POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium made a sad announcement on social media Thursday about one of its bat-eared foxes. The zoo shared that Ivy, a nearly 5-year-old bat-eared fox, was humanely euthanized after her health "deteriorated rapidly" stemming from a battle with diabetes. The online statement noted that the condition is [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The former executive of a Columbus-based car insurance company faces prison time for embezzling more than $10 million from the company. Brinson Caleb Silver, 43, was sentenced to just over four years in federal prison on Thursday on wire fraud and contempt of court charges, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern [...]
Even though we are officially in Spring, it certainly doesn't feel like it! Temperatures have fallen after a cold front ran through earlier this week. There is a rebound in numbers before the weekend, but it comes with higher chances for rain.
HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) - With the start of spring, upcoming changes are being made to downtown Hilliard, including a permanent road closure in front of Hilliard Station Park. According to a social media post, the city is making infrastructure improvements starting Monday. The city website noted the changes will improve safety, providing a better experience [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Bexley resident made history 60 years ago this month as the first woman to fly solo around the world. Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock, a Newark High School graduate and attendee of Ohio State University, started her voyage on March 19, 1964. Mock departed Port Columbus airport in a single-engine Cessna [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- From Tim McGraw and Olivia Rodrigo at Nationwide Arena to the Columbus Symphony at the Ohio Theatre, here are things to see and do this weekend in central Ohio. Olivia Rodrigo | Guts World Tour Nationwide Arena at 7:30 p.m. on Friday Finnish-American violinist makes her Columbus Symphony debut Ohio Theatre [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Mackenzie River, a shuttered central Ohio restaurant that replaced Max and Erma's, auctioned off its furniture this week ahead of the building's demolition to make room for a new Chick-fil-A. The grill and pub at 1515 Polaris Parkway closed several weeks ago after eight years in business and held the auction [...]
View the player above for previous coverage COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Cutting-edge technology is helping Ohio investigators make breakthroughs in unsolved cases, with the public playing a large role in finding answers. Currently, in central Ohio, a database by the attorney general’s office shows there are seven unidentified remains that were found in Columbus, along [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus’ stock of available affordable housing has shrunk to its lowest level in at least five years, according to a new report. An annual report of rental housing availability conducted by the National Low Income Housing Coalition shows that while Ohio’s supply of affordable housing has rebounded slightly from pandemic lows, [...]
We are very cold today, but on the bright side, we are much less windy. Expect daytime highs to run close to 10 degrees below normal, topping out in the lower 40s.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- After more than three years, a mother is one step closer to justice for her son. Ronnette Hariston has been fighting for answers and this week, a man was charged with murder in her son’s death. Hairston said her son was the life of the party; now, Giant’e Adaway is her [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The buzzer sounded inside The Schottenstein Center and fans began flooding the court; the Ohio State women had just upset Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes. As the cheers and dancing began at center court, in the middle of it all, there was a smaller yet more meaningful celebration: one by [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- In 1970, a 16-year-old, pregnant with a little girl, delivered her baby at Grant Hospital. In a meeting 54 years in the making, that woman and her daughter reunited at the hospital where she once said goodbye. Now 70, mother Carla Lemaster said that policies at the time did not allow [...]
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Voters across central Ohio said "No" on Tuesday to higher taxes for school spending. Several school district levies failed last night, including a combined 4.25-mill levy for the state's fourth-largest district -- Olentangy Local School District. Nearly two-thirds of voters rejected it, according to unofficial election results. For the Heath City [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The primary election is over, and now the race for U.S. Senate is gearing up. The race will be a close match-up between Republican businessman Bernie Moreno and Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown. “The Senate is very close, and Ohio is very important when it comes to that vote,” Democratic analyst [...]
We will have high pressure building in from the north tonight, this will start to relax winds, but also drop temps back into the lower 20s, with some upper teens possible outside of town.
