A low pressure center is still churning around the Great Lakes. Stubborn cloud cover and a few isolated showers will still be around as we head towards sundown. But, the midweek will start a very pleasant trend over the next few days.
GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks have brought a renovated fire tower to Scioto Grove Metro Park, allowing visitors to get a new, gorgeous view. The tower officially opened on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Metro Parks staff invited public attendees to climb the tower with park officials and view the [...]
The low pressure center that brought widespread showers to Central Ohio earlier this week is still here, but is a lot calmer. Winds will be fairly gusty throughout the day and clouds will be steady. As we go through the rest of the week, the forecast only manages to get better!
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A fast food chain with roots in Columbus might be launching new pumpkin spice flavored menu items this fall. Dublin-based Wendy's is rumored to be releasing a limited-time-only pumpkin spice Frosty and cold brew beginning next month, with reports teasing an official launch date of Sept. 12. While the chain did [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man convicted by a federal jury for committing six robberies in Columbus over a two-month span in 2020 could serve up to 27 years in prison. According to the office of Kenneth Parker, the U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Ohio, Ronald Lee Jacobs, 46, of Columbus, was found [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One person has been hospitalized after a Tuesday morning shooting on the east side of Columbus. According to Columbus police, reports of a shooting were called in at 10:08 a.m. Officers arrived at the 3300 block of Dale Avenue in Eastmoor across from Eastmoor Academy and discovered a person suffering from [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A report Tuesday indicated that two kickoff times for Ohio State have been set for Big Ten games in October. Brett McMurphy of Action Network HQ reported Tuesday that the Buckeyes' Oct. 7 home game against Maryland will kick off at 3:30 p.m. on Peacock and the Oct. 14 road game against [...]
POWELL, Ohio (WCMH)-- Kids head back to school all over central Ohio this week and safety is top of mind at the second-largest district in the region: Olentangy Local. Olentangy Local is unique in the sense that there are vast rural, urban, and suburban neighborhoods that make up the landscape of the Delaware County district. [...]
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus bakery known for over-the-top cakes and desserts is moving. Sugar Rush is opening a storefront at 8114 E. Broad St. over Labor Day Weekend, the bakery told NBC4. A move two buildings over from its current site, Sugar Rush's new storefront will feature additional seating, a milkshake bar and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio legislators are proposing several laws impacting the LGBTQ+ community, contributing to hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in statehouses nationwide in 2023. Buckeye State lawmakers are advancing four anti-LGBTQ+ bills so far this legislative session, among more than 725 proposed laws moving through statehouses across the nation, according to a report [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Starting this fall, Ohio’s state assessments may have slightly lower stakes for thousands of third-graders struggling to read. Since 2013, the Third Grade Reading Guarantee has tied a student’s promotion to fourth grade to their reading score on a standardized state test. For the upcoming school year, that tie will continue [...]
The system that brought us all the rain yesterday is located to our north, and is tracking eastward throughout the day today. As it does, we will be looking at a few scattered showers on the back edge, mainly this afternoon and evening.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Mid-Ohio Food Collective celebrated the grand opening Monday of its new market on Columbus' east side. The Mid-Ohio Market at the Bishop Griffin Resource Center will serve as a key asset for families in that neighborhood and beyond. “At one point in time, the Bishop Griffith center was only servicing [...]
WORTHINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Schools across central Ohio are preparing to head back to school, which means students will be lined up at bus stops. As school buses are back on the roads, it’s important to know when you are and are not required to stop. It mainly comes down to how many lanes there [...]
PICKERINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- As high school football teams get in their final pre-season workouts, the medical specialists who will be on the sidelines are getting ready too. The Pickerington Central Tigers team spent some time in the weight room on Monday. Kylie Powell, an OhioHealth athletic trainer and head athletic trainer with Pickerington Central, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Last week, voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot issue that the Ohio Republican Party backed, and many right-leaning groups and organizations backed; this was the first major loss for Ohio Republicans in years. But analysts on both sides of the aisle said it may not indicate a shift in the state’s overall [...]
This story below and the report in the video player above discuss instances of sexual violence and may be upsetting for some readers or viewers. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A woman is suing a Columbus medical practice, accusing an employee of sexual misconduct. Unyime Williams originally came to the United States from Nigeria on a student [...]
ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) -- People in Athens County are still cleaning up damage after an EF1 tornado rolled through Saturday night, knocking down dozens of trees and blocking roads. People who live on Angel Ridge Road in Athens County have been cleaning up damage from Saturday's storm for the last 48 hours. Mark Berryman describes [...]