QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Tonight: Mostly clear, low 54 Tuesday: Mostly sunny, high 73 Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, chance showers & storms, high 71 Thursday: Few pop-up storms, warmer, high 78 Friday: Mostly sunny, hot, high 88 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Monday Evening, As cooler air is moving into our area this evening, a weak bit of instability [...]
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Investigators are looking into a report of a student bringing a gun to a Logan Elm school Monday. According to a Pickaway County Sheriff's Office Facebook post, a school resource officer received a threat about a student possibly carrying a firearm at one of the district's schools. It did not say [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A man trying to buy a cell phone was shot and robbed Monday in central Columbus, according to police. The 22-year-old victim made a plan to meet with someone selling a cellphone the same day in the 1000 block of Siebert Street. Police did not say how the two knew each [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WMCH) - Dispatcher audio obtained Monday by NBC4 paints a picture of the scene as a father and a neighbor separately called for help when a shooting hit an 8-year-old girl. The Friday night shooting in the 900 block of Campbell Avenue sent the young victim to Nationwide Children's Hospital, according to the [...]
HOCKING HILLS, Ohio (WCMH) -- For the first time, the Columbus Symphony will fill Ash Cave with its music. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that the Columbus Symphony will be performing June 26 at Ash Cave in Hocking Hills as part of a fundraiser for the Ohio State Parks Foundation. “The [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new AT&T service to automatically transmit wireless 911 calls based on location is rolling out this week in Ohio. The new service will give Ohioans with AT&T location-based routing for emergency calls, which utilizes the GPS to route 911 callers to the closest call center, rather than route based on [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Showers & storms, clearing, few afternoon pop-ups, high 73 Tonight: Mostly clear, low 54 Tuesday: Mostly sunny, seasonal, high 74 Wednesday: Showers, P.M. storms, high 72 Thursday: Rain & storms, high 79 Friday: Mostly sunny, warm, high 87 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good afternoon and happy Monday! After [...]
HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Hocking County Sheriff's Office is searching for an 18-year-old who has not been seen by her family since December 2021. Per the sheriff's office, Cheyenne Cook left Hocking County in Dec. on a transit bus to allegedly head to a college out of Ohio. The college Cook allegedly went [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Carrie Underwood will be making a stop in Columbus next year during her upcoming tour. Underwood’s “Denim and Rhinestone” concert series will be at Nationwide Arena, March 4, 2023, as part of her 43 U.S. tour. She’ll be joined on tour by Jimmie Allen on all dates, and is also [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Eric Clapton will be coming to Columbus on Sep. 8 to kick-off a set of September shows in the Midwest and East Coast. The three-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee will be joined at the Schottenstein Center by his band and blues rock guitarist Jimmie Vaughan as a special [...]
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Troopers in Fairfield County say a man in a UTV was killed when a dump truck backed into him. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at about 9:12 p.m., Sunday, a 1990 International dump truck was traveling southbound on Clearport Road, in Madison Township, before it was no [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A local man said he’s grateful to the staff at the South High Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library for their help on his journey decades in the making. At 46 years old, Terry Magers has overcome several obstacles to earn his college degree, spending several hours a week at the [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Sct'd showers & storms, clearing later, high 73 Tonight: Mostly clear, low 54 Tuesday: Mostly sunny, high 74 Wednesday: Showers, PM storms, high 72 Thursday: Rain & storms, high 79 Friday: Mostly sunny, high 87 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! We're off to a wet start this morning, with showers and thunderstorms [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- There was no change in the price of gasoline for Columbus drivers during the last week. GasBuddy reports the average price for a gallon of gas in the Columbus area was $4.26, which was the same price as the previous week, but still 54.5 cents higher than a month ago [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police are investigating after a person was found dead in a vehicle along state Route 104 Monday morning. Police say that just before 2:50 a.m., officers responded to the area of S.R. 104 near Haul Road on the report of a shooting. When officers arrived on scene, they found a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One man is hospitalized after a shooting near Genoa Park in downtown Columbus Sunday evening. According to Columbus police, the shooting happened at approximately 7:05 p.m. A private car fled the scene with the shooting victim inside it, police said. The victim was later found at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An arrest warrant has been filed against a suspect for the fatal shooting of a woman in north Columbus in February of this year. The warrant has been filed for Dallas W. Lowery, 31, as a suspect in the fatal shooting of Heather Champan, 33, on Feb. 22. Lowery is currently [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Saturday night’s shooting at Weinland Park that injured an 8-year-old girl was the fourth shooting at a city park in the last three weeks. The other shootings happened at Saunders, Nafzger, and Westgate parks. And while the scene at Weinland Park was active but calm, some there Sunday said they’re worried [...]
Temperatures are in the low to mid-80s for the sixth consecutive afternoon -- about 10 degrees above normal. The air is less humid compared to Saturday, with bright blue skies and mostly high clouds. Showers and storms in the Midwest with an upper-level system and trailing cold front will push across Indiana into western Ohio [...]
ROCKBRIDGE, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) said a man fell to his death Sunday at the Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve. According to ODNR, the male hiker was pronounced dead at the scene after falling from the overlook at the preserve. The Hocking County Coroner will determine the man's identity. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Uber driver crashed into a tattoo parlor while trying to avoid another vehicle in the Short North Sunday afternoon. According to Columbus police at the scene, the driver was attempting to turn left from West First Avenue onto High Street when he swerved to avoid a car in the lane. [...]
