CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police arrested a man on Friday who they said called in a bomb threat at a Chillicothe courthouse to get his girlfriend out of court earlier this week. Police responded to the Chillicothe Municipal Courthouse around 12:45 p.m. on Sept. 26 after a man had called and said there were two [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- We're hearing from Ohio Task Force 1 for the first time since Hurricane Ian made landfall, devastating the Florida coast. It's also the first time the team has had cell service since NBC4 spoke to them earlier this week. From Sunbury, Jack Reall is the task force leader on this mission. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Week seven of Football Friday Nite is here and conference play is in full swing with four weeks left in the regular season. The FFN game of the week pits Ohio Capital Conference Ohio division rivals New Albany against rival Gahanna. The schools are located 10 minutes apart but the game [...]
Hurricane Ian made landfall this afternoon near Georgetown, South Carolina, as a Category 1 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. The transitioning post-tropical storm will travel north-northwest across South Carolina and North Carolina tonight, spreading a rain shield through the central Appalachians. High pressure over eastern Canada and the Great Lakes brought another [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police said they have identified three persons of interest that are wanted for questioning into a July 2020 shooting outside a nightclub on East 5th Avenue. On July 26, 2020, officers went to E. 5th Ave. and Joyce Ave. just after 2:00 a.m. and found 21-year-old Dalan Wellman and a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two were hospitalized after a shooting Friday morning in east Columbus, according to Columbus police. Police say officers officers went to the intersection of North Nelson Road and East 5th Avenue at around 11:00 a.m. and found one person with a gunshot wound. CPD states that person was taken by medics [...]
Watch the body camera footage of the incident in the player above. GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Grove City police released body-camera video Friday of an incident showing two police officers being dragged by a car during an attempted arrest. Officers Kyle Coffey and Dylan Eason observed two people, later identified as Abel Martinez and [...]
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus City Schools teacher has been indicted by a Delaware County grand jury for numerous counts relating to possession of child pornography, per court records. Justin Foley was arrested last week for allegedly possessing and creating child pornography, some of which he admitted involved his students. His indictment was filed [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio State University is building a new innovation district on west campus that will open next summer, calling it "Carmenton" According to the school's website, Carmenton will “bring private, public and academic sectors together to exchange knowledge, understand problems that seem insurmountable, develop new technologies and accelerate delivering solutions to [...]
GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Grove City is hosting its first Pride events celebrating the LGBTQ+ community this weekend. Grove City’s inaugural Pride is spanning across downtown with activities, discounts, food and much more at participating businesses and organizations. Organizer Leslie Anderson said Grove City is hosting the festivities in October to set itself apart [...]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Fentanyl has crept into illegal drugs in Ross County, including cocaine, heroin and even marijuana. Fentanyl's presence has been responsible for an 84% increase in overdose deaths in that area. Ross County Health District responded by offering free naloxone, first in a nasal spray. Now it is rolling out a new [...]
GROVEPORT, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new kind of gas station has just opened for business in Groveport, and its first client is a massive national corporation. Calling it the "first station of its kind," Clean Energy Fuels Corporation cut the ribbon Wednesday on a renewable natural gas station at 5900 Green Pointe Dr. The RNG [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The city of Columbus has had its 1,000th felonious assault in the calendar year of 2022 after police found a woman shot in the Hilltop neighborhood overnight Thursday on the West Side. Officers went to the 100 block of South Burgess Avenue just after 2:15 a.m. and found a house had [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Intel is early in the process of building a $20 billion computer chip manufacturing plant in New Albany, but incentives the state has pledged for coming to Ohio are starting to become clearer. The project, first announced in January, is the largest private-sector investment in the state’s history, and the initial [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people are dead after a car crashed into a pole in the 3500 block of Fishinger Boulevard near Mill Run Drive, according to Columbus and Hilliard police. Hilliard PD said it discovered a lime green SUV around 3:00 a.m. that had crashed into a pole and ejected one person, who [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Mainly sunny, high 70 Tonight: More clouds, low 51 Saturday: Showers, heavier SE, high 65 Sunday: Showers early, high 68 Monday: Clearing nice, high 69 Tuesday: Mostly sunny, high 44 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Friday! We have got a beautiful day on tap, with mainly sunny skies and highs topping out near [...]
GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man was arrested on Thursday after he dragged officers by putting his car in reverse. Police arrested Abel Martinez on Thursday, who was wanted for violation of protection order, domestic violence and several theft cases, according to the Grove City Division of Police. Officer found Martinez in a car [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Symphony is opening its 2022-23 season with a tour de force this weekend. The symphony will enter its new season with performances on Friday and Saturday at the Ohio Theatre, joined by the Columbus Symphony Chorus, the Columbus Children’s Chorus and a trio of guest vocalists. “Together, with the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Transportation is short staffed for seasonal and full-time drivers. To help fill those positions, the department is hiring individuals who do not have a commercial driver's license. The department will pay to train and get new drivers licensed before winter. In exchange, new drivers are asked to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, families in southwestern Florida don't know what they're going to find when they return to their homes. That's the exact situation Todd Wolford and his family are in. "It's rough, I mean the whole area is devastated," said Wolford. Wolford is referring to the area [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Organizations across Columbus are coming together for a day encouraging neighbors to talk about the community. Started in 2016, The Big Table is coming back on Oct. 6 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. All throughout central Ohio, marked tables will be in public areas, including parks, houses or [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Westerville man admitted Thursday to laundering more than $4 million in profits he gained by deceiving those looking for love. Edward Amankwah, 45, pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder nearly $4.3 million that he stole through a series of online romance scams across the U.S., according to a news release [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- First responders and power crews from central Ohio are in Florida, helping with rescue efforts from the devastation of Hurricane Ian. Here in Ohio, there are many with close ties to the area, like a HuA professor at the Ohio State University who dedicated two decades to the devastated island of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The aftermath of a national tragedy or natural disaster, like Hurricane Ian, pulls at the heart strings of many and inspires them to act and act quickly. As Hurricane Ian and its 150-mph winds made landfall on the west coast of Florida Wednesday, people across the U.S. moved to donate money [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Dogs up for adoption on the north side of Columbus have been plagued by an outbreak of respiratory infections. About 70% of dogs at the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center have been diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection, a disease that has become more prevalent among the four-legged animals [...]
