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• Authorities Identify Pike Co. Shooting Victims

  23-04-2016 23:46
  
  According to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, the victims were killed in an "execution-style" shooting at four residences Friday.
  
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• Attorney General releases names of victims in Pike Co. shootings

  23-04-2016 23:46
  
  According to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, the victims were killed in an "execution-style" shooting at four residences Friday.
  
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• 911 calls recount gruesome discovery of Pike Co. shooting victims

  23-04-2016 23:19
  
  The Ohio Attorney General's Office has released the 911 calls after members of the Rhoden family were found dead after being shot "execution-style."
  
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• Construction Roundup: The Barrett

  23-04-2016 22:47
  
  When we checked in with The Barrett development in Merion Village last summer, Columbus Underground was given a guided hard-hat tour of the inside of the historic Barrett Middle School building. Renovations of the building had just begun, and the transformation into apartments was under way. An exterior tour of the site last week reveals […]
  
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• The Latest: Authorities still searching for suspect(s) in murders of 8 Ohio family members

  23-04-2016 22:37
  
  The latest on the slayings of members of one southern Ohio family.
  
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• Pot grow operations found near executions in Pike Co. (UPDATE)

  23-04-2016 22:37
  
  Authorities say they found marijuana-growing operations at three of the four locations where eight family members in rural southern Ohio were found fatally shot.
  
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• Pot grow operations found near executions in Pike Co.

  23-04-2016 22:37
  
  The latest on the slayings of members of one southern Ohio family.
  
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• 2 pot grow operations found, multiple shooters suspected in Pike Co. murders

  23-04-2016 22:37
  
  The latest on the slayings of members of one southern Ohio family.
  
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• John Kasich: "Justice will be delivered" in Ohio shootings

  23-04-2016 22:16
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Saturday that investigators "will find the perpetrators" of the mass shooting that claimed eight lives on Friday, vowing, "Justice will be delivered to them."
  
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• 911 calls describe horror of finding Pike County victims

  23-04-2016 22:10
  
  Two calls to 911 from Pike County show the horror and loss after eight family members were shot to death. At 7:49 a.m., a distraught and out-of-breath woman called 911 from 4077 Union Hill Road. "I think my brother-in-law's dead," she told dispatchers
  
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• Earth Day Celebration 2016

  23-04-2016 21:24 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Press Conference: Neighborhood Revitalization Announcement 4/22/16

  23-04-2016 20:54 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Cincinnati businessman pulls $25K reward in Pike Co. murders

  23-04-2016 20:37
  
  Jeff Ruby made the announcement on Twitter, saying "With recent complex criminal developments in Pike Co case, we are withdrawing our reward and involvement. Grieving and praying for family."
  
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• $25,000 reward offered in Pike County multiple homicide investigation

  23-04-2016 20:37
  
  The Ohio Attorney General's office says a Cincinnati-area businessman has put up a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the slayings of eight family members.
  
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• Family members of Pike Co. shooting victims release statement

  23-04-2016 20:13
  
  Family members of the eight people killed in the Pike County Friday released a statement thanking the community for their support and asked anyone with information to come forward.
  
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• Family of 8 killed in Pike County asks for prayers, information

  23-04-2016 20:07
  
  Family members of the 8 people killed in Pike County on Friday asked for prayers, and information. Many members of the Rhoden family, whose loved ones were shot execution-style at four locations in the county, have been huddled at the Union Hill Church not far from the shootings. On Friday night, there were more than 100 people there.
  
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• Sheriff: No truth to rumors of 5 bodies found in Scioto Co., related to Pike Co. slayings

  23-04-2016 19:38
  
  The Scioto County Sheriff said "false rumors" have been circulating on Facebook stating that five dead bodies were found in Scioto County, related to the shooting deaths in Pike County Friday.
  
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• Community, police search for answers in 8 Pike County killings

  23-04-2016 19:02
  
  As state crime agents and sheriff's deputies arrived at the municipal building to begin another long day investigating the slayings of eight people, an excited man pulled up and jumped from his car. "I've got some information these cops might want to know," he told a crowd of reporters. And a deputy quickly sent him inside to talk to authorities. That's life in Pike County this Saturday morning like no other: Everyone is searching for information and answers.
  
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• Cops search for gunman in execution-style slayings

  23-04-2016 17:31
  
  Investigators interviewed more than 30 people hoping to find leads in the deaths of the seven adults and 16-year-old boy whose bodies were found in homes southwest of Piketon on Friday.
  
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• TV Review: “Vikings” Won’t Break Your Heart

  23-04-2016 16:00
  
  Hooray! The fourth season of Vikings is now on the History Channel! The uber-promoted final episode of the season appeared on Thursday, April 21. And if you didn’t catch it, you’ll find the spoilers below… If you’ve been watching the previous seasons on Amazon, the Vikings have been pillaging their way through England and France. […]
  
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• Restaurant Review: Tacos Fogoncito

  23-04-2016 15:00
  
  If there’s a famous taco joint in town, it’s probably Los Guachos. The Food Network put it on the map when it celebrated the top five tacos in the nation, and Los Guachos made that list, earning kudos for its al pastor version of the classic. Unsurprisingly, the place is popular with local eaters too. […]
  
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• Get Inspired to Prune Your Trees

  23-04-2016 14:23
  
  Experts say you can save money and do your own tree trimming work.
  
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• Suspect in Georgia killings found dead at home

  23-04-2016 14:16
  
  A man who shot and killed five people during two separate shootings as part of a domestic dispute in Georgia was found dead in his home early Saturday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
  
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• Massive Rogue Fitness Facility Starting to Take Shape in Milo-Grogan

  23-04-2016 14:00
  
  The scale of what is being built at the southwest corner of East Fifth and Cleveland avenues is beginning to sink in, both for neighbors of the site and for the many people who pass through the busy intersection on a daily basis. Enormous concrete walls show the footprint of what will eventually be a […]
  
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• Seoul: N. Korea appears to have fired submarine-launched missile

  23-04-2016 13:22
  
  South Korea says North Korea has fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile from a submarine off its northeast coast.
  
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• If Columbus Castings folds, rail-car makers would suffer

  23-04-2016 12:41
  
  A shutdown at Columbus Castings would send ripples through the U.S. rail industry, forcing rail-car manufacturers to scramble for new parts suppliers in a market with few options, according to industry sources. Meanwhile, analysts say the rail downturn that is causing big problems for the company is likely to continue at least into winter, leaving little hope of a quick turnaround.
  
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• Police interview more than 30 people in deaths of 8 Pike County family members

  23-04-2016 12:21
  
  As day wore into night Friday, the people of Pike County couldn’t yet comprehend the evil that had invaded their community. They couldn’t come to grips with the fact that eight members of a single family were gone, all shot execution-style in the head, most while they slept.
  
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• GOP nominee must earn delegate majority

  23-04-2016 12:05
  
  The head of the Republican National Committee says the GOP will not "hand the nomination" to any presidential candidate who fails to win a majority of delegates in the coming weeks.
  
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• Victim killed at homeless camp loved being mom to her kids

  23-04-2016 12:01
  
  All Cathleen "Cat" Howatt wanted was to be a mom. She had lots of practice, as the oldest of four helping her widowed mother. Her inner turmoil, though, led her to alcohol, homelessness and a path that ended on Tuesday, when the life was strangled out of her in Columbus.
  
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• Statehouse hours cut, power to waive event fee restricted

  23-04-2016 11:59
  
  It seemed like a minor item on the agenda of the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board this week. But the upshot to the little-noticed rule change is that only Republican leaders who control the legislature now can decide who gets to appear in the Statehouse at no charge. Before, leaders of the Democratic minority also could waive the fee.
  
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• New Glenwood Recreation Center opens today on the Hilltop

  23-04-2016 11:53
  
  Sixteen years ago, the Glenwood Recreation Center on the Hilltop was a mess. The center's roof leaked, its floor tiles were broken, the floor was buckled and mice walked across vending machines and tabletops. In recent years, its water lines burst.
  
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• Michael Coleman: Suburban school district wants Win-Win pact revised

  23-04-2016 11:44
  
  At least one suburban school district wants to renegotiate the 30-year-old Win-Win agreement that maps out which districts serve certain outlying areas of Columbus, Michael B. Coleman said Friday. "There may be one other, but we're not certain about that," said Coleman, who was hired by the Columbus schools to represent the district in renegotiating Win-Win, which is up for renewal, as it is every six years.
  
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• Medicaid waiver oversight may increase

  23-04-2016 11:38
  
  People with developmental disabilities often wait months or years to obtain a Medicaid waiver, which they can use to pay for various home- and community-based services. But despite waiting lists that stretch to tens of thousands of adults and children, there also are many Ohioans — a little more than 900, according to state records — who have received waivers but haven’t used them for at least a year.
  
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• Jury awards $358,000 to woman for botched breast-reconstruction surgery

  23-04-2016 11:35
  
  Mary Jenkins, a breast-cancer survivor who founded a nonprofit group that offers financial assistance to cancer patients, has won a $358,000 jury verdict against a Delaware County physician who botched her breast-reconstruction surgery.
  
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• Doctor in Uber driver attack video fired from Miami hospital

  23-04-2016 11:27
  
  A doctor has been fired from a Miami hospital three months after a video surfaced on YouTube showing her hitting and screaming profanities at an Uber driver. Read more.
  
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• Details emerge about Prince's final hours

  23-04-2016 10:45
  
  An extremely private person throughout his life, music icon Prince apparently died alone, authorities said Friday.
  
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• President Obama celebrates Queen Elizabeth's birthday, meets Prince George

  23-04-2016 10:32
  
  He may not have been toting a cupcake with a candle, but President Barack Obama nonetheless made a showy entrance to Windsor Castle on Friday for a celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday.
  
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• Saturday Forecast: Clear & mild

  23-04-2016 10:24
  
  The skies will clear this afternoon with a high of 64 degrees today. Get the forecast.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Clear skies & cool, low of 40

  23-04-2016 10:24
  
  The skies will clear this afternoon with a high of 64 degrees today.
  
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• Feds access another iPhone without Apple's help

  23-04-2016 09:54
  
  The Justice Department has withdrawn a request to force Apple to reveal data from a cellphone linked to a New York drug case. Read more.
  
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• County collects e-waste today

  23-04-2016 08:19
  
  Old computers, broken cellphones and other used electronics can be recycled today. Franklin County Commissioners are working with Goodwill Columbus and the Columbus Clippers for an annual e-waste recycling event from 9 a.m. to noon today at Huntington Park, 330 Huntington Park Lane.
  
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• Ross Co. Sheriff's Office: Pike Co. shooting person of interest taken in for questioning

  23-04-2016 05:30
  
  According to the Ross County Sheriff's Office a person of interest was taken in for questioning in connection with Pike County shootings of eight family members.
  
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• Ross Co. Sheriff's Office: Person taken in for questioning after Pike Co. shootings

  23-04-2016 05:30
  
  According to the Ross County Sheriff's Office, a person was taken in for questioning in connection with Pike County shootings of eight family members.
  
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• Photo: Machete victim thankful to be alive

  23-04-2016 05:21
  
  More than two months after a machete-wielding man attacked patrons at a Northeast Side restaurant, victim Bill Foley returned to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center to thank the team that saved his life. Foley, a musician who was seriously injured at Nazareth Mediterranean Cuisine on Feb. 11, also spoke and played for the hospital's managers.
  
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• Scott's political picks: Politicians approval ratings & Curt Schilling's firing

  23-04-2016 05:10
  
  Do Americans really dislike their politicians as much as they say they do? I think Congress’ 16% approval rating is right up there with taxes, snake bites and back surgery.
  
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• Bill to benefit Autism patients still not voted on in Ohio

  23-04-2016 04:23
  
  House Bill 350 would require companies to cover some of the most beneficial therapies like Applied Behavioral Analysis or ABA.
  
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• Woman who set newborn on fire in road sentenced to 30 years

  23-04-2016 04:07
  
  Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in February to aggravated manslaughter.
  
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• Pet dog fatally mauls 3-day-old baby in San Diego

  23-04-2016 04:04
  
  A three-day-old boy was mauled to death by the family dog while they were in bed with the child's parents.
  
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• New video, timeline released in woman's death at Texas church

  23-04-2016 03:59
  
  Authorities released new church surveillance video recorded early Monday morning in the minutes before a Texas woman was murdered.
  
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• Babysitter charged in death of toddler dosed with Xanax

  23-04-2016 03:47
  
  An Ohio babysitter has been charged with murder in the death of an 18-month-old girl who authorities say was given anti-anxiety medication.
  
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