COLUMBUS, Ohio (COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST) -- After cutting one-fifth its workforce, Root Inc. is joining many employers in shrinking and redesigning office space to reflect permanent changes brought on by the pandemic. The parent of Root Insurance Co. has vacated its customer support center at 3435 Stelzer Road in the Easton area. It terminated the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person was shot and killed on the city's east side Friday, Columbus police said. Around 2:30 p.m. Friday, Columbus police were called to 100 block of Tarragon Way. The victim died at 2:52 p.m., according to the Columbus Division of Police. Columbus police said a gun was recovered at the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST) -- Columbus' top airport official says "the only real answer" to ensuring the future success of John Glenn Columbus International Airport is to build a new terminal and raze the old one. Joe Nardone, CEO of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, said spending millions to upgrade the 34-gate terminal built [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)-- A Columbus woman is headed on a free trip to Greece after winning the grand prize in a "TODAY with Hoda & Jenna" contest. On the last day of their "Trip-A-Day Giveaway," Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager surprise Reese Fowler, a Columbus house cleaner of more than 40 years, with a vacation to Santorini, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Health has released the latest number of COVID-19 cases in the state. Numbers as of Friday, Feb. 25 follow: Total Change New cases 2,651,304 +1,612 Hospitalizations 112,203 +147 ICU admissions 13,204 +17 Deaths* 36,580 +313 *Deaths are updated twice a week, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays The [...]
LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Hocking County Sheriff's Office arrested a Logan man on Tuesday after receiving a tip from the Internet Crimes and Children Task Force. The tip alleging child pornography led to several search warrants, according to a social media post from the Hocking County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff's detectives interviewed Robert B. Gemienhardt, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The ramp from I-70 eastbound to State Route 315 northbound will be permanently closing soon for the next phase of improvements at interstates 70/71. "This change is necessary to widen and realign the ramp from I-71 north to I-70 east. This move will significantly improve traffic flow," a release from the [...]
The wintry mix overnight created slick roads over northern portions of the state early this morning. A few snow flurries will linger through the day in a cold northwesterly flow behind departing low pressure over the Northeast. Temperatures will be seasonably cold this weekend, with clearing skies as high pressure builds in. Temperatures will start [...]
The trial of Dr. William Husel is being livestreamed each day on NBC4i.com and the NBC4 app. 12 p.m. update: Court is on break until 1 p.m. Dr. Saad Hagras of Mount Carmel will continue to testify when they return. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Testimony resumed Friday in the murder trial of former Mount Carmel [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus City Schools announced classes at Beechcroft High School would be canceled, Friday. According to a spokesperson with CCS, elevated levels of carbon monoxide inside the building forced the district to cancel classes at the school. There will be no remote learning for the day either and all extracurricular activities [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: AM flurries, PM clearing, high 32 Tonight: Mostly cloudy, low 22 Saturday: Partly cloudy, high 37 Sunday: Increasing clouds later, high 43 Monday: Mostly sunny, high 40 Tuesday: Partly cloudy, high 49 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Friday, everybody! After another wet Thursday, rain and a wintry mix continued into the early morning [...]
LICKING COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper was hospitalized when he was struck by a vehicle during a series of crashes. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at about 9:30 p.m., Thursday, troopers were called to an area of I-70WB in Licking County because a U-Haul truck had become [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio’s K-12 schools saw one of their best weeks of new COVID-19 infections this past week, reporting 3,735 cases to the Ohio Department of Health on Thursday. Although the week’s cases are slightly higher than last week’s 3,460, they're only the second-smallest weekly increase this school year since NBC4 began tracking [...]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Freshman Malaki Branham scored 31 points to lift No. 22 Ohio State to an 86-83 win over No. 15 Illinois on Thursday night. With the win, the Buckeyes are in fourth place in the conference, a game-and-a-half behind Purdue and Wisconsin. Ohio State forward E.J. Liddell was questionable with the flu [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - It was around 10 p.m. Wednesday and Daryna Zaitseva was watching the news as the Russian invasion of her home country began. It was around 5 a.m. in Ukraine, and Zaitseva, a junior at Capital University, decided to call her mom. “I was like, you have to get out of there [...]
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two Franklin Furnace men were arrested Thursday in connection with a three-month crime spree in the Wheelersburg area, according to the Scioto County Sheriff's Office. Travis Floyd, 25, and Burt C. Copley, 44, were arrested early Thursday morning by Scioto County deputies and detectives, who have been investigating several stolen vehicles, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man was charged Thursday in connection with the December death of Imam Mohamed Hassan Adam. John Wesley Wooden, Jr., 46, is accused of shooting and killing the 48-year-old local Somali community leader on or about Dec. 22, according to records from the Franklin County Municipal Court. According to a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police said they are investigating what could be human remains on the city's south side Thursday. A caller alerted police to potential human remains found at 2940 Groveport Road around 5:10 p.m. Thursday, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Police said they are currently guarding the area from Groveport [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Redistricting Commission passed a third set of legislative maps Thursday -- one week after it failed to meet its Feb. 17 court-ordered deadline. In a 4-3 vote, the commission approved new Republican-drawn maps that dictate the districts that will make up Ohio's General Assembly. All of the Republican commissioners [...]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ross County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 28-year-old woman. Lindsey Schobelock, who is 5 feet 5 and 135 pounds with blonde hair and brown eyes, was last seen in Chillicothe Wednesday night, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. Schobelock's vehicle was located on Windy Ridge [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Russian invasion of Ukraine is also affecting those here in Central Ohio. "It's difficult, it's very hard watching from the sidelines, watching as the country that I call home. And the friends that I, have become family, are uncertain," said Abigail Rist, a Ukrainian immigrant and student at Cedarville University. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Redistricting Commission plans to propose state legislative maps tonight after missing its court-appointed deadline last week. This is being brought up again -- a week past the deadline that the Ohio Supreme Court gave to this commission to adopt legislative maps. Senate President Matt Huffman announced the Republicans have [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Tonight: Rain moving in, changing to wintry mix overnight, low 30 Friday: Snow showers before sunrise, clouds, high 32 Saturday: Clearing, crisp, high 35 Sunday: Mostly sunny early, clouds later, high 43 Monday: Clearing skies, high 38 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Thursday Evening, It has been a cool day today with temps still [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- NBC4 Investigates has been looking into abuse allegations behind closed doors at Dwell Community Church, formerly known as Xenos Christian Fellowship. After several former members accused the church of isolating and manipulative tactics, NBC4 Investigates asked to speak with church leadership about those allegations. Dwell leadership declined an interview, but responded via [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- NBC4 Investigates is exposing the secrets of a Columbus church, which some former members describe as a cult. Those former members describe leaving Xenos Christian Fellowship, which changed its name in 2020 to Dwell Community Church, as a challenging and painful process. While some former members said they left due to [...]
