ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A central Ohio man has been charged with attempted murder after he fired shots at two employees inside Zanesville City Hall on Monday. Patrick Foraker, 39, fired three times from the street into Zanesville City Hall shortly before 10 a.m. Monday, according to Muskingum County Prosecutor Ron Welch. Foraker was targeting [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio State Buckeyes have parted ways with head basketball coach Chris Holtmann in the middle of his seventh season. The Buckeyes announced that athletic director Gene Smith has terminated Holtmann's contract after OSU suffered a 62-54 loss Tuesday to No. 20 Wisconsin, continuing a streak of no road wins for [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- From the reimagined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey at the Schottenstein Center to Olivia Rodrigo and Bruce Springsteen at Nationwide Arena, more than two dozens top artists and shows are performing in central Ohio this spring. Drake | It's All A Blur Tour Schottenstein Center at 8 p.m. on Feb. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One of two Columbus police officers accused of stealing and selling cocaine appeared in federal court Wednesday morning. John Castillo, 31, of Grove City, pleaded not guilty to federal drug charges after he and Joel Mefford, 34, of London, were arrested Feb. 1. Indictments against the two include accusations of stealing [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – February is American Heart Month, and health experts are encouraging patients of all ages to pay attention to their heart. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and the term can refer to many different types of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Tony-Award-winning revival of composer Stephen Sondheim's musical comedy "Company" has come to Columbus. Tickets start at $40 for the revival's eight-show engagement running through Sunday at the Ohio Theatre, available for purchase online here, by calling 614-469-0939 or by visiting the CBUSArts Ticket Center at 38 E. State St. Rush [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – NBC4 Today anchor Monica Day knows firsthand the importance of having up to date fire-alert systems in the home. On Sunday, Day received calls from neighbors, who said smoke detectors in her home were activated. Though the alarms could be heard from nearby homes in the area, no fire or smoke [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A beloved Columbus hot dog restaurant is expanding its operation with a location located near Ohio State. Dirty Frank's announced in a social media post on Tuesday that it'll open a new location at 2036 N. High St. in 2024. This move comes soon after Dirty Frank's expanded in January with [...]
NBC4 is covering the murder trial of Jason Meade from gavel to gavel. Viewer discretion is advised. 1:30 p.m. update: The jury has begun deliberating. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The fate of a former sheriff’s deputy who killed a Black man at the door of his grandmother’s house now rests in the hands of a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man has been sentenced to prison after he pleaded guilty to laundering money from romance scams on online dating and social media sites. Mubarik Ibrahim was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Tuesday and ordered to pay nearly $840,000 in restitution, according to the IRS Criminal Investigation Cincinnati [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – After 16 years, the CEO of Columbus Humane is resigning from the nonprofit, and the organization has launched a national search for her replacement. Rachel Finney is stepping down from her role as CEO of Columbus Humane – a nonprofit law enforcement agency that responds to an average of 6,000 animal [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Police in Columbus are concerned about the safety of a 5-year-old who was the subject Wednesday morning of an Amber Alert and remains missing. The vehicle from the alert has been located, nearly 150 miles away outside Cleveland, but both the child and his suspected abductor -- 5-year-old Darnell Taylor and [...]
We start the day cloudy, with a few flurries and light snow showers working through parts of the region, mainly south of I-70. That clears up by mid-morning, then clouds quickly break, giving way to lots of sunshine by this afternoon.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Six emergency shelters across Columbus are getting a big chunk of grant money from the city for important repairs and upgrades. Columbus City Councilmember Melissa Green said that as the housing crisis worsens across central Ohio, this type of funding will be critical to help keep up operations at emergency shelters. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Players, their loved ones, and community members are upset their team will not play in the Columbus City League championship because of what the district has called "an oversight regarding the scheduling of games." The Linden-McKinley boys basketball team recently found out about this. The Panthers have already played 22 games [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Breaking hearts and bank accounts. As we prepare to celebrate Valentine’s Day, scammers are on the prowl, and not for romance. “And, you know, these scams, we hear it all the time – they can be particularly painful because not only are you out the money but you also are being [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Sammy Sasso isn’t a giant of a man, but the Ohio State All-American wrestler definitely has a giant presence on the wrestling mat. That hasn’t changed, even as he walks across the mats at the Jennings Wrestling Practice Facility in street clothes with a noticeable limp and sits in front of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It's been more than four months since Hamas terrorists launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, sparking a fierce war in the Middle East since. Since then, tens of thousands of lives have been lost in the war, and one man says Hamas terrorists broke into his home and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Some Ohio lawmakers are trying to put more money in the pockets of teachers through House Bill 411, introduced by Rep. Joe Miller (D-Amherst). “This is a genuine way of bringing in quality teachers into the state of Ohio,” he said. Less than a year ago in the state budget, lawmakers [...]