COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Zoo’s great ape family is growing by two, as they prepare for the birth of two endangered apes – a bonobo and Bornean orangutan. The mother orangutan, 17-year-old Khali, and bonobo, 18-year-old Faith, are entering the later stages of their pregnancies and are expected to give birth in late [...]
Watch previous coverage on the shooting of Sammy Sasso in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two teenagers have been arrested in connection to the shooting of an Ohio State University wrestler near campus a week and a half ago. A 16-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl were arrested Monday on charges of aggravated [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police have released the name of the 15-year-old boy killed after a shooting Sunday night at Easton Town Center that led to the mall being being locked down. Ra'shawyn Carter, 15, has been identified by the Columbus Division of Police as the victim who was shot near Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A woman was arrested Monday after being accused of robbery while using a machete at a Dublin hotel. Mahogany Hurley is charged with aggravated robbery and kidnapping after she allegedly refused to let a man leave a hotel room Sunday night until he paid her for a massage. According to Franklin [...]
For a previous report on this story, view the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The second of two people charged with murdering a man who was found in the trunk of an abandoned car faced a judge Tuesday morning. Tajuan Smith, who had evaded police for months, turned himself in and was arrested [...]
We've got another day of sunny skies in store for Central Ohio! Temperatures will still be slightly cooler as we struggle to push above 80 degrees. However, cooler weather is about to settle in for the next few days.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – In July, the City of Columbus warned the owners of a Greyhound bus terminal on the West Side to fix and improve multiple code violations. Now, it is seeking an injunction to declare the property a public nuisance. City Attorney Zach Klein announced Tuesday his office has filed a lawsuit to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — No. 3 Ohio State is four days away from its first game, and last week, coach Ryan Day said the Buckeyes could play two quarterbacks at Indiana. Day said junior Kyle McCord and sophomore Devin Brown have neither “won or lost” the job. Day added he took a straw poll of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One person is dead following a stabbing on the city’s southeast side and a man has been arrested in a northwest Columbus suburb. Police responded to reports of a stabbing at 6:05 a.m. in the 1400 block of Berkeley Road in the Deshler Park neighborhood. The victim was pronounced dead at [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new performing arts center in Dublin, which would house a several-hundred-seat theater, would cost an estimated $67 million to $119 million to build and boost the city's economy, a recent study commissioned by the city shows. Construction of a new performing arts facility in Dublin is gaining traction after a [...]
View a previous report where NBC4 toured the Scioto Peninsula's Junto hotel in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A multimillion-dollar project along the Scioto River in Columbus is expanding further. The Columbus Downtown Development Corporation (CDDC) called the project The Peninsula Phase II. It will bring back companies involved in the first [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A modest church building atop a small hill, surrounded by fraternity houses and rental units, may soon make way for another high-rise student apartment complex. A Chicago-based developer has ambitious plans for a plot of land on East 16th Avenue in the University District, including a six-story complex to house upward [...]
We have got another beautiful day ahead! Expect plenty of sunshine, with a few clouds mixed in this afternoon. We'll see highs in the lower 80s with comfortable humidity and light winds out of the north. Mostly dry outside of a very isolated shower chance late.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Following the fatal shooting of a juvenile at Easton Town Center this past weekend, the Mothers of Murdered Children Columbus said the situation is a tragedy and that it’s on us as a community to do more. The group put out a call to action on social media Monday, urging parents [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Following Sunday’s fatal shooting at the Easton Town Center, some central Ohioans may be thinking about how they would react to a violent incident. How do you know when to run, hide or fight? While an active aggressor situation can be frightening, there are ways to be prepared. Safe Passage Consulting [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio State University is now partnering with the Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH), to make naloxone readily available across campus. ADAMH’s NaloxBox project began in late 2021 in response to rising fentanyl overdose deaths. According to CEO of ADAMH, Erika Clark Jones, 2019 was the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- From cold cases to officer-involved shootings, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation responds to requests to assist local law enforcement agencies across the state. For larger agencies, like the Columbus Division of Police, the outside help provides a layer of accountability. For smaller agencies, which may not have as many people [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Mayor Andrew Ginther (D-Columbus) is urging state lawmakers to pass bills that will help curb gun violence in Columbus and across the state, for the second time in one month. “I'm calling on everybody to call their legislators in Congress but particularly in the Statehouse,” Ginther said. “There's a proliferation of [...]