COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new vision to transform downtown Columbus is the goal of a new strategic plan focusing heavily on increasing residents and workers in the area. There have been several strategic plans in the past that have made Columbus what it is today. The goal of this one is to increase downtown [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH/The Hill)-- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly updated its COVID-19 infection control guidance Friday to no longer recommend universal masking in health care settings, unless the facilities are in areas of high COVID-19 transmission. All 88 counties in Ohio remain at high levels of transmission, according to the CDC COVID [...]
POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is extending the lives of six great apes suffering from heart disease with the help of tiny monitors. A team of top medical and veterinary professionals have implanted six great apes with cardiac monitors to extend their lives at the Columbus zoo. The apes included orangutans, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One of two men wanted in connection with an assault earlier this month will be charged after being interviewed by Columbus police. Police said an assault charge is pending against a 30-year-old Columbus man in connection with the Sept. 16 incident. According to police, two men inside a light tan Jeep [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus woman accused of shooting a 26-year-old to death in the South Linden neighborhood is being held on a $3 million bond. Mercedes B.G. Reyes, 25, was issued a $3 million bond at her arraignment on Wednesday, about a week after the Columbus Division of Police sent out a warrant [...]
HEBRON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man died Monday after his semi cab was hit by a vehicle whose driver failed to stop at a red light, police said. Just after 1 p.m., Stephen Heffelfinger, 68, of Heath was killed in a crash while driving northbound in a semi cab along State Route 37 west of [...]
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Tee Jaye's Country Place restaurant on Brice Road closed its doors on Friday due to losses after the COVID-19 pandemic. "We closed Brice Road on Friday Sept. 23 due to COVID," said Dayna Sandsten, spokesperson for Tee Jaye's. "That was our only restaurant that never recovered from 2020! We stayed [...]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) - Food and soda bottles flew in a Westerville hibachi restaurant when a man attacked store employees before fighting another bystander near him, video from the restaurant security camera showed. Westerville police released both a security camera photo of the suspect, as well a video of the Sept. 21 incident at Genjigo [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- SWAT officers arrested a man Tuesday morning wanted on charges related to a 2021 homicide. Brandonlee Berry was arrested by police shortly before noon at a residence on Burgandy Lane, a short street in Columbus' Eastland neighborhood. Berry has been a suspect in the death of Charles Jones Jr. Jones' body [...]
Cooler weather and the chance for showers are in the forecast today ahead of the return of sunshine by the end of the week.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Coach Ryan Day is scheduled to discuss No. 3 Ohio State's fifth straight home game when it faces Rutgers at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. He is schedule to speak at noon Tuesday. You can watch him in the player above. OSU is 8-0 against Rutgers since the Scarlet Knights joined the Big [...]
NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A house in need of repairs to bring out its pretty features is up for sale through the Athens County Land Bank. Set in a small town with easy access to hiking and hunting, the 1,028 sq. ft. house on a lot of 4,290 sq. ft. was boarded up by The [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A fire has destroyed the second floor of a house in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the Hilltop area of Columbus. According to Columbus Division of Fire, no-one was home at the time when the fire broke out in the 400 block of Hilltonia Avenue. Investigators have been called [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Whether it's for your front porch, to put in a pie, or make hot and tasty soup, Ohioans need pumpkins in the fall. Luckily, Central Ohio is home to a number of farms and orchards with pumpkins ready for picking. Find your local patch below. Apple Hill Orchards With two locations, these [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The front of a house in the Weinland Park area of Columbus was destroyed overnight when a car crashed into its brick porch. According to an officer at the scene, a woman reportedly was eating while driving and lost control of the car which crashed into the front of 50 West [...]
LATEST ON IAN & ITS TRACK THE NEXT TWO DAYS: Hurricane Ian early Tuesday crossed Cuba as a very strong hurricane with near category 3 strength, and is expected to potentially become a category 4 storm by late today. The current forecast from the National Hurricane Center will make Ian the strongest storm in the [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Few PM showers, cool, high 63 Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 45 Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, high 61 Thursday: Clearing, cool, high 64 Friday: Mainly sunny, high 70 Saturday: Mainly cloudy, showers late, high 70 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Tuesday! We've got another cool day on tap, with highs only making their way into [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio’s population has grown by nearly 1 million since 1990 -- a sign for two Republican lawmakers that it’s time to reconfigure the state’s appeals court districts. Forty years have passed since Ohio last redrew its 12 appellate districts, prompting state Reps. Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) and Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio State University filed yet another legal maneuver trying to keep the sexual abuse victims of former university doctor Richard Strauss from having their day in court. Earlier this month, a three-judge panel revived unsettled claims from hundreds of men who alleged sexual abuse by the team doctor decades ago. A [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is in critical condition after being assaulted in the Short North section of Columbus Monday night. According to Columbus police, the incident happened on the 1100 block of North High Street at approximately 8:05 p.m. Police said gunshots were heard, but no shooting victims were found at the scene. [...]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – A team from central Ohio is just hours away from starting its trip to Florida before Hurricane Ian hits. The team is made up of line workers from the Westerville Electric Division, and for some, this will be a trip they’ve gone on before. The workers are planning on leaving at [...]
Above: NBC4 breaks down the latest data from a September NBC4/Emerson College/The Hill poll, and heard from voters who stressed the importance of candidate debates. CLEVELAND (WJW)- In just over a month, Ohio voters will head to the polls to select a new U.S. senator for the Buckeye state. To help undecided voters make their [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Tonight: Partly cloudy, breezy, low 48 Tuesday: Clouds increase, few showers late, high 63 Wednesday: Partly sunny, chilly, high 60 Thursday: Mostly sunny, high 65 Friday: Mostly sunny, high 70 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Monday Evening, It was a brisk day today with sunshine, and some scattered clouds in the area. There have [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Women of all ages now have greater access to potentially life-saving care. House Bill 371 was introduced as a bipartisan bill and gained enough support to become law on Friday, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say this can change lives. “What we realized is that every day we [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The outcome of Saturday’s Ohio State-Wisconsin game wasn’t exactly what Isaiah Mullins hoped for, but for the Badgers' defensive end, coming back to Columbus to play in The ‘Shoe was a big deal. For a kid out of Harvest Prep in Columbus, who wasn’t supposed to walk and talk, it’s a [...]
