COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A teacher within Ohio's largest school district has been removed from the classroom after it was reported they allegedly used a racial slur. Columbus City Schools said on Friday it was made aware of a recent incident where a Johnson Park Middle School teacher allegedly used offensive language, including the use [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Former President Donald J. Trump has received a significant endorsement on his path to the Republican nomination. The Ohio Republican Party State Central Committee met in Columbus and endorsed Trump for President on Dec. 1, 2023. The businessman turned ex-president is seeking the Republican nomination as he hopes to defeat President [...]
Rain has found its way back to Central Ohio for the start of December and doesn't plan on leaving any time soon! At least with this incoming system we don't see any major impacts to our temperatures. As the days go by, we do manage to get a couple periods of drier skies.
Watch the Facebook livestream of the opening ceremony in the player above. (Courtesy Video/Wadsworth Griswold House) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The spirit of “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation” lives on at a house in Wadsworth, Ohio. The Wadsworth Griswold House, at 173 Duane Lane, has been lit for the 11th year in a row, and “it's [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A reported shooting sent Franklin County deputies to the North Linden neighborhood late Friday morning. According to Columbus police dispatchers, the shooting occurred in the 2000 block of Dunbar Drive, near Cleveland Avenue, just before 11 a.m. CPD was unable to provide additional information and said that the area of Dunbar [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One evening per month Lox Bagel Shop will transform into a smashburger pop-up, serving burgers, milkshakes, sides and drinks. Lauren Himes, manager at Lox Bagel Shop and creator of smashburger pop-up Funky Duck, was inspired to start the concept after trying a smashburger at a New Orleans restaurant while on vacation. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The top home sold in Franklin County last month went for $3.1 million, and the top home in Delaware County went for $1.7 million. NBC4 analyzed daily property sale records from the Franklin and Delaware county auditor’s offices and filtered for "one-family dwellings" to not include apartments, duplexes, or unrelated land [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Dozens of cars were broken into in an apparent smash-and-grab north of Downtown Columbus early Friday morning. Columbus police were called to the 300 block of East Second Avenue in the Italian Village neighborhood where several car windows were smashed out. A witness told police someone was breaking into cars at [...]
NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) -- One of the roads closest to Intel's $20 billion campus is set to reopen Friday, and bringing changes with it. Clover Valley Road from Mink Street to Green Chapel Road, located in New Albany's Silicon Heartland, has been closed since June as construction crews got to work. The road has [...]
We end the workweek on a soggy note, as an area of low pressure makes its way through the Ohio Valley. This system brings us fairly widespread and steady rain Friday morning through early afternoon. Beyond that point, the rain becomes more scattered in nature through the evening.
COMMERCIAL POINT, Ohio (WCMH) – For the first time, a Scioto Township trustee who was caught on tape using a racial slur and now is refusing to resign, publicly addressed the community. Many packed the Scioto Township board room and the halls on Nov. 30 as the public and other trustees asked for Bart Fannin [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The results are in from the “find forgotten funds” competition: a battle between Ohio’s Division of Unclaimed Funds and the Michigan Department of Treasury to see which department could reunite the most residents with their unclaimed cash. It all started as an added incentive, leading up to the big game between [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Three people are injured after two shootings in east Columbus Thursday night. Both shootings occurred on Elaine Road in the Leawood Gardens neighborhood. The first shooting occurred around 10:02 p.m. on the 1500 block of Elaine Road, according to Columbus police. The second occurred on the 1700 block of Elaine Road. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The City of Columbus has reached 140 homicides this year, officially surpassing last year's number of 139. The latest was a deadly Tuesday night shooting on the far east side of Columbus. In a plea to make the city safer, the Moms of Murdered Columbus Children (M.O.M.C.C) is asking the community [...]
Tonight, clouds will increase across our area, trapping in some of the warmth from today, ahead of rain that will form after midnight and be in the area for the morning commute with lows near 40.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohioans are just one week away from recreational marijuana becoming legal and lawmakers at the Statehouse are still weighing their options. Regardless, next Thursday, it will be legal for Ohioans over 21 to both possess marijuana and grow it in their homes. No dispensaries will be open come Dec. 7. The [...]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) – The wife of a man killed in a car accident involving a stolen Kia said she is still processing the news that her husband is dead. Matthew Moshi, 36, was in a grey Honda when he was struck by a Kia that ran a stop sign. That Kia was stolen and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Friday is the 35th anniversary of World AIDS Day. More than one million Americans are currently living with HIV. It’s a day dedicated to raising awareness of HIV and AIDS - and also recognizing how far treatment has come. For one central Ohio man who is positive for HIV, January of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – On Nov. 7, voters passed Issue 1, which enshrines abortion rights in Ohio's constitution. This means next Thursday, in one more week, abortion is considered legal in Ohio prior to fetal viability. For those on the “vote yes” side of Issue 1, next Thursday will be a happy day, they said. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Scammers are going after customers of a cable company that serves millions of Ohioans. Now the company and consumer advocates are warning customers to be aware. Michael Sparks, a retired engineer in Chillicothe, considers himself an informed consumer. "I get five to six scam calls a day," Sparks said. "I don't [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Columbus police are searching for two suspects in connection to a break-in that left several items missing from a local tattoo supply store. On November 25, at approximately 8:05 a.m., two suspects broke into a tattoo supply store in the 900 block of N 22nd Ave. An estimated $1,500 worth of [...]
NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) - A reward has been put forward Thursday for help finding a suspect in a break-in at a business in Newark. The Newark Division of Police reported that on Sunday, Sept. 24, a man broke into Smyth Auto Parts in the 100 block of South 21st Street and stole an undisclosed amount [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two defendants have admitted to their involvement in the armed robbery of a mail carrier in April 2023, and planning the robbery while in jail for a similar crime. Da’mon May, 18, of Columbus, and Cody Beasley, 22, of Columbus, are two of three defendants charged in relation to the robbery. [...]