COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Metropolitan Library system is once again offering after-school homework help to students starting next week. Beginning Aug. 21, all kindergarten through 12th graders can get free help at 22 of the library system’s branches. The School Help Centers will offer students a place to study and learn, computers, printers, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are looking for three different suspects in what surveillance video shows was a Sunday drive-by robbery. The security camera video timestamped the incident at 1:41 p.m. The victim, a man walking west on Greenwood Avenue near North Wall Street, told police that he heard a car suddenly stop. A [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A firefighter is recovering in the hospital after an apartment fire in north Columbus Monday afternoon. Columbus Fire units were called just after 12:30 p.m. for a blaze at a three-story apartment building on 975 Atlantic Avenue, per a spokesperson for the Columbus Division of Fire. Officials with the division contained [...]
Active weather is once again moving back into Central Ohio. A system set up to our west will bring in rounds of heavy rain and storms throughout Monday. There is the potential that some of these storms could turn strong to severe.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Associated Press has released its preseason top-25 for the 2023 college football season and Ohio State is once again near the top. Ohio State has been ranked No. 3 in the AP Poll to begin 2023, giving them seven straight years as a top-five team in the AP Poll to [...]
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WCMH) – Three people have been arrested after an assault turned into a shooting late Sunday just east of Portsmouth. According to the Scioto County Sheriff’s Department, two suspects were arrested after allegedly assaulting a 15-year-old boy on South Preston Street in the Sciotodale area. A pair of 22-year-old men, Jordan Huffman, of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The third of three south Columbus murder suspects was arrested over the weekend and is scheduled to face a judge Monday morning. Michael Davis Jr. was arrested on Saturday and is believed to be associated with the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Adrian Smith, who was gunned down on the 1900 block [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Coach Ryan Day is speaking Monday to discuss Ohio State preseason practice. During the press conference, Day said tight end Bennett Christian will not play this season after testing positive for a banned substance in January. "I tested positive this past January under NCAA testing protocols and I will not be [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Developers are proposing a new mixed-use apartment complex across 19 acres in Dublin as part of an effort to revitalize the area surrounding Metro Center, an office district built in the late 1970s. Columbus-based developer Pizzuti is proposing a series of apartment buildings on 18.9 vacant acres on Blazer Parkway, between [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus gas prices caught up to national rates last week with a jump of over 20 cents, while the national average saw only a rise of mere pennies last week. After local prices dropped over a nickel last week, bucking the national trend, GasBuddy is reporting that the average price for [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Regional Airport Authority is in the early stages of designing and preparing for the possibility of an entirely new terminal at John Glenn Columbus International Airport before the end of the decade. Rather than renovate the existing terminal, a fact sheet released by John Glenn International outlines the authority’s [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! Our next system is approaching the region, which will start to bring us some heavier rains and a few storms mid-morning into the early afternoon timeframe. We'll continue to see rounds of rain through the rest of the day, with localized flooding a primary threat we will be [...]
BEXLEY, Ohio (WCMH) – The Bexley Minority Parent Alliance hosted its annual kickoff event Sunday, providing guidance and forming community with minority families in the school district. The alliance said these events are a good chance to mix and mingle ahead of the new school year. “We’re here to advocate for them,” Bexley School Board [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two people were injured in a shooting Sunday night on the north side of Columbus. Columbus police responded to a shooting call at approximately 10:07 p.m. near Covington Road and Tacoma Road in the Salem Village section of the city, a police dispatcher said. One person was taken to Riverside Methodist [...]