This article discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline available 24/7. To reach the 24/7 Crisis Text Helpline, text 4HOPE to 741741. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An east Columbus house fire that left three people dead and [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus man was in court Wednesday after being accused of abusing a woman over a nine-hour period in east Columbus. According to a Columbus police incident report, officers were called to an outpatient care center on Leonard Avenue after receiving calls from a domestic violence incident. Officers spoke with the [...]

BEXLEY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Biblical education program LifeWise is gearing up to start in Bexley schools, one of the last central Ohio districts without the program. Hilliard-based LifeWise is one of the nation's most prolific Released Time for Religious Instruction programs. LifeWise, like other RTRI programs, provides religious education to public school students during the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A store selling Ohio-themed apparel that has operated at Easton Town Center for nearly 15 years will soon close, as a furniture company prepares to take over the space. Celebrate Local, located at 3952 Townsfair Way, will shutter on Feb. 28 as its lease ends, the business announced on Facebook last [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A member of a violent street gang will spend nearly two decades behind bars. Teddy Asefa, 37, of Columbus, was sentenced Tuesday to 17 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to drug trafficking and wire fraud, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio's office said. [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Intel's New Albany project is slowly continuing as the company at large made headlines this month. Intel has been relatively quiet about its $28 billion project in Licking County, but has not gone unnoticed elsewhere. The semiconductor manufacturing company had a difficult few years after announcing its Ohio One project, but [...]

After a cold start to December, things are about to change for the warmer. It will likely lead to melting snow, and a green Christmas this year.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Plans are underway for an art installation in downtown Columbus honoring homicide victims, after the city removed memorial locks from the Rich Street Bridge last year.  In October 2021, members of the anti-violence advocacy group Mothers of Murdered Columbus Children (MOMCC) began placing locks on the Rich Street Bridge with the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A cyclist suffered serious injuries in an east Columbus hit-skip late Tuesday night. According to a released incident report, Columbus police are searching for a silver or gold Chevrolet Malibu, which was in the vicinity of Tussing Road near Continental Drive at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. The Malibu was heading westbound on [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One year ago, the Columbus Board of Education decided to close four school buildings, and on Tuesday night, board members voted to demolish each one. All four votes were unanimous and there was no discussion on any of the building demolitions. Broadleigh Elementary, Moler Elementary, Buckeye Middle and the McGuffey building, [...]

WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) -- Despite pleas from Whitehall's residents and mayor, City Council voted not to remove councilmember Gerald Dixon from his role in allegations of underage sexual misconduct. Dixon was arrested on Dec. 8 on allegations of decades of grooming underage boys. He was released on his own recognizance the next morning after an [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A program aimed at providing support for convicted felons after they leave prison and re-enter society is seeing positive results.  Six months into the pilot program for Franklin County’s first Re-Entry Program, NBC 4 is giving you an inside look into how it works. The Re-Entry Program connects participants with everything [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has made literacy a top priority for his last year in office, saying that learning how to read is the right of every Ohio child. To that end, he is trying to make certain that all Ohio schools are complying with state law by using what’s called [...]

MARION, Ohio (WCMH) -- Residents in Marion have reported issues with their tap water, with the water utility company saying it detected organic compounds in the water feed to Marion's facility. “I filled my bathtub up like normal, walked back in, and the water looked green,” Marion resident Amy Parker said. Parker and other residents [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A partnership built on helping the community is set to enter a new phase after more than 100 years of service. In a statement released Tuesday, the Diocese of Columbus and St. Stephen’s Community House announced that St. Stephen’s will launch as an independent nonprofit organization, no longer serving as a [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A 39-year-old man made his initial court appearance Tuesday morning after being arrested Monday in connection to his wife's death in September. Austen Medek has been charged with murder and received a $3 million cash surety bond in Franklin County Municipal Court. He is accused of killing his wife Michaela Medek, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A bipartisan Ohio bill that would require correctional institutions to provide free feminine hygiene products to incarcerated women awaits Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature. Lawmakers sent House Bill 29 to the governor’s desk on Dec. 9, after the legislation passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate. DeWine has 10 days, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio is getting ready for a statewide cinematic celebration next year as part of the U.S.'s 250th anniversary, with hundreds of free movie screenings planned across all 88 counties. The initiative, Ohio Goes to the Movies, kicks off Feb. 11 and runs through October, highlighting films connected to Ohio through actors, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Department of Commerce abruptly suspended millions in funding intended to support Ohio's manufactures, citing a federal review of the program that could take years to resolve. The Department of Commerce said the funding is paused due to an ongoing Office of Inspector General review of Ohio's Manufacturing Extension Partnership. The [...]

Former Lazarus employee Ronald Rau donated a Santa figure and Snow Queen to the Fran Ryan Center to help recreate the iconic Christmas window displays and SantaLand of the now-defunct Columbus department store.