COLUMBUS, Ohio (COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST) -- Columbus Downtown Development Corp.'s Topiary Park project, breaking ground Tuesday, is a first for the organization that has led the charge on some of downtown's most transformative projects. CDDC President Amy Taylor said the organization, responsible for developments like the Scioto Mile and The Peninsula, has not done a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Police are reporting that three suspects were involved in stealing two tortoises from a business in west Columbus. CPD say that at approximately 3:52 p.m. on Mar. 3, a male and two females suspects entered a store on the 2300 block of W. Broad St. The male suspect stole two [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST) -- Without a $3.4 million tax credit from the state, Columbus-based RiverWest Partners wouldn't have been able to fulfill its vision for its $35 million Delaware development. But now that the project has been granted a transformational mixed-use development tax credit, Principal Brenen Palma said the firm is confident it [...]
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Franklin County Sheriff's Office confirmed that State Route 104 will be shut down for several hours on Tuesday. FCSO said in a tweet that State Route 104 is closed between the Southern Point subdivision and Heiner Road in south Franklin County. The reason for the closure is due to [...]
Statistics show one in eight women will get diagnosed with breast cancer during her life and as a local breast cancer surgeon, Deepa Halaharvi never dreamed she would become a part of that statistic.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Health has released the latest number of COVID-19 cases in the state. Numbers as of March 8 follow: Total Change New cases 2,660,728 +799 Hospitalizations 112,951 +84 ICU admissions 13,278 +8 Deaths* 37,212 +194 *Deaths are updated twice a week, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays The 21-day [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State junior forward E.J. Liddell was voted to the All-Big Ten first team while point guard Malaki Branham was named Freshman of the Year by media and coaches for the 2021-22 regular season. Liddell averaged a team high 19.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game and was also [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State is ending its mask mandate effective Friday night, the university announced on Tuesday. After 6 p.m., masks will become optional in most indoors spaces, including residence halls, dining facilities, classrooms, offices and the Ohio Union. This announcement comes less than 24 hours after Columbus City Council voted unanimously to repeal [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day is speaking now to discuss the Buckeyes' first spring football practice. You can watch the press conference LIVE in the video player above. Day said having Stroud back at quarterback for a second season will go a long way in helping OSU's offense hit [...]
DISCLAIMER: Some might find this video disturbing COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A video of the shooting at a Downtown parking garage has been released from a camera in the garage. You can watch the video in the player above. The video shows the altercation in the parking garage where two people were injured on Monday [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Flyers out of Columbus will soon have three new destinations to travel to this summer. Breeze Airways has announced that twice-weekly flights from John Glenn International Airport will be heading to Providence, RI, Jacksonville, FL, and Savannah, GA. “Breeze Airways has been a welcome addition to John Glenn International, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- People are leaving the mental healthcare field burned out, and they aren't being replaced fast enough to handle the booming need for their services. "You have people doing really, really hard jobs and, sometimes, sad jobs," said Maggie Hallett, senior director of workplace health and education at Mental Health America of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police are searching for two suspects who assaulted a woman while robbing her in west Columbus. According to the Columbus Division of Police, at about 11:45 p.m., Feb. 19, a woman was pumping gas at a gas station in the 500 block of Norton Road when two unknown males approached [...]
The trial of Dr. William Husel is being livestreamed each day on NBC4i.com and the NBC4 app. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Proceedings in the murder trial against a former doctor accused of prescribing excessive amounts of fentanyl and other drugs to patients resulting in their deaths are scheduled to continue Tuesday. Top executives and intensive care unit doctors took [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man was hospitalized after a stabbing in north Columbus. According to Columbus police, medics were called to the area of E. Hudson Street and Ontario Street on the report of a stabbing, just before 6 a.m., Tuesday. Police say a man was taken to an area hospital in [...]
MANSFIELD, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in the Mansfield area, early Tuesday morning. According to the OSHP, at about 12:05 a.m., Robert Oney, 59, of Shiloh, was driving a 2014 GMC Sierra pickup truck when it traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck [...]
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A three-story historic building in the City of Delaware will go under the gavel with a starting bid of $1. The Italianate property could conceivably be bought for as little as four quarters, with a $45 deed fee and a $42 recording fee, according to the Delaware County auditor's website. Although [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Mostly cloudy, high 43 Tonight: Chance light AM rain showers in the SE, low 33 Wednesday: Partly cloudy, high 50 Thursday: Mostly sunny, high 53 Friday: PM rain to mix, high 60 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Tuesday, everybody! We've got a cool but dry day ahead, with high temperatures topping out a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus' mask mandate had been in place since September, but after Monday night, masks won't be required in as many places. Columbus City Council unanimously approved and Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther immediately signed an ordinance repealing the city's indoor mask mandate Monday. Andrew Manion has worked at Saucy Brew Works since [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man told Columbus police he was shot in the arm while leaving a private bar Sunday. Officers responded to a local hospital Monday at approximately 7:44 p.m. on a call for a walk-in shooting victim. According to police, the 45-year-old man said a fight broke out in the bar and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Popular mental health program Buckeye Paws therapy dogs at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center will expand to the wider university community. Students, faculty, and staff on OSU's campus can request a visit from the animals. The program started offering support to medical center employees before the start of the [...]
WORTHINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Worthington City Council voted unanimously Monday to drop a citywide indoor mask mandate. The repeal becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Worthington's mandate was put into effect on Sept. 13, 2021. Individual businesses can still require masks if they choose to do so. City Manager Matthew Greeson said masks would be [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The mask mandate for the city of Columbus is done. Columbus City Council voted unanimously Monday afternoon to repeal the mandate requiring masks be worn in all indoor public spaces, and it was immediately signed by Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther. The move follows both Franklin County removing its mask advisory and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Four dollars for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is now a reality in central Ohio, inching closer to the record high prices set in 2008. According to AAA, the average price in Ohio is $3.83 per gallon, up 50 cents from a week prior, but still below the national average [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Tonight: Mostly cloudy, sct'd flurries, low 32 Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, high 43 Wednesday: Partly sunny, few showers southeast, high 50 Thursday: Partly cloudy, high 53 Friday: Mostly cloudy, high 58 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Monday evening, After a mild start to the day, and heavy rainfall (again), we are seeing things dry out, [...]
