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• John Kasich: Women "left their kitchens" to elect me

  22-02-2016 23:52
  
  During an event in Fairfax, Virginia Monday, the 2016 presidential candidate reflected on how he was able to win his first campaign, back when "things were different."
  
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• So far, Ohio has escaped the worst of the flu

  22-02-2016 23:41
  
  Ohio's flu season typically peaks in January or February, but the virus hasn't hit particularly hard so far. Since October, 19 people in Franklin County have been hospitalized with the flu, compared with 522 last year.
  
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• Athens County couple pleads guilty in woman's overdose death

  22-02-2016 23:34
  
  An Athens County couple have been sentenced to prison for causing a woman to fatally overdose on heroin. County Common Pleas Judge Patrick J. Lang sentenced Tammy L. Rutter, 33, to three years in prison, and Roger E. Rutter, 45, to two years in prison.
  
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• Bond set at $1.5 million for man accused of rape in Downtown bank building

  22-02-2016 23:18
  
  A Franklin County judge set bail Monday at $1.5 million for a man accused of raping a female employee in a Downtown bank.
  
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• Judges want Brooks, Scott to stop 'sample ballot' ads

  22-02-2016 23:16
  
  Several Franklin County judges who appeared on a campaign flier paid for by Sheriff Zach Scott and Commissioner Paula Brooks want those campaigns to stop distributing the handouts. The judges say they weren’t asked and are precluded by the state’s code of conduct for judges from appearing on campaign literature with candidates for other offices except for an official party sample ballot.
  
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• Musician Bill Foley recalls machete attack that sliced his hands

  22-02-2016 23:07
  
  Bill Foley took his bandaged right hand, the one that he has used to pick a guitar at least once a day for more than 30 years, and cradled it in his now freshly-scarred left one. He looked down at them and fought tears as he told the strangers in his hospital room that after a man he didn't know attacked him and others at a Northeast Side restaurant 10 days ago with a knife and a machete, he laid in his hospital bed for days unable to communicate because of the tubes down his throat. But that di
  
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• Fort Rapids Water Park ordered to close by Columbus police

  22-02-2016 22:57
  
  The Fort Rapids Indoor Water Park and Resort now has seven days to close down due to a history of violations. According to the Columbus Police Department, the popular indoor resort has until Monday, February 29, to cease all hotel operations.
  
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• Prosecutor: Kalamazoo suspect admits to deadly shootings

  22-02-2016 22:38
  
  The Uber driver suspected in a series of three random shootings in Michigan admitted carrying out the seemingly random attacks that killed six people.
  
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• Judges want off Democrats' 'sample ballot'

  22-02-2016 22:28
  
  Several Franklin County judges who appeared on a campaign flier paid for by Sheriff Zach Scott and Commissioner Paula Brooks want those campaigns to stop distributing the handouts. The judges say they weren’t asked and are precluded by the state’s code of conduct for judges from appearing on campaign literature with candidates for other offices except for an official party sample ballot.
  
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• 'I am not a scripted candidate,' Kasich says after women, kitchen comment backlash

  22-02-2016 22:11
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich wanted to tell the crowd gathered at George Mason University that he’d had grassroots support even from his earliest campaigns. Instead, he caused a minor uproar Monday by telling the crowd that women “left their kitchens” to help him campaign.
  
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• West Side woman killed in I-71 crash on North Side

  22-02-2016 21:54
  
  A West Side woman who died after crashing her car on I-71 earlier today might have suffered a medical emergency, police said. Carolyn Mullins, 40, of Hopkins Avenue died just before 2 a.m. at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, where she was taken after the 1:15 a.m. crash.
  
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• Solicitation charge dropped against Ohio State football player Adolphus Washington

  22-02-2016 21:45
  
  A misdemeanor solicitation charge against Ohio State University defensive tackle Adolphus Washington was dismissed today. Washington pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 19 in Franklin County Municipal Court, under an agreement that it would be dismissed if he completed a program known as "John school" before his sentencing.
  
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• Fort Rapids Voluntarily Shuts Down For Health & Safety Violations

  22-02-2016 21:07
  
  A notice at Fort Rapids posted by police says the resort failed to meet requirements to obtain an operating permit.
  
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• Fort Rapids ordered by Columbus Police to shut down

  22-02-2016 21:07
  
  A notice at Fort Rapids posted by police says the resort failed to meet requirements to obtain an operating permit.
  
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• Suburban Parking Lots Getting Urban Apartment Retrofit in Columbus

  22-02-2016 21:03
  
  An increasing number of developers in Columbus are turning their attention to what they see as an untapped resource in the region — large parking lots serving aging retail centers. With a small number of projects completed and more on the way, the practice of building residential and mixed-use developments right next to existing, suburban-style […]
  
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• Ohio officer held on drug charges kills himself in jail

  22-02-2016 20:52
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Authorities say a central Ohio police detective who was arrested last week on federal drug charges killed himself in jail.The Delaware County Sheriff's Office says 43-year-old Tye Downard hanged himself in his one-person cell early Monday.
  
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• Grant Hospital Plans Downtown Expansion

  22-02-2016 20:34
  
  Grant Hospital and OhioHealth will go before the Downtown Commission this month to present an $11 million expansion to the healthcare provider’s Discovery District facilities. An application for a certificate of appropriateness was submitted to the commission, which calls for the demolition of an existing building at 303 East Town Street and the construction of […]
  
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• Man who raped 81-year-old woman sentenced to 25 years in prison

  22-02-2016 20:07
  
  A 24-year-old man who admitted raping an 81-year-old woman in her East Side apartment was sentenced today to 25 years in prison. Shawn G. Malone Jr. pleaded guilty to two counts of rape for the attack and one count of burglary for an unrelated break-in. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Pat Sheeran sentenced him to 20 years for the rape counts and five years for the burglary, following a recommendation from prosecuting and defense attorneys as part of a plea agreement.
  
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• Teen sentenced to life in adult prison for fatal shooting of handyman

  22-02-2016 19:58
  
  Jafet A. Medrano, who was 17 when he fatally shot a handyman during a botched robbery attempt, was sentenced today to life in an adult prison with no chance of parole for 15 years. Police said Medrano, now 19, was in a car driven by Bryan N. Mathews when they decided to commit a robbery on July 17, 2014.
  
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• Columbus City Council to settle excessive force lawsuit

  22-02-2016 19:31
  
  The Columbus City Council is expected to approve an $85,000 lawsuit settlement for a man who claimed a Columbus police officer used excessive force during an incident outside a bar. Jordan Helman said he was trying to stop a fight outside the BBR Bar, 106 Vine St., in the Arena District when Officer Anthony Pray punched him for no reason.
  
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• Musician Wounded In Machete Attack Released From Hospital

  22-02-2016 19:18
  
  Bill Foley, one of four people wounded during a brutal machete attack two weeks ago at a northeast Columbus restaurant, is speaking out for the first time since suffering major injuries.
  
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• Musician wounded in machete attack: “I thought I was going to die"

  22-02-2016 19:18
  
  Bill Foley, one of four people wounded during a brutal machete attack two weeks ago at a northeast Columbus restaurant, is speaking out for the first time since suffering major injuries.
  
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• Kasich defends Planned Parenthood defunding while campaigning in Virginia

  22-02-2016 18:59
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich, campaigning in Virginia Monday in advance of this state’s March 1 primary, defended his decision to sign a bill to defund Planned Parenthood in Ohio, insisting “we will not walk away from” women’s health if he is elected president. Speaking to a crowd in moderate Northern Virginia, Kasich said that Planned Parenthood has “discredited itself” and insisted “we have robust women’s health funding in Ohio.”
  
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• Video Shows Large Brawl At Easton Town Center

  22-02-2016 17:32
  
  A video that surfaced on Facebook over the weekend appears to show around a dozen teens brawling Saturday afternoon at Easton Town Center.
  
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• Longtime librarian puts 60 years on the books

  22-02-2016 17:19
  
  When Carrie Cropp first started working at the Columbus Metropolitan Library in 1956, she would walk from Central High School to Lazarus for lunch, then to her job. Sixty years later, Central High and Lazarus are history but Carrie Cropp — whose married name is Carrie Ingle — still works for the library. She'll mark the milestone on March 12 but will be presented with a proclamation today at the library’s board of trustees meeting at its Gahanna branch.
  
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• Cedar Point removing Shoot the Rapids after just 5 years

  22-02-2016 17:07
  
  SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — Cedar Point in northern Ohio is removing its newest water ride after just five years.
  
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• Jury selection to begin in Erin Andrewsa nude-videos lawsuit

  22-02-2016 16:42
  
  Jury selection begins Monday in the case involving sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews, who filed a $75 million lawsuit against the franchise owner and manager of a luxury hotel and a man who admitted to making secret nude recordings of her in 2008. In 2009, Michael David Barrett pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles federal court to renting hotel rooms next to Andrews in three cities, altering peepholes and shooting videos in Columbus, Ohio, and Nashville.
  
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• ​Former Miss America Contestant Dies From Car Crash Injuries

  22-02-2016 16:35
  
  A former Miss America contestant died early Monday, a week after her car spun off a New Jersey highway and crashed into trees.
  
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• Craft show in Upper Arlington to benefit cancer charity

  22-02-2016 16:26
  
  The spring Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show will take place next week at St. Agatha Church in Upper Arlington.
  
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• Reynoldsburg detective held on drug charges kills himself in jail

  22-02-2016 15:48
  
  A Reynoldsburg police detective charged with dealing drugs hanged himself early this morning in the Delaware County Jail, his attorney said. Tye L. Downard, 43, of Westerville, who was not on suicide watch, was found during a routine check at 1:30 a.m., according to sheriff's office spokeswoman Tracy Whited. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
  
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• Uber Riders Recount Behavior Of Alleged Kalamazoo Shooter

  22-02-2016 15:21
  
  Jason Brian Dalton allegedly shot eight people Saturday night, killing six. He is expected to be arraigned Monday on murder charges, but his motive is still unknown.
  
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• At $1.69 a gallon, Ohio gas prices remain low, slightly under national average

  22-02-2016 14:57
  
  Ohio’s average price for regular gas comes in slightly cheaper than the national average as the workweek begins.
  
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• Concert Preview: Vanessa Silberman at Skully’s Music-Diner

  22-02-2016 14:00
  
  Just past the mid-way point of a whirlwind thirty-eight city American Folk Rock tour, Los Angeles alt-rock songstress Vanessa Silberman will stop at Skully’s Music-Diner on February 23. Her latest single of the same name – recorded at BOP Recording Studio in Mafeking, South Africa – is vintage singer-songwriter: nothing but Silberman’s earthy alto and […]
  
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• VIDEO: 106-Year-Old Woman Dances With President Obama

  22-02-2016 13:47
  
  Virginia McLaurin made a visit to the White House that she'll never forget.
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Michael Cordell

  22-02-2016 13:17
  
  The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man wanted for rape, burglary and sexual battery.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Kasich outlasts Bush but will he have enough support to keep going?

  22-02-2016 13:16
  
  Despite a 5th place finish in South Carolina this weekend, Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s presidential campaign is calling it a four-person race and has a busy campaign schedule in the works. Kasich has outlasted former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who suspended this campaign this weekend. He’s also polling better against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton than the other GOP candidates but is that enough?
  
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• Reynoldsburg SWAT Officer Facing Drug Charges Commits Suicide By Hanging

  22-02-2016 13:01
  
  A veteran police detective charged last week with using his connections to allegedly deal drugs has taken his own life.
  
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• Reynoldsburg Detective Facing Drug Charges Commits Suicide By Hanging

  22-02-2016 13:01
  
  A veteran police detective charged last week with using his connections to allegedly deal drugs has taken his own life.
  
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• 15 Republicans in southwest Ohio vie for Boehner’s seat in Congress

  22-02-2016 12:51
  
  WASHINGTON — In a town where people are quick to make political predictions, the race to fill the former congressional seat of House Speaker John Boehner is an anomaly: No one will guess how it ends. That’s in part because of the size of the field: the Republican primary alone has 15 candidates. And it’s partly because attention is centered elsewhere: the state's GOP presidential primary.
  
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• 83-year-old man was pedestrian struck, killed on Route 62 in Licking County

  22-02-2016 12:48
  
  An 83-year-old man was struck and killed Saturday night on Route 62 in Licking County. Jack Duncan was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after the crash occurred around 8 p.m. near his home, which was in the 2900 block of Rt. 62 in Burlington Township between Johnstown and Utica, according to the county sheriff’s office.
  
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• Driver Killed After Crash Into Drainage Ditch

  22-02-2016 12:43
  
  A woman veered off the road and crashed into a ditch in north Columbus.
  
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• Chicago To Celebrate 30th Anniversary Of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"

  22-02-2016 12:28
  
  Ferris Fest is scheduled for May.
  
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• Kasich’s path to nomination gets murky

  22-02-2016 12:10
  
  John Kasich’s presidential campaign stands at a turning point. The Kasich team expresses confidence that the race is playing out exactly according to its long-term plan, but the Ohio governor is rapidly approaching the juncture where campaign spin meets the harsh reality of simple mathematics.
  
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• Does Chicken Soup Really Help Fight Colds?

  22-02-2016 12:06
  
  If it's a bowl of steaming hot chicken soup, you're definitely not alone.
  
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• Suicides in nursing homes hard to track, prevent

  22-02-2016 12:02
  
  Suicides among older adults remain disturbingly high despite improved screening and treatment for depression. And although there is growing awareness about suicide, the one area in which it is less documented, not very well understood and much more hidden is in nursing homes, advocates say.
  
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• Columbus lawyer paints art connected to practice

  22-02-2016 11:48
  
  By day, George W. Leach is a criminal-defense attorney, representing juvenile and adult clients charged with everything from truancy to murder. At night, he retreats to the solitude of a studio around the corner from his Downtown law office, rolls out an easel and paints in oils until midnight.
  
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• Webcams let Granville students take ‘field trips’ without leaving building

  22-02-2016 11:46
  
  GRANVILLE, Ohio — Emily’s Hartmans’s sixth-grade music class at Granville Intermediate School has seldom been so focused and attentive as they were last week. The students — coming off a holiday weekend made even longer by a snow day — rarely made so much as an out-of-turn squeak with the plastic recorders they gripped in class. But when it was time to play, they didn’t hold back. And they were joined by some special guests.
  
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• Two Democrats seek spot in Pickaway County commissioners race

  22-02-2016 11:43
  
  The only contested local race on the primary election ballot in Pickaway County is between two Democrats who have different plans for a community that is perhaps positioned better than ever before for real growth.
  
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• Morning Forecast: Mostly Sunny Skies; Temps In Mid 30s

  22-02-2016 11:38
  
  More seasonable temperatures and a good deal of sunshine are expected today with highs in the 40s throughout Central Ohio.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Partly Cloudy & Pleasant, Not As Cold

  22-02-2016 11:38
  
  While not as warm as this weekend, high temperatures around Central Ohio were still above average.
  
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