PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Kentucky man incarcerated in an Ohio jail is facing additional charges after being accused of punching two deputies in the face. Michael Swords, 42, of Greenup, Kentucky, has been charged with two counts of felonious assault on a police officer, according to Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman. Swords was already [...]
The weather will look and feel like September for a few days, before summer heat returns this weekend. Skies will remain mainly sunny, with a refreshing northeast breeze.
ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Athens man who walked out of a hospital after being arrested will now spend eight to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug-trafficking charges. William Morgan, 60, originally entered a not guilty plea in August 2022 before he changed his plea in May. He pleaded guilty to 11 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A law firm representing a 15-year-old boy and his mother filed a complaint Wednesday against five juvenile detention center employees, alleging they are responsible for a fight with another inmate that left the boy paralyzed. According to a complaint filed with the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, the lawsuit states [...]
AMESVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Athens County landlord has been accused by the U.S. Department of Justice of sexually harassing tenants and housing applicants for nearly two decades. The justice department on Thursday filed a federal complaint against Joseph Earl Lucas, accusing him of violating the Fair Housing Act by, among other things, propositioning female [...]
Watch a previous NBC4 report on the Easton shooting in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The 13-year-old suspect charged with murder after a shooting Sunday night at Easton Town Center made an appearance in juvenile court on Thursday. The teen, also facing a tampering with evidence charge, was ordered on Thursday to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new survey is outlining how much someone needs to earn as a "living wage" to live comfortable in all 50 U.S. states, as the cost of home prices, rent, gasoline, utilities, and, well, most things is going up. Personal finance website GoBankingRates.com looked at data from the U.S. Bureau of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man has been arrested two days after a woman was found dead early Monday morning in Marion County. According to a news release by the Marion Police Department, a 34-year-old woman was found lying in an alley between Oak Street and Prospect Street in the northern part of Marion. Officers [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Former Ohio employees are facing federal charges for organizing a scheme to steal more than $9 million in state unemployment funds. Tiffany Wilson, a former Ohio Department of Job and Family Services subcontractor, has been indicted on 21 counts for leading a scheme that defrauded the state's unemployment system of more [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered U.S. and Ohio flags to be flown at half-staff. Flags will be lowered on Ohio's public buildings and grounds at the statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center and the Rhodes Tower in honor of Ohio Overdose Awareness Day on Thursday. The national and state flags will remain [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day, and the Franklin County Public Health is holding an event to help. Hope In Bloom is Thursday at Lower.com Field from 4 to 7 p.m., providing resources and raising awareness about addiction. Joe Mazzola, Franklin County Public Health Commissioner, said the event is a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State plays its first game of the season against Indiana in Bloomington, with a 3:30 p.m. kickoff. Quarterback Kyle McCord will get the start for the Buckeyes, who have not lost a season opener in the 21st century. Ohio State went 11-2 for a second consecutive season, losing to Georgia [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- From the Columbus Greek Festival and the Obetz Zucchini Fest to the Ohio Renaissance Festival and Ohio State Buckeyes' first game of the season, here are things to see and do this Labor Day weekend in central Ohio. Columbus Greek Festival Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday [...]
Watch a previous NBC4 report on the crash in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Ohio lawmaker is proposing a bill to require seat belts on school buses after a crash last week left an 11-year-old student dead and at least 25 more injured. Rep. Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) is drafting legislation requiring seat [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two months after having her first abortion, Lexi Dotson-Dufault was interning at Ohio’s statewide abortion fund, wondering if there was a way to better help patients move through the ever-changing myriad of emotions, legality and logistics to obtain the procedure. Although the Abortion Fund of Ohio – then called Women Have [...]
Skies are starting off cloudy today, but we get a lot of sunshine as Thursday goes on! Temperatures are still stuck in the 70s, but we're starting a warming trend that is going to bring on the heat heading into the first week of September!
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Leaders in Franklin County are coming together to raise awareness and remember those who have lost their lives to a drug overdose. A vigil and illumination event took place at the Franklin County Forensic Science Center on Wednesday, where speakers shared personal stories of loss, overcoming addiction, and resources to help [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It has been one year since a Columbus police officer shot and killed Donovan Lewis. Then-Columbus police officer Ricky Anderson was serving an overnight arrest warrant when he shot Lewis within roughly one second of opening his bedroom door. Lewis was unarmed. A month ago, a grand jury charged Anderson with [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There has been a lot of talk about violence in central Ohio, especially when it involves young people, and hearing about it can impact mental health and cause anxiety. When you hear or read about a violent crime that takes place in your community, it’s okay to feel sad or upset, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Thanks to an unlikely partnership between investigators and animators, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is making breakthroughs in cases that have gone unsolved for years. Figuring out what someone looked like when they were alive is a tricky process, especially when all detectives have to go by is a skull [...]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Parts of Florida will be recovering from Hurricane Idalia for a while and a crew from central Ohio is already there helping. The storm hit Florida as a hurricane and is now a tropical storm. Statewide, hundreds of thousands of people lost power. A team from the Westerville Electric Division (WED) [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A former Franklin County juvenile judge is weighing in on the current state of youth crime in Columbus. She said in order to see improvements, the courts need to take a different approach. Just this week, four teenagers have been arrested for violent crimes, including a 13-year-old facing a murder charge. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The school year is underway, and in 46 districts, some teachers and staff are going onto campus armed. You can see a full list of schools that have submitted rosters for armed staff programs at the bottom of this story. “My philosophy is quite simple: it takes a good guy with [...]