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• Mt. Vernon Water Department Investigating What’s Staining Residents Clothes

  25-01-2016 23:57
  
  The city says independent studies show it's not the water.
  
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• Mt. Vernon Water Department Investigating What’s Staining Resident's Clothes

  25-01-2016 23:57
  
  The city says independent studies show it's not the water.
  
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• Mt. Vernon To Residents: Don’t Blame Us For Strange Stains On Your Clothes

  25-01-2016 23:57
  
  Residents of Mt. Vernon are saying their city’s water supply is ruining their clothes in their washing machines.
  
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• Grand jury indicts leader behind Planned Parenthood videos

  25-01-2016 23:25
  
  Center for Medical Progress founder David Daleiden was indicted on a felony charge of tampering with a governmental record and a misdemeanor count of related to purchasing human organs.
  
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• Judge sentences man for his role in Whitehall shooting

  25-01-2016 23:02
  
  A man accused of participating in a shooting that left two people injured in a Whitehall parking lot decided today that he wanted to avoid a second trial in the case.
  
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• Man who robbed casino winner sentenced to prison

  25-01-2016 22:55
  
  A man who skipped his own trial for the armed robbery of a casino winner was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison.
  
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• Report: More than 200 potential human trafficking victims in Ohio last year

  25-01-2016 22:38
  
  Ohio law enforcement identified more than 200 potential human trafficking victims last year, 60 of them under the age of 18, and successfully prosecuted 33 traffickers, according to a report from Attorney General Mike DeWine. The Human Trafficking Commission's 2015 report released today reflects an increasing number of investigations, victims and arrests for something that wasn't even a crime in Ohio 10 years ago.
  
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• Long Street Parking Garage to be Renovated and Reopened

  25-01-2016 22:38
  
  After nearly two and a half years of sitting vacant, the five-story parking deck at 56-62 East Long Street is expected to re-open to the public this summer. In 2013, the garage was ordered closed by the City of Columbus Department of Building and Zoning Services after being deemed unsafe to occupy. The garage, originally […]
  
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• Former cop pleads guilty to killing teen, ditching body in suitcase

  25-01-2016 22:31
  
  Steven Zelich pleaded guilty in the death of 19-year-old Jenny Gamez, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, whose body was found in 2014.
  
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• Ex-Ohio police chief who called criminals 'mopes' convicted of 4 charges

  25-01-2016 21:38
  
  RAVENNA, Ohio — A former small-town Ohio police chief who developed an outsize Facebook following for blunt, humorous commentary about the criminals he calls "mopes" has been convicted of four misdemeanors. A Portage County judge on Monday told former Brimfield Township chief David Oliver he's become a mope himself.
  
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• Dave Matthews Band returns to Columbus this summer

  25-01-2016 21:32
  
  Dave Matthews Band performs at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Calif. in this Associated Press file photo from Oct. 1, 2007.
  
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• Food Fight: Wendy’s, Burger King Trade Jabs On Twitter

  25-01-2016 21:03
  
  A simple post by Wendy's promoting a popular new combo turned into an interesting exchange.
  
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• Homeport Planning Affordable Housing for Main Street Downtown

  25-01-2016 20:03
  
  Homeport wants to see more affordable housing Downtown, and they think their former office building at 562 East Main Street is a good place to start. The nonprofit housing organization will bring preliminary plans for a 60 unit, five-story apartment building to the Downtown Commission tomorrow. The new building would replace the 10,000 square foot […]
  
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• Smith Bros’ Hardware Building May Add Rooftop Patio Event Venue

  25-01-2016 19:45
  
  The Dock 580 event venue adjacent to the Smith Bros’ Hardware Building already has one of the best skyline views of Downtown Columbus, but the building’s owners plan to kick that up a notch if they can gain approval to build out a rooftop patio on top of the iconic six-story structure. “The two Dock […]
  
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• Jurors get case against ex-Olentangy teacher

  25-01-2016 19:30
  
  DELAWARE, Ohio — Prosecutors described Matthew Rausenburg as a wildly popular, but cruelly calculating 2nd-grade teacher who preyed on his young female students.
  
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• Circleville woman on trial in murder-for-hire scheme

  25-01-2016 19:27
  
  CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Tara Lambert wanted the mother of her stepdaughters to die, prosecutors say, and she was willing to pay someone to kill her. And detectives say that Lambert, 33, of Circleville, also told a hit man — who was actually an undercover Franklin County deputy sheriff — that if the woman’s current husband was around whenever it happened, to just go ahead and kill him, too. Now, Lambert is on trial in Pickaway County Common Pleas Court on two charges of conspi
  
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• UPDATE: Jury Continues Deliberation Into Monday Night In Rausenberg Trial

  25-01-2016 18:33
  
  The former teacher is facing a 42 count indictment accused of molesting nine former students.
  
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• Rausenberg Found Guilty On 41 Counts Including Gross Sexual Imposition, Kidnapping

  25-01-2016 18:33
  
  The former teacher was facing a 42 count indictment accused of molesting nine former students.
  
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• Jury Deliberations Begin In Rausenberg's Molestation Trial

  25-01-2016 18:33
  
  The former teacher is facing a 42 count indictment accused of molesting nine former students.
  
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• Ohio Senate concerned about proposed overhaul to unemployment benefits

  25-01-2016 18:11
  
  State senators could dial back a sweeping House bill that would place sharp limits on unemployment compensation and eligibility for benefits.
  
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• Incentives offered to companies planning 616 new jobs in central Ohio

  25-01-2016 18:00
  
  Four companies received approval for state tax incentives today that could result in 616 new jobs in central Ohio, including one company that specializes in helping hospitals and other health-care providers improve their financial and operational performance.
  
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• CSCC Awarded 11.5M for College and Career Readiness

  25-01-2016 17:46
  
  There’s some good news for parents in central Ohio: opportunities for students to earn college credit while in high school are about to expand. Columbus State Community College was just awarded 11.5 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Education to expand and enhance college and career readiness. Typically, college and career readiness programs permit […]
  
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• In Wake Of The Storm, Many Travelers Are Still Stranded At Port Columbus

  25-01-2016 17:26
  
  When it comes to flying during a major snow storm in major cities like New York and Washington D. C., the impact is felt in airports across the country.
  
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• Mifflin Twp. fire victim was 75-year-old man

  25-01-2016 17:20
  
  The man killed in a Mifflin Township house on Friday has been identified as 75-year-old Albert Hayes, said Dr. Anahi Ortiz, Franklin County coroner.
  
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• Ohio EPA seeks criminal probe into water plant problems

  25-01-2016 17:18
  
  CLEVELAND — The head of Ohio's environmental agency is calling for a criminal investigation after the operator of a water treatment plant in northeast Ohio failed to tell the public that high levels of lead and copper had been detected in some homes last summer.
  
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• Mifflin Twp. fire victim was 74-year-old man

  25-01-2016 16:54
  
  The man killed in a Mifflin Township house on Friday has been identified as 74-year-old Albert Hayes, said Dr. Anahi Ortiz, Franklin County coroner.
  
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• Grant to Columbus State could help 10,000 kids earn college credit

  25-01-2016 16:53
  
  Columbus State Community College announced this morning that it will receive an $11.5 million federal grant to help up to 10,000 central Ohio middle- and high-school students, especially those coming from poorer families, to earn college credit before high-school graduation. Columbus State was the only community college, and the only school in Ohio, among the 13 grant winners.
  
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• Republicans hit Strickland for his support of Boyce

  25-01-2016 16:38
  
  Ohio Republicans are calling on former Gov. Ted Strickland to address whether he still supports former state Treasurer Kevin Boyce’s campaign for Franklin County commissioner after federal regulators said Boyce attended a meeting where a pay-to-play scheme was discussed. “Why is it OK that the person who brought Kevin Boyce into the statewide scene in the first place continue to remain silent,” said Matt Borges, chairman of the Ohio Republican Party.
  
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• Columbus has less for low-income housing and code enforcement this year

  25-01-2016 16:27
  
  Columbus will spend less this year on code enforcement and affordable housing initiatives. The Columbus City Council is expected to approve about $8.5 million for the city's Community Development Block Grant Fund when its seven members meet today at 5 p.m. at City Hall. That is about a $600,000 decrease in funding compared to last year.
  
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• Sheriff: Woman Injects Heroin, Then Flips Car Carrying Sons

  25-01-2016 15:53
  
  A southwest Ohio sheriff's office says an Indiana woman flipped her vehicle while driving with her two sons after injecting heroin and apparently experiencing an overdose.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: What happens if John Kasich does well in New Hampshire?

  25-01-2016 15:39
  
  With the New Hampshire primary two weeks from Tuesday, Dispatch Public Affairs Editor looks at where Kasich goes after should he finish well in the state he’s spent most of his presidential campaign time in.
  
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• Ohio gas prices continue to drop; average now $1.56 a gallon

  25-01-2016 15:31
  
  Ohio drivers are still seeing gas prices drop. The state average was $1.56, according to Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc.
  
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• Search Intensifies For Inmates In Daring Calif. Jail Escape

  25-01-2016 13:53
  
  It was a daring and elaborate escape: cutting through metal, crawling through plumbing tunnels, climbing a roof, rappelling four stories to freedom using ropes made from bedsheets.
  
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• Youngstown-Area Schools Close As EPA Tests Water For Lead

  25-01-2016 13:39
  
  Mahoning County town closes schools as EPA demands more water tests. Read more.
  
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• The Joseph hotel in Short North earns AAA Four Diamond award

  25-01-2016 13:17
  
  With the addition of the new Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph, Columbus now boasts six AAA Four Diamond hotels, more than any other Ohio city on the newly released list from the Automobile Association of America.
  
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• Memphis logistics firm IMC to set up shop near Rickenbacker

  25-01-2016 13:13
  
  The Memphis-based logistics firm IMC Cos. plans to enter the Columbus market in mid-February, providing forwarding, warehousing and other services out of Ohio Intermodal Services' location on Williams Road near Rickenbacker International Airport.
  
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• Grandview, Upper Arlington chambers of commerce vote to merge

  25-01-2016 13:08
  
  The Grandview Area Chamber of Commerce and the Upper Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce are preparing to merge. The groups said that, effective Feb. 1, the organizations will become one and will operate as the TriVillage Chamber Partnership.
  
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• Officers Injured When Suspected Drunk Driver Slams Into Cruiser

  25-01-2016 12:52
  
  A suspected drunk driver crashed into a parked Columbus Police SUV Monday morning. Read more.
  
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• Drunk Driver Charged After Slamming Into Parked Cop Car

  25-01-2016 12:52
  
  22-year-old Leah Marquez was charged with OVI after police say she slammed into the back of a police SUV parked on the side of the I-70.
  
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• DeWine issues warning on job-related scams

  25-01-2016 12:52
  
  Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning consumers to be aware of scams targeting people looking for jobs or extra income.
  
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• New Video Game Aims To Help Kids With ADHD

  25-01-2016 12:36
  
  The idea is to condition the brain to sift through and organize information in real time, requiring a player to stay focused on the task at hand.
  
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• The American Habit Of Impulse Buying

  25-01-2016 12:29
  
  Americans love to make snap decisions when they're shopping, and, to a lesser extent, browsing in online retailers.
  
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• ISIS Threatens United Kingdom In New Video

  25-01-2016 12:23
  
  ISIS has released a gruesome new propaganda video that purports to show final messages from the Paris attackers.
  
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• Joe Blundo commentary: Roman Johnson and his mentor

  25-01-2016 12:12
  
  "Emerson Burkhart, Roman Johnson and Friends" will be displayed through Feb. 28 at the Griffin Gallery at Creekside, 77 Mill St., Gahanna. From that testy introduction grew a friendship, with Johnson and Burkhart often sitting together on Columbus sidewalks, painting East Side street scenes.
  
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• New Hampshire boost integral to Kasich game plan

  25-01-2016 12:03
  
  MERRIMACK, N.H. — Not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but let’s suppose things break the way John Kasich hopes, and his performance in the nation’s first presidential primary 15 days hence is truly impressive.
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Anthony J. Wilson Jr.

  25-01-2016 11:58
  
  Franklin County Sheriff's Office SWAT is searching for a suspected criminal on the run.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Scattered Light Rain, Showers Developing

  25-01-2016 11:44
  
  We’ll see increasing rain chances this evening as a cold front heads our way.
  
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• Cloudy Skies And Milder Temperatures Monday Morning

  25-01-2016 11:44
  
  Look for milder weather today with highs climbing into the low 40s.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Cloudy & Mild, Temps In Low 40s

  25-01-2016 11:44
  
  Cloud cover will increase late in the day and rain chances will increase in the evening as a cold front heads our way. Scattered showers will linger overnight into Tuesday morning.
  
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• Clues sought in mysterious fatal shooting on East Side

  25-01-2016 11:27
  
  The shooting death of a man last year is the crime of the week in the Crime Stoppers program.
  
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