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• Huntington Announces $16 Billion Lending Plan for Low & Moderate Income Communities

  20-05-2016 23:43
  
  Columbus-based Huntington Bancshares unveiled their Community Development Plan today, which features a $16 billion commitment to loan programs targeted to home owners and business owners in low-income and moderate-income communities across the Midwest. “The Huntington Bank community benefits agreement is recognition of the importance to reinvest in low-income communities,” said Nate Coffman, Executive Director of Ohio CDC […]
  
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• Campaign finance reports show Kasich raised $16 million for presidential bid

  20-05-2016 23:06
  
  John Kasich had raised more than $16 million for his presidential campaign by the time he called it quits.
  
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• 17-year-old convicted in South Linden quadruple homicide

  20-05-2016 23:03
  
  Jordyn D. Wade didn't pull the trigger, but he assisted in an execution-style shooting in which four people died and one was wounded in a South Linden basement last year, a Franklin County jury ruled Friday. The jurors convicted the 17-year-old of multiple counts of aggravated murder, kidnapping and aggravated robbery and one count each of attempted murder and aggravated burglary. They also found him guilty of gun and gang specifications for each count.
  
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• Guilty verdict for teen accused in 2015 east Columbus murders

  20-05-2016 22:58
  
  17-year-old Jordyn Wade was found guilty of aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping.
  
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• Several families forced out of their homes after apartment fire

  20-05-2016 22:56
  
  The fire broke out in a second-floor apartment at The Residence of Bexley Woods on Heathcliff Drive.
  
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• Crews battle large fire at east Columbus apartment complex

  20-05-2016 22:56
  
  The fire broke out in a second-floor apartment at the Bexley Woods on Heathcliff Drive.
  
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• Three attacks on West Side said to be linked to trio of serial rapists

  20-05-2016 22:51
  
  olumbus police say they think that a trio of serial rapists prowling the West Side has attacked three women at gunpoint over the past month, beating them and shooting one of them. And it's likely they will strike again, police Sgt. David D. Pelphry said at a news conference today.
  
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• At NRA, Trump slams Clinton for 'heartless' gun restrictions

  20-05-2016 22:29
  
  Donald Trump on Friday slammed Hillary Clinton as "heartless" for backing restrictions on gun ownership that he said would leave Americans in high-crime areas unable to protect themselves.
  
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• Shooting at White House compound triggers lockdown

  20-05-2016 21:48
  
  U.S. Secret Service and local police have closed 17th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues.
  
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• Secret Service shoots man with gun outside White House

  20-05-2016 21:48
  
  A U.S. Secret Service officer shot a man with a gun who approached a checkpoint outside the White House on Friday.
  
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• Officer Sean Johnson's funeral plans released: processional, visitation, funds

  20-05-2016 21:19
  
  Officer Johnson died Thursday after being involved in a motorcycle accident during a training exercise in the area of I-270 and State Route 161.
  
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• Mexico OKs extradition of drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman to US

  20-05-2016 21:07
  
  Mexico's Foreign Relations Department has ruled that the extradition of convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States can go forward.
  
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• Revised Park Street Hotel Proposal Approved by Commission

  20-05-2016 21:01
  
  The Historic Resources Commission voted last night to approve two eight-story buildings at the northwest corner of Park and Spruce streets near the North Market. A 163-room AC Hotel is planned for Park Street, while the other building would sit behind the hotel on Spruce and accommodate 234 cars in a four-level garage as well […]
  
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• CPD conducting serial rape investigation on west side of Columbus

  20-05-2016 20:48
  
  The Sexual Assault Unit believes a series of three rapes on the west side of Columbus since mid-April are related.
  
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• Columbus ward proposal has enough signatures to make the ballot

  20-05-2016 20:15
  
  Columbus voters will likely decide in August if they want to change the Columbus City Council to a ward-style body. The Franklin County Board of Elections announced today that the group Represent Columbus collected enough valid signatures from voters to trigger a special election on Aug. 2. The group wants voters to decide whether the council should change from seven at-large elected members to a body of 13 members, with 10 elected from wards or districts.
  
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• Columbus police honor fallen officers

  20-05-2016 20:00
  
  The flags in Genoa Park were at half-staff today as the 2016 Columbus Division of Police Memorial Service began. The annual service overlooking the Scioto River honors the memory of Columbus police officers who died in the line of duty.
  
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• There are now 3D-printed motorcycles

  20-05-2016 19:19
  
  What weighs 77 pounds, goes 50 mph and looks like a Swiss cheese on wheels?
  
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• Outgoing PUCO chairman takes job with power-grid management firm

  20-05-2016 19:16
  
  Andre Porter, who said last month he was stepping down as Ohio's top utility regulator, has been named general counsel of the Indiana-based organization that manages the electricity grid in 15 states and part of Canada.
  
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• Westerville man gets 7 years for causing fatal wreck while high on inhalant

  20-05-2016 19:02
  
  LONDON, Ohio -- A Westerville man who killed a decorated Army veteran in January after admitting to huffing on canned air while driving recklessly in Madison County was sentenced to seven years in prison this morning by a judge who called him a "bomb waiting to go off." Thomas Farley, 27, admitted to aggravated vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in the death of Carlos Martinez, a 26-year veteran who worked in ordnance disposal in the Middle East.
  
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• Dispatch reporter Jim Siegel talks about the latest news from the Statehouse

  20-05-2016 18:21
  
  Dispatch reporter Jim Siegel talk about the latest from the Ohio Statehouse at noon today over on The Dispatch Facebook page.
  
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• Contract scandal leads to ouster of convention-center caterer

  20-05-2016 18:02
  
  Centerplate has been removed as the food vendor at the Greater Columbus Convention Center after an investigation found the company engaged in collusion to earn the contract. Board members of the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority, which oversees the convention center, unanimously approved severing the contract with Centerplate at a special meeting Thursday night.
  
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• There are now 150+ pregnant women in US with Zika virus: CDC

  20-05-2016 17:55
  
  The number of pregnant women in the United States infected with Zika virus is suddenly tripling, due to a change in how the government is counting cases.
  
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• COTA employees travel to North Carolina despite city, county bans

  20-05-2016 17:37
  
  Several COTA executives and employees attended a conference this week in North Carolina, where a controversial law prohibiting transgender people from using the bathroom of their choice sparked Columbus and Franklin County officials to ban travel for their employees. Led by CEO Curtis Stitt, about a dozen Central Ohio Transit Authority representatives attended the American Public Transportation Association’s conference in Charlotte. The conference ran from May 15-18.
  
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• Douglas Community Center Reopening Celebration 5/14/16

  20-05-2016 17:23 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Makeover coming for food nutrition labels

  20-05-2016 16:59
  
  Nutrition facts labels on food packages are getting a long-awaited makeover, with calories listed in bigger, bolder type and a new line for added sugars.
  
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• 2016 Central Ohio Senior Citizen Hall of Fame

  20-05-2016 16:20 via youtube.com
  
  
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• CDC: Public pools pose serious health risks

  20-05-2016 16:06
  
  Officials say the public should be aware of the issues and do their part in keeping public pools safe.
  
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• Founding Beastie Boys member John Berry dies at 52

  20-05-2016 15:45
  
  Berry helped found the Beastie Boys in the early 1980s after meeting future bandmate Mike Diamond at the Walden School in New York.
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Poindexter Village's Legacy 5/18/16

  20-05-2016 15:37 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Treat to Try: Crimson Cup’s Peanut Butter Mocha Freeze

  20-05-2016 15:00
  There are coffee drinkers, then there are coffee drinkers. In one camp, it’s about roast and origin; stark and pure. In the other camp, coffee is basically a vehicle for sugar and whipped cream. With all due respect to the purity people, my personal java preference is for the foofy drinks. The closer the beverage […]
  
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• Sidewalk Clocks Return Downtown

  20-05-2016 14:00
  
  Members of the Downtown Residents Association (DRAC) set out nearly five years ago with a mission to repair and restore two Downtown clocks as a gift to the City of Columbus during its bicentennial celebration in 2012. That birthday gift may be a bit belated at this point, but the clocks have finally reappeared and […]
  
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• New in Theaters: Neighbors 2, The Nice Guys, Belladonna of Sadness & More

  20-05-2016 13:30
  
  A road trip to the boozy Seventies awaits CBUS in theaters this weekend – a time when people smoked in cars they were driving drunk without seatbelts. Chaos! But if you’re up for it, a couple of great time machine options await, as well as some Angry Birds and a surprisingly feminist comedy about the […]
  
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• Father, son accused of kidnapping girl, 13

  20-05-2016 13:29
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A teenager who said she was punished by being chained and forced to sleep in a darkened basement at different times over the past year used a spare key to escape Wednesday night, police said. A father and his adult son were arrested early Thursday, not long after the 13-year-old girl was found outside a downtown office building more than a mile away.
  
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• ThisWeek: Columbus seeks land for police substation

  20-05-2016 13:04
  
  WORTHINGTON — Columbus plans to buy 4 acres from the Worthington Libraries for about $380,000 to build a police substation on the North Side.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Why a bill changing how Ohio tracks student progress got put on hold

  20-05-2016 12:50
  
  Dispatch reporter Jim Siegel will breakdown the news from the Statehouse this week on Facebook live at noon. Like the Dispatch on Facebook, tune in and ask questions.
  
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• Counties, cities scramble to find Planned Parenthood alternatives

  20-05-2016 12:47
  
  An Ohio law that strips government funding from Planned Parenthood is forcing health officials in some cities and counties to scramble to find replacement providers to perform cancer screenings, promote teen pregnancy prevention and provide prenatal care to women, along with other services.
  
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• Columbus Surpasses 850,000 Residents in New Census Estimates

  20-05-2016 12:45
  The United States Census Bureau released its annual city and town population estimates yesterday, which calculates year-over-year growth for US cities between July 1, 2014 and July 1, 2015. During that timeframe, the City of Columbus (not counting its suburbs) grew by 12,175 residents — a rate of 1.5 percent — to an estimated total of […]
  
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• Springboro schools apologize for student left asleep on bus

  20-05-2016 12:44
  
  SPRINGBORO, Ohio — An Ohio school district apologized and promised swift action after an elementary school student was left asleep on a bus.
  
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• Former pastor gets life sentence for sexual assaults

  20-05-2016 12:35
  
  A southeastern Ohio minister likely will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually assaulting two juveniles and an adult who could not consent or resist. Jackson County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Regan sentenced Dennis Wright on Thursday to life in prison. Wright, 67, of Oak Hill, will be eligible to seek parole in 44.5 years, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Jackson County Sheriff Tedd Frazier said in a news release.
  
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• Massive frozen food recall impacts 400 products for listeria

  20-05-2016 12:34
  
  It's one of the largest food recalls in recent memory, with well over 400 products sold under more than 40 different brand names at major retailers
  
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• Spills require careful cleanups of contaminated soil

  20-05-2016 11:54
  
  When tanker trucks crash and oil rigs rupture, a cleanup system kicks in to protect the environment from petroleum, chemicals and drilling fluids. Those contaminants can’t stay on the roadside or in a field, tainting the soil and potentially reaching waterways, so specialized crews dig them up and cart them away.
  
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• More red foxes migrating to the suburbs

  20-05-2016 11:49
  
  While a fox sighting is not unheard of in Columbus suburbs, some say more of them are showing up in urban areas as they try to keep their pups safe from coyotes. Suzanne Prange, a research biologist at the Ohio Division of Wildlife, said the adaptive red foxes are seeking shelter around people to avoid coyotes, which avoid populated neighborhoods.
  
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• Morning Forecast: Partly cloudy & mild; high 73

  20-05-2016 11:39
  
  Clouds will be increasing today ahead of a low pressure system moving up from the south.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Steady rain likely, some areas of heavy rain

  20-05-2016 11:39
  
  Heavy rain moving into Central Ohio tonight arriving in the Columbus area between 6-8 p.m.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Increasing clouds and seasonable; high 73

  20-05-2016 11:39
  
  A low pressure system will bring showers tonight and tomorrow before high pressure returns for Sunday. Look for brightening skies and warmer temperatures early next week.
  
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• EgyptAir wreckage, belongings found near Alexandria

  20-05-2016 11:38
  
  Egyptian airport officials say that investigators will inspect the plane debris and personal belongings that the Egyptian army says it found 180 miles north of the city of Alexandria.
  
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• Bill to change Ohio's gauge of charter schools on hold till after elections

  20-05-2016 11:36
  
  The latest attempt by charter-school supporters to change the way Ohio tracks student progress is going to be delayed until at least after the November elections. As state legislators prepare to rip through a whirlwind of legislation next week — probably their last before the election break — charter-school supporters have been making another push to alter or replace a state value-added system designed to gauge whether a student is getting a full year's worth of education.
  
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• Hilliard police identify officer killed in motorcycle crash

  20-05-2016 05:39
  
  A Hilliard police officer died this afternoon in a crash while participating in a motorcycle training exercise. Officer Sean Johnson, a 16-year veteran of the Hilliard Police Department, was driving the motorcycle, along with three other Hilliard officers on motorcycles, when he crashed at 1:44 p.m. on Route 161 at Interstate 270 in Blendon Township.
  
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• Tribute to fallen officers takes on new meaning after Hilliard officer’s death

  20-05-2016 04:56
  
  In support of National Police Week, blue lights shine from the Columbus skyline to the Short North arches to front porches in a show of support that couldn't come at a more critical time.
  
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• Concert Preview: Jonathan Jackson + Enation

  20-05-2016 04:31
  
  Indie rock outfit Jonathan Jackson + Enation will make a stop at A & R Music Bar on Friday night as one of six confirmed national dates they’ll play in support of their freshly-released EP, Blame-shifter. The set arrived last Friday on their own label, Hilasterion Records. Five of the EP’s brand new tracks were recorded while Jackson was on […]
  
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