‘They just kept laughing’: Dayton couple shares horrific Short North attack, no arrests
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A Dayton couple says a Fourth of July weekend date night in Columbus’ Short North ended in a violent assault and robbery that left them with serious injuries and lingering trauma — and they are still waiting for arrests. Itayetzy Padilla and her...
Motorcyclist killed in Parsons Avenue crash identified by police
Witnesses to a fatal accident July 15 on Columbus' South Side said the motorcyclist who died was going around 100 mph, weaving in traffic and ran a red light just before colliding with an SUV, according to a Columbus police crash report. Columbus police responded at around 6:22 p.m. to the 1700 block of Parsons Avenue
Severe Air Quality Alerts Expand for Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan
Canadian wildfire smoke that hit the Great Lakes region Wednesday has intensified and expanded southward Thursday, with Michigan’s EGLE declaring a Hazardous air quality level statewide — the most severe AQI category — and alerts spreading into northern Indiana and all of Ohio as the smoke plume continues drifting sout
Air quality among worst in the world in NW Ohio, SE Michigan from wildfire...
13 First Alert Meteorologist Ross Ellet joins Josh Croup on Action News Now to give an update on air quality Thursday morning and what to expect moving forward.
Ramaswamy torches Dem rival over ‘outrageous’ COVID-19 claim: ‘Spewing lies’
Amy Acton used a 50% COVID death rate claim to justify the stay-at-home orders and business closures she pushed as Ohio health director in 2020.
New Ohio law will create 15-foot buffer zone for police, other first responders
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An incoming Ohio law will create a 15-foot buffer around police officers and other first responders while they are carrying out their duties, making it a crime to ignore warnings to stay back. Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 20, sponsored by Reps. Thomas Hall...
Columbus woman relearns how to walk after unidentified driver hits her and doesn’t stop
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A Columbus woman is relearning how to walk after being involved in a hit skip in the Hilltop. Carla Carr said she has a long road to recovery but is thankful to be alive. She was driving her scooter to the grocery store on April...
AC/DC fans brave central Ohio heat as safety takes center stage at The Shoe
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — AC/DC fans pouring into Ohio Stadium for the band’s Power Up Tour stop Wednesday faced more than just the anticipation of a 7 p.m. show: they also had to contend with dangerous heat as a heat advisory remained in effect across much of Central Ohio.
Ohio’s top health leader expects increase in cases of explosive diarrhea bug
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is reporting 364 cases of cyclosporiasis statewide, mostly in Northwest Ohio. But the head of the agency expects that number to climb significantly soon. ODH director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff said when new numbers come out Thursday, he expects the cases to rise significantly. He...
Mother of 16 ‘almost feral’ kids rescued from house of horrors begs people...
The mother of 16 “almost feral” kids rescued from a feces-filled house of horrors made a creepy social media post on her husband’s Facebook account more than a decade before their disturbing arrests on child abuse charges. A 21-year-old Elizabeth Siders whined in a post on June 5, 2014: “[sic] this is elizabeth i dont
