COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police are looking for a man they said stole from a back-to-school drive in Downtown Columbus. Columbus police said that on Aug. 1, the suspect entered an office building on the 400 block of East Broad Street at approximately 2:53 p.m. Police allege that once the man was inside the building, [...]
High clouds filtered the sunshine on an otherwise pleasant Saturday, with comfortable humidity and temperatures in the low to mid-80s. Clouds will increase tonight with a disturbance moving through Indiana into northwest Ohio, with showers possible late tonight into early Sunday along a warm front.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after being shot by a Columbus police officer overnight Saturday. According to CPD in a release, an officer responded to a disturbance call at 1:11 a.m. in the area of South High Street and Rowe Road. During the investigation, a suspect charged the officer with a broken [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man has been sentenced by a U.S. District court after being accused of laundering more than $2 million in online romance scams that were conducted for four years. According to the office of U.S. attorney Kenneth Parker of the Southern District of Ohio, 49-year-old Maximus Adiele was sentenced to five [...]
We've got a nice start to the weekend in line for Central Ohio. Temperatures will be seasonable with the air feeling relatively comfortable. A mix of sunshine and clouds holds tight for most of today, but changes move in by tonight.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Whether by mail or in person, there’s still time to cast your ballot early ahead of the August special election. In the final days before Election Day, thousands of Ohioans will vote whether to make it more difficult for citizens to amend the state constitution. If you can’t make it to [...]
The 2020 median household income in the U.S. was $67,521, a decrease of 2.9% from the 2019 median of $69,560, according to the U.S. Census's annual analysis of income and poverty in the U.S. COVID-19 in 2020 drastically altered income and poverty levels, along with consumer habits and job opportunities—the fallout of which continues today. Stacker compiled a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after a shooting in northeast Columbus early Saturday morning. According to a police dispatcher, officers were called to the 2400 block of Marcia Drive on reports of a shooting at around 3:20 a.m. One person was found suffering from a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Up to $1.35 billion is on the line Friday night in the Mega Millions drawing. The winning numbers for Friday's drawing were 11, 30, 45, 52, 56, and the gold Mega Ball was 20. The Megaplier was 2X. The drawing came after no winners claimed Tuesday's $1.1 billion jackpot. If no [...]
PLAIN CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A village has placed a bear-enveloped headstone at the grave of an infant girl found dead earlier this summer. Plain City police announced Friday that a headstone was placed at the gravesite of Madison Baby Doe, an infant found dead inside a garbage truck in June. The gravestone was donated [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A person is dead and another is injured after a motorcycle collided with a box truck in the Hilltop Friday afternoon. A driver and passenger on a 2003 Kawasaki VN1500 motorcycle were traveling east on West Mound Street toward Clarendon Avenue at about 2:30 p.m. At the same time, a 2016 [...]
BEXLEY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Community members in Bexley are not letting damage from a fire take away the special meaning behind a couple of trees. Over the weekend in south Bexley, downed power lines and a truck caught fire. The flames burned some bushes and a couple of trees. Those trees had been planted as [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The state’s single-issue special August election is just around the corner, and campaigns are spending this final weekend talking with voters about Issue 1 and what is at stake. More than half a million Ohioans have already voted on Issue 1, a constitutional amendment that would raise thresholds for citizens to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A former Columbus police officer was indicted Friday on charges of murder and reckless homicide in the August 2022 death of Donovan Lewis. Police were serving an arrest warrant on Lewis overnight. But moments after entering an apartment bedroom where Lewis was sitting up, officer Ricky Anderson shot at him. Lewis [...]