COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Employees at Honda's manufacturing facility in Marysville tell NBC4 they are owed overtime wages for hours they worked as far back as December. Multiple workers contacted NBC4 Investigates in response to a report about overpaid bonuses that the automaker was working to recoup from Marysville employees. “I feel like there was [...]
MARION, Ohio (WCMH) -- A multi-state fraud ring involving two Ohio men has been stopped after a months-long investigation, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office. According to the sheriff's office, Michael Mareno Stevens-McKenzie, 28, of Twinsburg, Ohio, and Jarell Coree Scott, 28, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, have been charged with felony engaging in a [...]
MCCONNELSVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 21-year-old Ohio man pleaded guilty to multiple crimes related to the rape of an infant. Zachariah Wicker, of Perry County, will serve 15 years to life for rape, which will run concurrent to 20 years for pandering obscenities involving a minor – two years for each of 10 charges. The [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Detectives with the Columbus Police Homicide Unit need help to identify two people involved in a deadly nightclub shooting. CPD shared photos of two people, whom it identified as people of interest in the shooting death of 30-year-old Shamira Rhodes outside of a Columbus nightclub. Rhodes died after suffering multiple gunshot [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A meeting between Kroger and the union bargaining committee representing its central and southeastern Ohio employees is slated for Tuesday following two weeks of public back-and-forth and threats of a labor strike that could still come. Kroger consistently characterized the most recent contract offer rejected by workers two Fridays ago as [...]
GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) -- Gahanna police is searching for a 16-year-old who went missing on Monday. Sincere Thornton, 16, was reported missing by his family on Monday, according to the Gahanna Division of Police. Thorton is six feet tall, 145 pounds and was last seen wearing a black hoodie with a "V" on the back [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Columbus police made 32 total arrests, recovered nearly $45,000 in approximate street value of suspected drugs, including 114 grams of cocaine and 95 grams of fentanyl, and recovered 15 illegal guns as part of an operation in the Short North and Driving Park this weekend. In response to violent crime trends [...]
We're starting off the week with plenty of sunshine ahead of a big drop in temperatures.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- As Floridians continue to prepare for Hurricane Ian, dozens of members of Ohio's Task Force 1 are already en route. Jack Reall's first mission with Ohio Task Force 1 was 21 years ago after the attacks on 9/11. His group has since responded to massive floods, a building collapse, and countless [...]
A 26-year old man was shot in the face at the 600 block of Woodbury Ave. in South Hilltop early Monday morning. Columbus police responded to reports of shots being fired on Forest Creek Drive around 2 a.m. and found the man on Woodbury Avenue about a half an hour later. The victim was transported [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Gas prices in Columbus are back on the rise again, but only slightly from two weeks ago. GasBuddy is reporting the average price for a gallon of gas in the Columbus area is $3.53, which is 5 cents higher than two weeks ago and 6.7 cents higher than one month ago. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Three people were killed and eleven injured in total over the weekend in six separate shootings. The youngest person to be shot was a 15-year-old boy. The first shooting happened on Saturday outside a motorcycle club on East Fifth Avenue and Osborn Avenue just after 11:00 p.m. Police said four people [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Because of the actions of one school district, Ohio is listed among 32 states with districts banning more than 1,600 books, with most titles featuring LGBTQ+ themes and characters of color, according to a national index. PEN America detailed 2,532 instances of individual books banned in 138 school districts from July [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- In his 31 years at Ohio State University, Steve Ringel has mentored a number of students studying highly scientific realms of technology in Columbus. He just wishes they would stay. After donning their graduation gowns, many leave the state for somewhere like the San Francisco Bay Area for tech jobs on [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Partly cloudy, breezy, high 68 Tonight: Some clouds, low 48 Tuesday: Light sct'd showers, high 62 Wednesday: Partly cloudy, cool, high 61 Thursday: Mainly sunny, high 63 Friday: More clouds, milder, high 67 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Monday! We start the workweek off on a cool note, with highs only looking to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Three people were shot and killed in three separate shootings in Columbus, with several others shot and recovering Sunday. The victims range in age from their late teens to early 50s. All three shootings remain under investigation. Just after 11 p.m. Saturday, Columbus police said Trevor Seymour, 52, was shot and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The world’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s disease research took to Columbus’ streets Sunday. As of Sunday morning, the Alzheimer’s Association Central Ohio Chapter has raised more than $600,000 toward its 2022 goal of raising $820,000. NBC4’s Colleen Marshall emceed the opening ceremony. Starting at 2 p.m., walkers took to Rich Street, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A new coat of paint can brighten up anything. This holds true for a section of Italian Village, where families got together Sunday for a new event put on to beautify the block. The event was called Go Fourth and it was the first year for the block party. The Short [...]
