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• School districts training staff members to respond to active shooter situations

  26-02-2016 23:59
  
  The Buckeye Firearms Association says 152 districts have now trained staff to counter attack in the case of an active shooter.
  
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• Scott's Political Picks: Graham's 'Colorful' Language & Rubio Attempts To Topple Trump

  26-02-2016 23:54
  
  Forgive me but my weekly column includes a ‘colorful’ word that no broadcaster can say on TV. But it didn’t come from me.
  
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• Concert Preview: Novallo at Scarlet & Grey Café

  26-02-2016 23:33
  
  Undoubtedly riding the momentum of a stellar 2015, during which they appeared as the only unsigned band at Rock on the Range alongside heavyweights like Linkin Park, Slipknot, and Judas Priest and released their second EP to public and critical acclaim, locally-grown progressive metal band Novallo will headline 99.7 The Blitz Radio’s Local Stuff Showcase this […]
  
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• Zoning board approves high-rise apartments on Lane Avenue across from campus

  26-02-2016 23:19
  
  A seven-story apartment building will soon rise on Lane Avenue across from the Ohio State University campus. The Columbus Board of Zoning Adjustment this week approved the project that will alter the fabric of that part of the University District, and might set a standard for what’s to come. “It’s an awful lot of building on a little bit of land,” said Doreen Uhas Sauer, who leads the University Area Commission. “It really signals a huge change on Lane Avenue." The
  
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• CMHA Selling Bollinger Tower for Proposed Hotel Redevelopment

  26-02-2016 23:14
  
  Constructed in 1984, the 11-story Bollinger Tower was the first high rise building to appear in the Short North, predating more recent buildings that have been constructed or proposed for the neighborhood. The building has long served as a home for low-income elderly residents, but will soon see renovations at the hand of a new […]
  
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• Sheriff: 5 dead, including gunman, following standoff in Washington

  26-02-2016 23:08
  
  Authorities say a gunman killed four people in a home in rural Washington state before fatally shooting himself after an hourslong standoff.
  
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• Jury deadlocked in abuse case against chess instructor

  26-02-2016 23:02
  
  After five and a half hours of deliberation, the jury notified the judge they had reached “an impasse.”
  
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• Health insurance: Amid outcry, InHealth Mutual keeps OhioHealth hospitals, doctors in network

  26-02-2016 22:59
  
  Westerville-based InHealth Mutual said it will keep OhioHealth hospitals and doctors in its provider network, reversing an announcement a month ago that drew scorn from blindsided consumers. The insurer had planned to drop OhioHealth from its network on March 1, potentially affecting as many as 9,000 people statewide — most of them in central Ohio.
  
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• Jury to resume deliberations on Monday in molestation trial

  26-02-2016 22:50
  
  DELAWARE, Ohio — A jury deliberated almost six hours Friday before telling the judge that they had reached an impasse in the case of F. Leon Wilson, a chess teacher accused of molesting two of his students. After Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge Everett Krueger called jurors back into the courtroom, he told them, "Sometimes it helps to have a little time to think about things and get refreshed."
  
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• Murder charges dropped against two teens in drive-by shooting

  26-02-2016 22:46
  
  Delinquency murder charges have been dismissed against two of the teens arrested last week in a fatal drive-by shooting on the East Side. Akilahn M. Blackwell, 15, and Christian Woods, 17, were among four teens charged in connection with the Feb. 12 killing of 15-year-old Kaleb White on Barnett Road north of E. Livingston Ave. Although both were identified as passengers in a car from which the shots were fired, there was insufficient evidence that either Blackwell or Woods participated in the cr
  
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• Delaware Police release sketch of attempted abduction suspect

  26-02-2016 22:12
  
  Police are looking for the suspect who’s described as a white man between 30- and 40-years-old with brown/gray short hair and gray stubble on his face.
  
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• Family to donate 152-year-old union flag to Ohio Historical Society

  26-02-2016 22:07
  
  Clifford Eckle reached into the cardboard box, which had been tucked away in a drawer in Oklahoma for 45 years, and with his gloved hands lifted the sheet-wrapped bundle from inside. He laid it gently on the specially-covered table in front of him in an upstairs room at the Ohio History Center and peeled back the sheet to expose the prize inside: a 152-year old, 36-star American Union flag.
  
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• What color is the jacket? A new debate begins one year after #thedress

  26-02-2016 21:17
  
  Exactly one year after #thedress took over the internet, we're now being asked about #thejacket.
  
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• New in Theaters: Eddie the Eagle, Gods of Egypt, The Treasure & More

  26-02-2016 20:31
  
  It’s Oscar weekend! That generally means that nothing worth really mentioning is being released, and with a few minor exceptions, 2016 abides by that law. You will find one god-awful diety battle, a hart warming biopic, and some worthy indies to hit while you wait for that red carpet to roll out, though. Eddie the […]
  
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• Wardrobe Therapy Advice: Getting Ready for Spring

  26-02-2016 20:06
  
  Although the recent weather has made us feel like winter is over, it is definitely not. While you still have time to get your closet together for the spring, take a look at the specific pieces that the ladies at Wardrobe Therapy recommend for you to have on stand-by for the warmer weather. There are […]
  
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• U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Ohio resigns

  26-02-2016 19:25
  
  U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart announced that he will resign his position at midnight on March 11. Stewart, 46, of Gahanna, was appointed U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio by President Barack Obama in 2009. Newly elected presidents have the option of appointing U.S. attorneys in the federal court districts nationwide. In a news release from his office, Stewart said he plans to join a nonprofit or foundation in Columbus after his resignation. He did not identify the organization an
  
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• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Endorses Donald Trump For President

  26-02-2016 19:23
  
  Christie says at a news conference in Fort Worth, Texas, that Trump "will do what needs to be done to protect the American people."
  
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• Jury deliberating fate of chess teacher accused of molesting girls

  26-02-2016 19:13
  
  DELAWARE, Ohio — Occasionally glancing at the parents of his accusers — seated in the front row of the courtroom — F. Leon Wilson frowned as prosecutors called him a "master story teller." He listened as they called him a "trusted mentor" who betrayed his authority by sexually molesting two of his chess students. The jury heard closing arguments this morning in the trial of Wilson, 62, who faces three counts of gross sexual imposition for incidents involving two of his students
  
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• Courts: Foster parent who had sex with teen released early after plea form error

  26-02-2016 18:42
  
  A former foster father who was sentenced in July to two years in prison for having sex with a teenager in his care has been released after a mistake on his plea form prompted a new sentence. Herbert C. King Jr., 43, pleaded guilty at his original sentencing hearing to four counts of sexual battery involving a 17-year-old boy. In addition to prison time, Franklin County Common Pleas Judge David E. Cain placed him on probation for five years. However, the parties quickly discovered that the plea f
  
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• Two Fall Ill In Ohio From Listeria-Tainted Salad

  26-02-2016 18:31
  
  According to the Centers For Disease Control, the latest cases in Ohio (2) and Missouri (1), have increased the number of those infected to 18.
  
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• Theatre Review: Adrenaline’s The Shadow Box is a Worthy Effort but a Mixed Bag

  26-02-2016 18:30
  
  Adrenaline Theatre Group’s production of Michael Christofer’s The Shadow Box opened at MadLab on Thursday, February 25th, directed by Chad Hewitt. There’s a lot to recommend about this humming, well-calibrated production but much of its two hour running time struggles against the fact this 1977 Pulitzer and Tony winning play just hasn’t aged very well. […]
  
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• Garth Brooks adds another two shows in Columbus

  26-02-2016 18:12
  Garth Brooks has added two more shows in April for Value City Arena, bringing his total Columbus concerts to six. According to the country-music singer's website, shows are scheduled for 7 p.m. April 15, 22 and 23; 7:30 p.m. April 17 and 24; and 8:30 p.m. April 16. Tickets - at $74.98 each, including fees - went on sale at 10 a.m. today online and by telephone at Ticketmaster, with a limit of eight per purchase.
  
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• Kick Butt Columbus with Jack Hanna

  26-02-2016 17:51
  
  
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• Will Braxton Miller Go In The First Round Of The Draft?

  26-02-2016 17:26
  
  Two years ago, scouts said Braxton Miller would never play in the NFL as a quarterback. Now, he might just go in the first round…as a wide receiver.
  
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• Best Bites Preview: Bexley Pizza Plus

  26-02-2016 16:30
  
  On March 24th, Columbus Underground will be hosting Best Bites: Pizza — a celebration of the city’s best pizza shops, pizza food trucks, restaurants and more. A limited number of tickets are still available, so be sure to purchase yours online before they’re sold out. To get your tastebuds watering, we’ll be previewing what each […]
  
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• Dance Preview: The Wexner Center for the Arts Presents Company Wang Ramirez’s Monchichi

  26-02-2016 15:00
  
  After their two astonishing theatre pieces in February originating in Japan and Brooklyn, in March the Wexner Center reaches across the Atlantic to bring Sèbastien Ramirez and Honji Wang in their eponymous troupe, Ramirez Wang. For this special presentation of one night, they’re bringing their duet Monchichi (2011) that had its American premier last year at the […]
  
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• What To Buy & When: A Month-to-Month Guide

  26-02-2016 14:23
  
  For those willing to wait, there's a best time of year to buy all kinds of things, from TVs to bathing suits.Here, a month-by-month guide, based on feedback from experts.
  
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• The Latest: Hillary Clinton Wins Big In South Carolina

  26-02-2016 13:36
  
  Hillary Clinton's victory in South Carolina means she will pick up most of the state's delegates, widening her overall lead in AP's delegate count.
  
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• The Latest: Democratic Primary In South Carolina

  26-02-2016 13:36
  
  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders go head to head Saturday in South Carolina's Democratic primary.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: John Kasich stays out of fights in contentious GOP debate

  26-02-2016 13:21
  
  It was a night of yelling and attacks on billionaire Donald Trump as Super Tuesday and it’s 595 delegates at stake comes in just a few days. “Facing their final opportunity to take down Donald Trump before next week’s Super Tuesday vote in a dozen states, the billionaire’s top challengers aggressively went after the GOP front-runner in a sometimes-acrimonious debate Thursday night in Houston,” Dispatch Public Affairs Darrel Rowland writes. “Sen. Marco Rubio of
  
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• VA disciplines 2 officials in Cincinnati center probe

  26-02-2016 13:08
  
  CINCINNATI — The Department of Veterans Affairs ousted the head of its Ohio-based regional network Thursday and disciplined an official at the Cincinnati VA medical center in connection with a probe of the hospital’s management and veterans’ care.
  
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• Violence in state lockups down since 2011, report says

  26-02-2016 13:07
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A legislative oversight committee says Ohio prison violence is down. The Dayton Daily News reported a Correctional Institution Inspection Committee report released Tuesday said violence has fallen nearly 12 percent after peaking five years ago.
  
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• 10-year-old girl dies following fire in southwest Ohio

  26-02-2016 13:06
  
  HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio — Authorities said one of the children injured in a house fire earlier this week in southwest Ohio has died. The Montgomery County coroner said 10-year-old Tabitha Whetstone died Thursday morning at Dayton Children’s Medical Center.
  
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• Coast Guard to review applications to ship fracking waste on Ohio River

  26-02-2016 12:57
  
  The Coast Guard announced this week that it is pulling its proposal to allow companies to ship fracking wastewater by barge on the Ohio River. The plan was particularly contentious in southeastern Ohio and prompted more than 70,000 public comments.
  
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• Debt burden growing for those 60 or older

  26-02-2016 12:53
  
  Older Americans have more than doubled the amount of debt they owe in recent years, causing many to split pills, skip medical appointments and miss housing payments to make ends meet, according to a new report.
  
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• Medical goal of eliminating pain can lead to over-prescribing pills, accidental dependence

  26-02-2016 12:52
  
  After hip-replacement surgery and a couple of weeks in a rehab center, Columbus lawyer Pam Makowski was back at work. Colleagues who saw her pushing herself around the Franklin County courthouse in a wheelchair seemed impressed. "You're doing so great," she often heard.
  
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• Cleveland Clinic Surgeons Perform Nation's First Uterus Transplant

  26-02-2016 12:42
  
  Surgeons in Cleveland say they have performed the nation's first uterus transplant, a new frontier that aims to give women who lack wombs a chance at pregnancy.
  
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• Convention-center space renovated in time for Arnold

  26-02-2016 12:40
  
  Four months into a $125 million expansion and renovation, the Greater Columbus Convention Center has completed the first major part of the project just ahead of the one of its highest-profile events: the annual Arnold Classic.
  
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• The Best Time To Buy A Plane Ticket Is…

  26-02-2016 12:39
  
  A new study shows the cheapest time to buy plane tickets.
  
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• Univ. of Missouri Fires Instructor Who Called For “Muscle” Against Journalist

  26-02-2016 12:30
  
  The University of Missouri fired an assistant professor on Thursday who had been suspended after run-ins with student journalists during protests last year.
  
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• The Great Homework Debate: How Much Is Too Much?

  26-02-2016 12:16
  
  While districts will be doing their homework to improve student scores, many parents are trying to figure out if homework is actually a good or a bad thing.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Skies To Remain Cloudy With Temps In The Mid-30s

  26-02-2016 12:01
  
  Then skies clear this weekend with highs tomorrow in the middle 40s and highs Sunday near 60.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Cloudy & Cold, Temps In Low 30s

  26-02-2016 12:01
  
  igh pressure returns for the weekend, with clearing skies and a nice warming trend that will linger into early next week. The next chance for showers returns by Monday.
  
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• Lincoln Theatre to Continue 'Community Conversations...

  26-02-2016 11:57
  From 1900-40, Columbus became the epicenter of an African-American artistic explosion that crossed all genres and created a new social and cultural landscape. As part of this free series designed to generate discussion on a variety of interesting questions surrounding the community, this program will explore the 21st-century insurgence of socially and culturally conscious African-American art and its impact on the American canvas.
  
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• Bunbury Announces 2016 Lineup

  26-02-2016 07:44
  
  This morning, organizers of the Bunbury Music Festival - which returns to Cincinnati's riverfront June 3-5 - announced the lineup for this year's event. This is Bunbury's second year under the ownership of Columbus, Ohio-based concert promoters PromoWest Productions and its fifth overall.
  
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• Mother from central Ohio murdered in Wisconsin

  26-02-2016 05:01
  
  A central Ohio mom who moved to start a new life with her children was murdered in her apartment in Madison, Wisconsin.
  
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• Jail Or Rehab: The Debate Over How We Discipline Young Criminals In Ohio

  26-02-2016 04:23
  
  Supporters of the kinder, gentler juvenile justice system say the court isn't soft on crime, it's smart on crime.
  
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