COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The I-270 southbound collector is closed on the east side of Columbus near East Livingston Road and I-70 Wednesday afternoon due to a crash. According to Columbus police, one person was pronounced dead at 3:14 p.m. Details about what caused the accident have not been released. Police said the accident investigation [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Negotiations between Ohio’s largest school district and its teachers’ union have stalled once again, with both Columbus City Schools and the Columbus Education Association (CEA) expressing frustration with Wednesday’s lack of progress. The two sides, along with a federal mediator, met for a good part of the morning and early afternoon [...]
See an earlier report above from when the jury reached its verdict in the Charles Castle case. KENTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Hardin County man sentenced to prison for raping a 7-year-old is appealing his case. Charles Eugene Castle, 57, filed an appeal with the Hardin County Court of Common Pleas Wednesday in hopes that [...]
A cold front will slowly push south of Ohio, leaving behind gray skies and patchy drizzle, with scattered showers and storms farther south. Temperatures will hover in the low to mid-70s behind the front. Skies will gradually clear overnight, allowing readings to cool into the upper 50s over northern and western parts of the state [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police say SWAT officers arrested a teenager Tuesday in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old man in southeast Columbus in July. Columbus police arrested a 16-year-old boy without incident and slated him at the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center for the murder of Nelson Conley Jr. on July 6. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are requesting the public's help in identifying a suspect accused of shooting a 33-year-old man near Tootsies Lounge. One week after police responded to reports of a shooting on the city's south side on Aug. 3, the Columbus Division of Police released a photo of the suspect, whose image [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- For the next month and a half, Columbus residents will have multiple opportunities to get free breakfast from Chick-fil-A. Every Wednesday from August 10 to September 28, Chick-fil-A restaurants in the area will offer a surprise free breakfast item to everyone who goes to dine-in or drive-thru. The days the promotion [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Central Ohio Crime Stoppers are looking for a man wanted in four different jurisdictions of the central Ohio area for a variety of crimes. Aaron Schwartz is wanted for multiple felonies and misdemeanor warrants in Columbus, Reynoldsburg, Westerville, and Licking County that include: Columbus: Misdemeanor for criminal damaging Reynoldsburg: Stolen license [...]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) -- He was the first person to be reported missing from Ross County during World War II, and he's one of the last to come home. Musician 1st Class Joseph W. "Hope" Hoffman of Chillicothe went down with the USS Oklahoma the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor. He never [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Inflation is the highest in 40 years, leading to increased mortgage rates at around 4.5% to 5%. Prospective homebuyers navigating this market will have their finances affected and might be wondering why the federal bank is making it harder for them to borrow money. To combat consumer prices increasing 9.1%, a [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: This morning: Mostly cloudy, chance for a few showers, low 65 Today: Chance of showers, especially south, high 81 Tonight: Some clearing, low 62 Thursday: Partly cloudy, isolated pm storm possible, high 82 Friday: Mainly sunny, cooler, drier, high 78 Saturday: Sunny skies, high 80 Sunday: Partly [...]
URBANCREST, Ohio (WCMH) – With the help of DNA evidence, a family has a bit of closure on their loved ones’ 30-year-old cold case. Monretia Crawford is the sister Alma Lake, who was killed on June 3, 1991. This past Friday, Robert Edwards, 67, was arrested and charged with her murder. Crawford said she is [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are at the scene of a traffic accident Tuesday night where a cattle trailer overturned on the west side of the city. According to police, 32 heads of cattle were in the trailer when it overturned on the ramp from I-70 East to I-270 North at approximately 8:14 p.m. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Education Association and Columbus City Schools are going back to the bargaining table Wednesday. An Ohio State University law professor said when it comes to bargaining, the negotiations for a new teachers’ contract have gone pretty much how she expected. "I don't think yet we are in a place [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- For nearly four years, Dennis DeVendra and his wife relied on WOW! for internet service and planned to stay with the company, even when they moved out of Westerville. "We wanted to transfer our WOW! service over to this house in New Albany," said DeVendra. "And they did not service this [...]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – After spending more than 400 days in captivity during the Iran hostage crisis, one United States Marine is using his story to support the loved ones of fallen service men and women. Rocky Sickmann shared his experience Tuesday at Otterbein University. Sickmann was defending the United State Embassy in Iran in [...]
