COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Some health leaders say new COVID-19 booster shots could be on the horizon and they recommend some Americans receive an additional dose in a matter of months. Thursday, the CEO of Moderna announced the company is developing a booster shot to be more effective against the omicron variant. Research suggests the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The highly contagious omicron variant is certainly driving Ohio's latest spike in COVID-19 cases, but how will these new infections affect the disease's worst result: deaths? A growing body of research shows omicron cases are less severe than delta cases. A British government report last week, for example, found people with [...]
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A portion of Interstate 70 will be closed Friday night in Muskingum County. Sheriff Matt Lutz said in a Facebook post that the westbound lanes of I-70 will close starting about 10 p.m. between exit 152 in Zanesville and exit 141 near Brownsville. Traffic will be rerouted onto U.S. 40 and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Health has released the latest number of COVID-19 cases in the state. Numbers as of Friday, Jan. 7 follow: Total Change New cases 2,151,829 +19,563 Hospitalizations 99,170 +440 ICU admissions 12,007 +51 Deaths* 30,072 398 *–Deaths are updated twice a week, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays The [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are seeking help identifying three people accused of scamming cashiers into giving back more in change than they're owed. Police say that over the last several months, a team of three people -- one man and two women -- have gone into multiple Kroger stores and executed a quick [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are asking for the public's help identifying two people accused of stealing packages and more from an apartment building in the North Campus area. Police say about 1:45 p.m. on Dec. 22, two men entered an apartment building in the 200 block of West Norwich Avenue and stole several [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus police have identified the person whose body was found near a dumpster on the East Side this week. Creeshawna Renee Jordan was 31 years old. Her identity was released Friday, after family had been notified. Police were called Wednesday morning to the 300 block of Centab Drive, where the body was [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Health provided an update on COVID-19 in the state, Friday. ODH Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff was joined by leaders from the Ohio National Guard, as well as the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic, during the news conference. Once again, Vanderhoff stressed [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Restaurant receipts down, omicron shutting eateries, and promised grants that never arrived mean small businesses face another COVID winter on their knees. Almost 70 per cent of eligible Ohio restaurants which applied for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund did not get any money, according to the Ohio Restaurant Association (ORA). Of the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus City School district has canceled all classes, Friday, due to transportation issues. The district says there is no remote learning either. On Thursday, the district had planned more than two dozen schools to be on remote learning, but the number of transportation absences resulted in the cancelation. [...]
POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has announced the death of one of its cheetah ambassador dogs, Coby. According to a Facebook post, 8-year-old Coby was humanely euthanized after his health deteriorated due to a neurological decline. Coby, who came to the zoo as a puppy, not only helped raise [...]
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A landmark in downtown Zanesville caught fire overnight. The Masonic Temple on N. 4th Street caught fire around 11 p.m., Thursday. The local jail had to be evacuated because of the thick smoke in the area. No word on any injuries at this time. Fire crews remain on [...]
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 A.M. A southern storm brought a coating to a few inches of snow to central and southern Ohio, with flurries lingering this morning. A gusty northwesterly wind has pushed wind chills to near or a little below zero, so bundle up! Skies will remain mostly cloudy with a [...]
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH)--The Delaware County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help to find a stolen horse. The Chestnut Bay Thoroughbred was taken on Dec. 29. As pictured above, the horse has a white blaze marking on its snout, and a white sock marking on the left rear leg. The horse weighs nearly 1,500 lbs. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - To deal with rising hospitalizations amidst the current COVID-19 surge, hospitals are taking steps they took earlier in the pandemic. The Central Ohio Trauma System (COTS) announced on Thursday that all the hospitals in the state's Healthcare Zone 2 will be postponing non-essential surgeries until January 21st. “This is a last [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)--Columbus City Schools released Friday, Jan. 7 plan for remote and in-person learning. The district sites a high number of staff absences as the reason for 24 schools remaining in or transitioning to remote learning. Three schools will return to in-person learning. CCS lemote learning Jan. 7 Beatty Park Elementary School Buckeye Middle [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)--President Biden held former President Donald Trump responsible for the January 6 insurrection, and accused the former president and his supporters of holding a "dagger at the throat of America." On this one-year anniversary of the Capitol uprising, Ohio representative Tim Ryan told NBC4, the committee investigating the riot is closing in on [...]
COLUMBUS, OH (WCMH)- One year after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol hundreds have been charged but Ohio's former U.S. Attorney says the investigations are ongoing. David DeVillers is now a partner at Barnes and Thornburg. Last year, on January 6, 2021, he was serving as the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Ohio. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)--The Franklin County Auditor's Office hopes to give property owners peace of mind with an extra layer of protection against title theft and fraud. Imagine opening a piece of mail with a mortgage refinancing offer and it's not addressed in your name, or you stop receiving official documents in the mail. "So, in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)--Columbus City Schools is four days back from break and is still juggling staffing issues due to coronavirus and is pushing some school buildings to go virtual. South High School student Daizhon Cox wants to be in the classroom. “For South, we haven’t been in you know all week and today’s Thursday, so [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Tonight: Snow showers early, mostly cloudy, cold, low 13 Friday: Clouds early, sunshine later, high 23 Saturday: Mostly sunny, high 39 Sunday: Rain early, falling temps later, high 43 Monday: Partly cloudy, high 25 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Thursday Night, Snow showers are falling across our area on the coldest day of the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man has been sentenced to over 18 years in prison for robbing two auto parts stores at gunpoint. Craishon Russell, 32, was sentenced Thursday in federal court, said Kenneth Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. Russell had pleaded guilty to robbery and a firearms charge. According [...]
