COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The NBC4 Today crew joined forces with a Besa for the season of giving Wednesday as 16 volunteers provided 40 service hours to "Feed the Kids Columbus". The group packed thousands of snack bags that will be distributed throughout 30 Central Ohio schools. Jenny Jahn, a teacher at Groveport Elementary School, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two people have been hospitalized after a crash shut down Interstate 71 South for a few hours in north Columbus late Wednesday night and in to Thursday morning. According to Columbus police the crash occurred on I-71 south between Cooke Road and East North Broadway Street at around 11:30 p.m. Two [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The NFL will showcase its usual trio of games this Thursday, which concludes with an NFL West showdown on NBC4. The league is also rolling out its inaugural Black Friday game. Here’s a look inside to the early Week 12 matchups. Green Bay Packers (4-6) at Detroit Lions (8-2), 12:30 p.m. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Statehouse is advancing a bill to include the U.S. Space Force within Ohio's legal definition of the Armed Services, legislation lawmakers argue is necessary for members and veterans to receive military benefits. Senate Bill 154 would update definitions of the U.S. Armed Forces, Armed Services and Uniformed Services in Ohio's [...]
We start the morning off with clouds, but we will see increasing sunshine into this afternoon. Expect a very seasonable holiday, with highs topping out in the upper 40s, with just a slight breeze.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A student at The Ohio State University has now fallen victim to three vehicle break-ins during his first semester in Columbus. Michael Vincent attended OSU at Mansfield near his hometown of Lexington, Ohio for his first two years of college. He moved to Columbus with his girlfriend and lives with her [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio State vs. Michigan game is just days away and people are clamoring online for last-minute tickets. Fans may be anxiously searching for last-minute tickets to the OSU game in Ann Arbor, but many are putting out a warning. Scammers are working to sell fake tickets, and if fans aren’t [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man accused of firing shots at police officers in the Hilltop neighborhood in November 2022 has been sentenced to prison. Lamar Blue, 37, of Columbus, was sentenced to 14 to 16 years in prison on Monday. Blue was charged with two felony counts of assaulting a peace officer, after he [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A central Ohio man is giving back this holiday season, helping out a place which he said saved his life. Jeremy Smith has come a long way from where he was about 10 years ago. He was 88 pounds and in the depths of an alcohol addiction. He said he was [...]
WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Waverly police have arrested a man accused of robbing a store in a stolen car and leading officers on a chase. Waverly police shared body camera footage on Wednesday that showed them pulling suspect Zachary Boone out of a crashed SUV. The crash came as a result of a Nov. 16 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The mother of an Ohio social worker's client has sued both the employee and her employer, claiming warnings of sexual misconduct fell on deaf ears and later resulted in violence. In a civil complaint filed Monday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, the mother accused the National Youth Advocate Program of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – As investigators look into an oil refinery fire in east Columbus, a bill focusing on oil refinery safety is moving through the statehouse. House Bill 205, or the ‘Protect Ohio Workers Act,’ is sponsored by Representatives DJ Swearingen (R-Huron) and Phil Plummer (R-Dayton). “It’s a safety bill,” Swearingen said. “We want [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – It’s been a little over a week since the deadly I-70 crash that took the lives of six people, who were all part of the Tusky Valley community. As a way to honor the victims, a local nonprofit added a cross to the crash site, but there is a safety concern. [...]
BUCYRUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two people are facing drug-related charges after deputies executed a search warrant in Bucyrus Wednesday morning. Crawford County deputies executed a search warrant at about 8:40 a.m. on the 300 block of West Warren Street as the result of a drug trafficking complaint. A 44-year-old man will be charged with trafficking [...]