Brian Hofmann
Digital Director at WCMH-TV (Columbus, OH)
Digital Director @nbc4i WCMH-TV | Longtime journalist. Father of four. I'm always busy. | Past: @DispatchAlerts, @DetroitNews, @HeraldDispatch | Go Herd
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1 week ago |
nbc4i.com | Brian Hofmann
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and an ex-lobbyist on Tuesday in a $60 million bribery scandal described as the largest corruption scheme in state history. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati represented a win for the Department of Justice, which had secured the convictions in March 2023 after a yearslong investigation.
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1 week ago |
nbc4i.com | Brian Hofmann
If you’d like to get creative and have fun with Mother’s Day gifts, there’s no shortage of novelty gift items under $20.
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2 weeks ago |
nbc4i.com | Brian Hofmann
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One man is dead after a shooting Thursday night, with the person accused saying that he was trying to prevent his car from being stolen. Franklin County sheriff’s deputies responded at about 8:10 p.m. to a gas station at the Northern Lights Shopping Center in the 3300 block of Cleveland Avenue — which is in a section of Clinton Township surrounded by Columbus’ North Linden neighborhood. Deputies found a man who had been shot in the chest.
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1 month ago |
nbc4i.com | Brian Hofmann
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The FCC is taking a look at which regulations it should keep, and it wants to hear from you. The “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative asks the public to weigh in on old, outdated or inefficient regulatory rules that should be changed or deleted to keep up with the changing landscape of mass communications.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Brian Hofmann
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