COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, a disease that impacts almost 100,000 Americans - and it’s extremely prevalent within the Black community. Blood donations nationwide are being outpaced by the amount of blood being given to those who need it most. For central Ohio resident Julia Wallace, who has lived with [...]
The middle of the week has returned back to seasonable weather. Temperatures in Central Ohio made it back to the upper 70s and lower 80s. As we go through the last few days of Summer, we'll be getting a little warmer and sunnier.
A previous report can be seen in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 39-year-old Franklin County public defender living in Grandview Heights has been indicted on federal charges related to possessing material depicting child sexual abuse. Stephen Chinn turned himself in to the U.S. District Court of Southern Ohio on Wednesday morning and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man accused in a deadly shooting in the Short North was arraigned on a murder charge Wednesday morning. 19-year-old Quran Boston was arrested by the US Marshals Service Tuesday in South Linden. He is charged in connection with the death of 21-year-old Arthur Pickens who was shot and killed on [...]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) – Hilliard police are investigating the death of an infant found inside of a car Wednesday morning. According to the Hilliard Division of Police, officers found an infant in a car in the backyard of a home on the 4400 block of Paxton Drive South, in the Beacon neighborhood of Hilliard. The [...]
Summer is winding down, but the next few days will feel like a perfect end to the season! High pressure will keep skies mostly clear and sunny and let temperatures warm up heading into the weekend!
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Members of the state board of education are hoping to preserve their powers before the Department of Education overhaul strips them of most responsibilities. Seven elected members of the state education board are suing the state over the impending executive takeover of most of the board’s responsibilities in early October. The [...]
Watch a previous NBC4 report on Bellefontaine's proposed drag ban in the video player above. BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A rural Ohio city will be the first in the state to decide whether to ban drag queen performances in public or where children are present, Secretary of State Frank LaRose ruled on Tuesday. Bellefontaine residents [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State will play Notre Dame for a second straight year when the Buckeyes travel to South Bend, Indiana, for the first time since 1996. Last year's game between the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish was a little complicated for the Laverna and Lorenzo Styles from Pickerington. Their oldest son, Lorenzo Jr., [...]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Columbus police are searching for a vehicle and its driver for allegedly shooting at another vehicle on the State Route 315 highway. According to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, on Aug. 31 a vehicle was traveling southbound on State Route 315, just south of Interstate 270, when the driver allegedly fired one shot [...]
LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) – Over 100 pieces of evidence were collected after an illegal casino was raided Tuesday in Fairfield County. According to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, detectives responded to numerous complaints and reports of incidents that had occurred on the 2400 block of Columbus-Lancaster Road in a building adjacent to the Colonial Estates [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Coffee Festival is returning this weekend with more than 40 roasters serving up their best brew samples. The eighth annual event for coffee enthusiasts is welcoming guests on Saturday and Sunday with afternoon and evening sessions at the Ohio Village, 800 E. 17th Ave. Drawing more than 7,100 attendees [...]
Watch a previous report on Amazon's plans in Ohio in the video player above. NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Amazon Web Services will receive a 30-year tax abatement to build at least half a dozen new data centers east of Columbus, which will eventually net the area about 100 new full-time jobs, New Albany City [...]
We start the morning off with some clouds, but those break up, making way for mainly sunny skies this afternoon. We'll be dry outside of a very isolated sprinkle. Highs will top out in the lower 80s, giving us a bit of a warmup from where we were yesterday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- For the first time since Ohio released the state’s school report card, the Columbus Board of Education met to discuss the report. This comes as CCS failed to meet the state's standards in any category for the 2022-2023 school year. In the meeting Tuesday, the district acknowledged there is a long [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- We are just a few days away from the most anticipated Ohio State football game of the season thus far as the Buckeyes get ready to take on Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. on NBC4. When you are near campus on a game day you’ll be hard pressed to find someone [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are searching for suspects in connection to an armed robbery of a restaurant on the city's south side. The robbery took place on Sept. 11 around 7:55 p.m. at the Subway on the 3000 block of South High Street, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Police said the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks has been inscribed as the state’s first and only United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site. The eight Earthworks in southern Ohio were built by Native Americans between 1,600 and 2,000 years ago. The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks is now the 25th World Heritage [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It is an honor of a lifetime for a sousaphone player – dotting the “I” during the Ohio State Marching Band's script Ohio. On Saturday, a Columbus native said he would be experiencing a dream come true. Cam Reinbolt grew up in Worthington. Reinbolt is one of two marching band members [...]
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Downtown Mount Vernon is where Better Call 4 first met Sadie McFarland in July of 2021. McFarland, a legally blind college sophomore, called us to call on the city to install audio signals at crosswalks to help prevent tragedies for pedestrians like her. "After you guys ran your story, I reached [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has tested positive for COVID-19, his office confirmed Tuesday evening. The governor's diagnosis came hours after he attended a public press conference alongside Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther for a new gun violence initiative. DeWine's office said he started experiencing "mild cold symptoms yesterday." "Believing he had a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There are two pieces of tax legislation, related to guns, moving through the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee. One is House Bill 189, sponsored by Representative Al Cutrona (R-Canfield) that would exempt sales tax from certain guns and ammunition. “We don’t tax our First Amendment right to newspapers, I don’t [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- U.S. Marshals arrested a 19-year-old man Tuesday who is wanted in connection to a fatal Short North shooting. Quran Boston, 19, was detained on Tuesday by U.S. Marshals and the Ohio State Highway Patrol in the 1400 block of East Hudson Street. A warrant was issued for Boston after he was [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- You won't see it on your calendar, but September 19 is National Stillbirth Prevention Day. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 21,000 babies are stillborn in the United States every year. To bring attention to that alarming statistic, federal lawmakers introduced a bipartisan resolution, recognizing September 19 as National [...]