WORTHINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) – A teacher’s aide at a Worthington middle school is facing a sexual imposition charge after allegedly grabbing a 12-year-old student last year. According to court documents, Andre C. Berry, 23, of Hilliard, has been charged with one count of gross sexual imposition of a victim under the age of 13, a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on The Spectrum: Felony homicides, financial crimes, drug cartels, voter fraud and public corruption, all investigated by the Ohio Attorney General, and Ohio voters will decide this year who belongs in that office. Republican Attorney General David Yost is running for reelection, and he will be challenged in the [...]
Skies will continue to clear through the evening hours on the first day of spring. Temperatures rebounded into the 50s after a chilly start following the passage of low pressure over the Great Lakes early in the weekend. Tonight will be fair and chilly, with lighter winds and morning readings in the mid- to upper [...]
PITTSBURGH (WCMH) -- The No. 7 seed Ohio State Buckeyes and No. 2 seed Villanova Wildcats will meet in Pittsburgh at 2:40pm in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of this second round clash will meet the No. 11 seed Michigan Wolverines in the South region semifinals in San Antonio on Thursday. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in stable condition after a shooting on the east side of Columbus Sunday afternoon, according to Columbus Police. CPD said that the shooting occurred on the 1200 block of Brookway Rd. around 12:03pm on Sunday. The victim was shot in the shoulder and was transported to Grant Medical [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WCMH) -- After multiple reports from NFL sources, the Cleveland Browns officially announced its acquisition of quarterback Deshaun Watson from the Houston Texans in a trade. The Browns receive Watson and a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft from the Texans. Houston acquires from Cleveland three first-round draft picks (2022, 2023, 2024), [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Fire crews were on the scene of a three alarm fire at a three-story apartment building in west Columbus on Trade Winds Dr. Sunday morning. Columbus Fire Chief Steve Martin said that crews arrived at the scene at 6:55 a.m. Martin said there are no injuries they are aware of [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Clearing clouds, milder, high 58 Tonight: Mostly clear, low 38 Monday: Mostly sunny, high 68 Tuesday: Clouds then PM rain, high 61 Wednesday: Rain showers, high 68 Thursday: Few showers, mostly cloudy high 55 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy first day of spring! Spring, or the Vernal Equinox, officially begins this morning at [...]
UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Central Ohio Crime Stoppers are looking for help to identify a suspect in a breaking and entering for its "Crime of the Week." On March 7, a man pulled a video camera off a wall in a business under construction on Lane Ave. in Upper Arlington, per the release. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people are injured after a crash on I-270 east near Cleveland Ave. in north Columbus overnight on Sunday. Columbus Police said that the crash occurred around 3:20 a.m. and that two people were injured. One of the people injured in the crash has life-threatening injuries, according to Columbus Police. The [...]
(WCMH/STACKER) -- The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Not only that, but America also puts more people in prison per capita than in any other independent democracy. Even progressive states with low incarceration rates relative to the rest of the United States have more people in jail than most other [...]
DAYTON, Ohio (WCMH) — Pickerington Central beat St. Edward 74-42 in the Division I boys basketball state semifinals Saturday to advance to their second state championship in school history. The Tigers last played in the title game in 2012 when they beat Toledo Whitmer 45-40 for the program's first championship. In the win over the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Nearly 200 people gathered at the Linden Community Center Saturday for a free resource fair. More than a dozen vendors of community partners took part to help educate attendees on the opportunities available to them in Columbus. Among the vendors were Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Women and Infant Children (WIC), a free [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Hundreds of volunteers teamed up to make Columbus a little cleaner Saturday. KickButt Columbus is an annual event put on by the city with a goal to bring awareness to cigarette butts and other litter problems across the city. Saturday's focus was on the roadways, specifically the entrance and exit ramps [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Redistricting Commission is starting its fourth set of state legislative maps after the Ohio Supreme Court struck down the last three. The commission has until Monday, March 28, to present the maps to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and one day later to the court. The commission convened [...]
