COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are searching for a man and a woman they said stole liquor from a convenience store last week. The pair entered the store, located on the 800 block of West 3rd Avenue, at approximately 8 p.m. on Dec. 12. Once inside the store, surveillance video shows the woman placing [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Crew and new head coach Wilfried Nancy now knows its schedule for the upcoming season. On Tuesday, the 34-game regular season schedule for the Black & Gold was released. They will begin the campaign on Feb. 25 against the defending Eastern conference champions the Philadelphia Union on the road [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As e-commerce shipping deadlines pass by with less than a week until Christmas, gift-getters will be left with fewer routes to secure presents. Tasha Lewis, a fashion and retail studies associate professor at Ohio State University, said holiday-shopping procrastination can sometimes yield more attractive discounts, but cautioned that it comes with [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Gas prices under $2.50? It’s a Christmas miracle! While it was reported Monday that gas prices have dropped below $3 per gallon in Columbus, $2.90 to be exact, GasBuddy is predicting that prices will fall even further over the holiday weekend. The national price for a gallon of gas, which was [...]
LA RUE, Ohio (WCMH) – A suspect in a drug search warrant died Tuesday morning after getting into a shootout with Marion police officers. The Marion Police Department said the county's Special Response Team executed a felony search warrant for a suspected methamphetamines dealer at around 5 a.m. Tuesday. When the unit arrived at the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 50-year-old man is facing possible jail time and a fine after being charged in the death of a four-year-old on Halloween in northeast Columbus. The office of Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein announced Tuesday morning that Lazaro Becerra has been charged with vehicular homicide and manslaughter after being accused of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A majority of states allow transgender Americans to correct the sex marker on their birth certificate. However, in Ohio, that process is contingent on how certain judges interpret the law. Ohio was one of just two states that did not allow trans people to correct the sex on their birth certificate [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A major winter storm expected on Friday may bring back memories of another disruptive storm nearly two decades ago that brought a combination of rain, freezing rain, snow, and strong winds to central Ohio. Just before Christmas, the area was struck by a massive winter storm on Dec. 22-23, 2004, that [...]
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good morning and happy Tuesday! It's another chilly start to the day ahead of a brief warming trend and much colder temperatures by Christmas. Clouds will break up some this afternoon as a weak cold front moves toward the area. Temperatures will be a little [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Construction has resumed as normal on Ohio State University’s $1.8 billion inpatient hospital at Wexner Medical Center after a cracked concrete column threw an unexpected wrench in steelwork installation. University spokesperson Dan Hedman said after multiple reviews, the hospital project’s engineer of record and a third-party engineer determined the construction site [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Authorities have issued a statewide Amber Alert Tuesday morning after two babies were abducted in their mother's car from a Columbus parking lot. The woman had parked her car, but kept it running around 9:45 p.m. Monday at the Donatos Pizza at East 1st Avenue and North High Street. She left [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The Columbus Division of Police on Monday released photos of suspects accused of robbing someone at a gas station, then killing a man who tried to defend the victim. A security camera captured the pictures of the three men just before midnight on Dec. 13, as they walked into a Sunoco [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State University freshman offensive lineman Avery Henry has bone cancer. The St. Clairsville native made the announcement on social media Monday night, writing he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma a couple of days ago. “I will fight this! I have never been a statistic and I never will!” he posted. He [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Music Commission held its first-ever Jingle Mingle Monday night at Natalie’s Grandview, honoring one of the city’s biggest stars in the music industry. Angel Lopez is a Grammy-winning producer/songwriter who hails from central Ohio. He made his way to Los Angeles to pursue a music-producing career and so far, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people are in critical condition after a shooting Monday night on the west side of Columbus. According to Columbus police, the shooting happened at approximately 8:30 p.m. on the unit block of North Wilson Road. One victim was taken to Doctor's West Hospital while the second was taken to Grant [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two Ohio State University basketball players have been named Big 10 Freshman of the Week. On the women's side, forward Cotie McMahon earned the award for the second week in a row after scoring a career-high 24 points in Friday's win against Albany, helping the Buckeyes improve to 11-0 on the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A high-risk adult was reported missing in Columbus Monday. Leonard Petty, 84, was last seen on the east side of Columbus, according to Columbus police. They said he may be driving a silver 2020 Toyota Camry with license plate number HEZ6268. Petty is a 5'4" Black man with grey hair and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Civilian Police Review Board has voted to recommend the removal of one of its members after a controversy caused earlier this month following a protest by a hate group in Clintonville. At a special meeting Monday, the board voted 8-1 to recommend member Gambit S. Aragon be dismissed from [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Good Monday Evening, It has been a cool day today with temps running well below normal in the 20s to lower 30s. We will see more temps in the upper teens to near 20 overnight tonight with clouds increasing and little to no wind overnight. Expect Tuesday to start off [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A former Richland County Jobs and Family Services employee has been indicted for improperly securing nearly $50,000 in benefits. Rebecca Shafer is facing seven felony counts, including illegal use of food stamps and Medicaid eligibility fraud, according to Ohio Auditor Keith Faber. She was arraigned in Richland County Common Pleas Court [...]
