COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A house in Franklinton that Columbus police have monitored for nearly two years for drug activity has been shut down by the city. Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein announced that a temporary restraining order was obtained to shut down a house at 66 Stevens Avenue, which police have investigated for alleged [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A new report details how two Columbus passengers and a stewardess got out of a private plane after it crashed on a Florida highway, resulting in the deaths of the two pilots. The Collier County Sheriff's Office incident report on the Feb. 9 plane crash gives an account from a responding [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Body camera footage was released Tuesday from a stabbing that left a Mifflin Township police officer seriously injured. The video shows 36-year-old Bryan Benjamin attacking the officer, who responded to a Sunday evening report of a suspicious person with a disabled vehicle in the Framingham neighborhood Sunday evening. In the released [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two longtime managers of a Clintonville market will soon take over as owners of the shop. Weiland's Market -- a specialty grocery store selling fine meats, seafood and more -- announced Tuesday that managers Daniel Phillips and Andy Russell will become the owners as of April 1. Current owners Jennifer Williams [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Matt the Miller's Tavern, a casual restaurant known for its pub fare and happy hour, has closed one of its central Ohio locations after 10 years of business. The tavern's Polaris Fashion Place location at 1436 Gemini Place welcomed patrons for the last time on Valentine's Day after owner CLB Restaurants [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An annual festival full of food, drinks and entertainment is coming back to Columbus this summer. The Columbus Taco Fest 2024 is returning to Genoa Park on May 18 and 19. This year, the festival is expanding over the Rich Street Bridge for a bigger experience. The Little Market and Dessert [...]
POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus-based co-working business is demolishing a Powell office building as the first step of the company's larger project to redesign the city's downtown. COhatch has been recruited to be the primary developer tasked with transforming Powell's downtown district at the intersection of North Liberty and East Olentangy streets, the company [...]
See an earlier report on the new John Glenn airport terminal in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A $2 billion project including a new terminal has been announced for John Glenn International Airport. But when the White House awarded funding last week for aviation projects nationwide, Columbus wasn't on the list. Transportation Secretary [...]
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus-based architecture firm has revived a proposal to build several hundred homes across 100 acres in Dublin, a plan the city's planning commission once said lacked "respect for natural site features." The reintroduced proposal by architecture firm Edge calls for the construction of 105 single-family homes and a range of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio State Fair will feature more than a dozen concerts, and the first shows for this year have been announced. The first show confirmed for the fair, set for July 24-Aug. 4, will be KIDZ BOP Live 2024, which will take place on the first night, July 24, at 6:30 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Investigators in two Ohio cities are piecing together what happened during an Amber Alert that ended with a 5-year-old dead and his legal guardian arrested, as part of a case outside the norm for the state and nation at large. Amber Alerts are usually resolved within hours, according to the National [...]
We start the day off on a chilly note, once again, but temperatures rebound nicely, and we will be a bit warmer than we were yesterday.
GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) -- Months after a fiery chain reaction crash took the lives of six people on I-70 in Licking County, first responders are being honored for their life-saving actions. "They use words like heroes and stuff today and I don't feel like a hero; I just was there and did what I could [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man is dead and a woman is in custody after what police called an apparent domestic dispute Monday afternoon. Laquandra Williams, 44, of Columbus, is charged with murder for a shooting that left Jahaad T. Hughes, 21, dead. Columbus police said officers responded to a call of a shooting on [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man is facing murder charges for his alleged connection to a shooting that led to a man’s death nearly 17 years later. Columbus police said DeShawne R. Stewart, 50, was arrested Monday afternoon by Columbus SWAT officers on the city’s east side without incident. Stewart was wanted in the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – It’s official: football will not be the only sport played at Ohio Stadium next year. Hockey is coming to The Shoe. Saturday, the National Hockey League announced they will host an outdoor hockey game in the City of Columbus. The game will take place on March 1, 2025, when the Blue [...]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – Even from hundreds of miles away, a central Ohio business is supporting victims of last week's shooting at the Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City. "A senseless tragedy that our hearts bleed for the people out there," Walt Chrysler, co-owner of Grizzlybird Brewing Co., said. The brewery is a popular spot for [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Student-athletes already have enough on their plates, especially when they compete for one of the best teams in the country. Donovan Hewitt is taking that a step further by pursuing a law degree. The fifth-year gymnast at Ohio State hopes to one day make a difference in the courtroom. For the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- As we get ready for another election year, new technology could play an unintended role. The rise of artificial intelligence, or AI, also means the creation of “deepfakes” becomes easier, so Rep. Joe Miller (D-Amherst) just introduced House Bill 410 to regulate the circulation of deepfake media for the purpose of [...]
With a snowpack still left in a good part of our area, expect the clear skies and light winds tonight, to lead to temps back in the low to mid 20s.
