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• Mother says she'll miss "everything" about son killed in basketball accident

  16-03-2016 23:55
  
  16-year-old Noah Lear died Wednesday after being in the hospital for almost a month following an accident.
  
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• Possible roles for Ohio after Tuesday's primary

  16-03-2016 23:52
  
  The 'what if’s' of the Republican Presidential Race are becoming more intriguing.
  
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• New Franklin County sheriff says he wants to improve office, not change it

  16-03-2016 23:48
  
  Dallas Baldwin will be the next Franklin County sheriff. But many Franklin County residents are asking themselves the same question: Who? Baldwin pulled off the primary election’s biggest upset on Tuesday when he beat Sheriff Zach Scott in the Democratic primary. It was Baldwin’s first race and he was going against a well-known sitting sheriff.
  
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• Sheriff Scott: "I got punished because I decided to give voters a choice”

  16-03-2016 23:35
  
  An internal political war ended in a major upset in Franklin County.
  
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• School levy results yield two different outcomes for central Ohio districts

  16-03-2016 23:32
  
  Voters in two different school districts decided two very different outcomes on major ballot issues with millions of dollars on the line.
  
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• Owner charged with allowing drugs, prostitution at Hilltop apartments

  16-03-2016 23:32
  
  A criminal charge has been filed against the owner of a Hilltop apartment building that a judge closed for one year earlier this month. Gordon Rankin, of Grove City, has been charged with violating an injunction, a first-degree misdemeanor, for allowing drugs and prostitution to flourish at his 15-unit apartment building at 2958 Sullivant Ave., which was closed by order on March 4.
  
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• City spending $1 million to improve Lynn, Pearl alleys Downtown

  16-03-2016 22:47
  
  The worn, broken bricks that line Lynn and Pearl alleys don’t provide the most inviting gateway to Downtown visitors, but that is changing. The city is spending a little more more than $1 million in capital money to transform the dim corridors into more attractive passageways that officials hope will lure more retailers and customers. “The future of Downtown is small-scale retail. Alley buildings lend themselves to that,” said Cleve Ricksecker, executive director of the Capital
  
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• Suspect in police shooting charged with second-degree murder

  16-03-2016 22:23
  
  A man accused of shooting at a Maryland police station in an attempt to provoke officers to kill him has been charged with second-degree murder.
  
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• Dublin annouces lane restrictions at Hard Road, Sawmill Road during intersection improvements

  16-03-2016 22:02
  
  Beginning Thursday, eastbound Hard Rd will be reduced from three lanes to two at Sawmill Rd.
  
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• Columbus' PromoWest Fest lands Snoop Dogg, Brand New and Modest Mouse

  16-03-2016 21:53
  
  PromoWest Productions, an independent concert promoter, has announced the lineup for its inaugural PromoWest Fest. The three-day extravaganza will take place in Columbus's Arena District from July 15-17.
  
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• 'Indiana Jones' to return with Ford and Spielberg

  16-03-2016 21:31
  
  The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that the fifth film in the action adventure series will open July 19, 2019.
  
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• Report: Jared Fogle beaten up in prison

  16-03-2016 21:04
  
  Fogle was sentenced to more than 15-years in prison in November, after his conviction of possessing child pornography.
  
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• Cruz, Trump can't win general election, Kasich says

  16-03-2016 20:44
  
  VILLANOVA, Penn. — Ohio Gov. John Kasich may have only 142 delegates — 519 less than the GOP front-runner, billionaire Donald Trump — but you’d never know it from the glee at a town hall meeting in Villanova University on Wednesday. Fresh from his first win of the 2016 primary season — his home state, Ohio — Kasich was a candidate triumphant, glad to be one of the last three standing in the GOP race.
  
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• Police: guns, drugs seized at home of 'Pawn Stars' character

  16-03-2016 20:31
  
  Attorneys for Austin Lee Russell declined to comment on the report, saying they'll do their talking about the case in a courtroom.
  
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• Former Orange Township official sentenced for theft in office

  16-03-2016 20:28
  
  A former Orange Township zoning official was sentenced to two years of community control for falsifying financial records and stealing cash for personal use. Thomas Farahay, 64, who has had recent medical issues, was sentenced Wednesday by Common Pleas Court Judge David Gormley. He was charged last year with theft in office, a fifth-degree felony, punishable by up to a year in prison and a $2,400 fine
  
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• Dublin Unveils New Riverside Park Master Plan

  16-03-2016 20:15
  
  The City of Dublin is ready to unveil what they have in store for their new landmark Riverside Park in the center of the city. On Monday, March 28th, residents and stakeholders are being invited to take part in an open house for the master plan to provide feedback on the design and the programming. […]
  
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• High rate of school levies get approval across Ohio

  16-03-2016 20:09
  
  Ohio voters approved 77 percent of the 68 school levies on the ballot statewide Tuesday.
  
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• City, schools announce plans to keep kids safe, busy over spring break

  16-03-2016 20:06
  
  Hoping to keep 50,000 grade-school students from harm this spring break, Columbus city and school officials announced plans Wednesday to keep them busy and safe during the 10-day stretch from March 25 through April 4. While stressing that students are safe while in school, Superintendent Dan Good acknowledged that violence and other problems facing students at home and in their neighborhoods have "very real and very direct effects on what happens in our classrooms and hallways."
  
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• Ask Lisa: Cassava plant yields ever-popular tapioca

  16-03-2016 19:33
  
  Native to Brazil, the plant spread across South America and was taken by explorers to Europe, Africa and Asia.
  
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• Theatre Review: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Shines Again

  16-03-2016 19:10
  
  Disney’s Beauty and the Beast returned to the Palace Theatre last night to a full audience, bringing magic, laughs, and lots of music. The show once again wows with the visuals and Sam Hartley’s interpretation of Beast with a few more adolescent misbehaviors and petulant mood made the younger ones in the audience laugh. Brook […]
  
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• Damn Girl Dance Party Relocates to Skully’s Music Diner

  16-03-2016 19:00
  
  Popular dance party Damn Girl is on the the move once more. Starting this Friday, March 18th, the event will relocate to Skully’s Music Diner in the Short North. Most recently, the event was held at The Bluestone, Downtown. “We were able to extend the size of the event and had a good run overall […]
  
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• Incumbent Democrats Unseated in Franklin County Primary

  16-03-2016 18:36
  
  Incumbent Zach Scott lost the Democratic primary for Franklin Country Sheriff to Dallas Baldwin, former Lieutenant for the Columbus Police Department. Supporters and members of the Democratic party’s Unity ticket celebrated Baldwin’s Tuesday night win, saying “There’s a new sheriff in town.” Baldwin won 52 percent of the vote, making it the second defeat for […]
  
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• Sheriff’s Office: Same man may have robbed two Columbus gas stations

  16-03-2016 18:23
  
  The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is on the hunt for a man who may have robbed two local gas stations in less than a month.
  
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• Portman says he will oppose Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination

  16-03-2016 18:13
  
  WASHINGTON — Sen. Rob Portman said today he would oppose the nomination of federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying “there’s no path for this nominee” to be confirmed during a presidential election year.
  
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• City man arrested for gun-related threat

  16-03-2016 17:29
  
  A city man was arrested on multiple charges after he threatened four teenagers and a Columbus woman with a 12-gauge shotgun near his residence Tuesday night around 8:30. The Bellefontaine Police Department reports that Greg Jutte, 50, of 112 West Patterson Avenue, backed his pickup into a driveway, then exited with a shotgun to intimidate the group.
  
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• Ohio Department of Health now testing for Zika virus in its lab

  16-03-2016 17:25
  
  The Ohio Department of Health is testing for the Zika virus in its Reynoldsburg lab. “By conducting our own initial Zika virus testing on patients within seven days of symptom onset, we can significantly speed up initial test results for patients who are anxiously waiting on them,” Dr. Mary DiOrio, medical director for the department, said in a press release.
  
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• Kasich wants North Korea to free college student from Ohio

  16-03-2016 16:43
  
  John Kasich is calling on North Korea to release a Cincinnati-area native who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor today.
  
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• Ohio Court: Inmate who survived botched execution can be put to death

  16-03-2016 16:25
  
  The Ohio Supreme Court says the state can try again to execute a condemned killer who survived a 2009 botched execution.
  
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• Boehner: If GOP can’t agree on presidential nominee, he’s for Paul Ryan

  16-03-2016 16:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker John Boehner said he would support his successor, Wisconsin’s Paul Ryan, for president if Republicans cannot nominate any candidate at their national convention this summer. Boehner, who has endorsed John Kasich, told the Futures Industry Association that if Republicans can’t agree on the first ballot to nominate Donald Trump, Kasich or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, he’s “for none of the above.”
  
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• Bucyrus teen dies from injuries in freak dunking accident

  16-03-2016 15:25
  
  A 16-year-old who was severely injured after a basketball hoop fell on his face and neck has died.
  
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• US elections 2016 - Superman Sanders to Nutcracker Clinton: Caricatures add to poll humour

  16-03-2016 15:10
  Ted Cruz poses for a picture with supporters during a campaign rally at the Northland Performing Arts Center in Columbus, Ohio. A Bernie Sanders action figure prototype.
  
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• Decorative lights again illuminate Ohio River bridge in Pomeroy

  16-03-2016 15:04
  
  After spending the last year in the dark, highway bridge over the Ohio River equipped with aesthetic lighting to honor veterans is once again showing its colors. Nighttime illumination has resumed at the Bridge of Honor, which connects Pomeroy, Ohio, with Mason, West Virginia, thanks to purplish-cobalt blue glass lenses from art-glass specialist Blenko Glass.
  
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• Inmate can face execution again after failed attempt, Ohio Supreme Court rules

  16-03-2016 15:03
  
  Ohio can try a second time to execute convicted killer Romell Broom, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. In a 4-3 ruling written by Justice Judith Lanzinger, the court said that the state would not violate the U.S. Constitution Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment by executing Broom, a Cleveland man who was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering 14-year-old Tyrna Middleton in 1984.
  
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• Incumbent Fairfield County prosecutor defeated

  16-03-2016 14:52
  
  LANCASTER, Ohio — Challenger Kyle Witt won 74 percent of the vote to defeat incumbent Gregg Marx in the Republican primary for Fairfield County prosecutor, according to final, unofficial results from the county Board of Elections.
  
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• Olympics | Hilliard’s Ebner to try for US rugby team

  16-03-2016 13:56
  New England Patriots safety and special teams player Nate Ebner was granted a leave of absence Tuesday and plans to join the U.S. rugby team at its training camp in Chula Vista, California, with hopes of competing at the Olympics in August.
  
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• What’s next for Kasich after topping Trump in Ohio?

  16-03-2016 13:22
  
  BEREA, Ohio — After coming through on his guarantee to beat Donald Trump in Tuesday’s Ohio primary, John Kasich contends it’s a whole new campaign for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. Waving a pair of clenched fists to the pulsating rhythms of AC/DC’s "Thunderstruck" — the same tune played when Kasich won re-election in 2014 — he veritably pranced onto the stage and proclaimed his love for his Ohio supporters.
  
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• Best Bites Preview: Plank’s Bier Garten

  16-03-2016 13:00
  
  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 of our […]
  
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• Spring breaker from Ohio dies in Panama City Beach hotel

  16-03-2016 12:59
  
  PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida — A spring breaker from Ohio has been arrested for allegedly trying to discard narcotics from a hotel where his roommate was found dead from an overdose, according to the Panama City Beach Police Department. Cody Michael Halka, 20, of Toledo, was arrested about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday after officers arrived to find two security guards performing CPR on his roommate, 23-year-old Robert Paul Steel, of Oregon, Ohio.
  
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• One dead in NE Columbus crash

  16-03-2016 12:37
  
  One person has died following an accident involving two vehicle on the northeast side.
  
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• 67-year-old killed in NE Columbus crash (UPDATE)

  16-03-2016 12:37
  
  The accident occurred around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday on SR 161, west of Strawberry Farms Boulevard.
  
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• North Korea sentences college student from Ohio to 15 years in prison

  16-03-2016 12:31
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s highest court sentenced an American tourist to 15 years in prison with hard labor for subversion on Wednesday, weeks after authorities presented him to media and he tearfully confessed that he had tried to steal a propaganda banner. Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was convicted and sentenced in a one-hour trial in North Korea’s Supreme Court.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Where does John Kasich go after Ohio win?

  16-03-2016 12:10
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich won his home state Tuesday night and all 66 delegates that come with it in the GOP presidential primary race. The question remains: Will it be enough to stop Republican frontrunner Donald Trump?
  
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• Ohio county health rankings

  16-03-2016 11:56
  
  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute has released its annual County Health Rankings.
  
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• Buckeye Lake debris might be sunken 1850s canalboat

  16-03-2016 11:40
  
  BUCKEYE LAKE, Ohio — To the naked eye, the pile of muck deposited on the north shore of Buckeye Lake in February could’ve been anything. It could have been just another one of the countless heaps of earth that are commonplace at construction sites. Or, it might be an 1850s canalboat.
  
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• Trump, Clinton win big...so what happens now?

  16-03-2016 11:21
  
  Here's a guide to what to watch for on Wednesday, after contests in five big states pushed Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton closer to their parties' nominations.
  
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• President Obama to nominate a judge for Supreme Court today

  16-03-2016 11:15
  
  The recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia left a vacancy on the high court.
  
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• Pres. Obama to nominate Merrick Garland to Supreme Court, CBS News confirms

  16-03-2016 11:15
  
  President Barack Obama will nominate federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, congressional sources said Wednesday. The pick sets up a confrontation with Republicans who say they will refuse to consider his nomination in an election year.
  
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• Pres. Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court

  16-03-2016 11:15
  
  President Barack Obama will nominate federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, congressional sources said Wednesday. The pick sets up a confrontation with Republicans who say they will refuse to consider his nomination in an election year.
  
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• North Korea sentences Ohio man to 15 years in prison

  16-03-2016 11:04
  
  Before the trial, the 21-year-old from Wyoming, Ohio, said he had tried to steal a propaganda banner as a trophy for an acquaintance who wanted to hang it in her church
  
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• Sheriff Zach Scott among Democrats swept from Franklin County offices

  16-03-2016 10:46
  
  Franklin County voters swept the Democratic incumbents from the county administration, punishing Sheriff Zach Scott and two office holders who supported him in the race for mayor last year. Retired Columbus Police Lt. Dallas Baldwin will become the next county sheriff after defeating Zach Scott, 52 percent to 48 percent with most precincts reporting. State Rep. Kevin Boyce beat Commissioner Paula Brooks, 58 percent to 42 percent. Local attorney Danny O’Connor ousted Recorder Terry “T
  
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