WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A body was found Friday near a creek in Pebble Township, according to the Pike County Sheriff's Office. Pike County deputies responded Friday to reports of a possible body found alongside a creek near State Route 220 and State Route 772 in Pebble Township, the sheriff's office said. Upon arrival, deputies [...]
(WCMH) -- The stock market is all over the place and now Wall Street is entering a "Bear Market." Usually, this means a recession is close at hand. "It's impossible to say with certainty what will happen moving forward," said Wayne Brown with Dugan Brown Financial Services. "Some are saying the worst is yet to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man accused of being a part of a group that fired guns into a southwest Columbus apartment, killing one woman, in April. Isaiah Xavier Nashon Alexander, 20, was given a $1 million bond, Friday, during his arraignment in a Franklin County courtroom. Alexander is facing one count of murder, six counts [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Goaltender Joonas Korpisalo is continuing his hockey career with the Columbus Blue Jackets, the team's general manager announced Friday. "Joonas has been a consummate pro during his Blue Jackets career," GM Jarmo Kekalainen said. "His 2021-22 season was derailed by injury, but we fully believe he will return to form, and [...]
Take another look at this morning's perfectly shaped thunderstorm system, which was very impressive on radar and shaped like a mini-hurricane, marking a distinctive rotating mid-level disturbance spinning off lines of thunderstorms! This was our morning rush hour experience. Early rain and storms have moved east of the region. Skies will gradually clear through the [...]
COSHOCTON, Ohio (WCMH) - Firefighters contained a fire Friday after it ripped through the roof of a century-old church in Coshocton. Photos taken around 1 p.m. showed flames could not be seen anymore from the outside of Grace Methodist Church, but firefighters on ladders continued to spray water into the building. The roof appears to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Lifeguards at Columbus city pools will see an increase in their hourly pay this summer. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department announced the starting wage for lifeguards at the city’s eight outdoor pools will be increased to $17 an hour for the summer. “We are thrilled to be able [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio saw a slight decrease in its unemployment rate in April. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reports the state’s unemployment rate for April at 4%, down from 4.1% in March. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 9,500 over the month, from a revised 5,464,400 in [...]
KNOX COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man was killed after crashing into a tree in Knox County Thursday night. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says Jacob D. Donalon, 30, of Mount Vernon, was driving a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse southwest on state Route 3, near Township Road 267, around 5:30 p.m., when the vehicle drove [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A person escaped injury Friday when power lines fell on a vehicle in south Columbus. Just before 7 a.m., firefighters were called to Lockbourne Road and Marion Road on the report of wires down on a vehicle, with a person trapped. Video from the scene shows multiple utility poles [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A teenager was hospitalized Friday after a shooting on the west side of Columbus. According to the Columbus Division of Police, at about 12:36 a.m., a 14-year-old male was walking with a group near the railroad tracks along the 300 block of N. Hague Avenue when an unknown suspect shot [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – While serving as the Mayor of Toledo, Rep. Paula Hicks-Hudson said her administration handed out free gun-locking devices to local residents. The Democratic lawmaker wants to bring those efforts back – this time across Ohio. Hicks-Hudson and Rep. Jeffrey Crossman (D-Parma) recently introduced House Bill 661, which would require federally licensed [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: This morning: Mostly cloudy, showers & storms around, low 66 Today: Early morning showers/storms, turning sunny, hot, and breezy, high 90 Tonight: Mostly clear, warm, low 70 Saturday: Partly cloudy, muggy, hot, storms later, high 90 Sunday: Scattered showers and storms, high 76 Monday: Some clearing, much [...]
JOHNSTOWN, Ohio (WCMH) - Licking County is getting ready for the arrival of Intel. The tech giant is expected to start construction of its $20 billion computer chip manufacturing campus in the fall. The city of Johnstown's border is just about a mile from where Intel will be. Some Johnstown residents are concerned about the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man was arrested for his involvement in the alleged shooting death of driver on I-71. Michael V. Thilat, 29, was charged with murder Thursday for allegedly shooting and killing Anthony Luney, a 56-year-old who was found dead in his Mini Cooper on I-71 north near Morse Road on Saturday, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – As lawmakers debated a bill to ban various medical procedures for LGBTQ+ youth, protesters lined the halls of the Statehouse to rally against what they called a misguided, harmful effort. Lawmakers held their second hearing Thursday morning on House Bill 454, the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act, which would ban [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine rebuked leaders at The Ohio State University for approving a tuition hike for incoming students. The university's Board of Trustees voted Thursday to increase tuition and fees for incoming Ohio freshmen by 4.6%, or $549, according to a news release from the university. Out-of-state incoming first-year students [...]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) - A standoff between a person armed with a shotgun and multiple law enforcement agencies ended Thursday with one person dead, according to the Ross County Sheriff's Office. The U.S. Marshals' Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team went to a Chillicothe home in the 14000 block of Westfall Road to serve a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A bipartisan bill aims to help Ohio families rebuild their lives after financial hardship. The vast majority of evictions are eventually dismissed in court, but just one filing can follow a person for at least seven years in Ohio. In a competitive rental market, applicants can easily get turned away with [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- With summer nearly here, city leaders work to keep the youth engaged and away from violence by investing more than $16 million to Columbus' summer youth programming. That money includes nearly 40 organizations, ranging from summer education classes to workforce employment opportunities and violence prevention groups. "The investments were announced today, [...]
COLUMBUS, OH (WCMH) – Columbus Health officials are warning people about another spike in COVID-19 cases. Over the course of one week, the average number of positive cases increased by 25%, officials said. Columbus Health Commissioner Dr. Mysheika Roberts said some of the increase comes from people gathering in groups again, largely due to warmer [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Tonight: Mostly cloudy, showers & storms around midnight and later, low 66 Friday: Early morning showers/storms, turning sunny, hot, and breezy, high 90 Saturday: Partly cloudy, muggy, hot, storms later, high 90 Sunday: Scattered showers and storms, high 76 Monday: Some clearing, high 69 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Thursday Night, It has been [...]
PIKETON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A $5,000 reward is on the table for tips about a suspected arson in Pike County. At 1:12 a.m. Thursday, Pike County law enforcement agencies responded to a house fire at 2124 Shyville Rd. in Piketon, according to the State Fire Marshal. Investigators with the fire marshal and an accelerant-sniffing dog [...]
MOOREFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 17-year-old is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Moorefield Township. Around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Koda L. Austin, of Springfield, was traveling westbound on State Route 334 in a Ford Focus when he reportedly failed to yield at a stop sign while turning left onto southbound State Route 72, crashing [...]
