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• Celebrate Arbor Day!

  28-04-2016 23:11
  
  How will you celebrate Arbor Day? Consider joining Branch Out Columbus! https://www.columbus.gov/branch-out/ The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our smart + open community. Be sure to check out columbusfoundation.org and follow along on Facebook as we continue to celebrate The Spirit of Columbus through […]
  
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• Millersport man indicted on abduction, sexual imposition charges

  28-04-2016 22:43
  
  NEWARK, Ohio — A Millersport man arrested last month after reportedly abducting a 19-year-old woman in Newark has been indicted on abduction and sexual imposition charges. The indictment filed Thursday in Licking County Common Pleas Court charges Thomas Cheney, 78, with single counts of each offense.
  
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• Police release names of men shot in robbery near Ohio State campus

  28-04-2016 22:29
  
  Police have released the names of two men who were shot Wednesday afternoon near Ohio State University in what they said was a home invasion. Johnny Lopez, 21, and Ryan Kelly, 22, were shot shortly after 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the first block of West Northwood Avenue, police said.
  
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• Upper Arlington Gateway Project Gets Design Revisions

  28-04-2016 22:23
  
  A plan to bring a new seven-story building to Lane Avenue in Upper Arlington has gone through several proposal iterations over the past several months, and the developer of the project — Scott Patton of Arcadia Development — is looking to bring a new version back for review in June. The updated project features a […]
  
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• Ohio teen pleads guilty in cafeteria shooting

  28-04-2016 22:00
  
  Butler County's prosecutor dropped four felonious assault charges against James Austin Hancock.
  
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• Report: Consumers' counsel improperly claimed comp time at home

  28-04-2016 21:24
  
  Ohio Consumers' Counsel Bruce Weston improperly claimed compensatory time-off for hours worked at home, where he worked without authorization, according to a report by Ohio's inspector general.
  
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• Man indicted in fatal shooting of former Buckeye Will Smith

  28-04-2016 21:15
  
  A business owner and semiprofessional football player was indicted Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Will Smith.
  
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• Dog shot and killed after attacking deputy's canine

  28-04-2016 20:09
  
  A dog that authorities said attacked a Franklin County sheriff deputy's dog was shot and killed today outside the county government center.
  
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• Mega Weekend Spring 2016 – Vol. 7

  28-04-2016 20:00
  
  Happy Weekend everyone! Win tickets to Promowest shows: Alice Cooper, O.A.R., Phillip Phillips & Matt Nathanson, Frank Turner, and Purity Ring. Get your ticket for the Urban Living Tour. Thanks to everyone who took our demographic survey. Thursday The Truth Booth opens at the Columbus Museum of Art. Available Light Theatre presents their latest original work: Feels Like […]
  
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• Franklin Co. SWAT officer shoots, kills dog outside courthouse

  28-04-2016 19:55
  
  According to 10TV’s Tracy Townsend who witnessed the events unfold, an unleashed dog approached a K9 from a the Franklin County SWAT team in front of the Franklin County Courthouse Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Franklin Co. Deputies shoots, kills dog outside courthouse

  28-04-2016 19:55
  
  A crowd had gathered at a display hosted by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office when witnesses say an unleashed dog attacked, and deputies opened fire.
  
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• Woman sentenced to 15 years for role in fatal motel shooting

  28-04-2016 18:57
  
  A 20-year-old woman was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for encouraging an accomplice to kill a man who was still breathing after being shot in a Franklinton motel room. Ariana C. Ruddock pleaded guilty in July to involuntary manslaughter with a gun and tampering with evidence in the March 15, 2014, death of 25-year-old David Duff. The sentence, imposed by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Mark Serrott, was recommended by prosecuting and defense attorneys as part of a plea agreement. The
  
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• Man sentenced to 18 years in fatal drive-by shooting of teen

  28-04-2016 18:52
  
  A 23-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 16-year-old boy at a South Side intersection. Dustin W. Parsley pleaded guilty last month to one count of murder with a gun specification in the death of Jesse Cervantez. The sentence, imposed by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Mark Serrott, was mandatory.
  
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• Teen sentenced to six years in girl's unintentional shooting death

  28-04-2016 18:12
  
  A 17-year-old youth was sentenced today to six years in adult prison in the unintentional shooting death of a teenage girl at a South Side house. Tayon Dunson was 15 when he shot 17-year-old Shevona N. Whitehead in the chest while handling a gun at his home in the 1200 block of South Champion Avenue on July 21, 2014.
  
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• Family honors first of 8 Pike County victims at service

  28-04-2016 18:09
  
  Gary Rhoden lies in his casket inside the Crockett L. Reed Funeral Home today in full camouflage today because he loved little more in life than hunting. Gary's dad, Kenneth Rhoden, spoke to reporters before his son's noon service today, and said this has all been, obviously, harder than anyone can imagine.
  
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• John Boehner calls Cruz 'Lucifer in the flesh'

  28-04-2016 17:54
  
  Boehner's well-known contempt for the Texan stems in part from Cruz's role forcing a partial government shutdown in 2013.h'
  
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• Columbus City Council: Zoning Committee 4/26/16

  28-04-2016 17:30 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Funerals to be held in days ahead for Piketon victims

  28-04-2016 17:01
  
  Grieving family members will gather for funeral services in the days ahead to remember eight of their own who were killed in what authorities are calling a "cold-blooded, calculated massacre" in rural Ohio.
  
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• State Auto reports big drop in first-quarter profit

  28-04-2016 16:40
  
  State Auto Financial reported a big drop in its first-quarter profit today with the insurer expressing frustration over its inability to turn around its struggling auto business. State Auto reported profit of $3 million, or 7 cents per share, for the Jan. 1-March 31 quarter, well below the $24 million, or 60 cents per share, the company earned in the same period of 2015.
  
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• Legacy of former WBNS anchor Heather Pick lives on through Race for the Cure

  28-04-2016 16:30
  
  A mother’s legacy lives on.
  
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• Columbus City Council Finance Committee: Proposed 2016 Capital Improvements Budget

  28-04-2016 16:19 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Ohio cops: Car full of people in PJs may mean 'heroin rush hour'

  28-04-2016 15:33
  
  Officers have noticed addicts tend to wake up and drive to Cincinnati for their next fix around 9 or 10 a.m.
  
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• COTA Placing Levy Renewal on November Ballot

  28-04-2016 15:32
  
  The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) announced yesterday that it will be placing a levy renewal on the November 8th general ballot this fall. The levy asks voters to renew COTA’s quarter-percent sales and use tax, which is otherwise set to expire on March 31st in 2017. “In order for COTA to maintain the level […]
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents: Scott Woods on Columbus’ Thriving Poetry Scene

  28-04-2016 15:15
  
  Columbus’s poetry scene is growing, and after meeting local poet Scott Woods I had to know more about the scene and his work. Woods co-founded Writer’s Block Poetry, which hosts weekly readings at Kafe Kerouac and he recently released a new book of poems, Urban Contemporary History Month. Lacey: How long have you been writing […]
  
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• Comedy Film Festival Returns to Studio 35

  28-04-2016 15:00
  
  The second annual Studio 35 Cinema Comedy Film Festival kicks off this Friday, April 29, running all weekend and showcasing unseen comedy shorts and features. Festival programmer Tim Baldwin says he’d long wanted to do a film festival at Studio 35 “I always thought I could do one, and Eric Brembeck, owner of Studio 35, […]
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Kasich vetting VP candidates as Cruz announces Fiorina as running mate

  28-04-2016 14:44
  
  “Neither presidential primary is truly over yet, but Sen. Ted Cruz threw down the first gauntlet of the 2016 veepstakes Wednesday, naming former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his running mate during a rally in Indianapolis,” Dispatch Washington reporter Jessica Wehrman writes.
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Bicycle Power - On the Path to Bikes 4/27/16

  28-04-2016 14:44 via youtube.com
  
  
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• House committee votes to require women to register for draft

  28-04-2016 14:38
  
  A House committee has narrowly approved a measure that would require women to register for the military draft.
  
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• Social bullying: Likes, followers & retweets fuel issue

  28-04-2016 14:36
  
  Thanks to the social media, bullies are now attacking behind a computer 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  
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• Federal agency says it must OK profit guarantees for AEP, FirstEnergy

  28-04-2016 14:16
  
  Federal regulators dealt a blow to Ohio utility profit guarantees on Wednesday, saying the plans cannot go into effect until after a review of whether federal rules are being violated. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asserted its authority in a pair of orders, finding that the plans are not valid unless American Electric Power and FirstEnergy apply for, and receive, approval from the agency.
  
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• Cardinal Health quarterly earnings exceed Wall Street expectations

  28-04-2016 14:07
  
  Cardinal Health reported third quarter results Thursday morning that topped Wall Street expectations. For its fiscal quarter ended March 31, the Dublin-based drug distributor and medical products company had earnings of $386 million, or $1.17 per share, on revenue of $30.6 billion.
  
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• AEP profit, sales down because of mild winter

  28-04-2016 13:51
  
  American Electric Power is reporting a big decrease in profit and sales because of the mild winter, although the company says it remains on track to meet expectations for the year.
  
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• JetBlue pilot accused of flying drunk

  28-04-2016 13:14
  
  A commercial pilot was under the influence of alcohol while flying a JetBlue airliner carrying 151 passengers last year from Orlando to New York City, federal prosecutors said.
  
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• MAP: NASA predicts spread of Zika Virus

  28-04-2016 12:41
  
  The map shows the areas with the highest risk of the zika virus spreading.
  
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• WATCH: Drone captures haunting images of Chernobyl

  28-04-2016 12:31
  
  30 years after the worst nuclear disaster in history at Chernobyl, we are getting a new glimpse of the decaying plant via drone video.
  
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• Treasury decision won’t be final say on Central States pension cuts

  28-04-2016 12:01
  
  The fight over the pension benefits of 400,000 members of the financially struggling Central States Pension Fund won't end next week when a key Treasury Department official decides whether benefit cuts — aimed at keeping the fund afloat — can move ahead.
  
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• Medical office building planned for part of Methodist home site in Worthington

  28-04-2016 11:48
  
  WORTHINGTON — Lifestyle Communities announced Wednesday that it plans to build a medical office building on High Street in Worthington, the first tentative step in developing the 41-acre United Methodist Children's Home site.
  
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• Morning Forecast: Mild with clouds and passing showers; upper 60s

  28-04-2016 11:36
  
  An approaching cold front will bring more showers and a chance for thunderstorms to the state again today.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Showers & thunderstorms with possible severe weather

  28-04-2016 11:36
  
  We will see a break in the rain Friday before the next storm system arrives this weekend.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Cloudy with a chance for showers; near 70

  28-04-2016 11:36
  
  The Storm Prediction Center has again put S. Ohio under a Marginal Risk for Severe Storms today.
  
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• Author Wil Haygood offers inspiration during visit to Ohio prison

  28-04-2016 11:29
  
  LEBANON, Ohio — It’s an inspiring story, and author Wil Haygood wanted to reach men who could use some inspiration. Over the 90 minutes that Haygood spent in the Lebanon Correctional Institution chapel Monday, he talked to younger inmates working on their high school equivalence degrees. Most will leave prison some day and rejoin society. So, Haygood talked about a butler’s life, his own life and what the prisoners’ lives could be.
  
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• Too many doctors prescribe acid-blockers to babies, study says

  28-04-2016 11:19
  
  Nobody likes to see an unhappy baby, especially one that's irritable, crying and spitting up milk. But should a doctor try to treat that unhappiness with medication?
  
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• Local Government Insider: Franklin County commissioners find common ground, and with Donald Trump

  28-04-2016 11:11
  
  The Franklin County commissioners don’t always get along, but they’re in lockstep on a pair of national issues. And the three Democrats are falling in with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on one of them, County Government Reporter Rick Rouan tells us.
  
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• More Ohio high-schoolers getting a head start on college

  28-04-2016 11:04
  
  Eleventh-grader Madelyn Castle first heard last year from a school counselor that she could get some college classes out of the way now, with the state paying the tab. “It kinda seemed foolish for me not to take advantage of that,” said Castle, 17, who attends South-Western’s Franklin Heights High School.
  
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• CPD hears citizen concerns over body cameras

  28-04-2016 06:05
  
  For the first time, the people were given a chance to voice their concerns.
  
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• Citizens ask Columbus Police about new body cameras

  28-04-2016 06:05
  
  For the first time, the people were given a chance to voice their concerns.
  
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• Columbus holds first forum to discuss police body cameras

  28-04-2016 05:09
  
  Some Columbus residents are concerned police officers won’t keep their body cameras on or capture needed images when there are serious incidents.
  
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• Win-Win shortchanges Groveport district, experts say

  28-04-2016 05:05
  
  The "win" part of Win-Win for Groveport Madison schools is questionable, according to experts who spoke to the Board of Education on Wednesday night.
  
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• Medical examiner: 2-year-old Virginia girl died from dehydration

  28-04-2016 04:47
  
  A two-year-old Virginia girl who police believe was killed by her stepmother died from dehydration, an autopsy showed.
  
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• Baltimore police shoot 13-year-old holding replica gun

  28-04-2016 04:45
  
  Police said the shooting happened around 4 p.m. at Baltimore and Aisquith streets, near the McKim Community Center in Southeast Baltimore.
  
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