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• New Ohio Effort Announced To Combat Human Trafficking

  07-10-2015 23:51
  
  The state highway patrol is launching a new effort to stop human trafficking on the highways.
  
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• Study examines benefits of treating extremely premature babies

  07-10-2015 23:30
  
  There are times when babies arrive extremely early and families and doctors decide to reach for every resource at their disposal to ensure survival. And there are times when the decision goes the other way, when supportive “comfort care” is provided until the baby stops breathing. As medical territory goes, extreme prematurity is one of the trickiest places to navigate. Some babies treated with everything that doctors and nurses have to offer will go on to thrive — to see clear
  
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• Pickerington Schools Reinstates Pay For Teacher Involved In Deadly Domestic Dispute

  07-10-2015 23:29
  
  The Pickerington Local Schools District has reversed a decision to withhold pay from a teacher charged with two counts of homicide.
  
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• Pickerington Schools Reinstates Pay For Teacher Charged In Deadly Domestic Dispute

  07-10-2015 23:29
  
  The Pickerington Local Schools District has reversed a decision to withhold pay from a teacher charged with two counts of homicide.
  
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• Eat Right: The Best Sandwiches in Columbus

  07-10-2015 23:15
  
  Most start with two slices of bread, but from there, the possibilities are endless. Here are the best places in town to order sandwiches, from classic combinations to innovative pairings of meats, cheeses and toppings. Barcelona 263 E. Whittier Street — German Village The Spanish stalwart gets lots of attention for its trendy tapas, but […]
  
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• Ohio authorities probe string of school threats

  07-10-2015 22:28
  
  State authorities are investigating a string of threats made against schools across Ohio.
  
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• Middle West Installing 55-Foot Whiskey & Bourbon Still in The Short North

  07-10-2015 21:53
  
  You may have already noticed some construction under way at the home of Middle West Spirits in The Short North, but the new project was officially announced with full details at a media event this morning. The local microdistillery is expanding their production facility with a new 55-foot tall whiskey and bourbon still that requires […]
  
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• Lawmakers pass charter school reform bill

  07-10-2015 21:37
  
  The House and Senate today gave final, bipartisan passage to a bill supporters called “landmark upgrades” to Ohio’s much-criticized charter school laws. House Bill 2 is designed to bring clearer rules along with more accountability and transparency to a charter system that spends about $1 billion a year to educate more than 120,000 Ohio students.
  
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• Sittenfeld calls on Strickland, Portman to renounce NRA support

  07-10-2015 21:31
  
  One week after a gunmen killed nine people in Oregon, Senate Democratic candidate P.G. Sittenfeld called on both former Gov. Ted Strickland and Republican Sen. Rob Portman to “renounce” their past support from the National Rifle Association. Sittenfeld, a Cincinnati city councilman who is challenging Strickland in the Senate Democratic primary, said in a video circulated by his campaign that “any politician who lacks the courage to take on the NRA and to stand up against the sl
  
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• Cleveland police release video of confrontation that preceded fatal shooting

  07-10-2015 21:18
  
  CLEVELAND — Dramatic video recorded by a police body camera shows an officer who’d just been shot in the ballistic vest pleading with the suspect to drop his gun before four other officers shot him. The video was released today by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty after his ruling Tuesday that the four Cleveland officers who fatally shot 64-year-old Theodore Johnson at a Cleveland home on March 11 were justified in using lethal force.
  
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• State seizes 4 bears from Ohio owner who didn’t get permit

  07-10-2015 20:48
  
  Four bears were seized Wednesday from an Ohio property, the second time in three days that the state took animals from owners as it cracks down on owners who haven't complied with tightened requirements for owning dangerous wild creatures.
  
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• Grant to help expand services for developmentally, physically disabled

  07-10-2015 20:47
  
  A $75,000 state grant will expand much-needed services to developmentally and physically disabled Ohioans who are victims of sexual abuse and other crimes. The funding for Disability Rights Ohio was among $51 million awarded Wednesday by Attorney General Mike DeWine to expand services to crime victims across Ohio.
  
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• Watershed Distillery Announces Expansion Plans

  07-10-2015 20:43
  
  Watershed Distillery is ready to take their local spirits production to the next level. The company announced plans today to expand their facility on Chesapeake Avenue by an additional 3,000 square feet, allowing for more barrel storage, and the addition of another still next summer. “We’re busting at the seams and tripping over everything as is,” […]
  
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• Apartment Building Proposed for Former Red Zone Site Downtown

  07-10-2015 20:35
  
  Borror Properties has proposed a 75-unit apartment building on the southwest corner of Main and Front streets Downtown. Four floors of apartments would sit on top of a two-story parking garage, replacing a two-story building that was once home to the Red Zone nightclub. It would be the first project in the River South district […]
  
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• Ginther says he'll give away money from tarnished lobbyist

  07-10-2015 20:16
  
  Columbus City Council president Andrew J. Ginther said he plans to give charities the contributions that his campaign accepted from lobbyist John Raphael, who has agreed to plead guilty to extortion.
  
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• Teenage girl, older woman injured in shooting on Near East Side

  07-10-2015 20:13
  
  A 15-year-old girl and a woman were hurt in a shooting outside a liquor store on the Near East Side Wednesday morning apparently caught in crossfire, Columbus police said. Police said two men were arguing outside the M & R Wine Shop near the intersection of E. Main Street and Lilley Avenue at about 9 a.m. when they started shooting at each other. The victims, who were standing nearby in the parking lot, were hit by stray bullets. Officials did not release the identities of the victims, but t
  
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• Parade kicks off Quarter Horse Congress

  07-10-2015 19:44
  
  The clip-clop of horses’ hooves trotting down High Street this morning marked the start of the American Quarter Horse Congress. Mayor Michael B. Coleman and other local and state officials joined Ohio Quarter Horse Association members on horseback, donning denim, show jackets and cowboy hats, before dismounting at City Hall.
  
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• Teenage girl, orlder woman injured in shooting on Near East Side

  07-10-2015 19:29
  
  A 15-year-old girl and a woman were hurt in a shooting outside a liquor store on the Near East Side Wednesday morning apparently caught in crossfire, Columbus police said. Police said two men were arguing outside the M & R Wine Shop near the intersection of E. Main Street and Lilley Avenue at about 9 a.m. when they started shooting at each other. The victims, who were standing nearby in the parking lot, were hit by stray bullets. Officials did not release the identities of the victims, but t
  
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• Beating Breast Cancer: The Journey To Start A Family

  07-10-2015 19:27
  
  Jamine Waggle was diagnosed with stage two estrogen and progesterone positive breast cancer when she was 33-years-old. Doctors told her that if she were to carry a child, those specific hormones would run rampant in her body.
  
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• Could 'Stacking' Passengers Be The Future Of Air Travel?

  07-10-2015 19:18
  
  It might seem as if airlines have left no space unused in their efforts to cram as many people as possible into planes, but one aircraft maker is demonstrating that's far from true.
  
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• Groups want lawmakers to stop creating new crimes, adding criminal sentences

  07-10-2015 18:07
  
  Ohio lawmakers need to curb tough-on-crime sentiment until a potentially sweeping overhaul of the state’s criminal code is complete, leaders of four groups said today. Legislators are undermining efforts to reform sentencing laws and decrease prison and jail populations by continuing to introduce bills to create new crimes and enhance criminal sentences, the groups said.
  
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• State seizing 4 bears from Ohio owner who didn’t get permit

  07-10-2015 18:03
  
  GERMANTOWN, Ohio (AP) — The state is seizing four bears from a southwest Ohio owner who hasn’t obtained a permit or met tightened requirements for ownership of dangerous wild animals.
  
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• Columbus Diocese Reviewing Policy Following Teacher’s Child Sex Accusations

  07-10-2015 18:02
  
  One week after the arrest of a former teacher on child sex accusations, the Catholic Diocese of Columbus says it is reviewing its procedures.
  
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• Patriot Coal plans to lay off more than 2,000 in West Virginia

  07-10-2015 17:10
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Patriot Coal says it expects to lay off more than 2,000 workers in West Virginia.
  
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• City Officials Battling Toxic Algae In City Parks

  07-10-2015 17:06
  
  Both Schiller Park on Jaeger Street and Krumm Park on Alton Avenue have both tested positive for the toxic algae levels.
  
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• Teenage girl among two injured in shooting on Near East Side

  07-10-2015 16:41
  
  A 15-year-old girl was among two people hurt in a shooting at Lilley Avenue, just south of Main Street, on the Near East Side this morning, apparently caught in crossfire, according to Columbus police. The teen was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and the other person (police have not released gender or age) was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center. Both are listed in stable condition. Police did not release the identities of the victims or information about their relationship.
  
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• Theatre Review: Kinky Boots, a Sweet Confection with a Big Heart

  07-10-2015 16:30
  
  Kinky Boots, the Harvey Fierstein (book) and Cyndi Lauper (music and lyrics) adaptation of the art-house hit film, written by Tim Firth and Geoff Deane and directed by Julian Jerrold, opens in Columbus on October 7 at the Ohio Theater under the auspices of Broadway Across America. It was as much of a crowd pleaser […]
  
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• Aspiring Rapper Charged With Producing Child Porn In Music Videos

  07-10-2015 16:01
  
  The indictment alleges Eric Chavis recruited underage victims to engage in sexually explicit conduct in his music videos, and then posted the videos on social media and adult websites.
  
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• Visiting Filmmaker Brings HBO Doc “How to Dance in Ohio” to The Wex

  07-10-2015 16:00
  
  As part of the Wexner Center for the Arts’ visiting filmmakers series, documentarian Alexandra Shiva comes to Columbus to unspool her locally based documentary How to Dance in Ohio in a sold out event this Thursday, October 8th, at 7pm. The doc follows three clients of Dr. Emilio Amigo’s, each falling somewhere on the Autism […]
  
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• Who’s that on the bridge?

  07-10-2015 15:56
  
  Who’s that on the bridge? Oh, the third deer from Terry Allen’s public art project, Scioto Lounge! Fun! ‪#‎artmakescbus‬ The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our smart + open community. Be sure to check out columbusfoundation.org and follow along on Facebook as we continue to […]
  
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• Fall Fun!

  07-10-2015 15:52
  
  Juggling wonderful fall activities in beautiful central Ohio! Lynd Fruit Farm The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our smart + open community. Be sure to check out columbusfoundation.org and follow along on Facebook as we continue to celebrate The Spirit of Columbus through photography. You […]
  
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• Restaurant Review: Phy Phom Pho

  07-10-2015 15:30
  
  Grandview Avenue newcomer Phy Phom Pho is a nice, pared down stop. Open a few weeks, it replaces Jobu Ramen as a neighborhood outlet for some pho. The new joint doesn’t try to do a whole lot of things, it sticks to the basics: noodles or rice with meat. That said, what it does do, it does […]
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Donald Trump, Ben Carson beating John Kasich in Ohio

  07-10-2015 15:12
  
  Gov. John Kasich’s presidential campaign woke up to some unpleasant news this morning. The Republican is losing his home state, according to the latest Quinnipiac Poll released. Kasich falls behind billionaire Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. This was after he led the GOP field two months ago.
  
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• Toledo pot law facing state legal challenge

  07-10-2015 15:10
  
  The Ohio attorney general’s office on Tuesday asked a Lucas County judge to declare invalid several key sections of Toledo’s new “Sensible Marihuana Ordinance.”
  
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• No charges filed in two fatal crashes on Columbus interstates

  07-10-2015 15:07
  
  Columbus police closed two fatal-crash cases without filing charges.
  
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• Two who killed intruders in Columbus acted in self-defense, grand jury rules

  07-10-2015 14:54
  
  A Franklin County grand jury declined to indict two people who fatally shot intruders at their homes. In both cases, Columbus police concluded that the residents acted in self-defense.
  
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• Driver gets probation after passenger killed in Wilson Road crash

  07-10-2015 14:43
  A man who caused a crash in which a passenger in his car was killed was placed on probation for one year. Brandon Kinser, 38, of Westfield Drive on the South Side, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Municipal Court to attempting to commit vehicular manslaughter in the Nov. 26, 2013, crash.
  
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• Probation given in accidental shooting through apartment wall that killed Far West Side man

  07-10-2015 14:40
  
  A 28-year-old man is serving five years of probation after admitting his involvement in a fatal shooting two years ago on the Far West Side.
  
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• Ohio bill would keep info secret on domestic-violence victims

  07-10-2015 14:30
  
  To protect themselves and keep their addresses private, survivors of domestic violence might not register a car with the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles or register to vote — things other people take for granted.
  
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• Photo: Deer river

  07-10-2015 14:21
  
  A bronze buck overlooks the Scioto River and Downtown. The name of the river came from the Wyandot people, who lived in north central Ohio in the 18th and 19th centuries. They called the river by a longer name that included the term Scionto — part of the Wyandot word for “deer.”
  
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• Delaware man killed in Union County crash

  07-10-2015 14:10
  
  A Delaware, Ohio, man was killed when the minivan he was driving went off the road and crashed into a tree east of Marysville late Tuesday afternoon. Christopher Ball, 59, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Rt. 132 in Dover Township, according to the State Highway Patrol.
  
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• Police department’s future is key issue in Pickaway County village mayor’s race

  07-10-2015 13:41
  
  COMMERCIAL POINT, Ohio — Less than 6 miles from this Pickaway County village, Mount Carmel Health System is expanding its Grove City campus with a new, $355 million hospital. It is expected to open in late 2018, which would be about halfway through the term of whichever mayor the people here choose on Nov. 3. And all three men seeking that post say the 1,500 or so jobs that come with that project will mean at least some residential growth — maybe even a lot of it — in Co
  
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• New drop-in center ready for Columbus’ young homeless

  07-10-2015 13:29
  
  There are no rats, no icky bathroom, no more hours-long waits to come inside. The city’s only drop-in center for homeless young people finally has a building whose promise is on par with the mission. Supporters showed off the new Star House on Tuesday during a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony that brought more than a few of the 200 audience members — and speakers — to tears.
  
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• Crash Slows I-71 In Delaware County

  07-10-2015 13:16
  
  A portion of Interstate 71 was closed Wednesday morning after a crash involving several vehicles. Read more.
  
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• Ohio State marketing deal puts university logo next to beer brands

  07-10-2015 13:02
  
  In 2008, Ohio State University sent representatives to bars, restaurants and stores around town to take down posters and signs that included an OSU logo along with beer ads and football schedules.
  
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• New Mother Sent To Airport's Pet Area To Pump

  07-10-2015 12:57
  
  The mother said she was sent to the pet area of Washington Dulles Airport. Read more.
  
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• Education Insider: Transparency promises aren’t being kept

  07-10-2015 12:49
  
  If it’s Wednesday, we must be in a struggle with the Ohio Department of Education for transparency and public records.
  
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• Glass Bridge 3,500 Feet Above Ground Cracks

  07-10-2015 12:28
  
  Tourists were on the bridge when the glass began to shatter. Read More.
  
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• John Kasich loses support in Ohio, falls behind Donald Trump, Ben Carson in latest poll

  07-10-2015 12:18
  
  Ohio Republicans now favor two GOP presidential candidates over their own governor, according to the latest poll released this morning The Quinnipiac poll focused on swing states of Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania is likely to be a blow to Gov. John Kasich’s presidential campaign considering he was winning his home state two months ago.
  
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• Longaberger Co. owes back taxes, Licking County auditor says

  07-10-2015 11:33
  
  Tami Longaberger isn’t the only one to whom the Longaberger Co. might owe money. Licking County Auditor Mike Smith said the Newark basket-maker founded by Longaberger’s father owes $373,847.68 in back taxes.
  
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