COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A restaurant known for its street food and gourmet sandwiches is closing its doors in Easton. Black Box Fix, located at 4037 Fenlon Street, announced its closure on its social media page on Tuesday. According to the post, the location is closing due to post-COVID conditions and a lack of employees. [...]
ORIENT, Ohio (WCMH) – A Pickaway County man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the stabbing deaths of two men at a mobile home park. Marty Dotson, 44, of Orient is charged with two counts of murder and one count of kidnapping. The Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office took Dotson into custody [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man was arrested Tuesday evening in South Linden after allegedly shooting a woman. The Columbus Division of Police said that a verbal argument took place between the two just after 8 p.m. near the intersection of Billiter Boulevard and Cordell Avenue. The man, identified as 21-year-old Robert J. Gates Jr., [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Boasted as "the nation's most elaborate costume party," HighBall Halloween is returning to High Street with "RuPaul’s Drag Race" star Nina West as host of the costume fashion show. HighBall is welcoming guests at 875 N. High St. from 4 to 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, with seven designers competing for a [...]
A previous report can be seen in the player above. DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A little over a month after a 90-count indictment pertaining to alleged theft was dealt to former Columbus Zoo executives, two of them made their first court appearances on Wednesday morning. Former CEO Tom Stalf and marketing director Pete Fingerhut both [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Ross County sheriff’s deputy who was shot in the line of duty last November will be one of nine law enforcement officers honored by Ohio’s attorney general this week. Sgt. Eric Kocheran will receive the Valor Award on Wednesday during the Ohio Attorney General’s Law Enforcement Conference. Kocheran was injured [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Adult websites would require users to verify their age by submitting a copy of a government-issued ID card before accessing sexually explicit material if a bill advancing through the Ohio Statehouse is signed into law. House Bill 295 -- the "Innocence Act" -- has been proposed to prohibit anyone under the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio House is looking at regulating high school playoff ticket prices. Speaker of the Ohio House Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) said as football playoffs are gearing up, he has an issue with the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s ticket prices. “In a lot of our schools, they’ve expanded the playoffs, [...]
Watch a previous report on Issue 1 in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – For faith leaders and their congregations, Ohio’s Issue 1 is more than a political or moral issue about abortion rights, it’s also a religious one. As the Nov. 7 election inches closer, religious congregations across the state are confronting [...]
Our warm weather sticks around for several more days. Expect highs in the middle 70s this afternoon. An isolated shower will be possible this afternoon.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The plans for a new $2 billion terminal at John Glenn International Airport brought out a crowd late Tuesday afternoon as many central Ohio unions are asking for an agreement on who is hired and how they’re paid. Union members are asking the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) for a community [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – It was nearly one year ago when 4-year-old Catherine Rodriguez was trick or treating in northeast Columbus when she was hit and killed by a pickup truck while crossing the street. Now, some residents said they’ve seen just how dangerous traffic in the area where the accident happened -- Valley Park [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – On Tuesday community leaders gathered to talk about the affordable housing gap in central Ohio. It’s something they said will only increase unless we act on it now. The Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio conducted a multi-year study which found that many people in central Ohio struggle with housing instability. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Interest rates are rising as are the costs of homes around the country. New data released by the National Association of Realtors also reveals what markets across the nation are experiencing, revealing the number of homes sold matched levels seen during the peak of the Great Recession. What does that mean [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Since the surprise attack against Israel, Hamas and other militants in Gaza are believed to have taken roughly 220 people hostage, some of whom are Americans. So far, four have been released, an American woman, her teenage daughter and now two elderly Israeli women. According to the International Committee of Red [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There is a new push to solve unsolved murders and it is all about putting the faces of victims in the spotlight. Crime Stoppers, Columbus police and the victims' families are partnering to put pictures and stories on billboards. There will be one at the intersection of Wilson and Fisher Roads [...]
Temperatures have pushed well above average for the final days of October. Plenty of sunshine helped today feel a lot more like summer than fall. The warm weather is sticking around for the next couple of days, but sunshine and dry weather will slowly start to taper away.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Residents of an east Columbus neighborhood are concerned after windows of more than a dozen cars were broken in one night. The crimes happened at some time between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to neighbors. The windows were smashed, and some glass is still in the grass and [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Scammers are always looking for an opportunity, and Medicare's annual Open Enrollment Period provides them with one. Now through Dec. 7, subscribers can shop for coverage plans, but open enrollment season for some is scam season for others. "It's really frustrating," said Dalton Miller, Vice President of Seniority Benefit Group, a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Some Republican lawmakers want to increase certain pension fund contributions. House Bill 296 is sponsored by Representatives Thomas Hall (R-Madison Township) and Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison) and would incrementally, over four years, increase the contribution amounts to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund. “To encourage people to be in law enforcement,” [...]