PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man and a woman have been arrested and charged after a drug search at a Portsmouth, Ohio apartment Tuesday afternoon. According to the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force, SWAT officers from the Portsmouth Police Department went to an apartment just before 6 p.m. on a narcotics search at the 1300 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A historic Columbus restaurant has opened a new location, aiming to serve the city’s hockey fans. Schmidt’s Sausage Haus, established nearly 140 years ago, opened a new location inside Nationwide Arena earlier this month in a partnership with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The new location is located on the southwest side [...]
LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Police are looking for a suspected catalytic converter thief. At about 4 a.m. on Dec. 16, an unknown man approached the Logan Head Start and the Southeastern Ohio Food Bank on Norwood Avenue in Logan, Ohio, Logan police said. He is accused of cutting catalytic converters off two vehicles in the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are looking for a group of women who are suspected of stealing more than a thousand dollars worth of merchandise from a business on the northwest side of the city. Police said security footage from Halloween shows five women entering a business in the 3000 block of West Dublin-Granville [...]
A previous story on the shooting at The Doll House can be seen in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A second suspect has been identified and is wanted in connection with a September shooting outside a north Columbus strip club. Columbus police have confirmed that Brandon Jennings is the second person wanted for [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- We're just days away from Ohio State's final football game of 2022, and the stakes could not be higher. At 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve, the fourth-ranked Buckeyes will face No. 1 Georgia in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta for a spot in the national championship game on Jan. 9 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- LGBTQ+ rights were contested across Ohio in 2022, manifested in several failed Statehouse bills, an adopted resolution by the state’s board of education, and a new federal law sponsored by an Ohio senator. The discourse was a nationwide trend as anti-LGBTQ+ incidents more than tripled in 2022 and state legislatures introduced [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WMCH) – Ohio enjoys a symbiotic relationship with a creature native to its waters: the walleye. Thriving in the cool waters of Lake Erie and the Ohio River, the white-bellied, olive- and gold-colored sportfish generates $1 billion for the Buckeye State each year. A lead weight scandal at the Lake Erie Walleye Trail [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are responding to a shooting on the westside of Columbus that has left one person in critical condition Wednesday morning. At around 4:40 a.m. reports of a shooting occurred on the 300 block of Warren Avenue in the Hilltop. One person was taken to Grant Medical Center and is [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Wednesday! We start the morning off chilly, but the warm up really starts to kick in this afternoon, as temperatures top out near 40! We will see plenty of sunshine throughout the day, and probably more sun than we'll see over the course of the extended period. We will [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Three juvenile male suspects were detained by Columbus Police Department SWAT officers after shots were fired on the eastside of Columbus. CPD SWAT officers were out at the 4000 block of Elaine Park Drive serving an arrest warrant at around 10:38 p.m. Tuesday night. The arrest warrant was for a juvenile [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Cleanup up in Buffalo, New York, continues following the weekend’s deadly blizzard, with more than 30 storm-related deaths in the area. Some in central Ohio have ties to western New York. Tuesday’s game between the Buffalo Sabres and the Columbus Blue Jackets in Columbus was postponed because the airport in Buffalo [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The historic LeVeque Tower in downtown Columbus was evacuated Tuesday afternoon due to a water leak. According to an email sent to tenants of the building, a leak in the skyscraper caused "water intrusion" into the building's electrical system, resulting in all tenants being evacuated. "Please (at minimum) prepare personal belongings [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Travel troubles have not stopped at the Columbus airport. Tuesday, there have been dozens more flight cancellations at CMH and thousands more nationwide. More than 60 percent of those are from Southwest Airlines, making their passengers frustrated and wanting answers. So far Tuesday, there have been 18 departing flight cancellations out [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Franklin County's snow emergency is over but there is still plenty of work to be done when it comes to the holiday weekend storm. The city of Columbus is still working Tuesday to clear the city’s streets, focusing mainly on getting the slush off the roads to prevent a refreeze. “You [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- On this special edition of The Spectrum, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine reflects on the year and addresses some of the big issues the state faced in 2022 as well as looks ahead to 2023.
