COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- While clocks are skipping an hour this weekend, advocates say Ohio should abandon daylight saving time and observe standard time permanently. Daylight saving begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, beginning the annual nine-moth period when U.S. clock "spring forward" an hour in March and "fall back" in November. Yes, this means [...]
Skies have remained mostly dry through this morning, but wet weather is already starting to creep in. As we get closer to the weekend, rain chances will turn widespread and will last for at least another day.
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – A man has been arrested after police accused him of setting fire to his own south Columbus residence – twice. On Monday morning, crews from the Columbus Division of Fire responded to the 600 block of Lock Avenue, near State Route 104 and Groveport Avenue. Firefighters on the scene extinguished the fire [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A former Columbus bank employee who scammed multiple people out of nearly $2 million will spend more than eight years in prison. Prince Oduro, 34, was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 8.5 years in prison for money laundering and wire fraud -- and ordered to pay back $1.8 million to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An annual festival featuring several different types of beer that will help raise money for a local organization is happening this weekend. The Columbus Brew Festival is set for Saturday at COSI on West Broad Street in Franklinton. 150 beers will be available for participants to try, along with access throughout [...]
HEBRON, Ohio (WCMH) – Highway patrol investigators released some details Friday on a crash that left a teenage girl dead in Licking County. Megan Hart, of Baltimore, Ohio, was heading east on Thursday in a 2003 Toyota Corolla on Refugee Road, near Canyon Road in Hebron. Around 5:48 p.m., her car veered off the left [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Sofi's Mini Donuts, a central Ohio food truck known for crispy treats drizzled in Nutella, is expanding with the vendor's first brick-and-mortar location. The donut eatery is opening a kiosk inside of Polaris Fashion Place this spring, according to a recent permit filing. Sofi's walk-up food truck travels to various central [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Central Ohio communities are hosting Easter celebrations this March with grand-scale egg hunts, family-friendly activities and more. Find an Easter event near you below. Bexley Jeffrey Meadow Behind Jeffrey Mansion at noon on March 30 Canal Winchester C3 Church 6305 Waterloo Road NW from 7 to 9 p.m. on March 22 [...]
A rare total solar eclipse will be visible in Ohio, weather permitting, on the afternoon of April 8, with the path of totality 124 miles wide crossing the northwestern part of the state. More than 30 million Americans will in the path of totality.
View a previous report on 2022 concealed carry permit data in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The number of concealed carry licenses issued in Ohio saw a "predictable" sharp decline in 2023, the first full year the state’s permitless carry law was implemented, a report by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office shows. [...]
View a previous report on the potential for legal Ohio shops for recreational marijuana in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- State laws and city ordinances now allow Ohioans to grow their own recreational marijuana at home, but there are caveats to doing so depending on each resident's unique situation. With the passage [...]
Cloud cover will thicken through the day, with showers breaking out this afternoon, becoming widespread tonight. Temperatures will warm a little, close to 60 degrees in a southeasterly flow.
LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) – A group of 10 women in Fairfield County have won a $10 million verdict against a former massage therapist. Matthew Schaitel was convicted of sexual imposition in 2021. The nine-day trial finished on Feb. 28. Schaitel is a former massage therapist and now registered sex offender who worked for Natural Remedies [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Creating the next generation of medical professionals was the goal of Thursday’s healthcare expo. It’s part of a broader initiative to cultivate a healthcare talent pipeline in central Ohio. It was organized by the Central Ohio Healthcare Sector Partnership, in collaboration with the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio and the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus group dedicated to making the community safer is hoping to get more community members involved in its efforts. “The only way we can do this is together, to fight against this violence," said Ralph Carter, Founder and CEO of We Are Linden. The group on Thursday held what it [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- National Consumer Protection Week is observed during the first full week of March each year, to encourage consumers to take advantage of their rights, make informed decisions, and educate themselves on the latest scams. As part of that effort, Thursday is Slam the Scam Day. The Social Security Administration's Office of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union address on Thursday night and in Ohio, state lawmakers are setting their expectations for what they want to hear. “I think he needs to do a good job of taking credit for a lot of the good things his administration and [...]
Tonight, we will continue with mainly cloudy skies, but temps still almost 15 degrees above normal in the middle 50s with a light east breeze.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – School districts in central Ohio are trying to get kids more interested in STEAM, or science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Students in Grove City got to do just that on Thursday morning when COSI and Breezeline, a company that provides broadband internet to Ohio and other states, brought hundreds of [...]