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• Licking Co. Man who stabbed 2 people will not go to prison

  26-04-2016 23:58
  
  The court found 22-year-old Coats incompetent to stand trial for the violent attacks on his family.
  
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• Amid protests, N.C. state senator pleads: "Keep our state straight"

  26-04-2016 23:32
  
  Rhetorical skirmishes continued Tuesday in North Carolina over a law limiting protections for LGBT people, as Democrats criticized a Republican's plea to "keep our state straight."
  
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• South Side residents say air toxins are at safe levels

  26-04-2016 23:07
  
  South Side residents have long worried that the factories and industrial facilities near their neighborhoods have affected their health. On Tuesday, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency told two community leaders that the air, at least, is safe. The Ohio EPA this year installed an air monitor atop the South Side Head Start day care center on Elwood Avenue in the Stambaugh-Elwood neighborhood and collected samples for 14 days in February. Today, residents were told that those samples indicate
  
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• Cincinnati man calmly tells 911: 'I just shot and killed my wife'

  26-04-2016 22:42
  
  He told her he would leave his gun in the kitchen and wait for police on his front stoop.
  
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• D.C.'s new baby bald eagles get patriotic names

  26-04-2016 21:49
  
  News media outlets quote the American Eagle Foundation as saying that more than 36,000 people voted on five different name pairings.
  
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• Red Velvet Cafe Owners Opening New Filipino Restaurant

  26-04-2016 21:44
  
  The team behind Pickerington-based Red Velvet Cafe will soon be opening a new concept in the Fifth by Northwest area. Bonifacio, a full-service Filipino restaurant, will open on the corner of King and North Star Avenues. The restaurant was announced in the wake of the Fourth Street Red Velvet’s popular Silog Filipino brunch series, which […]
  
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• Families still push for ban on pure caffeine

  26-04-2016 20:54
  
  WASHINGTON — It’s been nearly two years since they first urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the retail sale and marketing of powdered, pure caffeine, but the families of two young men who died after consuming the products see no end to their fight in sight.
  
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• View on Grant Apartment Proposal Receives Design Updates

  26-04-2016 20:51
  
  The View on Grant apartment development proposal went back in front of the Downtown Commission this morning with some new details on the project. Last month the design was updated to include a large cantilevered addition to the top of the building located at 358 Mt. Vernon Avenue, which would add three additional floors to […]
  
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• Could marijuana help treat painkiller and heroin addiction?

  26-04-2016 20:51
  
  The growing number of patients who claim marijuana has helped them drop their painkiller habit has intrigued lawmakers and emboldened advocates.
  
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• Delaware County jury awards Hilliard woman $1.2 million

  26-04-2016 19:57
  
  A $1.2 million judgment to a Hilliard woman injured in a car crash three years ago may be one of the largest jury awards in Delaware County history. After a four-day trial and six-hour jury deliberation on Friday, the Delaware County Common Pleas jury awarded Ilona "Debbie" Deluca-Ely $1.2 million. Current and former court personnel say they can't recall a larger judgment for a non-fatal car crash.
  
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• Seven of eight Pike County victims shot multiple times, coroner says

  26-04-2016 19:44
  
  Seven of the eight victims in the Pike County killings were shot multiple times, the Hamilton County coroner said today. One victim had been shot nine times, and two had been shot five times. The coroner said that autopsies showed some victims also had bruising. One victim was shot once.
  
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• Columbus priest accused of sexual abuse dies of cancer

  26-04-2016 19:19
  
  A Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing a minor when he worked at a Columbus school and two parishes in the 1970s has died, according to a spokesman for the Diocese of Columbus. George Jones said that the Rev. Ronald Atwood, 72, died on Sunday. He had cancer.
  
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• Glenwood Community Recreation Center Opening 4/23/16

  26-04-2016 19:14 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Combustion Brewery & Taproom Opening in Pickerington this Fall

  26-04-2016 19:11
  
  Pickerington will soon be welcoming a new brewery, spearheaded by a soon-to-be veteran of Gordon Biersch. Combustion Brewery and Taproom is slated for a mid-fall opening in the heart of Olde Pickerington Village. Combustion Owner Keith Jackson got his start in the beer biz early on. The Ohio University grad began homebrewing in Athens while studying […]
  
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• The Madison Mixed-Use Redevelopment Moving Forward

  26-04-2016 18:57
  
  The group of historic buildings located at 72-90 North High Street that have been proposed with a mixed-use renovation took another step forward during this month’s Downtown Commission Meeting this morning. The Commission approved the designs for the renovation of the three main buildings, as well as the demolition of the two-story building at 90 […]
  
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• Autopsy report reveals new details on Pike County slayings

  26-04-2016 18:51
  
  The Pike County Coroner’s office has released new details on the eight victims gunned down execution-style last week.
  
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• Dublin schools seek permanent boundaries in challenge to Win-Win agreement

  26-04-2016 18:45
  
  Dublin City Schools wants to renegotiate the Win-Win agreement with Columbus City Schools to protect its boundaries, the school board decided on Monday night. Meanwhile, the Groveport Madison school board has announced that it will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening to discuss renegotiating Win-Win.
  
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• Granville schools to replace fountains after elevated lead levels found in water

  26-04-2016 18:44
  
  The Granville school district announced new details today about its plan to address elevated lead levels in school drinking fountains. The district plans to bring in a plumbing company to immediately replace drinking fountain valves with lead-free fittings, according to an announcement from the school district.
  
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• Whitehall signs deal to purchase troubled apartment complex

  26-04-2016 18:31
  
  The city of Whitehall is one step closer to acquiring and razing a crime-ridden apartment complex. Mayor Kim Maggard signed a contract Monday for the city to purchase the Commons at Royal Landing for about $4.7 million. Closing is expected in mid-July, and the complex’s 300 or so tenants will be forced to find new homes once their current leases expire.
  
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• Community Garden Grants Announcement 4/22/16

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• Johnny Manziel indicted in alleged attack on ex-girlfriend

  26-04-2016 17:51
  
  Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge stemming from a domestic violence complaint by his ex-girlfriend.
  
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• Q&A: The Pike County Massacre

  26-04-2016 17:41
  
  Many questions linger after the mysterious deaths of eight family members in the rural village of Piketon. Here's what we know so far on the case.
  
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• Police union: Tamir Rice settlement money should teach kids dangers of handling firearms

  26-04-2016 17:35
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The head of a Cleveland police union said the family of a 12-year-old black boy shot dead by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun should use money from a $6 million settlement to educate children about the dangers of handling real and replica firearms, while an attorney representing the boy’s family blasted the comments.
  
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• Prison food costs down, complaints up, report shows

  26-04-2016 17:15
  
  Ohio prisons are saving more than $10 million a year by using a private company to feed inmates, a new report shows. But the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee report also shows inmate food complaints are up dramatically, and there are problems with private employees getting fired for having inappropriate relationships with prisoners.
  
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• 10 things to know about today's 5 primaries

  26-04-2016 16:00
  
  Five candidates, five states, five very different paths forward. The four men and one woman who would be president all head into Tuesday's primaries seeking different kinds of validation.
  
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• Ohio man confesses to 911: ‘I just shot and killed my wife’

  26-04-2016 15:25
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A suburban Cincinnati man is charged with murder after calmly calling 911 to confess he'd killed his wife and say that he wasn't a threat and would be awaiting police on his front stoop.
  
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• Dayton woman fatally struck by train was searching for mythic ‘goatman’

  26-04-2016 15:20
  
  A Dayton woman who was struck and killed by a train in Kentucky was apparently investigating a local urban legend.
  
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• Procter & Gamble earnings top Wall Street forecasts despite sales drop

  26-04-2016 15:01
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Procter & Gamble's fiscal third-quarter results were mixed, as earnings rose even though sales fell on weakness in categories such as grooming and beauty and a strong dollar.
  
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• Little boy sells lemonade to help fund his adoption

  26-04-2016 14:56
  
  Third-grader selling $1 lemonades in front of his home in Springfield, Missouri, to help raise money for his adoption
  
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• Car lifted off the ground in Reynoldsburg distracted driving crash

  26-04-2016 14:13
  
  A warning to keep your eyes on the road, or you might end up like this!
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Trump calls Kasich's eating 'disgusting,' attacks alliance with Cruz

  26-04-2016 13:06
  
  The Kasich-Cruz alliance has been getting a lot of attention as voters in five states head to the polls today. Ohio Gov. John “Kasich agreed to stop campaigning for the Indiana primary next Tuesday in deference to (Sen. Ted) Cruz, while Cruz agreed not to challenge Kasich in the Oregon primary next month and New Mexico’s vote in June,” all in an effort to try to slow GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, Dispatch Public Affairs Editor Darrel Rowland, Dispatch Washington bu
  
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• Audio released from Prince's emergency plane landing days before death

  26-04-2016 13:04
  
  The audio from the call made when Prince's plane made an emergency landing six days before his death has now been released, CBS Minnesota reported.
  
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• Free lunches in Columbus schools unwittingly send $7.1 million to charters

  26-04-2016 12:30
  
  Columbus charter schools are getting a $7.1 million windfall of state cash at the expense of Columbus City Schools, an unintended consequence of the district shifting to a new federal lunch program that gives every kid a free meal regardless of income. When Columbus City Schools adopted the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Community Eligibility Provision” last school year, it stopped asking parents to verify their income to get a free- or reduced-price lunch. But since the per
  
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• Justice Insider: Stealing copper pipe has explosive consequences

  26-04-2016 12:19
  
  Several years ago, back when this column was just a twinkle in an editor's eye, the Justice Insider wrote about the risk of home explosions created by metal thieves who were stealing active gas lines from vacant homes. “It’s much more serious than just taking pipe,” a Columbus Fire Division lieutenant said at the time. “You just can’t keep running this kind of risk without eventually something terrible happening.”
  
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• Ohio legislators hope to pin down ‘value added’ rating for student progress

  26-04-2016 12:14
  
  Ohio’s value-added measure is a major part of its system for evaluating student progress and teacher effectiveness, but some lawmakers admit they have too little understanding of how it works. They hope to change that soon.
  
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• Morning Forecast: Strong storms north of Columbus

  26-04-2016 11:51
  
  A slow moving cold front will approach the area today bringing a chance for showers and thunderstorms.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Showers & thunderstorms likely

  26-04-2016 11:51
  
  Showers and thunderstorms moving across the southern half of Ohio this afternoon and evening.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Showers and storms redevelop, High 75

  26-04-2016 11:51
  
  The Storm Prediction Center has put southern Ohio under a Marginal Risk for Severe Storms today, with the main threat being gusty winds.
  
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• Free lunches in Columbus schools unwittingly sends $7.1 million to charters

  26-04-2016 11:42
  
  Columbus charter schools are getting a $7.1 million windfall of state cash at the expense of Columbus City Schools, an unintended consequence of the district shifting to a new federal lunch program that gives every kid a free meal regardless of income. When Columbus City Schools adopted the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Community Eligibility Provision” last school year, it stopped asking parents to verify their income to get a free- or reduced-price lunch. But since the per
  
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• Franklin County workers’ gender-transition surgeries now covered by insurance

  26-04-2016 11:24
  
  A Franklin County employee making a gender transition might have saved for months or years before coming up with enough money to pay for a mastectomy or sex reassignment surgery. Cost estimates vary, but they can stretch well into the thousands of dollars. Now, though, those employees can hand their doctors an insurance card. It’s covered.
  
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• Justice Insider: Stealing copper pipe has dangerous consequences

  26-04-2016 11:11
  
  Several years ago, back when this column was just a twinkle in an editor's eye, the Justice Insider wrote about the risk of home explosions created by metal thieves who were stealing active gas lines from vacant homes. “It’s much more serious than just taking pipe,” a Columbus Fire Division lieutenant said at the time. “You just can’t keep running this kind of risk without eventually something terrible happening.”
  
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• Fire damages restaurant near Eastland Mall

  26-04-2016 10:33
  
  The Columbus Fire Department responded to a fire at Azou Restaurant & Grill on Crossroads Center.
  
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• Mexican drug cartels not new to Ohio

  26-04-2016 05:27
  
  It was confirmed, Monday, investigators found roughly 200 marijuana plants growing inside one of the four crime scenes in Pike County.
  
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• Family member who discovered bodies describes horrific scene

  26-04-2016 05:27
  
  The family member who discovered her relatives had been killed said she’ll never forget what she walked into her brother-in-law’s Pike County home.
  
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• Man with half of a beard arrested in Florida

  26-04-2016 05:11
  
  A man with particularly unique facial hair was arrested April 19 in Florida.
  
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• Husband arrested after wife's body found in well

  26-04-2016 05:08
  
  Authorities have arrested the husband of a woman whose body was found in a well in south-central Kentucky.
  
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• John Kasich: I'm vetting vice presidential candidates

  26-04-2016 04:37
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich's campaign is starting to vet potential vice presidential running mates that it may use as part of its pitch at the Republican convention in Cleveland.
  
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• Dad of missing Fla. teen fisherman will share son's cellphone info

  26-04-2016 04:11
  
  The father of a Florida teen who went missing at sea while on a fishing trip with a friend said Monday he will share whatever information is found on his son's recovered cellphone.
  
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• Piketon residents keeping guns loaded in wake of 8 slayings

  26-04-2016 04:04
  
  PIKETON, Ohio — At the Gorman family homestead in rural Pike County, there are new motion detectors and security cameras. It’s no longer enough to count on human eyes and ears, Laura Gorman figures, or even the vigilance of the dogs. “We loaded our guns that day,” she said.
  
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• Waiter's response to man trying to eat without hands goes viral

  26-04-2016 03:53
  
  A "regular" at a Cinco De Mayo Mexican Grill was enjoying a leisurely Sunday meal when something out of the ordinary caught his eye.
  
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