Watch a report on the fatal Fayette County accident in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio's governor has ordered U.S. and Ohio flags to be flown at half-staff in some areas of the state in honor of two firefighters who lost their lives this past week. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued an [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It all comes down to this. Starting Thursday, 14 high school teams from across Ohio will converge in Canton in an effort to win their division's state football title. The Ohio High School Athletics Association has released the teams and schedule for this week's state final games, kicking off Thursday, with [...]
Rain overspread the state associated, with low pressure tracking across the lower Great Lakes. Snow is falling on the cold side of the storm across portions of Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on The Spectrum: Hear what allegations he is facing and how the Ohio Attorney General’s office is getting involved. “He forced me to live a lie, living a double life under extreme amounts of pressure,” abuse survivor Essie Baird said. Hear what she said needs to change in order [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A woman is dead and another person is injured after a two-car crash Sunday morning in southeast Franklin County near Blacklick. According to the sheriff's office, a 2004 Honda Accord was speeding west on Chatterton Road while a 2018 Honda Pilot was turning east on to Chatterton Road from Fleet Drive. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State's regular season is over after losing 30-24 to Michigan in Ann Arbor. That loss also meant a significant drop in the rankings for the Buckeyes as they sit out from Championship Saturday. Ohio State (11-1, 8-1) has been ranked No. 6 in the new Associated Press and USA Today [...]
(WCMH) -- For the first time ever COSI is decking the halls for the holidays. The brand new exhibit is called Season of Celebration and it is officially underway. In this week’s Connecting with COSI, Dr Frederic Bertley takes Monica Day through the streets of “Progress” to see how things looked in the 1800s. He [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person was critically injured while four others were hospitalized after a crash Saturday afternoon in western Franklin County. The sheriff's office said that a person was driving a Kia Optima north on Hilliard Rome Road just after 1:35 p.m. The driver of the Kia ran the stop sign at the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are still searching for leads in the fatal shooting of a man found in an East Side alley. On Sept. 15, 2020, police responded to reports of shots fired and found 57-year-old David Olson lying in an alley behind the 700 block of South Weyant Avenue, in Eastmoor. Columbus [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- For the second consecutive year, Ohio State does not control its own destiny to make the College Football Playoff. After losing to Michigan 30-24 on Saturday, marking the program's third successive loss to the Wolverines, the Buckeyes will sit out next week from the conference championship and root for chaos across [...]
Education pays. At least, that's what Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. Higher degree holders earn more and experience lower unemployment rates than those without degrees or with lesser degrees. On a weekly basis, master's degree holders earn over $500 more than the median for all U.S. workers over age 25, and doctoral degree holders earn about [...]
Sunday will bring additional rain chances by the afternoon hours. Scattered rain showers will move in along with a cold front. Rain totals are expected to stay around one tenth of an inch for the whole day. Highs will be in the mid 40s.
ORLANDO (WCMH) -- It was a gritty, tenacious 1-0 extra time win for the Columbus Crew over a 10-man Orlando City side in the Eastern Conference semifinals at Exploria Stadium. The Crew will now face in-state rival FC Cincinnati in the Eastern Conference Finals. FCC beat Philadelphia 1-0 in the other east semi-final. The Black [...]
View the video player above for previous coverage. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man has died more than one week after a South Linden shooting and the suspect now faces additional criminal charges. On Nov. 12 at about 4:30 p.m., Columbus police officers responded to the 1700 block of East 17th Avenue. When they arrived, [...]