BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Wood County jury has reached a verdict in the criminal trial for two central Ohio men accused in the 2021 hazing death of former Bowling Green University student Stone Foltz. Troy Henricksen, 24, of Grove City, is the former president of BGSU's Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He faces the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - There will not be any further charges against officers from the Columbus Division of Police for misconduct during protests over the death of George Floyd, according to the special prosecutor handling the case. Special Prosecutor and Whitehall Assistant City Attorney Brad Nicodemus gave the update as the deadline neared for the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Memorial Day is a federal holiday set aside to honor members of the U.S. military who have died while serving their country. This year there are many events where central Ohioans can pay their respects to those in the armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice. Here is a list of [...]
PATASKLA, Ohio (WCMH) — Michael Shank grew up in Gahanna with a dream to get to the Indy 500. Last year, he owned the winning car when Helio Castroneves took the checkered flag for the fourth time in his career. Meyer Shank Racing operates out of a state-of-the-art facility in Pataskala, which you can see [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police arrested multiple people, recovered stolen vehicles and seized multiple drugs and cash during its latest “Operation Unity” campaign. This is the fourth time police have executed the public-safety campaign in Columbus. In previous operations, police focused on a two-mile radius around James Road and Livingston Avenue, and in the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine took time Friday morning to discuss gun violence and school safety, after a deadly shooting at a Texas elementary school shocked the nation. The meeting -- held after the governor and his wife laid wreaths at 10:30 a.m. for veterans before Memorial Day Weekend -- took place [...]
A persistent southerly flow of moist air will bring another day of showers and a few embedded thunderstorms with heavy downpours. Temperatures will be stuck in the upper 60s to low 70s under a thick layer of clouds. A large slow-moving storm over the Ohio Valley will drift eastward across the region, promoting humid and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Another home has been boarded up by the city, and police conducted several compliance inspections at motels and gas stations in north Columbus in an effort to target criminal activity hotspots. An emergency order was obtained earlier in the week by the city to shut down a home at 2025 [...]
BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (WDTN) – Police have released the identity of the man arrested after a shooting that left one dead and another injured in a Fairfield Township Walmart Thursday evening. Just before 8 p.m., officers were called to the Walmart on Princeton Road on reports of shots fired inside the store. According to a [...]
Thursday evening, Dr. Amy Acton walked onto the Stambaugh Auditorium stage, where she would be the Liberty High School commencement speaker and where, in 1984, she graduated from Liberty High School.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police are investigating the shooting death of a woman in southwest Columbus as a homicide. At about 11:49 p.m., Thursday, officers were dispatched to a home in the 3600 block of Briggs Road on a well-being check. When officers arrived on scene, they found a 19-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Body-worn cameras soon-to-be equipped to Franklin County sheriff's deputies were unveiled at a public forum Thursday. At the Downtown hearing, Franklin County Board of Commissioners and Sheriff Dallas Baldwin discussed the technology behind and the policies that govern the Motorola Watchguard cameras that will be adorned -- for the first time [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – From the former site of the Ohio State School for the Blind to a plantation-style Hilltop property once home to an HIV/AIDS hospice center, Columbus Landmarks has released its list of the nine "most endangered" sites in the city. Columbus Landmarks, a group dedicated to preserving historical sites throughout the city, [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Sct'd showers, storms, high 70 Tonight: Rain tapering, low 57 Saturday: Clearing clouds, high 74 Sunday: Mostly sunny, high 83 Monday: Sunny, warm, high 88 Tuesday: Mostly sunny, warmer, high 90 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Friday! After a wet day on Thursday, we'll continue to see scattered showers off and on throughout [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Overnight: Rain showers, especially east, some local flooding, low 62 Friday: Rain showers, some rumbles, especially later, high 72 Saturday: Clouds early, clearing skies, high 75 Sunday: Mainly sunny, high 83 Monday: Sunny, hot, high 88 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Late Thursday Night, We had a Weather Alert Day with some gusty wind [...]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) -- The unofficial start to summer is just about here, but several central Ohio communities do not have enough lifeguards to keep all of their pools open. Communities have increased pay and are offering other incentives, but the push to hire more lifeguards continues to face an uphill battle. “It’s been difficult; [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (WCMH) — The Indy 500 has been a heartbreaking place for New Albany native Graham Rahal. Last year, he was leading the race before his left rear tire came loose after a pit stop mistake, causing Rahal to crash. He wound up finishing 32nd. He's now 32 years old and with each Indy 500, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Heartbreak is being felt far and wide after 19 children and two teachers were killed in the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Here in Ohio, a local surgeon is sharing the trauma health professionals face when their patients are young children. Dr. Carrie Sims is the Chief of Trauma, Critical Care [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus airport officials are asking flyers to pack their patience this Memorial Day Weekend. They are expecting the holiday weekend to be one of the busiest travel weekends they’ve experienced since 2019. John Glenn International Airport is expecting to see an average of 14,300 people flying from the airport each day [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police have identified the victim who died Saturday following a shooting on the city's southeast side. Around 2 a.m. Saturday, police responded to reports of a shooting at the 4600 block of Fenimore Court, where they found Rayn Cannon, 32, suffering from gunshot wounds, according to a news release from [...]
