COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Columbus Crew officially introduced forward Juan Camilo “Cucho” Hernandez in a press conference Friday. The 23-year-old Colombian comes to Columbus from English Premier League club Watford for a record transfer fee of just over $10 million in a designated player deal. The transfer fee makes Hernandez the most expensive player [...]
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio (WCMH) - Marshall's Restaurant and Bar in Grandview is closing after 37 years, according to an announcement on Facebook. Owners Matt and Shannon Marshall wrote the restaurant and bar at 1105 W. 1st Ave. has closed as of Friday, as the Marshalls shift their focus to their other business, Central Ohio Tree [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Civic Center Drive along the Scioto River has filled aromas that go beyond grandma's Thanksgiving dinner. Tucked away among the food tents is Boom Central. That's where you'll find all of the NBC4 employees working diligently to get ready for the ultimate in fireworks displays Red, White & BOOM! Fifty feet [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A failed plot to kidnap a Hilliard couple has left a 41-year-old woman with an eight-year prison sentence. A judge sentenced Denia I. Avila, of Columbus, to eight years in prison Friday for conspiring, on two separate occasions, to kidnap her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend in 2019, according to a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Four-star cornerback Jermaine Mathews Jr. from Cincinnati committed to Ohio State on Friday. The Winton Woods High School product is the No. 9 ranked player in Ohio and No. 24 ranked athlete in the country, according to the 247 Sports Composite. Mathews is the second defensive back to commit to OSU [...]
NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) - Construction crews officially have boots on the ground at the site for Intel's expansion into Ohio, a company spokeswoman confirmed to NBC4. Multiple construction vehicles moved in and churned dirt Friday at the plant's New Albany property, NBC4 video showed. Intel's Linda Qian said the tech firm is excited to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio's six-week abortion ban will remain in place for now, after a Friday ruling came down from the state's highest court. The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed several Ohio abortion clinics' lawsuit two days after they filed. The clinics had asked the Republican-led court to halt the state's six-week abortion ban, arguing [...]
GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) - A man looking for work with the Grove City Police Department was arrested instead after officers found an out-of-state warrant on his record. Austin Beauchamp had applied for a Grove City police communications technician job, a department spokesman told NBC4 on Friday. During the interview process, a detective was following [...]
Red, White & Boom! will be hot and sticky, leading to a few late afternoon and evening storms. With very muggy air, individual storms will be capable of gusty winds and heavy rain. A second round of showers and storms will drift through the region ahead of a sagging cold front overnight. The front will [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith along with President Kristina Johnson held a news conference Friday to discuss USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten. You can watch the full news conference in the video player above. “It’s an unbelievable time for the Big Ten Conference and the Ohio State University,” [...]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) - Applications open Friday for Hilliard families looking to see if they qualify for free or reduced school meals. The United States Department of Agriculture has not extended food service program waivers to allow students to eat breakfast and lunch free of charge for the 2022-23 school year. Due to this change, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Will the mail run on July 4th? The short answer is no. Like all federally recognized holidays, regular mail from the U.S. Postal Service will not run on the day honoring America's independence. This year, July 4th falls on a Monday. Regular mail services will resume Tuesday, July 5. Post offices [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Symphony Orchestra is marking Independence Day with the city’s summer tradition, Picnic with the Pops: Patriotic Pops. Featuring patriotic favorites like “America the Beautiful” and “God Bless America,” the concert will also pay tribute to Academy Award-winning film composer, John Williams. The symphony will honor Williams’ 90th birthday with [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Hot, humid, PM pop-ups, high 92 Tonight: Pop-up showers, low 70 Saturday: Showers taper early, high 87 Sunday: Partly cloudy, pop-ups south, high 87 Monday: Partly cloudy, high 89 Tuesday: Rain & storms, high 88 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy first day of July! We've got hot and humid conditions on tap for [...]
ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Troopers say a man died in Athens County when the tractor he was driving overturned. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at about 8:20 p.m., Thursday, Harry G. Reeves, 74, of Albany, was driving a 1964 Massy Ferguson tractor westbound on S.R. 681, when he traveled off the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting in the Linden area. According to the Columbus Division of Police, at about 11:01 p.m., officers were called to the 1000 block of E. Hudson Street on the report of a shooting. When officers arrived on scene, they found an SUV that [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Most central Ohioans looking to put on a do-it-yourself firework display are largely out of luck. Although Gov. Mike DeWine enacted a bill, which takes effect Friday, to expand the number of holidays in which Ohioans over the age of 18 can legally set off consumer-grade fireworks, the majority of central [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- As the city of Columbus prepares to celebrate its biggest fireworks show, hospitals and fire departments are also preparing, for firework-related injuries. "These injuries tend to happen between the middle of June and the middle of July, so about two-thirds of firework injuries happen during a one-month period," said Dr. Nicholas [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Central Ohio is in the final stages of getting ready for Red, White & BOOM! People were out Thursday night securing their spots for Friday's fireworks show. Getting a spot the night before is a tradition for Dorreetha Irby. “Oh yes, you have to get here early," she said. “I can't [...]
DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) -- After claiming his rights were violated during trial, an Ohio appeals court has upheld a murder conviction against a 37-year-old man who bludgeoned a Columbus woman to death in 2019. The Delaware County Court of Appeals rejected Thursday the attempts of Justin Eastman, of Columbus, to appeal a lower court's [...]
COLUMBUS, OHIO (WCMH) — AAA is expecting more than 47 million Americans to travel this holiday weekend. 2.2 million of those travelers are in Ohio, a 3.8 percent increase from last year’s travel numbers. AAA says this will be a record-breaking weekend for travel and delays are expected to start as early as Thursday. Columbus [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – With hundreds of thousands of people expected to head downtown for the firework spectacular tomorrow, some Red, White & BOOM! goers began scoping out hours before setup was permitted. “I have all my stuff from hiking so I blow up my air mattress, I have my sleeping bag I’m all ready, [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 70 Friday: Partly cloudy, some pm storms, high 92 Saturday: Chance AM T-showers, high 86 Sunday: Isolated pm storms, mainly south, high 87 Monday: Partly cloudy, stray pm pop-ups, high 88 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Thursday Evening, It has been another beautiful day today with highs in the lower [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One of the things that makes Red, White and Boom so special is the perfect combination of fireworks and music for the big Independence Day display. Red, White, and Boom has been a tradition for Jimmy Jam with WNCI for about 20 years. The show will be perfectly timed with music [...]
PLAIN CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A local fireworks show in Plain City has been canceled due to staffing shortages from the fireworks company. With only a few days left before the 4th of July, the village of Plain City was set to have their annual fireworks show at the park. Then they got a call [...]
