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• Fairfield Co. Teacher Accused Of Sexual Contact With Two Teens

  16-12-2015 23:59
  
  26-year-old Judd Ellinger has been put on paid administrative leave after he was arrested on Monday at Bremen Elementary School, where he is a special education teacher.
  
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• 17-year-old accused of participating in shooting deaths to be tried as adult

  16-12-2015 22:30
  
  A 17-year-old accused of participating in the execution-style slayings of four people in a South Linden basement will be prosecuted as an adult, a Franklin County Juvenile Court judge ruled today. Judge Dana S. Preisse found probable cause, or a reasonable belief, that Jordyn D. Wade was involved in the shooting deaths after hearing testimony from the lone survivor of the shooting, a 16-year-old girl. In Ohio, such a ruling results in the mandatory transfer of a juvenile defendant in a murder ca
  
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• Kasich joins GOP competitors in filing for Ohio primary

  16-12-2015 21:51
  
  Eleven Republican presidential candidates, including Gov. John Kasich, have filed candidacy petitions for Ohio’s March 15 primary, with more expected before today’s 4 p.m. deadline. Already filing full delegate slates are former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and California businesswoman Carly Fiorina.
  
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• Hung Jury In 1st Officer's Trial In Freddie Gray Case

  16-12-2015 21:39
  
  It was not immediately clear whether Porter would be tried again.
  
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• Fairfield Union teacher charged with sex with teens

  16-12-2015 21:30
  
  LANCASTER, Ohio — A Fairfield County teacher has been charged with two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor involving two 15-year-old girls. Fairfield County Municipal Court retired assigned Judge Teresa L. Liston on Tuesday ordered Judd Ellinger held on a $500,000 cash or surety bond.
  
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• Teen fatally shot in Columbus; Hamilton man killed overnight; Toledo boy critically hurt...

  16-12-2015 20:43
  
  Columbus police say a 17-year-old boy is dead and a 19-year-old man is charged with murder after an east Columbus shooting early this morning. Toledo police are looking for the car involved in a hit and run that left a 13-year-old boy critically injured.
  
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• These Are The Top Google Searches For 2015

  16-12-2015 20:27
  
  The 15th annual "Google Year in Search" is out showcasing the 2015's top trending people, topics and events.
  
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• Not all presidential candidates turning in full delegate slates in Ohio

  16-12-2015 19:55
  
  Eight Republican candidates have filed candidacy petitions for Ohio’s March 15 primary, with more expected before today’s 4 p.m. deadline. Still missing are the forms for Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Already filing full delegate slates are former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and California businesswoman Carly Fiorina.
  
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• Driver killed in Licking County rollover crash

  16-12-2015 19:26
  
  One driver was killed Wednesday morning after swerving off the road in Licking County. The crash occurred around 7:45 a.m. on Rt. 62, east of Sportsman’s Club Road.
  
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• Lancaster man dies in Vinton Country wreck

  16-12-2015 19:25
  
  A Lancaster man was killed on Monday when his car went off the road and hit a tree in Vinton County, the State Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Arrest Warrant Issued After "Affluenza" Teen Goes Missing

  16-12-2015 18:34
  
  A warrant has been issued for a teenager who killed four people in a 2013 drunken-driving wreck in Texas, then claimed as part of his defense that he suffered from "affluenza."
  
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• A look at what Ohio projects could get money in the federal spending bill

  16-12-2015 17:54
  
  Lawmakers are poised to vote this week on a $1.1 trillion spending bill that includes money for a handful of Ohio projects and provisions requested by Ohio lawmakers — including one that will keep employees at a proposed uranium enrichment plant in southeast Ohio employed. The fiscal 2016 omnibus spending bill includes $225 million to pay for continued cleanup work at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon. The plant, which began operating in 1954, stopped operating in 2001. Emp
  
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• Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder running for old seat

  16-12-2015 17:43
  
  Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is making a return run for the Statehouse.
  
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• Police: Teenage boy fatally shot, suspect arrested in Ohio

  16-12-2015 17:24
  
  Police say a 17-year-old boy has died after he was shot at a house in central Ohio and a suspect is in custody. A statement from Columbus police says Jordan T. Moore was shot around 1 a.m. Wednesday and died a short time later at a hospital.
  
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• One Dead In Single Car Crash On U.S. 62

  16-12-2015 17:14
  
  The crash occurred around 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday in Newark.
  
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• Drexel Theatre, other historic buildings get tax credits

  16-12-2015 17:05
  
  The Drexel Theatre in Bexley will get some help with its update project, this morning receiving nearly a quarter of a million dollars in tax credits. The theater’s update is among five historic preservation projects in central Ohio and among 34 such projects around the state that will get tax credits from the Ohio Development Services Agency.
  
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• Community Tapestry 12/14/15

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• Columbus City Council 2016 Proposed City Budget - Judiciary & Court Administration 12/15/15

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• Jim Jordan: Conservatives in U.S. House won’t support spending deal

  16-12-2015 16:36
  
  WASHINGTON — The head of a bloc of conservative U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday said his group’s members are unlikely to support the sprawling $1.1 trillion spending deal announced late Tuesday but were more inclined to back a separate bill extending tax breaks.
  
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• Donor Pays Off More Than $100K In Shoppers' Walmart Bills

  16-12-2015 16:26
  
  A man has paid off more than $106,000 in shoppers' layaways at two Wal-Mart stores in northeast Ohio.
  
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• Amy Klaben Stepping Down as President of Homeport

  16-12-2015 16:25
  
  Homeport President & CEO Amy Klaben announced today that she will be leaving her position with the affordable housing organization at the end of 2015, following 16 years of service. She will remain onboard as an advisor through April to assist with the transition period while Homeport board member Bruce Luecke begins as Interim Director effective […]
  
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• Dublin: Cash, valuables missing from businesses

  16-12-2015 16:24
  
  A business in the 7100 block of Muirfield Drive reported a break-in between 5 p.m. Dec. 5 and 10 a.m. Dec. 7. A business in the 4300 block of West Dublin Granville Road reported a break-in at 5:28 a.m. Dec. 7. * A Proctorville woman reported her Ford Taurus was stolen while she was at a business in the 5500 block of Tuttle Crossing Boulevard between 5:30 p.m. Dec. 5 and 7:26 p.m. Dec. 8. It is unknown how the vehicle was stolen, but it was later recovered by police. * A man told police his gun w
  
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• 13 dead animals in Ohio creek likely were raccoons, not puppies

  16-12-2015 16:05
  
  FREMONT, Ohio — A county Humane Society says 13 dead animals found in a creek in northwest Ohio most likely were raccoons and not puppies as first thought.
  
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• Theatre Review: Gallery Players’ Coney Island Christmas is a Nuanced Look at The Season and Growing Up

  16-12-2015 16:00
  
  Donald Margulies’ Coney Island Christmas opened this past weekend at Gallery Players in a sparkling production directed by April Olt and Sonda Staley. This play is a warm tonic to some of the two-dimensional entertainments peddled this season. Sweet, but it won’t give anyone but the most hardened curmudgeons a toothache. Coney Island Christmas follows Shirley Abramowitz […]
  
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• Interview: Henry Rollins Discusses New Film, He Never Died

  16-12-2015 15:30
  
  Henry Rollins shoulders leading man duties for his new film He Never Died, opening this weekend in Columbus. He took some time to talk with Columbus Underground about creative control, playing an immortal, and writing for Iggy Pop. (Full disclosure, Columbus Underground might have been too excited.) Hope Madden: After 20 years of mostly supporting […]
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: John Kasich tries to push 'positive' message at GOP debate

  16-12-2015 14:53
  
  In a debate with numerous candidates fighting - Jeb Bush calling Donald Trump a chaos candidate comes to mind - GOP presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich tried to remind viewers “All the fighting and arguing will not advance us.” “Kasich said many of the GOP candidates have worthy ideas and that a good leader would put them together in a room and get a solution to the nation’s most-pressing problems,” Dispatch Public Affairs Editor Darrel Rowland writes.
  
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• Boy, 17, fatally shot on East Side

  16-12-2015 14:05
  
  A 17-year-old boy has died after being shot early Wednesday on the East Side. Jordan T. Moore was at a house in the 1200 block of Dellwood Avenue near Livingston Avenue when he was shot around 1:00 a.m., police said.
  
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• Restaurant Review: Dough Mama Cafe & Bakery

  16-12-2015 14:00
  
  Home sweet home: after earning fame and glory as an outsourced bakery for local operations, Dough Mama has come home to Clintonville and opened up its very own storefront on High Street. Just south of North Broadway, it offers much more than the pies for which Dough Mama is acclaimed. The new location is a […]
  
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• Italian Village Pushes Big Ideas for Redevelopment of Cafe del Mondo

  16-12-2015 14:00
  
  The building located at 659 North Fourth Street has been empty since August 20th, when an overnight fire gutted the interior and damaged the roof. The site was previously home to the Cafe del Mondo Italian restaurant, owned by the A&R Creative Group, but the building and land are owned by the St. John the […]
  
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• Man shot by police leads Pickaway County car chase

  16-12-2015 12:30
  
  A man was shot by an Ashville police officer on Tuesday night, then drove off in a car, eventually wrecking in Circleville after police pursued him for about 10 miles, authorities say. The man, whose name hadn’t yet been released late Tuesday night, was taken to Berger Hospital in Circleville and is expected to survive, said Pickaway County Sheriff Robert Radcliff.
  
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• Prosecutors ask judge to name guardian for hoarder

  16-12-2015 12:26
  
  In a first-of-its-kind case, Columbus prosecutors are asking an environmental judge to appoint a guardian in a hoarding situation that has dragged on for a decade. Court officials met on Tuesday with David E. Hunter, 78, to discuss his future after prosecutors filed a foreclosure action against his property as well as a motion to appoint a guardian because prosecutors say Hunter has failed to take care of himself and his property.
  
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• Franklin County OKs 2016 budget, with funds for new jail, forensic lab

  16-12-2015 12:24
  
  Franklin County commissioners approved a $420.9 million general fund budget for 2016 on Tuesday that includes big chunks for the presidential election and a new jail and forensic laboratory.
  
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• School board names interim state superintendent

  16-12-2015 12:23
  
  The state Board of Education unanimously named Lonny J. Rivera as interim superintendent of Ohio schools today. The No. 2 man at the Department of Education, Rivera has been an associate superintendent since April 27. His appointment, made during the board’s monthly meeting in Columbus, was expected as Rivera was the only one nominated by last week’s deadline.
  
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• Fewer complaining about Christmas displays in public locations

  16-12-2015 12:23
  
  As religious displays glow in municipal parks and outside city halls across the nation this holiday season, civil-rights advocates say the number of related complaints has dwindled. Gary Daniels, chief lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, said such displays have become less controversial as government agencies have become more aware and mindful of the law and ramifications.
  
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• Teen rape victim asks Ohio justices for full damages

  16-12-2015 12:17
  
  The girl was 15 years old when she was raped twice by her pastor during a counseling session in 2008 at Delaware Grace Brethren Church in Sunbury. Church officials knew the pastor twice had been previously accused of sexual misconduct with teen-age girls, but did not investigate or document the incidents.
  
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• Glimcher sued, accused of discriminating against disabled

  16-12-2015 12:06
  
  A federal lawsuit says the Columbus-based owner of the Dayton Mall, WP Glimcher Inc., is discriminating against people with disabilities by refusing to allow a bus stop close to store entrances.
  
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• Education Insider: Whitehall-Yearling principal takes sabbatical, forgoes second year of contract

  16-12-2015 11:55
  
  The principal of Whitehall-Yearling High School left his post last week abruptly and mysteriously. Carl Svagerko, who took the job in July 2009, is, by many accounts, passionate about education and well-liked by students.
  
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• A Traffic Stopping Love...Literally

  16-12-2015 11:50
  
  Houston man charged after shutting down interstate for marriage proposal. Read more.
  
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• "Top Gun," "Ghostbusters" And Other Films Added To National Film Registry

  16-12-2015 11:38
  
  Twenty-five movies were added to the registry, dating back to 1096.
  
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• Shooting Victim Found Inside Speeding Car

  16-12-2015 11:31
  
  Police were investigating a shooting at a northeast Columbus bar. Read more.
  
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• Several People Questioned About Deadly Shooting In East Columbus

  16-12-2015 11:18
  
  A man was found shot inside a home on Dellwood Avenue, and later died.
  
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• 17-Year-Old Shot & Killed In East Columbus

  16-12-2015 11:18
  
  A teen was found shot inside a home on Dellwood Avenue, and later died.
  
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• AEP renewable-power proposal ambitious, costly

  16-12-2015 11:17
  
  Imagine an area the size of 2,000 football fields covered in solar panels. Then imagine an even larger area dotted with hundreds of wind turbines. That’s a hint of the scale of a proposal from American Electric Power to finance 500 megawatts of wind energy and 400 megawatts of solar — eye-popping numbers that some renewable-energy advocates love, while consumer advocates and others get heartburn.
  
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• Patchy Fog And Cool Temperatures Wednesday Morning

  16-12-2015 11:14
  
  A few areas of patchy fog will be possible early this morning. Otherwise, look for gradually clearing skies as we head through the morning and into the afternoon.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Cloudy With Chance For Rain; Low 42

  16-12-2015 11:14
  
  Scattered showers will end in the morning with colder air moving into Central Ohio tomorrow. Snow showers and flurries will be possible Friday into Friday night with a trace possible.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Partly Cloudy & Mild; Temps In Upper 50s

  16-12-2015 11:14
  
  Look for gradually clearing skies as we head through the morning and into the afternoon. We’ll see warmer temperatures today with highs into the upper 50s
  
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• Executions in U.S. fewest since 1991, report shows

  16-12-2015 10:42
  
  The death penalty could be dying. There were 28 executions in the U.S. this year, the lowest total in 24 years, according to the annual capital punishment report by the Death Penalty Information Center. That’s down from a high of 98 in 1999.
  
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• Projects bringing 721 jobs to central Ohio offered tax credits

  16-12-2015 09:00
  
  Six companies received state incentives on Tuesday for projects that could bring 721 jobs to central Ohio, including plans by facilities-management company FacilitySource to add 125 jobs in Columbus as part of an expansion.
  
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• Race for 24th Ohio House seat taking shape

  16-12-2015 07:59
  
  Clintonville Area Commission Chairman Kristopher Keller would face another Clintonville neighborhood resident if he runs for the 24th Ohio House District seat as a Democrat in 2016. Ohio Sen. Jim Hughes confirmed last week that he will seek to return to the House, vying for the same seat Keller announced he would be seeking one day earlier.
  
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• Hundreds Impacted By Closure Of Coshocton Plant

  16-12-2015 05:24
  
  Tuesday was the final day of work for employees at WestRock Paper Mill.
  
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