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• The Columbus Rotary Club Luncheon 7/25/16

  28-07-2016 23:29 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Anonymous person donates 1,200 meals to Columbus Police

  28-07-2016 23:26
  
  An anonymous supporter donated more than 1,000 meals to show their appreciation for the Columbus Police Department.The division said they have received countless emails, letters, pictures, treats and words of support over the past few weeks.One of those supporters reached out to Chief Kim Jacobs stating they wanted to show their appreciation.The anonymous supporter had meals from City Barbeque delivered to various Columbus Police locations Tuesday and Thursday of this week at different times so
  
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• Columbus City Council Pubilc Safety Committee Meeting 7/27/16

  28-07-2016 23:17 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Police: Sharp-edged Batman "Batarang" hurled at cop car

  28-07-2016 23:07
  
  Officials in Seattle say a man was arrested after threatening a bouncer with a homemade spear and then throwing "sharp, black Batman-style throwing star" at pursuing officers, reports CBS affiliate KIRO.Police had been called to a bar in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood after the 23-year-old man allegedly swung an improvised spear -- a knife attached to a metal pole -- at a bar employee.When officers arrived, the man allegedly threw the "Batarang" star at them, striking a police SUV hard eno
  
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• Press Conference: 2016 Farmers Market

  28-07-2016 22:45 via youtube.com
  
  
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• New Kaufman Development Project Moving Forward in Franklinton

  28-07-2016 22:11
  
  Kaufman Development’s proposal to build a five-story mixed-use building at 500 West Broad Street has cleared its first hurdle, receiving overall approval last week from the East Franklinton Review Board. The project’s unusual site plan – a six-story building would face Broad but its shape would created a series of angled plazas, while a more […]
  
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• New Kaufman Development Project Moving Forward Franklinton

  28-07-2016 22:11
  
  Kaufman Development’s proposal to build a five-story mixed-use building at 500 West Broad Street has cleared its first hurdle, receiving overall approval last week from the East Franklinton Review Board. The project’s unusual site plan – a six-story building would face Broad but its shape would created a series of angled plazas, while a more […]
  
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• Chipotle Launching “Tasty Made” Burger Concept in Lancaster

  28-07-2016 21:56
  
  Chipotle is entering the burger game by launching a brand new restaurant concept to be known as “Tasty Made”. While the burrito corporation is based in Denver, Colorado, the new burger shop will make its debut in Lancaster, Ohio. The new restaurant concept is already drawing comparisons to Inn-N-Out Burger, due to its limited menu […]
  
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• Missing 9-year-old girl in Athens County has been found (UPDATE)

  28-07-2016 21:20
  
  UPDATE: 6:25 p.m.The Athens County Sheriff's Office said Haley Bedsole has been located and is safe. Original StoryThe Athens County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing 9-year-old.Haley Bedsole was last seen around noon Thursday near Elm Street in Chauncey.She is described as4’ tall and weighing 82 pounds with brown hair in a ponytail.Haley was last seen wearing a dark colored zip-up hoodie and shorts. She was carrying a multi-color backpack and a duffle bag.Anyone with infor
  
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• Family grieves for man found dead in Marysville park

  28-07-2016 21:12
  
  Marysville Police still want to know how a 39-year-old man ended up dead in creek that runs through a popular park this week. The Montgomery County Coroner's Office used fingerprints connected to criminal records Wednesday to identify William E. Wampler, who was found tangled in fallen trees in Mill Run Creek Tuesday evening.
  
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• Trump: Comments about Russia, Clinton emails were sarcastic

  28-07-2016 21:06
  
  Donald Trump says he was using sarcasm when he prodded Russia to unearth Hillary Clinton's missing emails. But Democrats aren't likely to let the Republican presidential nominee's extraordinary comments simply fade away."Of course I'm being sarcastic," Trump said Thursday on Fox News' "Fox and Friends," a day after his remarks at a news conference ignited fierce debate over hacking and his urging of a global adversary to meddle in American politics.Trump's invitation to Russia to find and reveal
  
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• Fix on way for Ohio's broken criminal-background check system

  28-07-2016 20:53
  
  The office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has awarded a $10.8 million contract to replace the state's broken criminal background-check system. NEC, of Rancho Cordova, Calif., was deemed to have submitted the best among five bids accepted in February, said DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney said Wednesday.
  
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• Ex-Alexandria official charged with theft in office

  28-07-2016 20:34
  
  NEWARK — A former Alexandria fiscal officer has been indicted on theft-in-office and other charges for allegedly stealing $80,000. The indictment filed Thursday in Licking County Common Pleas Court charges Laura VanScoy Andrews with single counts of theft in office, tampering with evidence and dereliction of duty.
  
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• Supreme Court: Police can't be penalized more than public for crimes involving sex with minors

  28-07-2016 20:31
  
  The Ohio Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional a state law making it felony for a law enforcement officer to have sex with a minor more than two years younger than the officer.
  
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• McDonald's worker fired for refusing service to Texas police officer

  28-07-2016 20:28
  
  A McDonald's worker in Texas was fired Wednesday after refusing to provide service to a police officer, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU-TV reports.The owners of the McDonald's franchise in Brenham said the actions of their employee were completely unacceptable, and police said it was the right thing to do."Nobody deserves to be treated like that," Brenham Police Chief Craig Goodman told the station.Similar incidents have been reported at a Taco Bell in Alabama, a Whataburger in Texas and an Arby's in
  
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• Series of Near East Side blazes being investigated

  28-07-2016 20:08
  
  A series of blazes that kept firefighters busy early Thursday morning across the Near East Side of Columbus are likely connected, said Steve Martin, battalion chief for the Columbus Fire Division. Arson investigators are working the case, Martin said. Though he could not say if the incidents are connected, Martin said an explosion at the Bexley Liquor Agency on Livingston Avenue also is being investigated. Fires were reported in Olde Towne East and the Near East Side starting at about 3 a.m. and
  
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• Anonymous donor sends 1,200 barbecue meals to Columbus police

  28-07-2016 20:05
  
  The only thing that came with the City Barbeque delivered to Columbus police headquarters on Thursday was a bright blue card that said: “Thank you for keeping Columbus safe. May God bless you and keep you safe."
  
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• Mega Weekend Summer 2016 – Vol. 12

  28-07-2016 20:00
  
  Another summer weekend is here. The Ohio State Fair kicked off yesterday! Current contests for you to win tickets to, courtesy Promowest, include: Ben Rector and The Claypool Lennon Delirium. We hope to see you at Healthy Bites on Friday night, tickets are available at the door and include free yoga sessions by Art of Yoga, plus current Columbus […]
  
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• Mysterious fireball streaks across Western sky

  28-07-2016 19:37
  
  CBS NEWS -- People from Sacramento to Los Angeles and Las Vegas reported seeing a mysterious light streaking across the sky Wednesday night.The flashes of light spurred numerous calls to the CBS Los Angeles newsroom from people around the metropolitan area.The light was also visible in other states, including Utah, and spurred a flood of reports and video on social media.Witnesses said the ball of fire in the sky lasted about 30 seconds.Vandenberg Air Force Base officials also told CBS Los Angel
  
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• Amanda-Clearcreek buys out final year of superintendent's contract

  28-07-2016 19:37
  
  LANCASTER — The Amanda-Clearcreek district in Fairfield County will have another leader for the 2016-17 school year after the school board pushed out its superintendent of four years. The board voted last week to accept the resignation of David Gaul, who was hired in 2012 under a two-year contract, and buy out the remaining year on his current three-year contract
  
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• Chipotle to open new-concept burger restaurant in Lancaster

  28-07-2016 19:14
  
  Chipotle's next concept, burgers and milkshakes, is coming to Lancaster. The Mexican chain whose ordering style has been duplicated across the restaurant industry will open Tasty Made, a hamburger, milkshake and fries concept, at 732 N. Memorial Dr. this fall. The concept has long been the subject of rumors in the industry and comes at a time when Chipotle is still trying to recover from a food safety crisis that rocked the chain last year.
  
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• Chipotle to open first ever burger restaurant in Lancaster

  28-07-2016 18:29
  
  Chipotle is branching out from burritos and plans to open its first burger restaurant.A spokesman for the chain, Chris Arnold, said in an email Thursday that the company's first Tasty Made burger restaurant will open in this fall in Lancaster, Ohio. Chipotle says the menu will be limited to burger, fries and milkshakes.The move comes at time when Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. already has its hands full trying to recover from an E. coli outbreak and norovirus cases sent sales plunging starting last
  
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• Chipotle to open first burger restaurant in Lancaster

  28-07-2016 18:29
  
  Chipotle is branching out from burritos and plans to open its first burger restaurant.A spokesman for Chipotle, Chris Arnold, says in an email the company's first Tasty Made burger restaurant will open in this fall in Lancaster, Ohio. He did not immediately provide other details.Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has also already opened an Asian food concept called ShopHouse and a pizza concept called Pizzeria Locale.The opening of the burger concept comes as Chipotle fights to recover from an E. coli
  
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• Issue 1 Proponents, Opponents Up Their Game in Days Before Special Election

  28-07-2016 18:07
  
  With less than a week before the August 2 special election, where voters will decide if they want a hybrid council, made up of 10 district and three at-large seats, pressure is climbing for groups Represent Columbus and One Columbus to get out the “Yes” and “No” votes, respectively. Forums, debates and podcasts have been […]
  
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• Police can't be penalized more than public for crimes involving sex with minors, Supreme Court says

  28-07-2016 17:58
  
  The Ohio Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional a state law making it felony for a law enforcement officer to have sex with a minor more than two years younger than the officer.
  
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• Columbus ward proponents air their first campaign ad

  28-07-2016 17:44
  
  This is the first television commercial from Represent Columbus, a political action committee advocating for the passage of Issue 1. The issue proposes to remake Columbus City Council from seven at-large members to a mix of three at-large members and 10 members elected from wards by 2018. The special election for Columbus voters to decide the issue is on Tuesday.
  
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• Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment

  28-07-2016 17:43
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated rape and kidnapping charges against a Cleveland man who argued that a 20-year delay in indicting him was unconstitutional.In a unanimous decision, the court also ordered an appeals court to reconsider the arguments of defendant Demetrius Jones using a different legal standard.In a ... (more)
  
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• Strickland, Portman spar over 2009 automotive industry bailout

  28-07-2016 17:42
  
  PHILADELPHIA — Senate Democratic candidate Ted Strickland and Republican Sen. Rob Portman engaged in a testy dispute today over the 2009 federal rescue of the automotive industry with Strickland charging that Portman opposed the bailout as a “lousy deal” for Ohio.
  
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• Photos: Real Madrid vs. Paris St.-Germain at Ohio Stadium

  28-07-2016 17:37
  
  Last night, the highest attended soccer match in the State of Ohio took place, as 86,641 fans packed in to Ohio Stadium to watch Paris St.-Germain defeat Real Madrid 3-1 in an international match. Photos by Brian Hendricks. Looking for more local sporting events? Check out the Sports section of our events calendar.
  
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• 5 fires intentionally set in east Columbus overnight

  28-07-2016 17:33
  Arson investigators are probing a string of fires set in east Columbus early Thursday morning.All of the fires were reported south of East Broad Street, near the Franklin Park Conservatory.Four out of the five fires were set at vacant homes.The first fire broke out around midnight at Latta Avenue.Several hours later, fire crews were alerted to flames on East Mound Street.On East Livingston Avenue, trash was set on fire around 2:00 a.m.A family’s garage was set ablaze on Linwood Avenue as t
  
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• Capital Kids Program

  28-07-2016 17:10 via youtube.com
  
  
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• J. Gumbo’s Closes Downtown Location

  28-07-2016 17:02
  
  After seven years in business, J. Gumbo’s has closed its doors at 31 East Gay Street as of last week. The Louisville Kentucky-based franchise location was first opened by Chad McCoury in 2009, and was sold to Fred Baughman last year. Baughman told Columbus Underground several months ago that he was interested in relocating the business […]
  
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• Ross County man killed in Pickaway County crash

  28-07-2016 17:01
  
  A Ross County man died Wednesday night after crashing his car in Pickaway County. Raymond A. Smith, 58, of Kingston, was driving westbound on Route 56 in Saltcreek Township just after 6 p.m. when he lost control of the Toyota Camry he was driving, the State Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Coroner IDs body found in Marysville park

  28-07-2016 16:47
  
  Marysville Police still want to know how a 39-year-old man ended up dead in creek that runs through a popular park this week. The Montgomery County Coroner's Office used fingerprints connected to criminal records Wednesday to identify William E. Wampler, who was found tangled in fallen trees in Mill Run Creek Tuesday evening.
  
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• Several infected with intestinal bacteria at Deer Creek State Park

  28-07-2016 16:01
  
  Several people have been diagnosed with an intestinal disease after visiting Deer Creek State Park earlier this month, according to health officials.The Pickaway County General Health District (PCGHD) says it is investigating a shigellosis outbreak at the Mount Sterling park that occurred between July 15 and July 17.Several reported cases have been confirmed by lab tests.Symptoms of shigellosis include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.It can be passed through direct contact with bacteria in stool
  
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• AEP profit, sales jump in second quarter

  28-07-2016 14:32
  
  American Electric Power has posted an increase in profit and sales for the second quarter, despite a decrease in sales to industrial businesses. The Columbus-based utility is reporting quarterly profit of $502.1 million, up from $430 million, and sales of $3.9 billion, up from $3.8 billion.
  
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• COTA Adding WiFi on All Buses by End of 2017

  28-07-2016 14:30
  
  The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) wants to make your bus ride a little more pleasant of an experience. The organization announced yesterday that it has plans to add WiFi internet access to all of the buses in its fleet by the end of next year. “Right now there are eight buses operating with the […]
  
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• Theodore Decker: State Fair chickens bring back childhood memories

  28-07-2016 14:07
  
  I went to the Ohio State Fair Wednesday to see the Phyllis Diller chickens. Whenever I'm at a fair, I can't pass up the poultry barn. The scratching feet, the head bobs, the strangled crows. Cage after cage of chickens and their marvelous high-strung weirdness.
  
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• Ohio State Fair features man riding chicken, other characters

  28-07-2016 14:00
  
  Sheriff Fowler couldn’t walk his beat through the maze of carnival rides and food trucks Wednesday at the Ohio State Fair without getting teased. The sheriff's real name is Doug Skove. Though he’s not a law-enforcement agent, he is helping the fair “enforce the good times” as he walks the fairgrounds as a 7-foot-tall, chicken-riding cowboy, a trick accomplished with a feathered cage around his torso, a pair of dangling fake legs and stilts.
  
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• A new threat in fight against overdoses: elephant sedative

  28-07-2016 14:00
  
  A drug used to sedate elephants and other large animals, 100 times as potent as the fentanyl already escalating the country's heroin troubles, is suspected in spates of overdoses in several states, where authorities say they've found it mixed with or passed off as heroin.The appearance of carfentanil, one of the most potent opioids known to investigators, adds another twist to the fight against opioid painkillers in a country already awash in heroin and fentanyl cases."It certainly is a very dis
  
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• Man describes being shot while playing Pokemon Go

  28-07-2016 13:12
  
  All Gregory Wheeler wanted was to catch a few Pokemon. Instead, the North Linden resident caught three bullets in his legs and a foot, prompting Columbus police on Wednesday to warn residents to be careful while they play the popular Pokemon Go game across the city. Wheeler, a 26-year-old graduate student at Ohio State University studying evolutionary biology, and friend Samantha Haub, 26, were playing Pokemon Go at about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday in Linden Park when a teenager on a bike stopped them an
  
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• Fifth Third earnings top forecasts despite disappointing revenue

  28-07-2016 13:10
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Fifth Third Bancorp on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $333 million. The bank, based in Cincinnati, said it had earnings of 40 cents per share.
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Hillary Clinton to accept nomination tonight after top Dems sing her praises

  28-07-2016 13:03
  
  Get all of the latest news from the Democratic National Convention.
  
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• Ohio State Fair brings out all kinds of characters

  28-07-2016 12:07
  
  Sheriff Fowler couldn’t walk his beat through the maze of carnival rides and food trucks Wednesday at the Ohio State Fair without getting teased. The sheriff's real name is Doug Skove. Though he’s not a law-enforcement agent, he is helping the fair “enforce the good times” as he walks the fairgrounds as a 7-foot-tall, chicken-riding cowboy, a trick accomplished with a feathered cage around his torso, a pair of dangling fake legs and stilts.
  
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• Fix on way for Ohio criminal-background checks

  28-07-2016 11:50
  
  The office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has awarded a $10.8 million contract to replace the state's broken criminal background-check system. NEC, of Rancho Cordova, Calif., was deemed to have submitted the best among five bids accepted in February, said DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney said Wednesday.
  
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• Theodore Decker: Ohio State Fair all about companionship, and Phyllis Diller chickens

  28-07-2016 11:43
  
  I went to the Ohio State Fair Wednesday to see the Phyllis Diller chickens. Whenever I'm at a fair, I can't pass up the poultry barn. The scratching feet, the head bobs, the strangled crows. Cage after cage of chickens and their marvelous high-strung weirdness.
  
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• Marion woman will tell Democrats in Philadelphia her story of struggle

  28-07-2016 11:33
  
  Tidbits from the Democratic convention in Philadelphia:
  
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• CPD: Possible explosion during east side liquor store robbery

  28-07-2016 11:28
  
  Columbus police say some sort of explosion may have occurred overnight during an attempted robbery just south of Bexley.The incident occurred at the Bexley Liquor Agency on Livingston Avenue just after midnight on Thursday.It’s unclear thus far how the explosion occurred, but it may have been triggered by a pipe bomb.It's also unknown if anyone was injured.Police say they're searching for a group of people who may have been riding ATV's in the area at the time of the blast.However, it was
  
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• How many more passengers can Columbus’ airport handle?

  28-07-2016 11:18
  
  This year is shaping up as a strong one for John Glenn Columbus International Airport. Faster-than-anticipated growth led the airport’s board this week to approve a $1.2 million contract with a consulting firm, R.W. Block, to study options in the event that growth overtakes longstanding plans to build a new terminal that would be ready after yearly passenger totals exceed 9 million.
  
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• Nursing home feeling heat after air conditioning troubles

  28-07-2016 05:04
  
  Not far from the intersection of Alum Creek Drive and Frebis Avenue in east Columbus, about 175 nursing home patients at Regency Manor have been living without air conditioning.“The issue has been out for two or three days,” Ronald Willheim, one of Regency Manor’s owners, said.Willheim says workers discovered that the air conditioning in the nearly 90-year-old building was leaking.Denise Holley, who’s family member has been getting dialysis at Regency Manor, says she is t
  
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