COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio Department of Health has released the latest numbers related to the coronavirus pandemic in the state. Numbers as of Saturday, Jan. 29 follow: Total Change New cases 2,571,021 +8,609 Hospitalizations 107,151 +232 ICU admissions 12,696 +17 Deaths* 33,071 N/A *–Deaths are updated twice a week, usually on Tuesdays and [...]
Used car prices have reached record highs, with the average used car price at $30,799.
Arctic high pressure will build across Ohio into Saturday, with clearing skies and frigid temperatures. We will start the day with single-digit readings and wind chills of -5 to -15 degrees for the third morning in four days. A major nor'easter will develop off the Southeast coast and create blizzard conditions from eastern New Jersey [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- In honor of what would've been his 25th birthday, the family of Casey Goodson Jr. is hosting a community resource fair in Columbus on Saturday. "It is really uplifting to see how people have come to view Casey as their own," said Sean Walton, attorney for Goodson's family. Walton said the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Disability Rights Ohio has set out to help people living in segregated, institutional facilities find a way into community housing. After a five-year federal court fight, Disability Rights Ohio is claiming a win in its effort to get intellectually and developmentally disabled Ohioans independent housing. The group filed a class action [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A chase across state lines that involved stop sticks, a shooting and a negotiation came to an end on Friday afternoon with one person in police custody. Officers had tried to serve an order to a man in Parkersburg, West Virginia, according to a joint press release from Wood County Sheriff [...]
Just days after announcing his new tour, Kid Rock says he won't perform at venues that require COVID-19 vaccination or masks.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The wait is almost over for Cincinnati Bengals’ fans. On Sunday, the Bengals will play the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game. “I’d never seen them win a playoff game until this year so yes, it’s very exciting,” said Meg Hartmann, a lifelong Bengals fan. John Evans is also [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- It was going to be the kind of senior season athletes dream about. Dublin Coffman’s Aidan Dring was second-team all-league as a junior and was being recruited to play college basketball. Then, less than three months after he turned 18, Aidan’s senior year took a terrifying turn. Aidan started feeling dizzy [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)--The stock market has been in flux the past week. That's what the market does. Remember, when the country shut down during the beginning of the pandemic, the DOW Industrials dropped below 20,000. At the time of this writing, the DOW was hovering around 34,000. "The key to buying is that diversity is [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio National Guard has had boots on the ground in Columbus the last three weeks helping with COVID testing at a mass testing site. An emergency physician with the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center says this has helped the emergency department. The site is CAS off Olentangy River Road, and [...]
YELLOWBUD, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ross County Sheriff's Office is investigating the disappearance of 15-year-old Angel Marolt who ran away from her home Friday morning. Marolt -- who is 5 feet 2 and 180 pounds with brown eyes and red and black hair -- disappeared between 1 and 8 a.m., the sheriff's office said in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 17-year-old girl died Friday, one day after a shooting on the Southeast Side. Columbus police were called to the 4600 block of Refugee Road about 5:15 p.m. Thursday on the report of a shooting and found Yazmink Speer suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to Mount Carmel East [...]
