COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Six local Family Dollar locations will close after its parent company announced plans to shut down hundreds of stores nationwide. About 600 Family Dollar stores will close in the first half of fiscal 2024, the company announced in March. An additional 370 stores will be shut down as leases expire over [...]
Watch a previous NBC4 report on H.B. 68 in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A ruling by a Franklin County judge to temporarily block a law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth is being challenged in the Ohio Supreme Court, Attorney General Dave Yost announced on Monday. Yost filed an emergency motion [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man was hospitalized after four people allegedly were involved in kidnapping and robbing him in January. According to a Columbus police incident report a man traveled to Zanesville with another man to pick up two others. They all returned to a parking lot near Trillium Lane in Reynoldsburg, where the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A fashion retailer headquartered in Columbus with over 500 stores in the U.S. will now close over 100 of them. Express, whose portfolio includes Bonobos and UpWest, filed for bankruptcy and plans to close 95 Express stores and all 10 of its UpWest stores. The company did not specify which Express [...]
Plenty of sunshine will stick around the rest of the afternoon. Temperatures closer to seasonable return to central Ohio. Daytime highs will reach the low 60s. Winds will be mainly light, coming from the southwest at 3-7 mph. Get out and enjoy the sunny skies today.
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- The site of a flax mill dating to the Civil War along the Olentangy River in Delaware will undergo a $40 million renovation to become a mixed-use district home to luxury apartments. A groundbreaking ceremony was held this month on the five-acre development named "Mill on Flax," which includes the construction [...]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) - First responders in Hilliard are offering a new program for teens this summer to learn more about what it's like to be in law enforcement and fire service. The Hilliard Division of Police and Norwich Township Fire Department are having their first Hilliard Public Safety Youth Academy. According to a news [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Grant Medical Center is moving forward with the next phase of a $400 million expansion project. The parking garage and medical office that sit at 288 E. Town St. will be demolished, according to a conceptual review submitted to the Downtown Commission, and a seven-story, 270,000-square-foot trauma and critical care center [...]
For an earlier report on this story view the video player above. ORIENT, Ohio (WCMH) – The fatal shooting of a lieutenant at a Corrections Training Academy in Pickaway County is being classified as a reckless homicide. According to an Ohio State Highway Patrol incident report, the fatal shooting of Rodney Osborne is being considered [...]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) -- A federal judge has rejected part of a lawsuit against Hilliard City Schools by parents seeking removal of LGBTQ+ badges and alleging the district could be "hiding [a] child's gender dysphoria." Nine Hilliard plaintiffs' claim that the district would deceive a parent whose child is transgender if said parent is not [...]
View the player above to see previous coverage. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Central Ohio law enforcement officials claim organized retail theft has seemingly increased in recent years, with a recent investigation unveiling a unique shoplifting ring with local convenience stores as the culprit. Det. Caleb Loposser with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man struck by two vehicles on Columbus’ far east side, where both drivers left the fatal scene, has been identified. Columbus police said that 66-year-old James Brusenhan was the man who died after two cars struck and killed him on East Broad Street in the early hours of Friday, April [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Central Ohio experienced another round of strong storms last Wednesday, which came with heavy rain, large hail, damaging winds and several tornadoes. Five tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service in Ohio, raising the season total to 35 -- far more than have been previously recorded in the first four [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A child is recovering at Nationwide Children’s Hospital after being shot multiple times on the city’s west side late Sunday night. According to a Columbus police incident report, officers were called to the area of South Central Avenue and West Mound Street after receiving reports of a shooting at 11:07 p.m. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Gas prices in the Columbus area have been fluctuating up and down for the better part of the past two months. Last week was no different with prices jumping by over a quarter. According to GasBuddy’s survey of 500 stations, the cost for a gallon of gas rose by 27.6 cents [...]
View a previous report in the video player above on OH Pizza and Brew's announcement of plans to relocate from the KeyBank Building. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Days after a Downtown pizza shop announced plans to leave the skyscraper housing them, more tenants told NBC4 that they're joining in the exodus. The owner of OH [...]
We will be nicer this afternoon as highs warm into the low to middle 60s across the region, under mainly sunny skies.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A shooting victim was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital Sunday. According to a Columbus police dispatcher, officers were sent to the 600 block of South Harris Avenue just after 11 p.m. for a reported shooting. When police arrived at the scene, they discovered the shooting happened on the 1300 block of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Across Columbus, organizations are partnering up to address the city’s crime rate. Mothers of Murdered Columbus Children (MOMCC) is leading the effort called Operation Under Triple Digits. The group is using a data-driven approach to try and reduce crime and keep Columbus’ number of homicides this year to under 100. On [...]
READING TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man is dead after crashing his pickup truck in Perry County Sunday afternoon. The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) said Alan Mowery, 74, of Somerset, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado on Palomino Road in Reading Township at approximately 5 p.m. when he failed to make a curve in [...]