COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A former employee with two Columbus hospitals who treated child burn victims has pleaded guilty to possession of child sexually oriented material. Ryan Ramos, 38, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count each of distributing and receiving child pornography and possessing child pornography. According to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in serious condition and another is critically injured after a two-car crash Tuesday afternoon in southwest Columbus. A police dispatcher said that the crash occurred just before 12:30 p.m. at the intersection of South Highland Avenue and West Mound Street in the South Central Hilltop area. Columbus fire [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Videos released by the Columbus Division of Police show an exchange of gunfire that left one officer shot and an Amazon security guard dead. The bodycam and police car dashcam captured the moments around 6 p.m. Sunday when Columbus police caught up with 22-year-old Ali Hamsa Yusuf's car, following a shooting [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Warren man accused of murder was arrested in Groveport nearly two days after a fatal shooting in northern Ohio. According to a release by the U.S. Marshals Service, Zaa Von Hameed, 26, a wanted fugitive, was arrested in the 400 block of Shadow Run Drive in Groveport late Monday night. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A locally owned, fast-casual Mediterranean chain is expanding its footprint in central Ohio with two more locations. Agapé Mediterranean is launching new restaurants at 6589 Artesian Run in Lewis Center and at 855 W. Third St. in Grandview Heights, according to the company's site. The openings will expand the company to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A café and bar featuring craft cocktails, coffee, freshly baked pastries and more is expanding its business in central Ohio. Bada Bean Bada Booze is opening new locations in Grandview Heights and Marble Cliff. The café and bar already has spots in Italian Village at 231 E. 1st Ave. and Harrison [...]
View a previous report from the launch of the pilot program in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus is continuing with efforts to create affordable and sustainable transportation options through an electric bike program. The Resident E-bike Subsidy Program was started as a pilot program, providing vouchers between $500 and $2,500 toward [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Abortion providers want to challenge restrictions on medication abortion that they say violate Ohio’s new constitutional protections for access to the procedure. Attorneys for several abortion clinics have asked a Hamilton County judge to allow them to add Issue 1 claims to an existing lawsuit targeting the state’s ban on telehealth [...]
Watch a previous NBC4 report on Ohio's name-change law in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two Ohio lawmakers running for reelection, whose transgender opponents were nearly disqualified from the ballot, are now advancing a bill to expand who can question a candidate's legitimacy. House Bill 471 would allow any eligible voter, regardless [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohioans may be able to buy adult-use recreational marijuana sooner than expected, thanks to new rules approved and adopted on Monday by the state’s Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review. “We’re very happy,” Tom Haren, spokesperson for the Ohio Cannabis Coalition, said. The rules were adopted with no objection, including one [...]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – An explosion in the city of Westerville caused thousands to lose power during the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to Westerville police a transformer exploded at an electric substation in Westerville, in the 700 block of McCorkle Boulevard, near Maxtown Road, at around 2:40 a.m. AEP Ohio said that the [...]
We start the morning off with very light and spotty shower activity across the region. That will taper by about mid-morning, then we'll be dry for much of the afternoon before storms roll in later.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A bill that would require Ohio public schools to adopt a policy permitting students to attend religious classes during the school day has been introduced at the Statehouse. House Bill 445, sponsored by Reps. Gary Click (R-Vickery) and Al Cutrona (R-Canfield), would slightly tweak Ohio’s current law to “require” rather than [...]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) -- At Monday night’s Hilliard City Council meeting, the council president addressed the public, again apologizing for passing a resolution on the first day of Passover, calling for a mutual end to hostilities in Gaza. This comes after Hilliard City Council received backlash for passing the resolution. Both the Jewish and Palestinian [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after a reported shooting in northeast Columbus Monday night. According to a Columbus police dispatcher, the shooting was reported at 9:45 p.m. on the 2700 block of Brentnell Avenue. The victim was pronounced by Columbus EMS at 9:41 p.m. There is no word yet on what led [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- For the 17th consecutive meeting, the annual rivalry game between Ohio State and Michigan will kick off at noon, the Buckeyes confirmed Monday. The 120th meeting between the two schools will be played on Saturday, Nov. 30 at Ohio Stadium. OSU looks to break a three-game losing streak against the Wolverines [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – With summer approaching, a downtown Columbus summertime staple is getting closer to reopening after more than a year of construction. The Scioto Mile Fountain has been closed for construction since spring 2023. The popular spot for families to gather to cool off has been surrounded by fences as the work has [...]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A federal lawsuit unsealed Friday has accused a Chillicothe-based medical provider of performing unnecessary heart surgeries and taking pay from the U.S. government. The lawsuit is a qui tam action, meaning that plaintiff Rhett Holland's attorneys sued on behalf of the United States over fraudulently obtained money. Holland was Adena Health [...]
Tonight, expect clouds to increase across our area, with a chance of showers later and increasing toward morning, with lows in the upper 50s to near 60.