Новости за 08.05.2026

A teenager pleaded guilty for his role in a drive-by shooting toward Marion police officers who were standing on a porch while conducting a separate investigation.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A former Ohio State athletics official testified that he believed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) likely knew of rumors of former university physician Richard Strauss' sexual abuse. In newly unsealed depositions, former Ohio State Athletic Director Andy Geiger said he found it unlikely that Jordan had no knowledge of Strauss' abuse. At [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- More than four decades after fewer than 200 people marched through Downtown in the city's first Pride demonstration, Stonewall Columbus is preparing for what has become one of the Midwest's largest LGBTQ+ celebrations. The 2026 Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and Resource Fair will take place 4 to 10 p.m. on June [...]

ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) — A former Ohio University football coach has filed a wrongful termination suit against the university. According to a spokesperson for ex-OU football coach Brian Smith, a lawsuit has been filed alleging he was wrongfully terminated and that the university is in breach of contract of his employment agreement. The complaint states [...]

DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- Bristol Republic's long-awaited move to Dublin is nearly complete. More than a year after announcing plans to leave the Short North, the restaurant and live music venue announced it will open its new Bridge Park location at 4495 Bridge Park Ave. in June, alongside a new cocktail and whiskey lounge called [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recent study has revealed which words Ohio residents find the most difficult to spell.  Mondly, a language learning platform, analyzed Google search data from April 2025 to March 2026 in each U.S. state and the country as a whole to determine which words citizens struggled to spell most often. The [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Video surveillance of a Columbus highway shows the moments leading up to and the aftermath of a wrong-way collision that killed a city prosecutor. Kaitlyn Spahr, a senior attorney with the Columbus City Attorney’s Office, was killed late Monday on State Route 315 when the black 2018 Mercedes-Benz she was riding [...]

Golden Bear Development has filed a lawsuit to stop Upper Arlington from entering or performing work on the former Golden Bear shopping center site, after the city began efforts to make the land compliant with its maintenance rules, which could result in financial penalties and interfere with the developer's plans for a $100 million-plus mixed-use development.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio's top nursing union said 69% of nurses and health professionals experienced workplace violence in the past year. The Ohio Nurses Association released its annual report on hospital safety this month and found that most nurses feel they are working in unsafe conditions. The report surveyed nearly 2,500 Ohio nurses from [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Spring weather may be here, but just a few months ago, the roads were frozen over, a deep freeze that did more than ice over the streets. That freeze cost Columbus taxpayers millions of dollars. NBC4 Investigates is digging into the spike in water main breaks and what’s driving the high [...]