COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 20,552 new COVID-19 cases for the past week, keeping up with a downward trend after a brief spike for the virus. While the state has seen consistently smaller case rates, it has still reported more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases per week ten times in a row. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Is it a cold, COVID allergies, or something else? Many parents are asking that question as we're now a few weeks into the new school year and kids are coming down with the inevitable back-to-school bugs. OhioHealth family and sports medicine physician Dr. Ben Bring said the first and best way [...]
Results from a poll by Fox 8, Emerson College and The Hill shows Ohio voters are split half and half when it comes to supporting or opposing Ohio's abortion law.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The mother of an unarmed Black man killed by Columbus police sat beside two attorneys as she described life without her son for the past 16 days. During an interview with NBC4 on Thursday, Donovan Lewis' mother, Rebecca Duran, and family attorneys reacted to new details in the employment record of [...]
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) - A man allegedly exposed himself to a 10-year-old girl who was on her way to school Thursday morning, according to the Hilliard Division of Police. The man got out of a white pickup truck with an extended cab. He then exposed himself to the child and drove away, she told police. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Unemployment in Ohio during the first week of September fell Ohio, but the state is showing slightly higher joblessness rates than the national average. This week, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services updated data on unemployment claims filed in Ohio the week of Sept. 4, according to a media [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – For students, school has only been back in session for a few weeks. But for Ohio schools, report cards were posted Thursday morning, with a different system used for ranking K-12 educational institutions than in previous years. Rather than grading districts and schools overall on an A-to-F scale, last used in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man has been charged with compelling prostitution of a 17-year-old boy in the Southern Orchards area of Columbus. According to the complaint, Steven Hidy, of Linwood Avenue, tried to hire a minor to perform a sexual act for $500 on Aug. 14. The complaint also alleges that Hidy told the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- There was measurable improvement from Ohio State in a 45-12 victory over Arkansas State last Saturday, as an offense that looked a beat slow in an opening win over Notre Dame put it into high gear against the Red Wolves, amassing 538 yards and averaging nearly 10 yards per play. Though [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- From fall sports to local festivals, there’s no shortage of things to do this weekend in central Ohio. Southern Soul Music Festival: Sept. 16 The festival features Tucka, Sir Charles Jones, Pokey Bear, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, and Big Robb. Palace Theatre – 34 W. Broad St. Tickets. 8 p.m. Joe Rogan: Sept. 16 The [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man charged with a shooting death near Nafzger Park in east Columbus in July will appear in court this morning. According to the complaint, in the evening of July 7, Xavier Colvin, 22, and three others drove to the Cross Key Apartments on Chatterton Road. There they allegedly fired handguns [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Three people have been arrested after SWAT went to a home in north Hilltop. According to Columbus Division of Police, the suspects were found in a basement on North Wayne Avenue and gave themselves up peacefully. The arrests stemmed from situation in Whitehall, police said.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A woman whose son was shot while riding a scooter opened up to NBC4 about her journey after the incident. Moneaca Collin's son had just rented a scooter on the Scioto Mile in June when a person opened fire and sprayed the street, striking two people and several cars. A bullet [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Seasonable sunshine, high 80 Tonight: Mostly clear, low 57 Friday: Mainly sunny, high 83 Saturday: Sunny, warmer, high 85 Sunday: Mostly sunny, high 86 Monday: Partly cloudy, iso. shower possible, high 86 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Thursday! Once we get past some morning fog, expected to dissipate shortly after the morning commute, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The City of Columbus will soon be taking a new approach to helping survivors of domestic violence, working to have them connected with advocates faster. According to data from the Ohio Attorney General’s office, there were nearly 2,600 incidents Columbus police responded to in 2021 which resulted in a domestic violence-related [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two people are dead after a crash in east Columbus Wednesday night. According to Columbus police, the crash happened on East Broad Street in the area of Lancaster Avenue/Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road at approximately 9:10 p.m. The two victims were taken to Mount Carmel East, where they were pronounced dead. Police have [...]
GROVEPORT, Ohio (WCMH) – A suspected organized theft ring that, in part, targeted catalytic converters has been broken up, according to Groveport police. The Groveport Police Department is expected to announce more details during a press conference Thursday, but said the theft ring targeted catalytic converters, stolen vehicles, and weapons, all of which cost the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are searching for two suspects caught on camera stealing a large amount of grease from a west Columbus restaurant. Surveillance video shows two suspects wearing neon construction vests breaking part of a grease tank on the 2400 block of Hilliard Rome Road. The suspects siphoned approximately $1,000 worth of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- As the deadline looms on a potential rail strike, prices at the gas pump could take a hit. The possible rail strike is coming at a time of a steady decline in gas prices, but a strike could see those prices climb again. Patrick De Hann with GasBuddy said most gasoline [...]
CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio (WCMH) – Rayne McCann, 17, loves football. He loves it so much that nothing was going to stop him from playing or being part of a team. What he didn’t know was that being part of Canal Winchester’s team would change his life. “Being under the lights is the best feeling I’ve [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- September is dedicated to spreading awareness of sickle cell disease, affecting more than 100,000 people in the U.S. a day, the majority being people of color. For one local mother who lost her child to the disease, it's led her to raise awareness through local blood drives and organizations here in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Lancaster man has been sentenced to prison for illegally possessing firearms after being convicted of impersonating a police officer. David Scott Scofield, 58, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $15,000, according to Kenneth Parker, the United State Attorney for the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The City of Columbus is no stranger to crime. This past weekend, there were eight shootings around the city. In an effort to prevent violence, especially in places where families like to gather, the Columbus City Council has voted to extend increased police patrol at city parks until the end of [...]
CINCINNATI, Ohio (WCMH) - Abortions in Ohio are legal again through 20 weeks of gestation, at least for now. Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Christian Jenkins, a Democrat, penned the ruling Wednesday, which creates a temporary block for two weeks against S.B. 23, also known as Ohio's heartbeat bill. "S.B. 23 clearly discriminates against [...]
