Multiple central Ohio counties are under a tornado watch until 9 p.m. View live updates from Storm Team 4 in the link above.
View a previous report on the sezuire of 40 dogs from a Delaware County home in the video player above. SUNBURY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man whose Delaware County home went viral and led to the seizure of 40 dogs by the local dog warden has received multiple charges. The Sunbury resident had a warrant [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A portion of Interstate 71 southbound briefly closed on Thursday afternoon due to flooding, and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is advising drivers more closures are expected. All lanes closed on I-71 South at State Route 161 and Dublin Granville Road due to flooding on the roadway, according to ODOT. [...]
GROVEPORT, Ohio (WCMH) – The Groveport Madison school board has been accused of holding secret committee meetings, inadequately recording meeting minutes and unlawfully entering into executive session – by members of its own board. The school board – save for board members Kathleen Walsh and John Kershner – voted Wednesday night to appoint counsel in [...]
For an earlier report on this story, view the video player above. COLUMBUS (WCMH) – A suspect charged in a fatal shooting from March was originally arrested and accused of an unrelated robbery. Columbus police arrested Darrelle Howell Tuesday afternoon after officers responded to the 1700 block of East Livingston Avenue, where a man was [...]
Low pressure will track from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley, accompanied by showers and thunderstorms, some potentially strong to severe, with the threat of damaging winds and hail through early evening. Click the link above for live updates from Storm Team 4.
LEWIS CENTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- A shop boasted as the state's "biggest coffeehouse," home to beans sourced from Yemen and a brew recipe dating back 500 years, has opened in central Ohio. Named Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co., the Michigan-based brand is now welcoming patrons to the new shop at 8911 S. Old State Road in [...]
View a previous report from when Red Rabbit initially closed in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A ramen spot near Grandview Heights that closed in early March will soon reopen, with new leadership stepping in to keep it alive. Last month, the previous owners of Red Rabbit Ramen -- a ghost kitchen [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- From rapper Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday 2 World Tour" at the Schottenstein Center to murder-mystery comedy "Clue" at the Ohio Theatre, here are things to see and do this weekend in central Ohio. 'Clue' Ohio Theatre through Sunday Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday 2 World Tour Schottenstein Center at 8 p.m. [...]
View the player above for previous coverage. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A new report shows a “notable” decrease in distracted driving in Ohio since a law making it illegal for drivers to hold a cellphone in most instances was passed in April 2023. Cambridge Mobile Telematics, the world’s largest telematics service provider, has been monitoring [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a woman in east Columbus late Wednesday night. According to an incident report a woman was a crossing East Livingston Avenue while walking southbound between the Lilly Avenue and Berkeley Road intersections when a dark-colored vehicle approached [...]
View a 2021 report on Ohio State University's sexual assault statistics over a four-year period in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Nestled in an office building on West 11th Avenue is one of Ohio State University’s only confidential resources for survivors of sexual assault. Eliza Sabo is the Sexual Assault Response Network [...]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – A man is dead after a fire in southeast Columbus has destroyed a home early Thursday morning. According to a battalion chief at the scene, a two-story home in the Glenbrook neighborhood sustained extensive damage and a man was missing after a fire began just before 4 a.m. in the 3400 block [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Unique vending machines across Columbus are offering free products that can reduce drug overdose deaths and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. The preventative vending machines, with six locations across the city, are filled with fentanyl test strips, naloxone nasal spray, condoms and pregnancy tests. All items in the machines are [...]
Rain will continue most of the day, before thunderstorms roll in this afternoon and evening. It will also be very windy.
Watch a previous report on Dotson's guilty plea in the video player above. CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Pickaway County man could spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to the killing of two people in October 2023. Marty Ray Dotson Jr., 44, of Orient, was sentenced Wednesday to 26 years [...]
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- The former Circleville chief of police and former acting chief will be receiving thousands of dollars to voluntarily retire and resign. Former Circleville Police Chief Shawn Baer and former Acting Police Chief Douglas Davis will voluntarily step down from their positions, per ordinances passed on Wednesday, April 10 at a special council [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio’s former public utilities chairman, recently indicted as part of the state’s biggest corruption case in its history, was found dead Tuesday, and a day later some of the state’s top officials provided statements. “I just really feel sad for the family,” Speaker of the Ohio House Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Despite ten years having passed since a Columbus woman was last seen, a central Ohio family is not giving up hope in their search for her. April 10 marks a decade since Jayme Bowen went missing. She was 22 years old at the time. “She was here and then she’s gone [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said it has uncovered a shoplifting ring behind a string of thefts across central Ohio over the last three months. Now, detectives are asking for the public’s help in shutting down the ring for good. One suspect, Mark Long, is behind bars and faces 21 charges [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus hasn’t made rules about where people can live or where they can build a business in 70 years, and city leaders say it’s time for that to change and they want the community to be involved. The “Zone In Gallery” at 141 N. Front Street in Downtown Columbus is officially [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- As NBC4 celebrates its 75th anniversary since launching on air, the station is paying tribute to a remarkable broadcast pioneer in Ohio who paved the way for modern journalists. Ann B. Walker, who turned 100 last November, was the first woman in management in Columbus television history and the community service [...]
Expect more rain showers to work in tonight, as temps will fall a couple of degrees into the upper 50s by Thursday morning.
