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• Construction Roundup: Grandview Yard

  24-04-2016 23:30
  
  A drive down Yard Street through the middle of Grandview Yard reveals a flurry of construction activity among multiple sites this spring. On the north side, there’s the massive Nationwide Insurance Offices, which are adding 500,000 square feet of workspace at Grandview Yard. On the west side, there’s 45 new for-homes under construction from Wagenbrenner Development, […]
  
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• Spring Color at the Franklin Park Conservatory

  24-04-2016 21:48
  
  This weekend was perfect to get outside and enjoy the weather and the beautiful colors of spring. The grounds at the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens are alive with color! Thousands of tulips are on display. Photos by Anne Evans. Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens are located at 1777 E Broad St., Columbus, […]
  
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• Man killed in South Side shooting

  24-04-2016 21:19
  
  A suspect is in custody after a man was shot and died this morning on the South Side.
  
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• Rhoden relative 'on high alert' following the murders of 8 family members in Pike Co.

  24-04-2016 20:55
  
  We are hearing from relatives for the first time since eight Rhoden family members were murdered in Pike County.
  
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• Family speaks to 10TV for first time since Friday's mass shooting

  24-04-2016 20:55
  
  We are hearing from relatives for the first time since eight Rhoden family members were murdered in Pike County.
  
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• Kasich criticizes Indiana TV commercial

  24-04-2016 18:38
  
  WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate John Kasich dismissed a TV commercial aired by a conservative organization claiming a vote for the Ohio governor in the May 3 Indiana Republican primary “actually helps” New York billionaire Donald Trump win the GOP nomination.
  
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• Piketon parishioners shoulder to shoulder in Sunday morning services

  24-04-2016 18:26
  
  Parishioners at the Union Hill church gathered close this morning, in the sanctuary just up the hill from where authorities had blocked off the evil. Over the past few days, members of the Rhoden family had gathered at the church and its fellowship center to grieve. Today, it was Sunday morning service as usual.
  
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• Trailer Roundup: Bourne, Magnificent Seven, Bamford, McDonald’s & More

  24-04-2016 17:36
  
  New films to see. New shows to binge watch. New video games to play. 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: Jason Bourne Matt Damon and Director Paul […]
  
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• Crew SC Bests Dynamo 1-0 in Home Game Win

  24-04-2016 16:40
  
  A single goal was just about enough to give Columbus Crew SC another victory against a resilient 10-man Houston Dynamo during Saturday night’s match-up at MAPFRE Stadium. Houston’s poor start to the season continued after just 18 minutes when Dynamo ‘keeper Tyler Deric, making his first start of the year, brought down Federico Higuain after […]
  
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• Emergency Medicine: Pregnant patient had a lot to worry about

  24-04-2016 16:09
  
  Heather was brought in by a rescue squad on a backboard and wearing a cervical collar after passing out in class.
  
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• White House poised to release secret pages from 9/11 inquiry

  24-04-2016 15:19
  
  The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the attackers. Read more.
  
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• Picnic With the Pops lineup for summer adds beats with Nelly

  24-04-2016 15:17
  
  The annual Picnic With the Pops series promises to seem hipper this year, especially when hip-hop artist Nelly performs July 9 with the Columbus Symphony. The two-time Grammy-winning rapper, who has sold more than 20 million albums, is best-known for hits such as “Hot in Herre” and “Shake Ya Tailfeather.”
  
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• Photos: Earth Day at the Columbus Commons

  24-04-2016 15:15
  
  People came to Columbus Commons on Saturday to celebrate everything Earth — from its official day on Friday to the Green Columbus volunteers who completed projects to make the area a better place.
  
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• Treat to Try: Gluten-Free Twinkies from Bake Me Happy

  24-04-2016 15:00
  
  Twinkies and Oatmeal Pies; they’re not all bad. Sure, the sanctimonious are endlessly horrified at anyone’s professed love for the packaged, processed treats. That’s all the more reason to love Hostess and Little Debbie. How about this, then? You can score a gluten-free, cream-filled, tube-shaped pastry sponge cake that’s locally made here in Columbus. Look […]
  
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• 'Harry Potter' creator JK Rowling dines with Obama in London

  24-04-2016 14:48
  
  President Barack Obama went from Shakespeare to Harry Potter during his visit to London. Read more.
  
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• Rehire cop who stabbed boyfriend, court says

  24-04-2016 14:24
  
  CLEVELAND — A former police officer fired for stabbing her boyfriend should get her job back, an appeals court ruled. The decision by the 8th District Court of Appeals in Cleveland said an arbitrator correctly decided that Shani Hannah should be rehired because male Cleveland police officers weren’t fired for more severe domestic violence incidents.
  
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• Building’s rent can be based on gold prices

  24-04-2016 14:20
  
  A Downtown Columbus office building is worth its weight in gold, according to a federal judge who upheld a nearly century-old lease that tied rent to the current price of the metal. Last month’s ruling means rent paid by the company leasing the Commerce Building at 35 E. Gay St. from a group of five property owners could jump from $6,000 annually to more than $300,000.
  
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• With help from science, artist creates alluring abstract prints

  24-04-2016 14:14
  
  DELAWARE, Ohio — Thomas Saunders calls his Zeiss microscopes his “paintbrushes.” Using them along with a crystal-imaging process and such everyday items as coffee, aspirin, oil, beer and wine, he creates colorful abstract prints that inspire thoughts of flowers, mountainous landscapes and even space stations.
  
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• 4 federal agents shot at Kansas motel

  24-04-2016 13:54
  
  Four federal agents were shot while trying to make an arrest at a motel in Kansas, authorities said.
  
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• South Africa: 49 starving monkeys rescued from cages

  24-04-2016 13:06
  
  Nearly 50 starving, dehydrated monkeys were rescued from cages at a garden nursery north of Johannesburg on Saturday.
  
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• Helping to raise grandchildren can be beneficial, to a point

  24-04-2016 12:56
  
  There's no doubt that keeping up with three always-on-the-go grandsons and a brand new grandbaby can be exhausting. But for the most part, Evelyn McClanahan says the part-time care she provides is more invigorating than tiring.
  
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• Prom shooting in Wisconsin leaves 3 people injured

  24-04-2016 12:39
  
  Wisconsin authorities say a shooting at a high school prom has left three people injured. Read more.
  
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• Kasich team researching every single delegate for convention battle

  24-04-2016 12:11
  
  John Kasich will have “a couple thousand” people compiling dossiers on every Republican convention delegate — from the names of their spouses and kids to which friends and associates are most influential to them — as part of a massive effort to grab the GOP nomination from Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in Cleveland.
  
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• John Switzer | From the Stump: Spring tonics used to be a country tradition

  24-04-2016 12:06
  
  A friend told me the other day how in late winter or early spring, her grandfather would go to the woods on his Richland County farm and fetch the makings for a spring tonic.
  
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• Capitol Insider: Does John Kasich expect to celebrate results of Tuesday's 5 primaries?

  24-04-2016 12:06
  
  Did John Kasich’s team anticipate the blowout win by Donald Trump in Tuesday’s New York primary?
  
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• Search for shooter in East Columbus shooting

  24-04-2016 12:02
  
  Columbus police are searching for a suspect after someone was shot at a Super 8 on Brice Road.
  
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• Cardiologist takes strides to help patients exercise with 'Walk With A Doc' events

  24-04-2016 11:55
  
  The temperature was in the 40s on Saturday morning at Highbanks Metro Park in Lewis Center, but the chilly weather didn't cool the good spirits of several dozen participants preparing for their weekly Walk With A Doc.
  
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• Witnesses can be reluctant to testify in cases like Short North Posse trial

  24-04-2016 11:54
  
  The witness became more uncooperative, even combative, the longer the federal prosecutor questioned him. "Don't recall," he testified. "If that's what you said happened, then it must be." Those weren't the answers Assistant U.S. Attorney David M. DeVillers wanted to hear, especially from his own witness.
  
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• Parents' anger forces new effort by Teays Valley to redraw elementary-school lines

  24-04-2016 11:46
  
  ASHVILLE, Ohio — Teays Valley Superintendent Robin Halley knew he had a problem on his hands when more than 50 parents packed the district's most recent school-board meeting.
  
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• Sunday Forecast: Sunny & clear

  24-04-2016 11:43
  
  It will be cool to start the day, but the high temperature today will reach 71 degrees. Get the forecast.
  
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• Medication gives opioid addicts fighting chance to quit

  24-04-2016 11:37
  
  Alexandra Miller died of a heroin overdose — twice. Both times, paramedics used medications to revive the 23-year-old Worthington woman. Now, she relies on a monthly shot of another drug, Vivitrol, to block her opioid cravings and stay clean.
  
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• Best Bets: Shoes

  24-04-2016 11:37
  
  10TV’S Brittany Begley has your best bets to keep your favorite shoes a little longer.
  
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• Solar plane lands in California after flight across Pacific

  24-04-2016 11:31
  
  A solar-powered airplane on a journey around the world has landed in California, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii.Read more.
  
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• Massive fire in Arizona prompts evacuations

  24-04-2016 11:21
  
  High winds fueled a five-alarm fire Saturday at an apartment complex under construction in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, officials said.
  
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• Picnic With the Pops Pops lineup for summer adds beats with Nelly

  24-04-2016 11:00
  
  The annual Picnic With the Pops series promises to seem hipper this year, especially when hip-hop artist Nelly performs July 9 with the Columbus Symphony. The two-time Grammy-winning rapper, who has sold more than 20 million albums, is best-known for hits such as “Hot in Herre” and “Shake Ya Tailfeather.”
  
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• Low-pressure sessions welcome, encourage ukulele-playing beginners in Franklinton

  24-04-2016 11:00
  
  A strummed ukulele, it turns out, produces a sound and a smile. During a recent gathering of Strings Attached in the Franklinton neighborhood, about 25 people played and sang the Culture Club hit “Karma Chameleon.”
  
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• Town of Piketon comes together in tragedy that took eight of its own

  24-04-2016 06:02
  
  In the community of Piketon, about an hour's drive south of Columbus, tradition runs as deep as the muddy waters of the Ohio River. It's where people don't tell you their street address but instead point to which side of the hill their family comes from. And when a family of eight is taken out by a killer, it's where they all come together to help.
  
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• When big tragedy hits small towns, first responders can pay heavy toll

  24-04-2016 05:56
  
  Most people can shut off the television or put down the newspaper when the tragic news of the Pike County killings finally gets to be too much. But the deputies and paramedics who went into those homes? They can’t refuse to be a part of it. Same story for the detectives and special agents who for two days meticulously and methodically combed four grisly crime scenes for clues of why eight people were killed. They can’t blink it all away.
  
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• Local, state leaders react to Pike County killings

  24-04-2016 05:55
  
  As they reel from the news that eight people in their community were mercilessly slain, residents of an Appalachian Ohio community will need time to heal. But they will pull through and they will rally around those most in need of comfort, elected officials from the area said on Saturday.
  
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• Eight Pike County victims identified as authorities search for clues

  24-04-2016 05:51
  
  Authorities have identified the eight family members shot to death in Pike County on Friday. They were found in four locations in the county, all with gunshot wounds to the head.
  
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• Authorities release names of 8 killed in Piketon; killer still on loose

  24-04-2016 03:56
  
  Authorities have now released the names of the eight family members murdered in Piketon: Dana Rhoden, 37; her ex-husband, Christopher Rhoden Sr. 40; their sons, Christopher Rhoden Jr., 16, and Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden, 20; their daughter, Hanna Rhoden, 19; Frankie’s fianceé, Hannah Gilley, 20; and Kenneth Rhoden, 44, and Gary Rhoden, 38, whose exact relationship to the others was unclear Saturday.
  
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• Four Dispatch photographers take first-place state honors

  24-04-2016 03:19
  
  Four Dispatch photographers received first-place honors for work done in 2015 at the Ohio News Photographers Association annual convention.
  
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• 10TV Sports presents the Wall to Wall Sports Buckeye Draft

  24-04-2016 02:03
  
  Former Ohio State players Beanie Wells and Roy Hall will play the role of general manager as they select the best NFL roster, using only the Buckeye players eligible for this year’s draft.
  
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• Authorities release names of 8 family members killed in Pike County

  24-04-2016 01:29
  
  Authorities have identified the eight family members shot to death in Pike County on Friday. They were found in four locations in the county, all with gunshot wounds to the head.
  
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• Mayor Ginther's father arrested on domestic violence, assault charges

  24-04-2016 00:11
  
  The arrest allegedly stems from a family argument Friday night.
  
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