HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) -- A female student at Hilliard Bradley High School was detained Tuesday after a potential safety threat locked down three schools in the area. In a note sent to families of Hilliard City Schools, the district said that at 10:30 a.m., administration at Bradley were notified of a potential safety threat in [...]
See an earlier report on the death of Rhonda Jones in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 70-year-old Columbus man was sentenced to over a decade in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to stabbing his sister to death. Michael Wright was accused in the May 2023 death of his sister, Rhonda [...]
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 45-year-old man will serve at least 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing a Zanesville school teacher with a stolen truck. Colt Lightfoot pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, grand theft and grand theft of a motor vehicle, burglary, receiving stolen property, and breaking [...]
Sunshine will stay for Tuesday. Highs will be back int he upper 80s. Skies will be partly cloud as fair weather cumulus move across central Ohio. There will be a slight breeze from the southwest today. Thankfully with the humidity relatively at bay there is not going to be heat index values that will make it feel even warmer.
MARION, Ohio (WCMH) — A Marion City Council member is facing a rape charge after being arrested Monday night. In a video statement released on Tuesday, Marion County Prosecutor Ray Grogan acknowledged that Ayers Ratliff was taken into custody after a child under the age of 15 filed a formal complaint. Grogan stated that Ratliff's home [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An argument over a parking space turned into an assault with a machete Monday afternoon, police said. According to court documents, Columbus police responded to reports of a stabbing in the 300 block of Clarendon Avenue in the Central Hilltop neighborhood. There, at around 4:15 p.m., police said a man was [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A restaurant at Easton Town Center is being sued by the company that owns the retail district after being accused of not paying rent. A lawsuit was filed Thursday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court 16 by Easton Gateway property company against Melt Bar and Grilled, a restaurant located in a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An East Side jazz club is looking to open a music venue in Franklinton. The Robert Weiler Company and Blu Note Jazz Cafe at 2882 E. Main St. are working to bring a venue to 373-375 W. Rich St. Derrick Pannell, owner of Blu Note, said the venue could include an [...]
For a previous report on this story view the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Division of Police has provided an online portal for potential witnesses to a deadly shooting north of Downtown to share information anonymously. Columbus police are urging community members to provide evidence or tips to a shooting that [...]
GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A central Ohio canoe livery has closed after more than half a century, as the longtime owners are looking to sell the business. Trappers Johns at 7141 London-Groveport Road in Grove City announced earlier this month it is "currently undergoing a transition" and has shuttered. The livery, which sent central [...]
LEWIS CENTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new 57-acre sports complex home to six fields adaptable for baseball, football, lacrosse and soccer is opening in central Ohio this fall. Jennings Sports Park is under construction at 5414 Piatt Road in Lewis Center next to the mixed-use Evans Farms and is expected to draw more than 500,000 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- After five were killed during a string of weekend shootings, Columbus City Council passed a wave of legislation aimed at violence reduction and prevention. Two overnight shootings occurred on Friday, leaving a total of four dead. Less than two days later, another person was killed on Sunday morning in a Downtown [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Chris Pan, Ohio State University's most recent commencement speaker, has told NBC4 what he should've changed about his speech while standing by certain portions. Dubbed a "social entrepreneur" by Ohio State ahead of the speech, Pan is a 1999 graduate from the university with previous stints at PepsiCo China, McKinsey and [...]
We continue our stretch of summer-like heat today, with highs returning to the upper 80s by this afternoon.
Watch a previous report on the shooting in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man was found not guilty of all charges stemming from a fatal June 2023 shooting on the northeast side of the city. On Monday, a jury found Thomas N. Hampton, 32, not guilty of the seven charges [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Investigators with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) continue to investigate a crash which sent a construction worker to the hospital. It happened a little after 9 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Route 23 just south of Interstate 270, according to FCSO. The latest update from the sheriff's office is that the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- This weekend the sun shone bright across central Ohio, but a shadow was cast after violence erupted in the city. Five people were shot and killed and three others were injured in three separate incidents. Also this weekend, the city’s summer festival season got a rocky start with fights causing an [...]
Overnight, we will have a few clouds, and lows only dropping to the middle 60s.