COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) confiscated two loaded handguns at John Glenn International Airport during Labor Day weekend. According to TSA, the handguns were found in passengers’ carry-on baggage, which violates federal rules for traveling with firearms. The first gun was found at the checkpoint on Friday at approximately 6:10 a.m. [...]
The heat & humidity is still stuck in Central Ohio! "Feels-like" temperatures are well into the 90s for Tuesday evening. But, as we go through the rest of the week, we will start to feel a lot more like Fall.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are looking for a suspect accused of robbing a Dollar General store at gunpoint Tuesday morning. The robbery happened at the store on the 1500 block of Parsons Avenue at approximately 11:22 a.m. According to police, the male suspect walked into the store and behind the register, showing a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police have identified the man killed Sunday morning in a shooting at an east Columbus bar. Columbus police say that at 1:40 a.m., special duty officers working near the Lotus Lounge on Channingway Boulevard responded to gunfire. A man, identified Tuesday by police as 31-year-old Shawn Grooms, was found suffering [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Buckeyes started its season with a 23-3 win on the road to Big Ten foes Indiana and despite that, dropped places in the new AP Poll. Ohio State (1-0) has been ranked No. 5 in the newly released Associated Press poll that came out Tuesday after the first full weekend [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Hot and humid weather is expected to stick around central Ohio this Tuesday. This will be the last day for a while that temperatures are expected to reach the 90 degree mark. High will be in the low 90s with a heat index making it feel like the mid 90s. [...]
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) – Mohamed Lamin Kandeh was scheduled to appear Tuesday afternoon in Delaware Municipal Court, accused of killing his parents, Mohamed Alusine Kandeh and Bintu Kandeh, and it wasn't the first time he'd been charged with an offense involving them. Kendah is charged in the deaths from Sunday. Their daughter, Zainab, told police [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The owner of East Market has filed a complaint against one of its former vendors, claiming the business had not been paying its rent, according to court documents. The complaint, filed in Franklin County Municipal Court in August by Trolley East Market, alleges the Butcher and Grocer owes Trolley East Market [...]
WEST JEFFERSON, Ohio (WCMH) – An Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser was struck in a two-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning along Interstate 70, approximately eight miles west of Columbus. According to an OSHP release, a cruiser was part of a traffic control scene in which a commercial vehicle was on fire along Interstate 70 West, [...]
A previous report on a July fatal shooting at Jack's Corner Pub can be seen in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A north Columbus bar where a fatal shooting took place in July has had a lawsuit filed against it. Columbus city attorney Zach Klein announced on Tuesday that the city has filed [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State coach Ryan Day is set to speak with members of the media at noon to discuss the Buckeyes' home opener against Youngstown State. OSU is coming off a 23-3 win over Indiana in Bloomington. The Buckeyes' defense was lights out against the Hoosiers, but the offense struggled to find [...]
MARYSVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A student of Marysville High School has died after drowning on Saturday at a Labor Day weekend event. A letter was sent to Marysville Schools families on Tuesday morning saying that freshman Jesse Shock died after accidentally drowning in a pond during an Ohio State University cookout for "family and friends." [...]
IRONTON, Ohio (WCMH) – A Lawrence County man is dead after an ATV crash occurred Monday night. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Larry Blagg, 63, of Pedro, was operating his 2008 Honda Rancher ATV at approximately 8:43 p.m. Blagg was traveling northwest on County Road 14, approaching State Route 93, when his ATV [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Developers are aiming to expand an OhioHealth rehabilitation hospital and construct a WoodSpring Suites extended-stay hotel in Dublin. OhioHealth is presenting the final development plan on Thursday before the Dublin Planning and Zoning Commission for a one-story 10,936-square-foot expansion to the health organization's rehab hospital built in 2020 at 3805 Emerald [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A jury will decide whether a Belmont County sheriff’s deputy should be held responsible for his K-9 companion attacking a woman while off duty during a barbeque at the deputy’s home. More than four years after Allison Harris was attacked by Xyrem, the K-9 assigned to Belmont County Sheriff’s Deputy Dustin [...]
Columbus motorists experienced a slight incline in gas prices in the last week but still benefit from lower-than-average rates compared to the rest of the country. GasBuddy is reporting that the average price for gas in Columbus rose by 9.5 cents, to $3.61 a gallon. That price is 14.9 cents more expensive than a month [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Adjacent to other issues and candidates on the Nov. 7 ballot, voters in the state will be asked whether to legalize the sale, purchase and possession of marijuana for all Ohioans 21 and older. Close to 59% percent of likely Ohio voters, responding to a July poll administered by Suffolk University, [...]
Our late-summer heat wave continues today. Expect highs in the lower 90s, with a fairly muggy feel to the air.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It’s a small plant that is costing people in Ohio a lot of money and, in some cases, landing them in jail. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) just spent years looking into the illegal trading of ginseng, or green gold. People can make hundreds of dollars off the plant. [...]
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) -- The owners of a central Ohio restaurant are figuring out their next steps after a devastating weekend fire. For the past three years, Spencer Campbell and his wife have poured their hearts into Shakers Public House in Franklin Township. They said that since they became owners, they've made it into [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Investigators are asking for the public’s help finding a man wanted for rape and kidnapping. The U.S. Marshals’ Fugitive Apprehension Team tracks down the most violent criminals, people Chief Deputy Dan DeVille said others can't find or probably shouldn’t find because of how dangerous they are. The team is searching for [...]
Weather for Labor Day has been absolutely beautiful. Temperatures have been a little on the high side in the upper 80s and lower 90s with a touch of humidity. We've got one more day of this similar setup before we see some changes come to our forecast.