COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two central Ohio women are facing federal charges for fraudulently receiving more than $2.8 million in COVID-relief funds used to buy liposuction, a condominium in Westerville and property in Australia. Lorie Schaefer, 62, of Westerville, allegedly received nearly $1.9 million in COVID-relief funds by fraudulently claiming an affiliation with an Ohio [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Powell man has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $26 million from a Columbus furniture company. Yi He, 35, admitted to charges of wire fraud and filing a false tax return while employed at the company from 2018 to 2022, according to the U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A claim of bankruptcy made by the owners of Latitude Five25 apartments has been dismissed. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey dismissed the claim made by Paxe Latitude, the management company that owns the 400-unit apartment complex on Sawyer Boulevard, which has stood empty since late December after residents [...]
For previous reports on this story, view the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The man who turned himself in to police after his former girlfriend was stabbed to death was in court Wednesday. Chance Donohoe, 26, was arrested Tuesday morning after he called 911 from a relative’s home in Powell, where he told [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A suspect wanted in the death of a 19-year-old at a north Columbus Dairy Queen was arrested and given a high bond Wednesday. Mehki Lewis, 18, of Reynoldsburg, was arrested Tuesday and is charged with murdering Nathaniel Joe-Summerall, 19, who was gunned down in the 1500 block of Schrock Road. Lewis [...]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Footage showing a confrontation between a pregnant woman and police that led to her being fatally shot outside a grocery store last week won't become public until Friday, Blendon Township police said. A statement Wednesday from Chief John Belford said the body camera footage of Ta'kiya Young, 21, will become public [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A central Ohio high school has been named the top high school in the state, according to a new ranking. Bexley High School has been named the best high school in Ohio by U.S. News & World Report. The annual ranking scores schools on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and [...]
The weather will feel like September for a few days before summer heat returns this weekend. High pressure will build across the Great Lakes, providing ample sunshine and a refreshingly cool flow of dry air. Temperatures will be in the pleasant 70s this afternoon, under a partly cloudy sky.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – COSI will be open for one final week before it takes its annual month-long hiatus for cleaning and reconfiguration this fall. The Center of Science and Industry will go on a reset beginning September 4 which means there are only a few days remaining to see two of its most popular [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State's upcoming season was supposed to be the first for Pickerington's Sonny Styles. Instead, the No. 1 ranked player in Ohio for the class of 2022 decided to reclassify and graduate a year early to join the Buckeyes last fall. His decision paid off. The 18-year-old Styles will start at [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Opa! The Columbus Greek Festival is returning this weekend, marking 50 years celebrating the culture and ancestry of Greece. The annual festival runs from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon to 11 p.m. Sunday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday on the grounds of the Annunciation Greek [...]
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Crews are carrying out two demolition projects in the Fifth by Northwest neighborhood near Grandview Heights, but intentions for the sites are unclear. A company called Fifth X NW Property acquired the property at 1350 W. 5th Ave. for $0 on Aug. 8, a pattern seen at the site over [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — There's going to be a new voice when it comes to Ohio State football at Ohio Stadium. Tom Snyder was recently chosen to take over public address duties at The Shoe. "I'm really over the moon," Snyder said. "As a lifelong Buckeye fan, this is a way to be a part [...]
We'll be feeling a little more like fall for the middle of the week. A cold front moving through earlier will keep temperatures well below average and keep us a little cloudier through the first half of the day. But, some big changes are on the way!
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A community is mourning and asking for justice after a man was killed while trying to stop a robbery at an AutoZone store near Polaris Fashion Place. On Tuesday, mourners gathered outside the store to share memories of 43-year-old Alejandro Fajardo-Torres and call for justice. Fajardo-Torres was a customer at the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A shooting at the Easton town center left a 15-year-old dead and two 13-year-olds in custody. The Columbus Urban League is trying to interrupt this sort of violence before it happens. The League says some tragic situations, like the shooting at the Easton Town Center, are examples of generational trauma being [...]
Watch a previous report on the fatal shooting in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man might spend the next 22 years in prison for his role in a drug deal gone bad that turned fatal in July of last year. Andrew C. Jamar-Jennings was sentenced Tuesday to an indefinite sentence [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in critical condition after a shooting at a northeast Columbus apartment complex. Police said the shooting happened at approximately 7:03 p.m. on the 2100 block of Agler Road. The victim was taken to Grant Medical Center. There is no further information available at this time.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A local high school science teacher is heading to Poland to compete with the U.S. National Women’s Amputee Soccer team in their first international competition. Katie Bondy is a science teacher for the Online Academy in Hilliard and is also a girls’ lacrosse and soccer coach. Katie has lived with disabilities [...]
Watch a previous report on the shooting in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man has been arrested in connection to a fatal double shooting earlier this month in the Southwest Columbus section of the city. Columbus police have charged Anthony Bogins, 32, with weapons under disability and tampering with evidence in [...]
BALTIMORE, Ohio (WCMH) – It was June when AEP Ohio implemented a nearly 30% rate increase for some customers, but a Fairfield County man said his monthly electric bill was steadily rising long before then. With no explanation as to why, and unable to get through to the utility company, he contacted Better Call 4. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person has been transported to a local hospital in serious condition after a motorcycle crash in south Clintonville on Tuesday. Authorities responded to the intersection of East North Broadway and North High Street at 4:51 p.m. on Tuesday after report of a motorcycle accident, according to the Columbus Division of [...]
We are expecting a relatively calm evening, even as a cold front is expected to move through the state. there will be a very small chance for a quick sprinkle or two.