COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) reported 16 fatal crashes on the state's roadways over the long Fourth of July weekend, resulting in 16 deaths. In data released Tuesday, OSHP said impairment played a role in four of the crashes. Overall, troopers across the state responded to 559 crashes from July [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered flags across the state be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4. In an order issued Tuesday, DeWine said flags on all public buildings and ground across the state were to fly at [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A federal grand jury has indicted 11 people for being a part of a central Ohio drug trafficking ring that dealt bulk amounts of fentanyl and cocaine, including dealing near a school, according to U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker of the Southern District of Ohio. Federal officers conducted 14 search warrants [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police provided an update Tuesday on a shooting in late June where a man was found critically injured inside a vehicle that had crashed into a home near Weinland Park. According to the Columbus Division of Police, officers were called at about 8:09 p.m., June 28, to the area of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man who was a previously convicted felon was sentenced to more than eight years in prison after being found guilty, in March, on robbery and possession of firearm charges. In August of 2020, a person working with the ATF attempted to buy a machine gun from Kamar L. Cox [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - No charges have been filed after the Columbus Division of Police said a group of men handling a gun Tuesday morning left one of them dead. Officers went at 12:43 a.m. to an apartment in the 5300 block of Shiloh Drive on a report of a shooting. When they got there, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A west Columbus house fire has now taken four lives, leaving only one survivor in the weeks after it happened. The Columbus Division of Fire confirmed Tuesday that a 7-year-old girl has now died in the weeks after the house fire happened. A 10-year-old and 8-year-old girl previously passed away within [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Rain & storms, hot & humid, high 91 Tonight: Storms continue, low 73 Wednesday: Muggy t-storms, high 90 Thursday: Rain & storms, high 87 Friday: Pop-up storms, high 86 Saturday: Showers, milder, high 85 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good morning & happy Tuesday! After a dry holiday weekend, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a Sunday shooting in Mifflin Township, according to Franklin County municipal court records. Court records state Robert Burnett, 41, was at his home at the 2900 block of Woodland Ave. at 1:00 a.m. with Earl Beck, 49. Burnett said [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus driver who dozed off at the wheel on the city's west side Friday woke up to a surprise: deputies prepared to search his car full of drugs and weapons. After responding to the eastbound lanes of West Broad Street near Grener Avenue, Franklin County deputies discovered Douglas L. Hudson, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Officials from the Ohio State Fair announced that a free concert has been added to the schedule to take place on July 28. The new concert will feature the superband Generation Radio, a group that features members from other bands like Chicago and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Among Generation Radio's [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The deadline to register to vote for Ohio's Aug. 2 primary is today, July 5. Due to delays in Ohio's redistricting process, the second primary of 2022 will determine who will be on November's ballot for Ohio Senator, Representative to the Ohio House, and members of the state central committee. Prospective [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Wahlburgers, the burger chain founded by actor and entrepreneur Mark Wahlberg and his brothers Donnie and Paul, is opening this month inside Hollywood Casino. Marking the first Wahlburgers in central Ohio, the casual dining restaurant and bar chain will open July 18. Wahlburgers had announced the location in February, replacing Take [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Firefighters continue to investigate a deadly fire in the Franklin Township area of southwest Columbus. The fire was first reported just after 12 a.m., Tuesday at an apartment building in the 700 block of Brown Road. Firefighters confirm one person has died and another was taken to an area [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Armed with a "Do Something" button pinned to his lapel, a state lawmaker from Cincinnati wants to make sure a Texas gunman’s deadly rampage doesn’t happen in Ohio. One month after an 18-year-old gunned down 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, state Sens. Cecil Thomas [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Gas prices in the Columbus area continue to get cheaper but remain near record highs. GasBuddy is reporting the average price for a gallon of gas in the Columbus area is $4.75, which is 10.6 cents cheaper than the previous week. That is also 6.2 cents cheaper than a month [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Rain & storms, high 91 Tonight: Storms continue, low 73 Wednesday: Showers & storms, high 90 Thursday: Rain & storms, high 87 Friday: Pop-up storms, high 86 Saturday: Showers, high 85 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Tuesday! After a nice and mostly dry holiday weekend, rain and storms arrive in full force this [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week marks the first full week some Columbus city parks will have new surveillance cameras in place to help fight what has been a particularly violent spring in the parks. The city decided to rent them after several shootings – three of them fatal – at Columbus parks throughout the [...]
BEXLEY, Ohio (WCMH) – Like many other communities across central Ohio, Bexley is getting ready for more Fourth of July festivities. The city held its 5K run and parade Monday morning and is building up to its fireworks spectacular later. The event, held at Capital University's Main Street lawn, offers a little bit of everything: [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Independence Day weekend is wrapping up, with many returning home from an extended weekend away, even with travel issues like high gas prices and potential flight delays across the country. For the most part, though, some travelers said those issues didn’t affect them Monday, saying its been smooth sailing through [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- At least one person was injured after a traffic accident in north Columbus Monday afternoon. Columbus police said the two-car crash happened on the 5000 block of North High Street at approximately 4:58 p.m. One person was listed in critical condition at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital. There is no information on [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Independence Day: Warm sunshine, high 91 Tonight: Increasing clouds, low 72 Tuesday: Rain & storms, hot & humid, high 92 Wednesday: Muggy, scat’d storms, high 89 Thursday: Showers & storms, high 88 Friday: Few storms, high 86 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good evening & happy Independence Day! We've made [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Despite COVID-19 vaccines being available to children under the age of five, the number of children getting them in Ohio remains low. "I was very excited and relieved that she could finally get some coverage," said Hannah Jacobs, a mother from Columbus. While enjoying a day out at the park, Jacobs [...]
