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• Senators says cable TV users aren't refunded for overcharges

  23-06-2016 23:52
  
  A Senate investigation of cable TV costs released Thursday criticized two major cable companies for consistently failing to provide refunds to customers they knew had been overcharged.The Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee found Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications made no effort to trace set-top box equipment overcharges and to provide refunds to customers. "Instead, their practice has been to just pocket the past overcharges," a report on the investigation said.Time Warner Ca
  
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• How 'Smart City' Columbus plans to tackle inequality with technology

  23-06-2016 23:28
  Columbus, a city of around 825,000 located smack-dab in the middle of Ohio, has beat out seven competing finalists across the nation from San Francisco to Austin to Pittsburgh, to win the Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge . The award, which comes with $40 million from the DOT and an additional $10 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's company Vulcan, is given to a city with plans to "fully integrate innovative technologies - self-driving cars, connected vehicles, and s
  
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• OSU women's basketball announces non-conference schedule

  23-06-2016 23:14
  
  The Ohio State women’s basketball team has released its non-conference schedule for the 2016-17 season.The Buckeyes will play nine of their 13 non-conference games at home.The season will start off with a projected top 10 matchup against South Carolina in Columbus November 14. The Gamecocks won last year’s matchup in Columbia, 88-80.Another marquee game will see Ohio State travel to take on defending champion UConn December 19.The ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup will be at home against
  
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• Severe weather causes power outages in central Ohio

  23-06-2016 22:29
  
  Thousands of AEP customers are without power early Thursday after severe thunderstorms with heavy winds moved through the area overnight.Currently, there are more than 2,000 customers without power in Franklin and Ross County.Outages are also being reported in several other central Ohio counties. County OutagesAthens: 114Delaware: 191Franklin: 2,939Pike: 210Ross: 2,121 Weather Resources Live Radar | Interactive Radar | Hour-By-Hour Forecast | Severe Weather Safety Guide | Sign up: Weather Alerts
  
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• Ikea recalls safety gates for fear of causing injury to kids

  23-06-2016 22:22
  
  Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is recalling children's safety gates because the locking mechanism is unreliable and may result in injury to children.The company urges customers with any model of Patrull safety gate to immediately stop using them and return them to an Ikea store for a full refund without proof of purchase.Ikea said Thursday it has received reports that the gates have opened unexpectedly, causing children to fall down stairs, with medical attention needed in some cases.Ikea, a le
  
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• New tornado watch issued through tonight

  23-06-2016 21:55
  
  More bad weather could be on the way. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of central Ohio, including Franklin County, into tonight.
  
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• Ohio Reporting First Zika Virus Case Acquired Through Sex

  23-06-2016 21:25
  COLUMBUS, OH Ohio is reporting its first case of Zika virus acquired through sexual transmission in a 61-year-old Lucas County woman. Her husband traveled to a country with active Zika virus transmission and has tested positive for the virus, becoming Ohio's 15th travel-associated case.
  
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• House Democrats end sit-in over gun control vote, vow to keep fighting after recess

  23-06-2016 20:59
  
  Roughly 26 hours after it started, House Democrats abruptly ended their sit-in on the House floor Thursday, drawing to an end a high-profile 24 hours aimed at forcing the House Republican leadership to vote on a handful of gun control measures.
  
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• Jury finds Led Zeppelin did not steal riff for 'Stairway'

  23-06-2016 20:33
  
  Led Zeppelin did not steal a riff from an obscure 1960s instrumental tune to use for the introduction of its classic rock anthem "Stairway to Heaven," a federal court jury decided Thursday.The verdict in Los Angeles settles a point that music fans have debated for decades but didn't find its way to court until two years ago, when the trustee for the late Randy Craig Wolfe filed a copyright lawsuit.The trust claimed that Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page lifted a passage that Wolfe, better known
  
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• House Democrats end sit-in over gun control vote

  23-06-2016 20:17
  
  A little more than 24 hours after they began a sit-in on the House floor protesting lack of gun control votes, House Democrats abruptly ended their protest.
  
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• Democrats end 25-hour plus protest to demand House gun votes

  23-06-2016 20:12
  
  House Democrats have ended their 25½-hour sit-in on the chamber's floor that they've been staging to demand votes on gun control.With just a few interruptions, Democrats commanded the House floor since 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The protest was broadcast live to the world over social media.There are no indications that Republicans - who control the House - have met the Democrats' demands.Democrats wanted votes on bills strengthening background checks and barring firearms sales to people on the
  
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• Advocates seek return to civility amid caustic campaign

  23-06-2016 20:07
  
  It's been lost amid the big shouts and the big lies, the negative ads and the personal attacks. Civility -- seen by some as a bedrock of compromise and good government -- seemingly has disappeared from America's win-at-all-costs political system.
  
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• Mega Weekend Summer 2016 – Vol. 7

  23-06-2016 20:00
  
  The weekend is here! What have you got on your schedule? Once again, it’s a jam-packed weekend of sun. One of the best festivals of the year returns to Goodale Park, yes, it’s Comfest weekend. Park easy and support Hubbard Mastery School by parking in their parking lot. You can still enter to win tickets to Promowest show: […]
  
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• Photos: Cavs Celebrated in Cleveland Homecoming Parade

  23-06-2016 19:20
  
  A gigantic crowd descended upon Downtown Cleveland yesterday to celebrate the homecoming of 2016 NBA Champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The win not only celebrates a stellar season of basketball, but also marks the end of the 52-year professional sports championship draught for the city. The crowd was estimated at approximately 1.3 million people, which is […]
  
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• U.S. transportation secretary announces Columbus win of Smart City money

  23-06-2016 19:11
  
  Columbus is the winner of a $50 million challenge that will bring self-driving vehicles, electric charging stations and new transit passes to Columbus commuters. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced at the Douglas Community Recreation Center in Linden that the city had beat out six other finalists to win the grant.
  
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• Ohio State band trainer seeks leniency in sex assault case

  23-06-2016 18:15
  
  A former Ohio State University drum major instructor who pleaded guilty to a sexual battery charge over an encounter with a student is asking that he not be put behind bars.Stewart Kitchen could face up to five years in prison when he's sentenced next Wednesday.Court documents allege the assault occurred at Kitchen's Columbus home in April 2015 after he and the 19-year-old woman went out drinking. More serious charges were dismissed as part of his plea deal.In a court filing this week, his attor
  
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• 15-year-old who twice beat cancer pushes for more federal research money

  23-06-2016 17:40
  
  WASHINGTON — Grant Reed of Bellville is a survivor of two tumors, removed during surgeries at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Wednesday, Reed walked across Capitol Hill, meeting with lawmakers from Ohio, urging them to support giving more federal dollars for cancer research, part of Nationwide Children's Hospital's annual lobbying day in Washington.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action policy

  23-06-2016 17:31
  
  In a major affirmative action case, the U.S. Supreme Court today approved a University of Texas policy which allows university officials to consider an applicant’s race as one of many factors in admitting some students. In a 4-3 vote authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court concluded the Texas admission plan is constitutional, in large part because most of the students are admitted if they finish among the top 10 percent in their high classes in the state of Texas.
  
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• Whitehall police ID man found hanging at playground

  23-06-2016 17:28
  
  Whitehall police have identified the Reynoldsburg man who hanged himself Monday on an elementary school playground. Mark A. Meacham, 55, who lived in the 300 block of Cheyenne Way, was found hanging from the swing set at Beechwood Elementary School at about 6:45 a.m., according to a police report.
  
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• Storms blast central Ohio: Photos, outages, latest news, forecast

  23-06-2016 17:21
  
  Fierce storms rolled through central Ohio overnight, causing flooding, power outages, road closures and damage.Some of the hardest hit areas were Delaware, Westerville and Fayette County.Here's where we stand right now:County OutagesFranklin: 4,522Licking: 850Fairfield: 1,319Knox: 333Morgan: 1,672Muskingum: 527Perry: 556Ross: 3,949 Live Radar | Interactive Radar | Hour-By-Hour Forecast | Severe Weather Safety Guide | Sign up: Weather AlertsWHAT'S NEXT?This Morning:Scattered showers and storms. F
  
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• Baltimore officer acquitted of all charges in Freddie Gray death

  23-06-2016 17:09
  
  A judge acquitted a police van driver of all charges including "depraved-heart" murder on Thursday in the death of 25-year-old arrestee Freddie Gray, whose broken neck on the way to the station set off Baltimore's worst riots in decades.Six officers were charged in Gray's death, but only Officer Caesar Goodson was accused of murder. Gray was fatally injured after officers bound his hands and feet and Goodson left him unprotected by a seat belt that prosecutors say would have kept him from slammi
  
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• Central Ohio storms did number on power, roads

  23-06-2016 17:03
  
  About 5,600 central Ohioans are still without power after storms and about 3 inches of rain hit the area over night and throughout the morning, according to the American Electric Power website. Power outages affected 3,534 Franklin County residents and 2,111 Delaware County residents. AEP is not reporting any outages in other central Ohio counties. AEP tweeted that it hoped to restore power by 7 p.m.
  
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• Obama immigration plan blocked by 4-4 tie at Supreme Court

  23-06-2016 16:53
  
  A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation.The justices' one-sentence opinion on Thursday effectively kills the plan for the duration of Obama's presidency.A tie vote sets no national precedent but leaves in place the ruling by the lower court. In this case, the federal appeals court in New Orleans said the Obama administration lacked the authority to shield up to 4 million imm
  
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• This is why you should stop checking your cell phone in bed

  23-06-2016 15:51
  
  Warning: Looking at your smartphone while lying in bed at night could wreak havoc on your vision.Two women went temporarily blind from constantly checking their phones in the dark, say doctors who are now alerting others to the unusual phenomenon.The solution: Make sure to use both eyes when looking at your smartphone screen in the dark.In Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, doctors detailed the cases of the two women, ages 22 and 40, who experienced "transient smartphone blindness" for
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: See what Congress did while you were sleeping

  23-06-2016 15:39
  
  As most people slept last night, U.S. House Democrats continued their sit-in on the House floor, demanding a vote on gun control measures even as Republicans worked to block them.
  
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• Paul Thomas Anderson Film Retrospective at Gateway Film Center

  23-06-2016 15:30
  
  Paul Thomas Anderson – among the greatest American filmmakers working today or ever – turns 46 this weekend. I believe if you google search the appropriate gift for 46, it is a film retrospective. That might not be correct, but it’s what Anderson is getting from Gateway Film Center. The theater will screen the auteur’s […]
  
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• Rodeo bull on the lam in southwest Ohio

  23-06-2016 14:43
  
  WAYNESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Police say a bucking bull that was bred for rodeo work escaped from its enclosure and is on the lam in southwest Ohio.
  
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• Photos & video: Parts of Westerville underwater after overnight storms

  23-06-2016 14:35
  Many residents of Westerville are waking up to flooded homes and streets.The city in northern Columbus appeared to take the brunt of last night's severe storms.Images from Chopper 10 show several streets, neighborhoods and parking lots underwater.View the images below: Another before and after from the parking lot at Vineyard Columbus.#10TV pic.twitter.com/Wr5sITs5q4— 10TV.com (@10TV) June 23, 2016
  Before & After last night's storm at Vineyard Columbus.#10TV pic.twitter.com/kjpzD2Lu5r&
  
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• Longtime Watterson staff member promoted as school’s new principal

  23-06-2016 14:00
  
  The next principal of Bishop Watterson High School, Franklin County's largest Catholic school, will be its current assistant principal, the Catholic Diocese of Columbus announced on Wednesday. On July 1, Deacon Christopher Campbell will become the school’s fifth principal in its 62-year history. He replaces longtime Principal Marian Hutson, who retired at the end of the school year.
  
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• Crane Group invests in upscale pet boarding, grooming company Pet Paradise

  23-06-2016 13:22
  
  Columbus-based Crane Group has delved into the pet industry by purchasing a majority interest in Pet Paradise Resort and Day Spa. The local family-owned investment company is adding the Florida-based, upscale pet boarding and grooming company to a portfolio that includes private equity firms, real estate assets, and diverse products such as screening machinery and gas detection sensors.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: While you were sleeping, House Democrats, GOP continued fight over gun control

  23-06-2016 13:03
  
  As most people slept last night, U.S. House Democrats continued their sit-in on the House floor, demanding a vote on gun control measures even as Republicans worked to block them.
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents: Artists Heather Kaplan’s and Ryan W. Kelly’s Ceramics

  23-06-2016 13:00
  
  Heather Kaplan and Ryan W. Kelly have exhibitions at ROY G BIV Gallery this month. While their work is grounded in ceramics, it includes performative and installation elements. Ahead of their artists’ talk on Saturday, June 25 at 2:30 p.m., I spoke with both artists about their practices and bodies of work. Ken Aschliman: How […]
  
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• Ohioans oppose choice for transgender bathroom use

  23-06-2016 12:50
  
  WASHINGTON – Ohio voters say they oppose allowing transgender people to pick the bathroom consistent with their gender identity, according to a poll released by Quinnipiac University early Thursday.
  
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• Almost half of Ohioans oppose choice for transgender bathroom use

  23-06-2016 12:50
  
  WASHINGTON – Ohio voters say they oppose allowing transgender people to pick the bathroom consistent with their gender identity, according to a poll released by Quinnipiac University early Thursday.
  
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• Inmates caught in Dayton following 'Shawshank' style escape

  23-06-2016 12:47
  
  Authorities say a pair of Indiana inmates climbed through a wall of their prison cell in an escape reminiscent of the one in the 1994 film, "The Shawshank Redemption" before being apprehended in Ohio four days later.Indiana authorities say police in Dayton, Ohio, caught 39-year-old Chadwick Heath and 27-year-old Michael Roberts on Tuesday.Before their escape Friday from the jail in Connersville, Indiana, Roberts was being held on burglary and theft charges and Heath on drug-dealing charges. WCPO
  
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• Columbus man pleads guilty to trespassing and assault charges from February incident

  23-06-2016 12:42
  A Columbus man pleaded guilty to trespassing and assault Wednesday in connection with a February incident in which where he kicked down the door to his estranged wife's Delaware County apartment and assaulted her friend.
  
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• Storms blast central Ohio: Outages, latest news, photos, forecast

  23-06-2016 12:25
  
  Fierce storms rolled through central Ohio overnight, causing flooding, power outages, road closures and damage.Here's where we stand right now: County OutagesFranklin: 8,152Licking: 850Fairfield: 1,319Knox: 333Muskingum: 527Perry: 556Morgan: 1,628 Live Radar | Interactive Radar | Hour-By-Hour Forecast | Severe Weather Safety Guide | Sign up: Weather AlertsWHAT'S NEXT?This Morning:Scattered showers and storms. Flooding in some areas.
  This Afternoon:Mostly cloudy. More showers and storms likely. M
  
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• Unitarians picket Wendy’s over tomato suppliers

  23-06-2016 12:19
  
  A little more than 50 people marched on a Wendy’s store near Ohio State’s campus Wednesday, the latest protest in a years-long effort by the Coalition of Immolakee Workers. The coalition, which represents workers in Florida’s vast tomato industry, wants Wendy’s to sign on to its Fair Food Program, an agreement to push tomato suppliers to pay one penny more per pound to ensure things like higher wages, better healthcare and better working conditions.
  
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• Two-year-old with brain cancer gets special ride in police helicopter

  23-06-2016 12:13
  
  Shiann Lockhart is only 2, but she got a special view of the Columbus skyline Wednesday evening. Along with her mother, Cora Lockhart, Shiann circled around the Downtown in a Columbus police helicopter, along with two police officers.
  
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• Ohio boy, 15, who beat cancer twice, pushes for more federal research money

  23-06-2016 12:13
  
  WASHINGTON — Grant Reed of Bellville is a survivor of two tumors, removed during surgeries at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Wednesday, Reed walked across Capitol Hill, meeting with lawmakers from Ohio, urging them to support giving more federal dollars for cancer research, part of Nationwide Children's Hospital's annual lobbying day in Washington.
  
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• Ohio House Reps Applaud Smart City Grant, Official Announcement Coming Today

  23-06-2016 12:00
  
  Even though the news broke early on Tuesday via US Senator Sherrod Brown, local officials have not yet made the official announcement that Columbus has won the $50 million Smart City Grant. The news is expected to come later today during a press conference taking place at the Douglas Recreation Center at 12:30pm. Members of the […]
  
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• Obamacare promoters seek to sign up more uninsured Ohioans

  23-06-2016 11:54
  
  Since the Affordable Care Act's federal health insurance marketplace opened in October 2013, almost 1 million uninsured Ohioans, including 117,000 from the Columbus metropolitan area, have enrolled.
  
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• Scoring error, not gender issue, blamed in masonry contest controversy

  23-06-2016 11:51
  
  SkillsUSA, a partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives, said the decision not to allow Shania Clifford to compete at the 2016 National Skills and Leadership Conference was never a gender issue, but a miscalculation of the contestants' final scores.
  
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• Democrats find new candidate for Ohio Senate seat in Franklin County

  23-06-2016 11:45
  
  Democrats have tapped the president of the South-Western Board of Education to run in the 16th Senate District, likely the minority party’s second-best chance to pick up a seat in November. Cathy Johnson, a retired school teacher from London, is in her fourth term on the school board. She will challenge Rep. Stephanie Kunze, R-Hilliard, who is attempting to swap seats with term-limited Sen. Jim Hughes, R-Upper Arlington.
  
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• Thousands in Ohio without power from overnight storms

  23-06-2016 11:42
  
  Overnight storms knocked out power for more than 25,000 Ohio customers early Thursday, as rains caused flooding in low-lying areas throughout central Ohio. Sporadic flooding was reported throughout the region, especially in underpasses and roadways near creeks and streams.
  
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• High risk missing child: Dreyson Smith

  23-06-2016 11:23
  
  Columbus police are searching for a child who disappeared on the west side a day ago.10-month-old Dreyson Smith was last seen in a vehicle at the intersection of Sullivant Avenue and South Highland Avenue on June 22.He was in a car with his mother when she needed medical attention.Smith may be in the company of Joseph Ash.The child is described as a biracial male with brown hair and black eyes. 27”, 35 pounds.He was last seen wearing grey/white striped pants with a pirate on the pants, whi
  
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• Albright to compete in Special Olympics Summer Games

  23-06-2016 10:39
  PAULDING Paulding County has selected Krystal Albright to represent Paulding County Special Olympics at the 2016 Special Olympics Ohio State Summer Games. The 47th annual Games, held June 24-26 at The Ohio State University in Columbus, will feature competition for more than 2,700 athletes from across the state.
  
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• Severe weather causing power outages in central Ohio

  23-06-2016 10:12
  
  Thousands of AEP customers are without power early Thursday morning as severe thunderstorms with heavy winds move through the area.More than 10,000 customers are affected in Franklin County.Outages are also being reported in several other central Ohio counties.County OutagesFranklin: 10,758Licking: 1,382Fairfield: 1,391Knox: 333Muskingum: 527Perry: 533Morgan: 2,114 Weather Resources Live Radar | Interactive Radar | Hour-By-Hour Forecast | Severe Weather Safety Guide | Sign up: Weather Alerts
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Storms, high winds moving in central Ohio

  23-06-2016 06:04
  
  The Columbus Metro area has been upgraded to the moderate risk area. Damaging winds arelikely between midnight and 3 a.m. Thursday. The Storm Prediction Center warns this storm may produce "derecho-related significant wind damage."Because this will move into the area while your family is asleep,I urge you to either turn on your weather radio or sleep with your cell phone on to hear any alerts. Sign Up For 10TV Mobile Alerts | Download The 10TV App---HURRICANE FORCE WINDSThe Storm Prediction Cent
  
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• Photos & Video: Tracking the storm from Illinois, Indiana and Ohio

  23-06-2016 05:22
  
  The Latest on severe weather in the Midwest (all times local):9:50 p.m.The National Weather Service says it received numerous reports of tornadoes west and southwest of Chicago.Officials in LaSalle County reported minor damage after a tornado touched down Wednesday near the city of Earlville, northwest of Seneca.A tornado watch was in effect until 1 a.m. Thursday for Grundy, Kankakee and Kendal counties in Illinois and 2 a.m. in Lake, Benton, Jasper, Newton and Porter counties in Indiana late We
  
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