COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – With Ohio State's final regular-season home game two days away, 17 players are preparing to be honored for Senior Day. But Carson Hinzman, an offensive lineman in his fourth season, will not be one of them. He has started in 31 games for the top-ranked and undefeated Buckeyes (10-0, 7-0), and [...]
CRESTLINE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two people are dead in Crawford County, and a man is in custody after fleeing the country on Wednesday. According to the Crawford County Sheriff's Office, the Crestline Police Department was sent to a home on the 700 block of North Henry Street in Crestline for a welfare check after a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus-based ice cream brand is voluntarily recalling one of its products due to an undeclared ingredient. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams announced this week that it is recalling one batch of its Passion Fruit Dreamsicle Ice Cream Bars due to the possibility that they may contain undeclared wheat and soy. In [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State continues to hold the No. 1 position in the third College Football Playoff rankings of the season after improving to 10-0. Ohio State opened the CFP in the No. 1 spot and maintained that ranking in week two. Behind the Buckeyes are No. 2 Indiana, No. 3 Texas A&M [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A dispute over auto parts has led to a fatal shooting and the murder indictment of a Franklin County man. Austin Tyler Hagemann, 26, was arrested Tuesday as a suspect in the shooting death of Jack Hamilton, 38, in Madison Township in December 2024. Watch a previous report on the shooting [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One person is dead after a report of a shooting at an east Columbus leather and lingerie store Monday night. According to Columbus police dispatch, a call for a shooting was made at approximately 7:51 p.m. at Wildman's Leather-N-Lace on the 2200 block of South Hamilton Road. One victim, later identified [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – It’s been more than three years since a family feud ended in gunfire, and while the victim survived, the suspect remains free. Don Nealey, 68, is wanted for felonious assault and improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation. Investigators believe Nealey is getting help avoiding arrest, and with Thanksgiving a little [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man is hospitalized and another is in custody after a shooting in the Short North neighborhood of Columbus Monday night. According to a Columbus police dispatcher, the shooting happened on the 1100 block of North High Street at approximately 6:13 p.m. The victim was taken to a local hospital in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio State Fair has announced the first concert for 2026, and it promises to be "bigger and weirder." "Weird Al" Yankovic will bring his Bigger & Weirder Tour to the Ohio State Fairgrounds on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Tickets for the show will go on sale in February 2026 and are [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead after a reported shooting in the Eastmoor section of east Columbus Sunday afternoon. According to Columbus police, officers responded to the 2900 block of East Moreland Drive at approximately 4:35 p.m. for a report of a shooting. The victim, identified as 26-year-old Isaiah Hairston, was taken to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It's getting down to the wire as the high school football season has mere weeks left until state champions are crowned. On Sunday, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced this week’s regional finals, which will be played this Friday, Nov. 21, starting at 7 p.m., with the games moving to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on the Sunday Briefing: “It was completely unnecessary,” Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) said. “I think they let the American people down, and there will be consequences from that,” Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio 3rd District) Hear from Ohio lawmakers who remain divided on the deal to fund the government and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A former pastor at a Columbus church could spend up to the next 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to rape charges. George Bell, 73, pleaded guilty last week to two counts of first-degree felony rape. In exchange for his guilty plea, two additional rape charges as well as two [...]
MARION, Ohio (WCMH) – A Morrow County grand jury handed up an indictment last month in a 46-year-old murder case after a deputy opened a cold case file and discovered the evidence to solve it was available for nearly five decades. Seventeen-year-old Cathy Conley was kidnapped from a parking lot in Marion. Her family has [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There haven’t been too many November night games at Ohio Stadium. This Saturday against UCLA will be the sixth. The timing is also unusual because it will mark only the third season the Buckeyes have played three home night games. The first was in 2014 against Virginia Tech, Cincinnati, and Illinois; [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The back-and-forth on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for Ohio residents took another step Monday when the state announced partial payments will be distributed this week. In a social media post, the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services announced that starting this week, families who receive SNAP benefits will receive [...]
LEBANON, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man is charged with shooting at a car while driving on Interstate 71 in Warren County Monday morning. According to the Lebanon post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 911 call was placed to the OSHP at approximately 10:50 a.m., reporting that his vehicle had been shot while [...]
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