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• VIDEO: Dump truck crashes into ODOT vehicle on northern Ohio highway

  13-05-2022 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Two drivers were taken to a hospital after a dump truck crashed into the back of an Ohio Department of Transportation vehicle on a northern Ohio interstate Thursday morning.Before 7:20 a.m., an ODOT worker was headed to pick up a street sweeper from another location and had pulled his truck over on the way when he noticed trash on the side of the highway.
  - PUB DATE: 5/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBNS-TV CBS 10 Columbus
  
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• Ukranian firefighters head to Florida for Firefighter Combat Challenge

  13-05-2022 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  The toughest two minutes in sports will be hosted in Martin County this weekend.The Firefighter Combat Challenge is a grueling course that requires strength and endurance and showcases skills that firefighters use every day.The free-to-attend contest will be held Saturday and Sunday at Stuart Beach and is a regional qualifying event for the national competition scheduled to take place in Fort Pierce in September.
  - PUB DATE: 5/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLX-TV FOX 29 Palm Beach
  
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• Rising USFL star was preparing to be firefighter before getting drafted

  13-05-2022 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Birmingham Stallions linebacker Scooby Wright III has been one of the breakout stars of the inaugural United States Football League season.Through four games, the Stallions are undefeated. Wright has recorded 32 tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles and two passes defended to help Birmingham. Wright was the Stallions’ first selection in the inside linebackers portion of the USFL Draft in February.
  - PUB DATE: 5/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News
  
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• Commentary: Wisconsin's great butter and cheese fire of 1991

  13-05-2022 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  PHOTOS: I admit that I didn't remember, but my friend Lois Seymour did, that it was the 30th anniversary of a monstrous fire that broke out on May 3, 1991, at Madison's Central Storage & Warehouse Co.. It was later proclaimed to have been Madison's biggest fire ever by fire department officials.The fire at the huge food storage facility on Cottage Grove Road and Highway 51/151 in east Madison was later attributed to a forklift battery malfunction.
  - PUB DATE: 5/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE:
  
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