. The Dublin City Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to put a 7.9-mill levy and 1.99-mill, $145 million bond issue on ballots Nov. 7. Citing inflation and a population boom, Superintendent [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The city of Columbus will cover attorney’s and other associated legal fees totaling more than $200,000 in a racial discrimination and retaliation case that yielded a former Columbus Division of Police lieutenant and current commander just $2 in damages. Columbus City Council voted Monday night 7-0 to disburse funds for the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are investigating a traffic collision on the south side of the city early Tuesday morning. A car occupied by several juveniles was involved in a collision with a pole at the intersection of Fairwood Avenue and Smith Road in the Milbrook neighborhood that was part of a police chase. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A bill similar to an unconstitutional Tennessee law prohibiting drag queens' performances in public or where children are present has come to Ohio. House Bill 245 was introduced at the Statehouse Monday to ban "adult cabaret performances," defined as a show "harmful to juveniles" that features "entertainers who exhibit a gender [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Tuesday! We've got a cold front that will stall along the Ohio River today, which will bring us just a few lingering showers across the region. Mostly looking at an isolated shower for Columbus, with a few more showers south of 70. Certainly not looking at as wet of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Council voted Monday to expand the city’s responsible wage to all city service contracts except for construction. Moving forward, all employees under city contracts will be paid a minimum of $20 an hour. In the past, city service contracts in the areas of custodial, landscaping, guard and security, and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Check those Powerball tickets -- you could be a millionaire 922 times over. Monday's winning numbers are 05, 08, 09, 17, and 41 and the Powerball is 21. The Power Play is 4X. The $922 million jackpot, with an estimated cash value of $465.1 million, is the third-largest jackpot in the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two teens will remain in juvenile detention following an altercation at a pool party that turned deadly. Those boys - ages 15 and 16 - had court hearings Monday, and both are accused of gunning down an 18-year-old. Both are facing one count of aggravated murder and one count of robbery [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Pelotonia weekend is just 19 days away for ride organizers and cycling enthusiasts. This year, Pelotonia, which has raised more than $258 million dollars, is celebrating 15 years of raising critical funds for innovative cancer research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. And despite feeling the heartbreak of cancer [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in critical condition and a suspect is being detained after a shooting in north Columbus Monday night. Columbus police said the shooting happened at approximately 7:33 p.m. on the 3100 block of Vista View Boulevard. The victim was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Health experts are reminding people about the importance of keeping yourself safe from mosquitoes. So far this summer, at least three health departments in central Ohio have reported finding West Nile virus in mosquitoes. The DelawarePublic Health District, Licking County Health Department (LCHD), and Columbus Public Health (CPH), have all reported [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The state’s single-issue August special election is just around the corner. Issue 1, if passed, would make it more difficult to amend the state’s constitution and it has brought forward a lot of debate and campaigning. “Television is vital in any campaign, particularly a statewide campaign,” Democratic strategist Dale Butland said. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man whose handgun resulted in the death of a 5-year-old girl was sentenced to a lengthy prison term Monday. Meanwhile, the girl’s mother will also be spending several years on probation. In May, Antwan L. Robinson, 45, pleaded guilty to first-degree felony involuntary manslaughter and third-degree felony possessing weapons under [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Stephen Mehrer was 18 years old when he picked up his first batch of prescription painkillers from Walgreens. The two-time, All-Ohio football player at Dublin Jerome High School – an aspiring NFL star, “hero” to his younger brothers and known by friends as “Samo” – tore his rotator cuff during a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- On Monday morning, Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Transportation announced $90 million to fund local and state transportation projects ahead of Intel’s arrival in Ohio. “When we announced Intel, we committed to building infrastructure and to help the local community build infrastructure that would handle the extra traffic [...]