COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are asking the public to share video and photo evidence related to an investigation into the deaths of a north Columbus couple. Police are asking that anyone who may have evidence from midnight to 9 a.m. on Tuesday in the area of Summit Street, North Grant Avenue, East 7th [...]
Investigators said no weapon was found at the scene and there were no signs of forced entry. Two children were found inside the home and were not injured.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) β Prosecuting attorneys offered additional context in the case against a woman who admitted to police that she killed her 3-year-old daughter on New Yearβs Eve in south Columbus. According to court documents, Sharon Sakoulos appeared before a Franklin County Municipal Court judge on Friday for an arraignment hearing in connection with [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) β Ohio State remains exceptionally successful in college football. Even while falling short of winning a conference or national championship in the freshly finished 2025 season, any reasonable person can see they have a wildly enviable program. In modern college football, the mourning period for players and coaches is stunningly brief. Thereβs [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new Ohio bill would expand licensed pharmacists' ability to prescribe drugs and drug therapies to patients. House Bill 629, dubbed the Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act, would authorize pharmacists to prescribe and issue some medications. The act would allow patients to receive treatments for minor health conditions like lice, COVID-19 or [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The book is closed on 2025 with an Ohio State national title and an outdoor Blue Jackets game at Ohio Stadium highlighting the year. We have hit the second half of the decade as 2026 is primed to be one of the biggest sports years ever, from headline Buckeyes games to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus, Ohio State, and the Buckeye State will be will represented on the ice in February for the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina on NBC4. The rosters for both the men's and women's USA ice hockey teams were announced Friday morning on NBC's TODAY Show. Team USA is seeking its first gold [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio voters will decide a pivotal U.S. Senate race this year as Republican Sen. Jon Husted seeks to keep the seat he was appointed to fill and Democrat Sherrod Brown looks to return to Washington. Husted, a former lieutenant governor and longtime Ohio officeholder, formally filed his candidacy Dec. 12, launching [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) β Several high-profile criminal trials are set to take place in central Ohio in 2026, with defendants including former law enforcement officers, retired Ohio State football players and a previous church leader. Records show the following court cases are expected to occur in 2026; however, trial dates are subject to change and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new report found tariffs strongly hit Ohio soybean exports to China, with a total economic loss of $76.2 million for all Ohio agriculture. A Dec. 9 report from agricultural media company Farm Flavor found Ohio's agricultural industry was the 13th-most-affected by tariffs of all 50 states. The report analyzed the [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- From a $600 million Capitol Square redevelopment and the North Market's 32-story tower to Nationwide Children Hospital's biggest investment in history, several central Ohio construction projects are advancing in 2026. AspireColumbus Astor Park Capitol Square revival Downtown YMCA Former WWCD Radio building Intel's Ohio One John Glenn Columbus airport The LOOM [...]
GALION, Ohio (WCMH) -- A central Ohio community is mourning after a crash killed one teenager and left a second hospitalized. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, an investigation is ongoing into a crash that occurred just before 3 p.m. Wednesday on County Road 59, near the County Road 56 intersection in Congress Township [...]
Five shootings across Columbus overnight injured eight people, testing recent progress in violent crime reduction and renewing calls for community accountability.