QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Tonight: Mostly clear, low 60 Friday: Mostly sunny, high 85 Saturday: Clouds increase, showers late, high 80 Sunday: Rain showers & rumbles, high 77 Monday: On/off rain showers, high 74 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Thursday Evening, After a beautiful early September-like day with temps near normal in the lower 80s, we will see [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 21,731 new COVID-19 cases for the past week, going back to a downward trend after a brief spike for the virus. While the state had seen consistently smaller case rates, it has still reported more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases per week nine times in a row. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)-- Margueride Hamill lived in Bexley House Apartments from 2019 to 2021, in what she described as "less than ideal" conditions. "It was from the beginning when I moved, there were so many things wrong," said Hamill. Ready for a change, Hamill's daughter helped her to find a new place in August of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Giant Eagle will get rid of single-use plastic bags on October 20, the company announced on Thursday. The grocery store chain will encourage shoppers to bring or buy reusable bags instead. The move will take six million pounds of plastic out of the waste stream each year, according to Cara Mercil, [...]
HILLSBORO, Ohio (WCMH) -- Although the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case declared school segregation unconstitutional in 1954, Jim Crow remained the law of the land at elementary schools in Hillsboro, Ohio. A group of Black mothers and children in the southwest Ohio town, deemed the "Lincoln School marchers," were determined, however, to provide [...]
MARYSVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Employees at a women's prison in Marysville plan to protest working conditions within the facility. Unionized workers at the Ohio Reformatory for Women announced they will assemble picket lines outside the correctional facility on Monday in protest of what they called subpar working conditions -- including understaffing, retention issues and excessive [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A motorcyclist died on Thursday morning after a crash on Obetz Road in Hamilton Township. A blue Ford F-150 and a red Honda motorcycle were in collision at 8:15 a.m. on Thursday morning. The F-150 turned from Obetz Road onto Crosspointe Drive, according to a media release from the Franklin County [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — September is Hunger Action Month and in Ohio, one in every five people are food insecure — people that could be your friends, your neighbors, or your co-workers. Thankfully, there are places like the Mid-Ohio Food Collective to help people in need, people like Jariah Merritt. Merritt is just 19 years [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The family of Donovan Lewis, a 20-year-old Columbus man who was shot and killed by Columbus police on Aug. 30, demanded justice and announced changes to its legal team Thursday. At a press conference outside Columbus City Hall, the 20-year-old's mother donned a "Justice for Donovan Lewis" shirt as the attorney [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The adage in coaching goes the best thing about being 1-0 is the chance to get to 2-0. Ohio State took care of the first part last weekend with a 21-10 victory over No. 5 Notre Dame and will look to complete the second part when it plays Arkansas State at [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center describes this 10-year-old as a wiggly, sweet gal! Almond Joy has been in and out of the shelter since 2018. In July of this year, her 4 Ever Home caught fire, and two of her dog mates died. Afterward, her family had no [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Fall is almost here and central Ohio is gearing up for seasonal festivals, Halloween events and more. Farms and orchards open for fallOhio orchards will welcome guests for fruit picking, hayrides, corn mazes and other activities. View a list of orchards and farms to visit this autumn here. Ohio Renaissance Festival: Sept. [...]
NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) - Intel is one day away from a groundbreaking ceremony in Ohio for what President Joe Biden called the future of the U.S. economy. The computer chip manufacturing plant to-be on the outskirts of Columbus is the culmination of billions of dollars in funding, a bill putting billions more into play, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man has died after a shooting outside of Donerick's Pub House on East Broad Street. The shooting, which happened in front of 6935 East Broad Street according to Columbus Division of Police dispatchers, left Allen S. Wright II, 25, in critical condition. Medics took him to Mt. Carmel East hospital [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohioans with recently canceled federal student loans won't see their debt be taxed, at least for now. After President Joe Biden announced up to $20,000 in student debt relief for up to 43 million borrowers in August, states including Indiana said North Carolina said they would consider canceled student loans as [...]
An area of high pressure will keep skies partly sunny, with a pleasant northwesterly flow providing comfortable temperatures. Highs will top out in the upper 70s for the third day in a row, followed by another cool morning Friday, with lows in the upper 50s. Seasonally warm and dry conditions will continue Friday, as temperatures [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Central Ohio leaders are back home after a half-day forum in the nation's capital. Leaders were in D.C. Wednesday for an event event organized by the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and the Office of Public Engagement. Mayor Andrew Ginther, Franklin County commissioners and others attended. “Really got to share [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Gov. Mike DeWine ahead of Ohio's gubernatorial election. Trump endorsed DeWine along with Lt. Governor Jon Husted on Wednesday, with 62 days to go before election day. DeWine shared Trump's announcement on Twitter and said, "Lt. Governor [Jon Husted] and I are grateful for President [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 30-year-old woman was shot in the neck on Wednesday while driving in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood. Officers responded to the area of E. Fifth Avenue and I-71 around 3:10 p.m. on Wednesday after reports of a person shot, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Officers found a woman, 30, suffering [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- WonderBus Music and Arts Festival is raffling of an autographed Duran Duran bass guitar. Duran Duran opened the WonderBus on Aug. 26 and autographed a bass guitar as part of the festival's "I Believe" mission, in an effort to end the stigma around mental health. Now, WonderBus is using donations to [...]
WALNUT TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 63-year-old woman died on Wednesday after a crash on State Route 204 in Fairfield County. Marilyn Klose, 63, was driving north on Lake Road when she failed to yield to John Reedy, 61, at a stop sign on State Route 204, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Klose's [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- E. Broad Street between Maplewood Avenue and Robinwood Avenue has been shut down due to a four-car crash. Four cars were involved in a crash at the intersection of E. Broad Street and Collingwood Avenue at around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Whitehall Police. Authorities are advising drivers to avoid [...]
