CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- No injuries are reported after a train derailed Saturday in Canal Winchester. According to the Fairfield Sheriff's Office, the derailment happened on Gender Road south of U.S. 33. The sheriff's office said there is no danger to the general public from the derailment. The derailment is under investigation by railroad [...]
A brisk southwesterly flow will send temperatures into the low 80s this weekend. A strong storm system in the western Plains will impact the middle of the country with rain and storms. A trailing cold front will approach Ohio Sunday night, with increasing clouds. Expect showers and a few storms on Monday, with readings cooling [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police said a man didn't realize he had been grazed by a bullet during the night until he woke up Saturday morning. Police responded to the 30-year-old man's home on the 700 block of Moon Road at approximately 7:06 a.m. The victim told police he heard gunshots outside his home [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Police provided an update into its investigation into a fatal shooting on the city's east side early Friday morning. CPD said the victim was identified as 22-year-old Efrem Blackwell Jr. in the 32nd homicide in Columbus in 2022. Blackwell Jr. was found dead with a gunshot wound at the 1700 [...]
(NEXSTAR) – The year 2021 was the deadliest in U.S. history, thanks mainly to the COVID-19 pandemic – but the homicide rate has also soared in several cities since 2020, a new study found. The most recent available data from the government shows a 35% jump in gun homicides from 2019 to 2020, when 19,384 [...]
(ISeeCars) - Used car prices have risen 30.4 percent over last year as the microchip shortage continues to impact the automotive industry, according to iSeeCars.com’s latest used car price analysis of 1.8 million car sales in March. This is down from a 35.0 percent increase in February. Used Car Price Increases by State Are used [...]
Stacker collected information on the highest-paying jobs in Columbus, OH, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by average annual salary with information up to date as of May 2021. In Columbus, the annual mean wage is $55,860 or 4.1% lower than national mean of $58,260, while the highest-paying occupation makes $329,430. [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Amber Alert in Clark County has been canceled after 7-year-old Kaiden Coran was found safe, per Springfield Police. Police say Coran was dropped off at the department's headquarters after reportedly being taken by his non-custodial mother, Khadejha Coran, from baseball fields at 700 Selma Road late Friday evening. No details [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Saturday: Mostly sunny, light breeze, high 83 Tonight: Mostly clear, low 61 Sunday: Mostly sunny, warm & breezy, high 83 Monday: Rain likely, breezy at times, high 70 Tuesday: Mixed clouds, much cooler, high 57 Wednesday: Chilly sunshine, high 53 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good morning and happy Saturday! [...]
A southwesterly flow will develop, as low pressure tracks from the Rockies to the northern Plains. Rain and thunder will be confined to the middle of the country over the weekend, with beautiful early summer weather in Ohio, featuring partly cloudy skies and afternoon temperatures in the low 80s. A slow-moving cold front will bring [...]
PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A crash in Pike County on Bell Hollow Road left one man dead on Friday evening at 6:00 p.m., according to Ohio State Highway Patrol. William A. Christie, 76, of Hillsboro, Ohio, was traveling southeast on Bell Hollow Road when the motorcycle he was driving traveled into the oncoming lane, [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Amber Alert has been issued by the Springfield Police Department statewide. A child has been abducted by a non-custodial parent from baseball fields at 700 Selma Road, Clark County. Kaiden Coran, age 7, has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing blue shirt with no sleeves, dark [...]
LONDON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people have died, and four have been taken to area hospitals in a five-vehicle crash at 8:40 Friday evening. Ohio Department of Transportation said that I-70 East has been closed at SR-29 West Jefferson after a call came in as a car on fire. According to the Ohio State Highway [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The NFL Draft is SIX days away. As per usual, several Buckeyes will hear their name called during the three-day event held this year in Las Vegas from April 28-30. Ohio State has the most 1st-round draft picks since 2000 with 151 Buckeyes selected in the first 32 picks. Receivers Garrett [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- This will be the first weekend since both Uber and Lyft have dropped their mask requirements for drivers and passengers. The rideshare companies changed their policies after a judge struck down the federal mask mandate for those travelling on airplanes, busses, trains and other forms of public transportation. David Washington, a [...]
NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) -- The staff at the Dawes Arboretum near Newark say that -- to them -- every day is Earth Day. On Friday, several volunteers joined staff members to plant saplings at the six-acre former corn field which will eventually become a thriving forest. One by one, they are planting diverse native trees [...]
WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man who shot another person in the parking lot after a dispute over noise on Mother's Day, 2020, faces a sentence of 18 years to life in prison after a jury reached a murder verdict. On Friday, a Franklin County Jury found Clifford Patterson, 42, guilty of two counts of [...]
