COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus man was sentenced six to nine years for aggravated vehicular homicide for a fatal crash that took place in the west side of Columbus, said a release by the office of Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Gary Tyack. On March 20, 2020, Jhuante Burton, 37, was driving westbound on West [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 17-year-old boy has been arrested Wednesday after police said he came to a South Linden school with a loaded handgun. According to Columbus police, officers went to the 1300 block of Duxberry Avenue, where Linden-McKinley STEM Academy is located, at around 10:30 a.m. after calls that a student brought a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Convenience store and gas station chain Wawa is expanding with new locations in the three Midwest states. Wawa is launching its first stores in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky after 2025, with timeframes and ranges for number of stores by state to be announced next year. The chain said Wednesday they are [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A drug dealing operation that sold psychedelic mushrooms nationwide just had its leader sentenced in federal court in Columbus, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio said Wednesday. James Verl Barlow, 45, of Las Vegas, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Home prices in central Ohio will increase while the number of home sales will decrease in 2023, according to a new report. Columbus home prices will climb 5% while nationwide prices will increase 5.4% next year, according to Realtor.com's 2023 Housing Forecast. In addition, home sales are expected to decline nationwide [...]
Another cold front is on the way, as well as more rain showers likely in the forecast. Cloud cover won't be letting up.
GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) -- A domestic violence report in Gahanna led to the arrests of two men -- including a fugitive from Michigan. On Monday, officers arrived at a house on Verdin Court with search and arrest warrants for 39-year-old Labaron Lorenzo Thurmond, who was charged with domestic violence and assault, according to the Gahanna [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Public Health reported an additional measles case and a hospitalization in central Ohio. As of Wednesday morning, Columbus Public Health confirmed there are 59 cases in its measles outbreak dashboard, up from 58 reported Tuesday. There is also an additional hospitalization, increasing the total to 23. CPH reported no one [...]
WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus man has died Wednesday morning after being struck by a car south of Waverly in Pike County. The Portsmouth Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported that at 1:19 a.m., 45-year-old Timothy Barnhart of Columbus was walking southbound in the northbound lane of State Route 104 near Waverly. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Central Ohio Crime Stoppers is asking for community help in searching for a suspect in connection with an assault -- both physical and with a car -- in northeast Columbus. Latasha Fowler has warrants for two counts of felonious assault, which reportedly occurred July 31 just after 3 a.m. on the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus Police are investigating a pair of unrelated shootings that occurred Tuesday. At around 1:30 p.m. officers were called to an area hospital to reports of a victim who walked in with a gunshot wound. CPD discovered a 20-year-old woman had been shot while driving to a friend’s house at the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A holiday tradition attracting thousands of central Ohioans returns this week, featuring more than 180 Columbus dance students. "The Nutcracker" opens at the Ohio Theatre on Thursday with 19 performances through Dec. 24. BalletMet students are joined by the professional company and BalletMet 2, a group of seven up-and-coming dancers, to [...]
ABOVE: Footage features graphic content. NBC4 has displayed the entire video to respect the wishes of the victims' family, who wanted the footage in its entirety to be available to inform viewers of the callousness of the shooting. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the brutal fatal shooting of two children [...]
In December, NBC4i.com will have a series of reports on sports gambling, which becomes legal in Ohio on Jan. 1. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Peach Bowl is likely the last Ohio State Buckeyes game Ohioans cannot legally bet on, to the chagrin of online sportsbooks. With an 8 p.m. kickoff on New Year's Eve, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man died after a head-on collision Tuesday morning on U.S. Route 23 in Orange Township. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred near mile post 0, close to the Franklin County and Delaware County border. At around 8:30 a.m. Ryan Salvator, 32 of Powell, was heading northbound [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Foggy AM, cloudy, high 54 Tonight: Mainly cloudy, low 40 Thursday: Showers later, high 49 Friday: Sct'd showers, high 53 Saturday: Mostly cloudy, high 46 Sunday: Cloudy, sprinkle, high 47 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Wednesday! We start the day off with some drizzle, yet again, moving through Central Ohio, with some heavier [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio lawmakers are close to passing a bill that could affect anyone who ever gets a haircut or a facial. The Ohio Senate passed a bill that will lower standards for state barber and cosmetology licenses, but a state barber’s association is trying to block the bill which would cut cosmetology [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Did you know the state of Ohio has a stroke registry? The registry collects data on stroke care and categorizes hospitals that specialize in treating strokes. In an effort to preserve the state’s stroke registry, several healthcare providers and stroke survivors addressed the Ohio legislature. “This is a condition that is [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus food cart and truck owners are not happy about proposed legislation being considered by the city which, if approved, would change the hours mobile food vendors can operate. Police and city leaders said the change is about safety, but food cart owners said they are not the problem. “Because of [...]
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WCMH) – The Reynoldsburg City School District has announced five finalists vying to be the district’s next superintendent. In a statement, the district identified the following individuals as finalists to be interviewed: David Harmon, chief of human resources for Dayton Public Schools Dr. M. Denise Lutz, chief technology officer for Upper Arlington City [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly stole an unknown amount of money from a northeast Columbus bank Tuesday. Columbus Police said the man entered the Fifth Third Bank on the 5900 block of North Hamilton Road at 11:30 a.m. where he approached the counter. He presented the teller [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) – Police are searching for a stolen car Tuesday evening after they said someone inside the stolen vehicle fired shots while Dublin police officers were in the area. According to police dispatchers, officers responded to the 6100 block of Sawmill Road around 6:17 p.m. Police said a silver Ford four-door sedan was [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Rebecca Sue Justus said she files her taxes each year, well ahead of the deadline, electronically, and with the help of a certified accountant. When she filed her 2021 tax return earlier this year, Justus said she had no problem getting her money back. "Nine days, I got it. Like I [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- As of Dec. 1, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is tracking 76 measles cases across the country, with central Ohio accounting for the majority of those cases. As of Tuesday, there are 58 cases reported by Columbus Public Health; all of those cases involve children. A local family doctor [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Tonight: Rain showers, patchy fog continues, low 49 Wednesday: Early AM showers, fog lingers, high 54 Thursday: Mostly cloudy, showers late, high 50 Friday: Rain likely, high 53 Saturday: Mostly cloudy, high 46 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Tuesday Evening, It has been a very dreary day today, with temps still running above normal [...]
