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• Columbus man enters plea on rape charge

  04-04-2016 23:40
  
  A Columbus man ended his trial Monday on charges of raping a 12-year-old girl by entering an Alford plea to one count of abduction. Robert J. Johnson, 33, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be served concurrently with a federal prison sentence in an unrelated rape case in North Carolina.
  
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• Worker killed in ceramic tank collapse at Anchor Hocking in Lancaster (UPDATE)

  04-04-2016 23:29
  
  A deadly tank collapse at a glass making plant in Lancaster is under investigation after one man died and two others escaped unharmed.
  
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• Whitehall man dies after shooting in apartment parking lot

  04-04-2016 22:45
  
  A man died after he was shot Saturday night in the parking lot of his Whitehall apartment complex.
  
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• Police arrest armed robbery suspect who caused OSU campus lock down

  04-04-2016 22:28
  
  Authorities were able to arrest 24-year-old Enad Rawahneh Sunday night.
  
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• Emerald recalling nuts due to potential presence of glass

  04-04-2016 21:39
  
  The recall is for Emerald 100 Calorie Pack Roasted & Salted Cashew Halves & Pieces.
  
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• Indians opener postponed because of cold weather

  04-04-2016 20:42
  
  With temperatures in the 30s, the team decided it was too frigid for the teams to play.
  
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• Confessed killer takes plea deal in slayings of mother, girlfriend

  04-04-2016 20:18
  
  The man accused of gunning down his mother and girlfriend last year while high on bath salts has taken a plea deal and will spend decades behind bars.
  
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• PHOTOS: Deputies called to corral pig on the loose in Licking Co.

  04-04-2016 19:57
  
  The Licking County Sheriff’s Office was called out on Monday after a swine split from a sty.
  
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• CPD nabs double homicide suspect after car chase

  04-04-2016 18:38
  
  A man wanted in connection to two murders in Kentucky was caught over the weekend thanks to the hard work of officers and the suspect's family members.
  
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• Harvest Pizzeria Team Announces Plans for Mexican Restaurant in Italian Village

  04-04-2016 18:20
  
  Grow Restaurants, the team behind Harvest Pizzeria, The Sycamore, and, most recently, Downtown restaurant Salt & Pine, is adding a new concept to their impressive dossier. Chris Crader, Grow CEO, has recently signed a restaurant lease with real estate firm Capitol Equities for 995 N. Fourth Street, at the intersection of Third Avenue and Fourth […]
  
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• Columbus City Council to vote on Hamilton Road widening contract

  04-04-2016 18:14
  
  The Columbus City Council is expected to approve a $7.8 million contract today to widen about a half-mile of Hamilton Road. Shelly and Sands Construction, of Columbus, is expected to be awarded the contract when council meets at 5 p.m. at City Hall.
  
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• Body of missing US student found in Siberia

  04-04-2016 16:33
  
  Russian investigators say the body of an American student has been found on the outskirts of a Siberian village, a week after he vanished from a guesthouse in the middle of the night.
  
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• Concert Preview: Ben Folds with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra

  04-04-2016 15:42
  
  I reach out regularly to agents and publicists to request interviews with big-league musicians who announce upcoming tour dates in Columbus. They receive hundreds of emails like mine on a daily basis – every one of us who sends them is hoping the stars will align and we’ll be able to steal a few precious […]
  
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• Trailer Roundup: Final Fantasy, Star Fox, War Dogs & More

  04-04-2016 15:29
  
  New films. New tv shows. New video games. That’s what “Trailer Roundup” provides each week for our pop-culture and multimedia-savvy readers who want to keep tabs on what’s coming soon to big and small screens near you. Here’s the latest and greatest: Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive RPG fans have been playing Final Fantasy games for […]
  
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• Ohio gas prices average nearly $2 a gallon

  04-04-2016 13:34
  
  Ohio’s average price for regular gas going into the workweek is up slightly from the state’s average this time last month.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Donald Trump pushes for John Kasich to drop out

  04-04-2016 13:20
  
  Last week, Ohio Gov. John Kasich made an appeal to supporters of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, telling them that Trump wasn’t prepared to be president. That they should vote for him. Trump’s campaign said they would have no comment. And then Sunday, Trump had something to say, calling for Kasich to drop out of the race.
  
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• Security elevated as jury selection begins for Short North Posse’s “Homicide Squad” trial

  04-04-2016 12:47
  
  There will be a lockdown in security Monday at the U.S. District Courthouse in downtown Columbus as jury selection begins in the trial for five former members of the so-called Short North Posse.
  
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• Trove of documents expose offshore financial dealings of rich and famous

  04-04-2016 12:45
  
  The cache of 11.5 million records detailed the offshore holdings of a dozen current and former world leaders, as well as businessmen, criminals, celebrities and sports stars.
  
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• Review of ‘Win-Win’ school-district deal underway

  04-04-2016 12:23
  
  The “Win-Win” legal accord that allows suburban school districts to continue to serve parts of the city of Columbus is up for renewal, meaning that the 30-year-old truce over annexations is once again in jeopardy. The window for districts to vote to pull out of the agreement opened on Friday and closes at the end of May, said Jeff Rich, a tax attorney who briefs school officials on the terms of the accord every six years when it comes up for renewal.
  
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• Suicide hotline will serve children in crisis

  04-04-2016 12:20
  
  Parents of children experiencing a behavioral health crisis — and the children themselves — now have a number they can call no matter the time. Someone will answer.
  
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• Holocaust survivors get help telling their stories

  04-04-2016 12:12
  
  As a member of a council that represents Holocaust survivors in central Ohio, Edgar Karpovich has seen the passion many have for sharing their stories. Sadly, some have no family members to tell or are immigrants who face language barriers that keep them from finding an audience who can understand.
  
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• New moms getting neighborhood help to combat infant mortality in Columbus

  04-04-2016 12:08
  
  Antoine Scales Jr. took his first breath two years ago and died within an hour. His mother was stunned. Buried in grief, she never learned why he didn't survive.
  
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• Tight labor market pushes up price of new Delaware County Courthouse

  04-04-2016 12:04
  
  The cost of Delaware County's new judicial building has risen by more than $3 million in three months, even before the foundation has been poured.
  
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• Homeless aging before their time

  04-04-2016 11:55
  
  Debby Francis says there’s only one way to describe her life: “a hot mess.” Homeless for nearly two years, Francis never dreamed that her body would be battered from bouncing from family and friends to a storage unit and then to a crowded shelter. It didn’t help that she was dealing with the fallout of cancer and several untreated medical conditions at the same time.
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Osie Malone

  04-04-2016 11:37
  
  Osie Malone III, 21, is wanted for felonious assault.
  
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• Ex-Delaware County sheriff turns life to God, guitars and coffee

  04-04-2016 11:34
  
  DELAWARE, OHIO — After two men robbed a downtown bank last summer, police flooded the streets, office workers cowered behind windows and former Sheriff Al Myers, by reflex alone, considered racing to help. His days of chasing, interrogating and locking up felons are over, though, and he now spends his days amid soft gospel music, fragrant coffee and the gentle strumming of guitars.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Lingering clouds and falling temps into the 40s

  04-04-2016 11:32
  
  Today's high will be set this morning in the mid 50s before falling into the 40s this afternoon.
  
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• Workshop helps business win government contracts

  04-04-2016 11:05
  
  Small businesses can learn more about getting local, state and federal contracts at the Ohio Business Matchmaker set for April 26-27 in Dayton at Wright State University's Ervin J. Nutter Center.
  
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• Event aimed to help women, minorities get state contracts

  04-04-2016 11:04
  
  The annual Ohio Business Expo meant to help small, minority- and women-owned businesses get state contracts is set for April 19 in Columbus.
  
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• Nationwide names new chief legal officer

  04-04-2016 11:02
  
  Mark Howard will join Nationwide as the insurer’s chief legal office effective April 11, the company has announced.
  
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• Chamber, Dispatch plan business leadership series

  04-04-2016 10:58
  
  The Columbus Chamber and The Columbus Dispatch have partnered to create the Leadership for Small Business series.
  
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• Robert O'Malley

  04-04-2016 10:03
  
  He graduated from Martins Ferry High School, earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Indiana Institute of Technology, and took post-graduate studies at The Ohio State University and Northwestern University. Bob was a proud U.S. Marine veteran of World War II, serving as a Sergeant in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
  
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• Frozen broccoli recalled due to listeria concerns

  04-04-2016 08:24
  
  Alimentos Congelados, S.A. is recalling 1,800 cases of its frozen broccoli cuts due to listeria contamination concerns.
  
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• Murder victim's father not sure what to expect as trial continues

  04-04-2016 05:40
  
  Travis Bonham, the man accused of killins his girlfriend and mother, is set to appear in court tomorrow. Loren Barber tells 10tv he wants Bonham behind bars for life.
  
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• 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards: List of winners

  04-04-2016 05:37
  
  Country music stars headed to Las Vegas Sunday night for the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards to perform and scoop up some big awards.
  
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• Marysville congregants thrill to waves of music from church's new pipe organ

  04-04-2016 04:15
  
  It's not uncommon for people to steer away from the first few pews at church. So no one seemed surprised when Pastor Jack Heino of St. John's Lutheran Church in Marysville started the special Sunday service with, "We often joke that these are the best seats in the house," referring to several empty rows up front. "Well, today, these really are the best seats in the house," he continued, pointing to a brand "sorta new" 54-year-old Schlicker Organ in the balcony that recently had been restored to
  
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• WATCH: Chihuahua leads police on chase in San Francisco

  04-04-2016 03:36
  
  A Chihuahua is in animal custody after leading police on a chase across the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge.
  
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• Suspect in 2 killings nabbed on South Side

  04-04-2016 02:33
  
  A Logan, Ohio, man wanted for questioning in connection with a double slaying in Lawrence County, Ky., was captured Sunday afternoon on the South Side.
  
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• Alan Miller commentary: Newsroom decisions are seldom black and white

  04-04-2016 01:46
  
  But most of us live in a big area of gray that is flanked by narrow strips of black and white. If you are thoughtful and try to do the right thing, things are rarely black and white.
  
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• Newark Council to revisit vicious dog ordinance

  04-04-2016 00:48
  
  NEWARK, Ohio — Just a year after the Newark City Council upheld a dog ordinance that automatically labels pit bulls as vicious, the council plans to revisit a proposal to remove breed-specific language from the city's dog legislation.
  
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• Crime stoppers: Three men beat college student

  04-04-2016 00:35
  
  The assault and robbery of a Columbus State Community College student is the crime of the week in the Crime Stoppers program.
  
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