COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A former executive with a Columbus-based insurance company pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $10.2 million and spending the money on a yacht, plastic surgery, and other luxuries. Brinson Caleb Silver, 43, of Culver City, California, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of contempt of court [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A social media post has resulted in Columbus police taking two teenage students into custody on Monday. Officers went to Champion Middle School in the 200 block of North 22nd Street after getting a report around 4:40 p.m. of a concerning Instagram post. The person who called police said the post [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – New state legislative maps heavily criticized by redistricting advocates as unduly favoring Republican legislators will remain in place until 2030, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Monday evening. In a dismissal of legal challenges to the redistricting plans, the court pointed to the commission’s bipartisan approval of the maps as evidence that [...]
Watch a previous NBC4 report on O'Charley's Ohio closures in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- O'Charley's has shuttered two more restaurants in Columbus after closing four Ohio locations in August. The Nashville-based chain has permanently closed its Westerville-area restaurant at 285 Cleveland Ave. and its Grove City location at 1657 Stringtown Road, [...]
Temperatures have been absolutely brutal to start off Tuesday! Temperatures made it down to the 20s and teens with strong winds making it feel more like single digits! We're still below freezing today, but gradually getting warmer through the rest of the week.
A previous report can be seen in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A former Columbus vice officer, who was found not guilty of murder by a Franklin County jury, will face federal charges next year. According to court documents, Andrew Mitchell, who was accused of shooting and killing sex worker Donna Castleberry in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Bexley police cruiser was struck by a stolen vehicle during a pursuit early Tuesday morning. Columbus and Bexley PD confirmed that officers responded to reports of a stolen vehicle at 7:19 a.m. after a 911 call was received from an individual following a stolen car owned by a relative. The [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State is sitting on the sideline during conference championship week for the third straight year and does not control its playoff destiny. Instead of playing for a Big Ten title, the Buckeyes will be rooting for disruption and the opening of a path to the College Football Playoff. They're among [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- After launching "the world's first" beer hotel in Canal Winchester, a Scotland-based brewery and pub chain is opening its third airport location in Columbus. BrewDog is constructing a new bar inside Concourse B of John Glenn Columbus International Airport, according to city permits. The location is taking over the space next [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Several Ohio cities received a perfect score by a national report grading municipalities across the nation for equality, "stepping up" to combat anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in the state's legislature. Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Dublin each achieved a perfect score of 100 by the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Tuesday! Today will be the coldest day of the upcoming extended period, with "feels-like" temps starting off in the single digits during the morning, and not warming up much during the afternoon. Expect daytime highs in the upper 20s to near 30, with a breeze keeping "chills" in the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Cyber Monday is in full swing, and we’ve been showing you how to spot a scam and what happens if you fall for one, but how often is this actually happening? There are a lot of different categories when it comes to scams ranging from fraud to identity theft. Here in Ohio, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A report and body camera footage released by the state are shining a light on what happened earlier this month when a chain reaction crash killed three high school students and three adults in Licking County. A report from the Ohio Department of Public Safety shows the 2019 Freightliner semi-truck was [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after a shooting in the North Linden section of Columbus Monday night. According to a Columbus police dispatcher, the shooting happened at approximately 6:39 p.m. near the intersection of McGuffey and East Weber roads. Columbus police said three people of interest and the victim were seen having [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose moved offices on Monday, to the same building his office confirms he has done campaign work from. It is a move NBC4 first told you about in September. Days after NBC4’s first report, LaRose told reporters that the move was "incidental," to the new location [...]
Tonight expect mostly cloudy skies, breezy conditions, and cold temps running in the upper teens to lower 20s.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man who court records said skipped out on bond last year has been arrested in a homeless shelter in Arizona by U.S. Marshals, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Monday. Sonney Hammock, 49, was arrested on Nov. 21 in a homeless shelter in Phoenix by the U.S. Marshals Task Force. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A first-of-its-kind housing unit is opening this Friday in Columbus. “This 52-unit project is more than bricks and mortar, more than bricks and sticks,” Assistant Senate Minority Leader Hearcel Craig (D-Columbus) said. It is a $15.6 million investment, with $10.6 million of the investment coming from the healthcare company CVS/Aetna, [...]
MARION, Ohio (WCMH) -- A pedestrian has died Monday after being struck by a train in Marion, according to city police. Officers went around 4 p.m. to the CSX railroad crossing near West Center Street and Curve Street on reports of a train crash involving a pedestrian. Firefighters and the county coroner's office joined them [...]
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- While the Ohio sun has seemingly gone away for the winter season, construction is underway in Delaware County on a first-of-its-kind solar project that's helping put one of the fastest-growing areas in the country at the forefront of renewable energy and environmental sustainability. "We're actually building the whole thing on ground [...]