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• 2 killed, 1 injured in Fayette County crash

  23-05-2016 23:54
  
  The Fayette County Sheriff's Office is reporting that two people were killed in a crash on U.S. 22 Monday afternoon.
  
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• Authorities searching for Detroit shooting suspect in Columbus

  23-05-2016 23:40
  
  Angelo Allen, also known as “Two Head”, is wanted in connection with a carjacking and shooting.
  
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• 34-year-old orangutan passes away at Columbus Zoo

  23-05-2016 23:20
  
  The zoo said Sally the orangutan came to Columbus in 2006 from the Cincinnati Zoo.
  
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• Waffle House parking lot was site of earlier shooting

  23-05-2016 23:12
  
  A man died of a gunshot wound Monday in the parking lot of a Waffle House restaurant near Port Columbus. The same parking lot was the scene of a triple shooting last month.
  
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• Man charged after attempting to lure young girls into his vehicle

  23-05-2016 22:18
  
  53-year-old Frank P. Tocci of Upper Arlington is now in jail on a charge with child enticement and a drug charge.
  
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• Judge blocks state law defunding Planned Parenthood

  23-05-2016 22:18
  
  A federal judge today temporarily blocked state officials from cutting off Planned Parenthood from more than $1.3 million in funding. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Barrett of Cincinnati barred Ohio Department of Health Director Richard Hodges from enforcing a defunding law approved by Republican lawmakers and signed by GOP Gov. John Kasich that was to have taken effect today.
  
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• Trial underway for Ohio father of decomposed child

  23-05-2016 21:56
  
  MEDINA, Ohio — A trial has begun for the father of a 21-month-old Ohio girl whose decomposed body was found in a crib.
  
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• Columbus-Based CASTO to Begin Work on First Historic Renovation in Cincinnati

  23-05-2016 21:55
  
  The developers at CASTO are no stranger to historic restoration projects. They’ve converted everything from old shoe factories to abandoned schools into modern apartment buildings — but their next renovation challenge is unique, because it takes them out of the Columbus market and into Cincinnati. Representatives at CASTO announced today that they’ve partnered with Cincinnati‐based Neyer Properties […]
  
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• 2 of seized tiger's 4 cubs die at Reynoldsburg holding facility

  23-05-2016 21:36
  
  Two of the four cubs born to a seized tiger at Ohio's exotic animal holding facility have died, and the others have been separated from their mother and moved into temporary care at a zoo, a state Department of Agriculture spokeswoman said Monday.
  
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• Judge blocks Ohio from stripping Planned Parenthood funding

  23-05-2016 21:26
  
  U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett granted a temporary restraining order Monday blocking the state from enforcing that part of the law.
  
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• New Design for Two25 Commons Submitted to Downtown Commission

  23-05-2016 21:08
  
  The Daimler Group and Kaufman Development have submitted a new design to the Downtown Commission for their Two25 Commons development. The project — which was originally announced as a 17-story tower but was scaled back to 12 stories in March — features a mix of retail, office, and residential uses. Kaufman Development CEO Brett Kaufman […]
  
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• Canal Winchester water might be cloudy temporarily

  23-05-2016 21:00
  
  Canal Winchester residents might notice their water is cloudy or discolored today but, according to an update from city officials, they shouldn't be concerned. The city's website says all water is safe for drinking and bathing. temporarily
  
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• 2 of seized tiger's 4 cubs die at Ohio holding facility

  23-05-2016 19:53
  
  The state says two of the four cubs born to a seized tiger at an Ohio holding facility have died.
  
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• Police ID man fatally shot at Waffle House near Port Columbus

  23-05-2016 19:10
  
  Columbus police have identified the man killed in a shooting early Monday at a Waffle House restaurant near Port Columbus. Homicide detectives said Chase H. Breitigam, 29, died at the scene of the 2:52 a.m. shooting outside the restaurant at 1405 N. Cassady Ave. near Interstate 670. Public records indicate Breitigam was from Fostoria in northwest Ohio, but his Facebook page listed Fostoria as his hometown and Marion as his latest address.
  
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• Murder charges against pair dismissed after witness skips trial

  23-05-2016 18:35
  
  Murder charges against two men accused in a 2013 shooting at a North Side gas station were dismissed today when the state's key witness failed to show up for the trial. Michael D. Watson, 22, and Michael J. Henderson, 18, were charged with aggravated murder, attempted murder and felonious assault for the shooting in which one man was killed and another wounded.
  
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• Dave Yost calls education department one of the 'worst-run' state agencies in Ohio

  23-05-2016 18:08
  
  While attendance rates at some charter schools have improved, only a third of students showed up for class at drop-out recovery schools during surprise head counts by state auditors. Auditor Dave Yost, during a Statehouse press conference today detailing the findings, urged state lawmakers to reconsider how it funds charter schools serving students who are seeking a high school diploma after dropping out.
  
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• Tenn. park officials say euthanized bear didn't bite hiker

  23-05-2016 18:02
  
  Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park say a bear that was euthanized this month wasn't the same one that bit a sleeping Appalachian Trail hiker.
  
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• Three Discovery District Buildings Planned for Mixed-Use Development

  23-05-2016 17:49
  
  A trio of three-story buildings located in the Discovery District sub-neighborhood in Downtown Columbus will be getting a residential and retail conversion if a new plan is approved during tomorrow’s Downtown Commission Meeting. Local developer Don DeVere has submitted plans to renovate 288 East Long Street, 294 East Long Street, and 151 North Sixth Street — […]
  
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• Prison guard placed in diversion program after guilty plea

  23-05-2016 17:41
  
  A guard at the Ohio Reformatory for Women has been sentenced to a prison-diversion program after she pleaded guilty to racketeering last week. Athens County Common Pleas Judge Patrick Lang sentenced Brittany M. Eckert, 26, on Thursday after she pleaded guilty to the first-degree felony of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. She was arrested on Wednesday when she reported for work.
  
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• Columbus school board willing to cut new Win-Win deals with suburbs

  23-05-2016 17:39
  
  At a special meeting this morning, Columbus City Schools agreed to give the Groveport Madison School District a 60 percent discount on what it pays under the 1986 Win-Win agreement, and signaled it is open to renegotiate the entire accord individually with eight other suburban districts with an eye to making current district boundaries permanent. Groveport Madison intends to approve the change at a meeting Wednesday, district spokesman Jeff Warner said.
  
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• New speed limit coming to I-270 construction zone

  23-05-2016 17:35
  
  Speeds will be slower on the north side of I-270 in an effort to keep construction workers a little safer.
  
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• Columbus council to vote on two Short North development deals

  23-05-2016 17:33
  
  The Columbus City Council plans to approve legislation tonight that will swap city-owned land for more public parking in the Short North. Council members will vote on the ordinances today when they meet at 5 p.m. at City Hall. The no-bid land swap would add 143 public parking spaces near High Street in the city’s most popular area.
  
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• Baltimore officer acquitted of assault, other charges in Freddie Gray case

  23-05-2016 16:52
  
  A Baltimore police officer has been acquitted of assault and other charges in the arrest of Freddie Gray, a man who died a week after he was critically injured in police custody.
  
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• WATCH: First teaser trailer for Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast"

  23-05-2016 16:48
  
  Walt Disney Studios released the first teaser trailer for "Beauty and the Beast," the company's live-action update of its animated classic.
  
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• Dave Yost finds attendance improves at some charter schools

  23-05-2016 16:33
  
  Attendance in some charter schools appears to have improved, according to a report released by state Auditor Dave Yost today.
  
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• Tom Brady to appeal 'Deflatgate' suspension again

  23-05-2016 16:29
  
  Tom Brady will appeal his four-game suspension by the NFL, seeking a second hearing before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court.
  
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• Abercrombie names 2 new brand presidents

  23-05-2016 16:15
  
  Both will report to Fran Horowitz, who was promoted to president and chief merchandising officer of the company in late 2015 after having been brand president of Hollister.
  
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• Clues only raise more questions about doomed EgyptAir flight

  23-05-2016 15:56
  
  The Egyptian government has sent a submarine to the search area to try to retrieve the EgyptAir Flight 804's flight recorders, which could finally explain what went wrong when it mysteriously crashed.
  
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• Judge Jodi Thomas brings new perspective to bench

  23-05-2016 15:54
  
  Jodi Thomas spent more than 13 years in the Franklin County public defender's office before taking the bench this month as a Municipal Court judge. She's unaware of anyone else who has gone straight from a career as a public defender to a judgeship on the court.
  
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• Tonight at 11: How reporting campus assaults could be doing more harm than good

  23-05-2016 15:49
  
  Find out how victims say Ohio lawmakers could fix a catch-22 in school reporting guidelines.
  
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• Surviving The System: The reporting of sexual assaults on college campuses

  23-05-2016 15:49
  
  Find out how victims say Ohio lawmakers could fix a catch-22 in school reporting guidelines.
  
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• Ohio gas prices continue to rise heading toward Memorial Day holiday

  23-05-2016 15:24
  
  Gas prices around Ohio have continued to increase heading toward the Memorial Day weekend.
  
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• Trailer Roundup: Lethal Weapon, The Mick, Star Trek, Popstar, 24 & More

  23-05-2016 14:30
  
  This past week we saw a flood of second trailers for previously announced films as we officially start the summer blockbuster season while FOX unleashed their own flood of tv trailers to start hyping their fall lineup, which seems so far away. As always, our “Trailer Roundup” series provides a sampling of what’s coming soon each […]
  
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• Risks in climbing Everest in focus as 3 die, 2 go missing

  23-05-2016 14:24
  
  Two Indian climbers have gone missing on Mount Everest, an expedition organizer said Sunday, a day after two deaths from apparent altitude sickness were reported.
  
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• Crime Stoppers: Man steals sex toys from South Side adult store

  23-05-2016 13:32
  
  A theft at an adult bookstore is the crime of the week in the Crime Stoppers program.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Donald Trump struggles to organize in Ohio

  23-05-2016 13:10
  
  “Though Donald Trump dispensed with his last primary opponent months before Hillary Clinton will, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee trails far behind the leading Democrat in organizing in key general-election states,” Wall Street Journal’s Reid J. Epstein writes. “Ohio, a state that has backed every presidential winner since 1964, presents both Mr. Trump’s best opportunity to carry a big swing state and reveals his team’s steep logistical challen
  
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• Costumed runners elevate fun at central Ohio road races

  23-05-2016 13:03
  
  For her first 5-kilometer run in July, Ikeya Cade wanted to wear something to not only hide her “chubby waist” but also lessen her anxiety as a newcomer to organized road races. A handmade rainbow-colored tutu satisfied both requirements. Eight events later, the mother of four now owns a closet full of tulle skirts.
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: James Turner

  23-05-2016 12:39
  
  Turner, 37, is wanted for 11 counts of pandering nudity to a minor.
  
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• Ohio taxpayers paying big for security for state officeholders

  23-05-2016 12:27
  
  Security for elected officeholders is a touchy topic around Capitol Square. But it has been difficult to miss as retired state troopers and other former officers seem to increasingly accompany their charges in public. A Dispatch request for information about which officials have taxpayer-paid security, and in what numbers, was met with protest and resistance.
  
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• Ohio EPA asks feds to waive ozone requirements

  23-05-2016 12:21
  
  Air quality in central Ohio is a two-headed problem. On one hand, our air has never been cleaner. On the other, it still isn’t clean enough to protect people’s lungs. Air quality has improved enough, though, that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants to ask the federal government to give central Ohio’s air a clean bill of health for ozone pollution.
  
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• Focus on demolition cost Ohio millions in federal housing funds

  23-05-2016 12:18
  
  As the days passed, Ohio’s application for upward of $250 million in federal housing money asked for more of the money to be devoted to vacant-housing demolition and less for mortgage assistance.
  
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• Is fear of Trump fueling immigrants’ push for citizenship?

  23-05-2016 12:17
  
  It’s often said that every U.S. citizen has a right — a responsibility, perhaps — to vote. Well, it seems that many immigrants, some of whom have lived and worked in, and in their hearts adopted, this country as their own, are eager to get that and the other privileges that come with becoming full-fledged Americans. The number of people applying to become U.S. citizens is at its highest level in four years, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of citizenship application
  
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• School Issues: If you can’t be a good example… Lessons from Cleveland

  23-05-2016 12:00
  
  You know the old saying: if you can’t be a good example, then be a horrible warning. The other Cleveland — the one in Mississippi — made national news last week, for its segregated school system. A federal judge has ordered the town to desegregate its schools by merging its two high schools together. One […]
  
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• Trial set to begin for Ohio dad who left child decomposing in crib

  23-05-2016 11:55
  
  Ember Warfel's body was discovered by a cable company worker last July in a Medina apartment.
  
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• Win-Win stakes high for Columbus residents in suburban school districts

  23-05-2016 11:45
  
  The Three Rivers subdivision in Columbus north of Groveport is in the eye of the Win-Win storm brewing between Columbus City Schools and suburban school districts, but many of its residents are unaware of the fight, which could lead to their homes being swapped from Groveport Madison Schools into the Columbus district.
  
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• Morning Forecast: Clear skies & warm; high 77

  23-05-2016 11:32
  
  High pressure will return over the Ohio Valley today and tomorrow bringing warm and dry weather for the start of the work week.
  
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• Evening Forecast: Clear & not as cool, low 54

  23-05-2016 11:32
  
  Clear skies and comfortable temperatures tonight in the middle 50s.
  
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• ‘Bed tax’ fuels record funding from Greater Columbus Arts Council

  23-05-2016 11:32
  
  The Greater Columbus Arts Council recently approved a record amount in grant money — more than $3 million — for 27 central Ohio organizations.
  
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• Afternoon Forecast: Sunny and seasonable; high 77

  23-05-2016 11:32
  
  High pressure will return over the Ohio Valley today and tomorrow bringing warm and dry weather for the start of the work week.
  
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• Fatal shooting at Waffle House near Port Columbus

  23-05-2016 11:15
  
  At least one person was killed in a shooting early Monday at a Waffle House restaurant near Port Columbus.
  
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