COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ticketmaster announced Friday's general public sale for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is canceled. The company tweeted Thursday afternoon: "Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow's public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled." The ticket-buying process [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)-- The two dozen confirmed cases of measles in Franklin County have medical experts providing some insight into vaccine boosters for the virus. "An MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) booster in adults is generally not needed if they have already received the two-dose schedule as a child and if they are not at high [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported more than 100 new COVID-19 deaths, but there is a specific reason for the uptick. The previous data reported by ODH for the week of Nov. 10 had just eight deaths from the virus. It drew attention as a low statistic that was previously unseen [...]
LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Fairfield County Sheriff's Office arrested two people Wednesday after recovering about two pounds of illegal drugs during a traffic stop. Deputies said they recovered about 455 grams of methamphetamine, 21 grams of fentanyl, 23 grams of illegal mushrooms, drug paraphernalia and drug abuse instruments in a traffic stop at the [...]
ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man from The Plains was sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to 19 criminal charges. Mark Barnhart, 33, received nine years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges in the Athens County Common Pleas Court. Police say Barnhart's crimes include a third-degree felony count of escape, a fifth-degree felony [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State University’s Board of Trustees approved next year's football ticket prices at its full board meeting Thursday. Will Buckeyes tickets cost more? The short answer: It depends on what you buy and what you're looking at. Season ticket holders will see a significant decrease in sticker prices from the 2022 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Public Health is asking for support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after reporting six more cases of measles in central Ohio, increasing the total to 24. A high majority of the 24 cases are in children younger than age 5 with one 6-year-old, per CPH. All of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — In brisk November weather Thursday morning, cars buzzed by about a dozen bundled-up unionized Starbucks workers who had formed a picket line outside the closed downtown store on East Broad Street. The strike at the location blocks from the Ohio Statehouse is part of a broader, national effort by labor organizing [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Interstate 270 northbound near the Tuttle Crossing exit was closed for about a half-hour Thursday morning because of a car fire. Hilliard police reported that I-270 North shut down after a car caught fire before 11 a.m. Some lanes were reopened as of 11:15 a.m. The car was on the left [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A former most wanted fugitive in central Ohio is under arrest again. Columbus police arrested Elvin Cannon on Wednesday on charges of felonious assault after he allegedly beat a man with a metal pipe, causing injuries so severe that he was left blind in one eye. Police say Cannon, 43, confronted [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – George Wagner IV, who testified in his own defense Wednesday in the Rhoden family massacre trial, is now on Thursday answering questions from prosecutors. Eight members of the Rhoden family were found dead in Pike County on April 22, 2016. Prosecutors claimed the murders stemmed from a custody dispute over the daughter [...]
Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day speaks to the media in the video player above to ahead of the Buckeyes' game against Maryland. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State fans may be itching for the “The Game,” but players and coaches know that a different challenge lies ahead Saturday when the Buckeyes play at [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Stores across central Ohio are closing their doors for Thanksgiving this year. Find which retailers are closed near you below. AldiAldi locations are closed on major holidays, including Thanksgiving and Christmas. Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble stores are closed on Thanksgiving. Best Buy While Best Buy locations are closed on [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- From Wildlights and Conservatory Aglow to the Columbus Blue Jackets and Noel Miller at the Funny Bone, there's no shortage of things to do this weekend in central Ohio. Blue Jackets vs. Canadiens: Nov. 17 The Columbus Blue Jackets face the Montreal Canadiens. Nationwide Arena – 200 W. Nationwide Blvd. Tickets. 7 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — With Twitter and its features in flux at the helm of new owner Elon Musk, Ohio politicians are still taking to the platform for public statements. Among scores of layoffs and resignations at Twitter, last week's relaunch of Twitter Blue led to users with newly purchased blue verification checkmarks posing as [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Flurries, overcast, high 37 Tonight: Mostly cloudy, low 26 Friday: Flurries, breezy, high 31 Saturday: Partly cloudy, high 32 Sunday: Mostly sunny, cold, high 31 Monday: Mostly sunny, high 41 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Thursday! We'll start the day off with a few flurries across the region, then we're setting up to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A fire at an automobile sales yard in south Columbus was quickly contained by firefighters, but not before some damage was done. A fire was reported at approximately 7:35 p.m. Wednesday at Parsons Auto Sales on the 2200 block of Parsons Avenue. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found multiple [...]
UPDATE: The Jackson County Sheriff's Office has canceled the Level 1 snow emergency. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Jackson County in southern Ohio has declared a Level 1 snow emergency due to winter weather hitting the southern and eastern parts of the state. To find out what each level of snow emergency means, read the descriptions [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus family is honoring a loved one this Thanksgiving by helping others. Marcus Payne, 27, was shot and killed in the summer of 2021. His family works every day to keep his memory alive, and that will include giving away hundreds of turkeys in his honor this Thanksgiving. Payne’s mother [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A new member of the State Teachers Retirement System board is demanding the return of $10 million in bonuses that he said were improperly awarded to STRS staff members. The bonuses were given in August to dozens of STRS investors even though, at that time, the retirement system was reporting annual [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Tonight: Snow showers, breezy, chilly, low 29 Thursday: Morning flurries, mostly cloudy, high 37 Friday: Stray flurries, pretty chilly, high 31 Saturday: Clearing skies, chilly, high 32 Sunday: Mainly sunny, cold, high 31 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Wednesday Evening, It has been a very brisk day today with a light mix of wintry [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Racist and antisemitic graffiti found in an Ohio State University academic building last weekend has prompted a university investigation. According to a report filed by an Ohio State police officer Monday, an employee found racial slurs and antisemitic hate symbols spray-painted on walls in multiple stairwells of Hitchcock Hall, an engineering [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Shoppers in central Ohio are checking their receipts, following reports that Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sued Dollar General and Family Dollar for what he calls "deceptive" pricing practices. Wendy Jester said she was shopping at a Columbus AutoZone Saturday with her boyfriend when she noticed they were charged more for [...]
GROVEPORT, Ohio (WCMH) -- A slew of violent incidents at Groveport Madison High School this year has law enforcement calling for changes. The most recent happened Tuesday when a fight broke out involving dozens of students. Groveport Police said the fight started with a verbal altercation on a field trip and then escalated to a [...]
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) -- Reynoldsburg City School District said it has a plan to make sure every student will be learning in the classroom by January, but it comes with some major changes. All 8,000-plus students in the district have been taking turns learning online at home because of the bus driver shortage in the [...]
