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• Officials testing candy that hospitalized 24 at Richland Co. music festival

  06-08-2016 23:38
  
  The Richland County Sheriff's Office is investigating after 24 people were hospitalized after ingesting a type of candy on Saturday.It happened at a music festival in Butler, Ohio, southeast of Mansfield.Investigators believe the people had a bad reaction after eating laced candy.It's not clear what substance was on the candy, according to the Sheriff's Office. But Narcan, an opiate antidote, was used to treat the people taken to the hospital.None of the people died, but all have been taken to t
  
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• Arrest made after two dozen people sickened by THC-laced candy at music festival

  06-08-2016 23:38
  UPDATE:The Richland County Sheriff's Office says one person has been arrested in the incident.Matthew Lee Gross faces drug trafficking charges.On Monday, he pleaded not guilty and was given a $50,000.The Sheriff's Office says the laced candy that gave festival-goers a bad reaction tested positive for THC, the psychoactive chemical found in marijuana.---ORIGINAL STORY:The Richland County Sheriff's Office is investigating after 24 people were hospitalized after ingesting a type of candy on Saturda
  
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• Arrest made after two dozen people overdose on THC-laced candy at music festival (UPDATE)

  06-08-2016 23:38
  
  UPDATE:The Richland County Sheriff's Office says one person has been arrested in the incident.Matthew Lee Gross faces drug trafficking charges.The Sheriff's Office says the laced candy that gave people a bad reaction tested positive for THC, the psychoactive chemical found in marijuana.---ORIGINAL STORY:The Richland County Sheriff's Office is investigating after 24 people were hospitalized after ingesting a type of candy on Saturday.It happened at a music festival in Butler, Ohio, southeast of M
  
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• Arrest made after two dozen people overdose on THC-laced candy at music festival

  06-08-2016 23:38
  UPDATE:The Richland County Sheriff's Office says one person has been arrested in the incident.Matthew Lee Gross faces drug trafficking charges.The Sheriff's Office says the laced candy that gave people a bad reaction tested positive for THC, the psychoactive chemical found in marijuana.---ORIGINAL STORY:The Richland County Sheriff's Office is investigating after 24 people were hospitalized after ingesting a type of candy on Saturday.It happened at a music festival in Butler, Ohio, southeast of M
  
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• Small plane crashes in Morrow County

  06-08-2016 23:00
  
  Investigators tell 10TV a pilot is alive after a small plane crashed around 4:10 p.m. Saturday.The plane went down in the area of Township Road 152 in between County Road 149 and State Route 42 in Morrow County.The scene is southwest of Cardington, Ohio – about 50 miles north of Columbus.Ohio State Highway Patrol investigators say the plane hit the top of a barn and caught fire.The pilot is being treated at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center for minor burns.No passengers were
  
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• Ohio Driver Charged In Death Of Baby In Stroller Hit By SUV

  06-08-2016 22:56
  
  An SUV driver who authorities say hit a father pushing a stroller and killed a 7-month-old baby has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in central Ohio.
  
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• Exhumed body ID'd as girl who vanished in '67; murder probe opened

  06-08-2016 20:27
  
  DNA tests show that a body exhumed from a pauper's grave last fall is almost certainly that of a 13-year-old Pittsburgh girl last seen in 1967, Pennsylvania State Police said Thursday, and investigators have opened a homicide investigation.The badly decomposed body was found in a landfill in Salem Township, Westmoreland County in September 1967, not long after Teala Patricia Thompson was last seen.Authorities weren't able to identify the body then, so it was buried in a grave for unclaimed remai
  
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• "McDonald's of the future" opens -- with unlimited fries

  06-08-2016 19:59
  
  McDonald's is taking a page from its more upscale rivals in trying to adapt to a changing competitive landscape.The world's largest restaurant chain is unveiling what it sees as its future, and it looks a lot like Panera. One location in Missouri opened its doors on Thursday, offering self-serve kiosks for ordering meals and table service, as well as unlimited french fries. Another refashioned McDonald's opened recently in New York City, with trendy decor and similar self-serve kiosks, as well a
  
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• Olympics cycling area blast a controlled explosion, police say

  06-08-2016 19:49
  
  A small blast shook the area near the finish line of the men's cycling road race Saturday with about 70 kilometers to go in the race. No one was injured, and the event went on unaffected.Reporters heard a loud boom on the press tribune and felt the ground shake.An officer assigned to the event said it was a controlled explosion of an unattended bag. He did not give his name because he was not authorized to speak.A half-dozen military police cordoned off the area. No one was immediately evacuated
  
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• Man re-indicted in alleged rape of OWU student

  06-08-2016 19:04
  A Columbus man was re-indicted on charges of rape and sexual battery Friday by a Delaware County grand jury.Brandon Michael Ward, 29, of Columbus, was indicted Friday and charged with two counts of rape, which are first-degree felonies; two counts of sexual battery, third-degree felonies; and one charge of theft, a first-degree misdemeanor.
  
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• Pelotonia more than just a fundraising event for riders

  06-08-2016 17:31
  
  More than 7,700 riders took to the roads this morning as part of Pelotonia, the annual ride that raises money for cancer research. This year features a new route that was expected to be popular. Some riders will travel 25 miles, while others will ride 50, 100 or even 180 miles this weekend.
  
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• New Jack & Benny’s and Angry Baker Locations, Plus Other Dining News

  06-08-2016 15:30
  
  Columbus has so many new restaurants, expansions, menu updates and other changes that it’s sometimes hard to keep up with them all. That’s why our Restaurant Roundup series was designed to keep you informed with the latest and greatest updates. Here’s what’s new in the local dining scene: Condado Condado Taqueria extended it hours at […]
  
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• Pelontonia more than just a fundraising event for riders

  06-08-2016 14:31
  
  More than 7,700 riders took to the roads this morning as part of Pelotonia, the annual ride that raises money for cancer research. This year features a new route that was expected to be popular. Some riders will travel 25 miles, while others will ride 50, 100 or even 180 miles this weekend.
  
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• Treat to Try: Companion Bagel

  06-08-2016 14:00
  
  Companion Bagel made its first blip on the personal radar months and months ago; about 48 hours before it took a winter break from business. There is nothing lonelier and more desperate than knowing your Companion is out there, and totally unreachable for an undetermined amount of time… even if that Companion is a piece […]
  
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• Neighborhood Launch Development Reaches Halfway Point

  06-08-2016 14:00
  
  With 100 owner-occupied units sold and another 100 on the way, the Edwards Companies is celebrating reaching what they are calling the halfway point for the 7.5-acre Neighborhood Launch development. Covering nine city blocks, the development has steadily moved east since its first two buildings — eight units on North 4th Street and another 17 […]
  
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• Thousands ride in Pelotonia in Columbus

  06-08-2016 13:55
  Pelotonia is one of the biggest cancer fundraisers in the city of Columbus.7,700 bicyclists were ready to go Saturday morning, biking up to 180 miles to help fight cancer.10TV's Laura Borchers caught up with 10TV's Tracy Townsend prior to the race.You can learn more about Pelotonia 2016 and other information here.
  
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• Thousands get ready for Pelotonia in Columbus

  06-08-2016 13:55
  Pelotonia is one of the biggest cancer fundraisers in the city of Columbus and it's now underway.7,700 bicyclists were ready to go this morning, biking up to 180 miles to help fight cancer.10TV's Laura Borchers caught up with 10TV's Tracy Townsend prior to the race.You can learn more about what roads are closed for Pelotonia 2016 and other information here.
  
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• Pope praises 'courage' of Rio's refugee athletes

  06-08-2016 13:40
  
  Pope Francis has written a letter of encouragement to the first team of refugees to participate in the Olympic Games.Francis wished each of the 10 athletes success, saying he hoped that "your courage and strength find expression through the Olympic Games and serve as a cry for peace and solidarity." The letter, written in Spanish and dated July 26, was released by the Vatican on Saturday.The pope said he had researched each of their lives through interviews and news reports. He said he was offer
  
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• ISIS captures up to 3,000 people fleeing violence in Iraq, UN says

  06-08-2016 12:29
  
  CNN - ISIS militants have captured up to 3,000 people displaced from their homes trying to flee conflict zones in northern Iraq, the United Nations said Friday, reportedly killing 12 of them.The UN refugee agency said it had received reports that ISIS rounded up the thousands of internally displaced people Thursday from villages as they tried to escape to the city of Kirkuk."Reportedly, 12 of the IDPs have been killed in captivity," the agency said in its daily Iraq update, using an acronym for
  
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• Worthington group planning bulk buys to get deal on solar

  06-08-2016 12:04
  
  If there's power in numbers, that power is solar and those numbers mean big savings on solar-panel installations for homeowners in Worthington.
  
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• Senate wins fight for data from website

  06-08-2016 11:47
  
  WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington ordered an official of a website believed to be a trafficker of children to turn over documents subpoenaed by a Senate subcommittee headed by Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio.
  
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• 'Rigged' balloting unlikely, not impossible, experts say

  06-08-2016 11:42
  
  Voting experts scoff at Donald Trump’s assertion that this year’s presidential election could be “rigged.” But that’s not to say the way we vote in Ohio and elsewhere is problem-free. And computer specialists and officials such as Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson openly worry about possible cyberattacks on America's voting system, which he said involves 9,000 jurisdictions collecting, tallying and reporting votes.
  
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• Poll: Young adults support new efforts to curb gun violence

  06-08-2016 11:40
  
  A new poll shows most young adults across racial and ethnic groups support tighter gun polices including background checks, stricter penalties for gun law violations, and banning semi-automatic weapons.In the new GenForward poll, about 9 in 10 young adults say they support criminal background checks for all gun sales, a level of support that remains consistent across racial and ethnic groups.Stiffer penalties for violating existing gun laws are supported by 9 in 10 young adults.GenForward is a s
  
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• Experts question decision to perform abortion on woman who was high on drugs

  06-08-2016 11:38
  
  A woman apparently high on several drugs when she had an abortion almost certainly couldn't have made a rational decision about her health care, two Ohio State University medical experts say. Dr. Brad Lander, a psychologist and clinical director of addiction medicine at the OSU Wexner Medical Center, said he could not comment specifically on the case of a 31-year-old woman who received an abortion last year at a Dayton-area abortion clinic.
  
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• Snoop Dogg concert: Fence collapse leaves dozens injured

  06-08-2016 11:13
  
  CNN - A fence collapsed during rapper Snoop Dogg's concert in New Jersey, leaving 42 people injured as fans spilled over the ledge, authorities said.The incident occurred Friday night at the BB&T Pavilion, an amphitheater in Camden, fire officials said. Most of the injuries were minor.Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa were performing at the time.Organizers stopped the concert after the incident, philly.com reported.
  
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• Jayne McCloskey

  06-08-2016 11:07
  Jayne C. McCloskey, 74, of W. North Ave, passed away Aug. 4, 2016 at Covington Community Campus in East Palestine. Mrs. McCloskey was born Nov. 20, 1941 in East Palestine, the daughter of the late Carl and Grace Rambo Schaeffer.
  
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• 13 dead, 6 injured as fire hits bar in French city

  06-08-2016 10:40
  
  A fast-moving fire swept through a birthday party in the basement of a bar in the northwest French city of Rouen, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others, authorities said Saturday.More than 80 firefighters battled the early Saturday blaze at the downtown bar in the city in Normandy, Rouen Mayor Yvon Robert said after the blaze was extinguished.The fire was "totally accidental," Robert told Europe 1 radio, mentioning a possible gas explosion "from the heat in a basement room doubtless
  
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• Unarmed North Miami therapist shot by police sues

  06-08-2016 05:19
  
  An unarmed black therapist is suing the Florida police officer who shot him while he tried to protect his autistic client.The Miami Herald reports Charles Kinsey filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against North Miami officer Jonathan Aledda, accusing him and other officers of using excessive force and false arrest.The 47-year-old Kinsey is seeking unspecified damages. Aledda shot Kinsey in the leg July 18 as he lay in the street next to his 27-year-old client. Arnaldo Rios had walked away from the
  
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• This week in photos | 10TV Photographers

  06-08-2016 05:12
  
  The photographers of 10TV travel around Columbus to bring you the latest news from our area.Along the way, they capture the sights and moments around central Ohio and share them with you on Instagram.Here is a look at this week's photos:To see more amazing photos from our photographers, follow Central Ohio's News Leader on Instagram.This Week's Featured Stories5 things to know about Ohio's sales tax holidayOhio State Fair: Ticket info, attractions, scheduleColumbus neighborhoods come together fo
  
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• Attorney: Girl, 14, killed dad as he slept to stop abuse

  06-08-2016 05:07
  
  A 14-year-old Ohio girl fatally shot her father in the head as he slept to stop him from abusing her family, her attorney said Friday.The girl denied a charge of aggravated murder on Wednesday in Trumbull County Juvenile Court. She has been held in juvenile detention since the early morning shooting on July 28 at her family's home in Warren, about 55 miles southeast of Cleveland."This was a classic situation of a battered woman as it relates to mom," said Cleveland attorney Ian Friedman. "The g
  
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• Search for suspect who set mother of 7 on fire in gasoline attack

  06-08-2016 05:05
  
  Police in south Los Angeles are searching for a suspect who they say doused a mother of seven in gasoline and set her on fire, reports CBS Los Angeles.The attack happened June 12, but police have recently released surveillance video they say shows a man grinning at a local convenience store as he bought gasoline moments before the attack.The woman, 47-year-old Tabitha Morton, remains in critical condition. Investigators say Morton, who family says is homeless, got into a fight with the suspect b
  
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• Man convicted of death of accomplice during 2015 burglary on West Side

  06-08-2016 04:53
  
  A burglary at a West Side house one year ago led to a violent confrontation with the occupants and ended in the death of one of the intruders. On Friday, a Franklin County jury held the dead man's accomplice responsible for the fatality. Michael A. Long, 33, was convicted of murder, plus one count each of aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and attempted grand theft and two counts of felonious assault. The jury also found him guilty of a gun specification on each count.
  
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• Rio welcomes world with sultry music, plea for conservation

  06-08-2016 04:51
  
  With fireworks forming the word "Rio" in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of "The Girl from Ipanema," Rio de Janiero welcomed the world to the first Olympic Games in South America with a serious message underlying the celebration: Let's take care of our planet.After one of the roughest-ever rides from vote to games by an Olympic host, the city of beaches, carnival, grinding poverty and sun-kissed wealth opened the two-week games of the 31st Olympiad with a high-energ
  
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• ECOT hands over records to Ohio Department of Education

  06-08-2016 04:49
  
  The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow has delivered more than 25,000 documents, filling nearly 50 "banker boxes," to the Ohio Department of Education to comply with a judge's order.
  
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• Husband tries, fails to save wife from being killed by train

  06-08-2016 04:21
  
  Police in Florida say a husband failed in his frantic attempt to pull his wife off railroad tracks after she tripped and she was killed by an oncoming train.Delray Beach police said Thursday that the couple was walking home after eating dinner at a nearby restaurant Wednesday night when they attempted to cross some railroad tracks.Spokeswoman Dani Moschella said the 62-year-old woman tripped as the train approached. Witnesses told police they saw her 58-year-old husband trying desperately to pul
  
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• Inmates, staff swelter as AC goes out in Logan County jail

  06-08-2016 03:12
  
  Two air compressors failed on top of the Logan County jail last week, creating oppressive heat in the building that also houses court personnel, deputies and emergency dispatchers. Inmates seem to be taking the nearly-100-degree heat pretty well.
  
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• Suspect in execution-style murder of Ga. teens makes bizarre court appearance

  06-08-2016 03:04
  
  The suspect accused of fatally shooting two teenagers found behind a suburban Atlanta grocery store has appeared before a judge for the first time, his legs and hands shaking.Video from WSB-TV shows 20-year-old Jeffrey Hazelwood jerking his head around, and his hands and wrists shaking continuously at his first hearing Friday at the Fulton County Jail.Hazelwood was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of murder in the killings of Carter Davis and Natalie Henderson. The 17-year-olds wer
  
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• Buckeye Reach program helps troubled youth see better future

  06-08-2016 02:58
  Ohio State University is taking its educational resources off campus and to the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility.Dr. Patty Cunningham wanted to come up with a way to end the cycle of imprisonment for hundreds of youth who end up sentenced to a correctional facility as teens.“Really thinking about doing education in a different way because most of these kids come from failing schools or they weren't going to school a lot,” Dr. Cunningham said.So, Dr. Cunningham came up with
  
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• Search for Cincinnati teen volunteer underway in national park

  06-08-2016 02:10
  
  A search for a 16-year-old Ohio girl has entered a second day in Grand Teton National Park.Fauna Jackson is part of a youth conservation group called Groundwork USA. She's been missing since she took a break from working on a trail in the park Thursday morning.Searchers are using dogs and helicopters to look for her in the area of the Triangle X Ranch in Jackson Hole.Robin Corathers with Groundwork Cincinnati said Friday the group is very concerned about Jackson. The teen took part in an eight-w
  
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• Missing Cincinnati teen in custody after being found with altered appearance

  06-08-2016 02:10
  
  A 16-year-old girl who went missing in Grand Teton National Park and fled when authorities tried to rescue her is in protective custody and will be reunited with her parents.Fauna Jackson of Cincinnati, Ohio, had been traveling in Grand Teton with the national organization Groundwork USA. Her parents were in Cincinnati and are on their way to Teton County, Wyoming, according to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.Authorities have said little about her disappearance.Jackson was spotted at about 8 a
  
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• Missing Cincinnati teen found safe in national park

  06-08-2016 02:10
  
  UPDATE:Searchers have found an Ohio teen who went missing in Grand Teton National Park.Fauna Jackson was uninjured and taken to a hospital to be checked out.The National Park Service says Jackson changed her appearance by cutting and dying her hair. Authorities say she fled when they tried to contact her early Saturday.Rescuers redoubled their efforts after they found her hiking boot on Friday.The girl was found near the Snake River Overlook about 4 miles from where she was last seen.--A search
  
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• Actions of missing Cincinnati teen found safe in park raise questions

  06-08-2016 02:10
  
  Searchers located an Ohio teen who went missing in Grand Teton National Park on Saturday and tracked her down after she fled when authorities tried to rescue her.Fauna Jackson, 16, was uninjured and taken to a hospital to be checked out. The National Park Service said Jackson changed her appearance by cutting and dying her hair. She also changed her clothes.The girl, who is from Cincinnati, Ohio, was found near the Snake River Overlook about 4 miles from where she was last seen on Thursday morni
  
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• Hilltop residents question why they didn't know sex offender lived there

  06-08-2016 01:28
  
  Kristopher T. Amos spent much of his summer a free man, despite being a suspect in a June stabbing that eventually killed a woman this week. Amos, a 29-year-old registered sex offender, was arrested by Columbus police Wednesday morning, just hours after Candy Arthurs succumbed to the knife wound that police say Amos inflicted. But the timing of Arthurs' death and Amos' arrest — both occurring 41 days after the June 23 attack — is a coincidence, according to Sgt. Rich Weiner, spokesma
  
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• 3 charged after burned remains of neglected child found in Chicago home

  06-08-2016 00:49
  
  A 4-year-old boy whose malnourished, partially burned remains were found by Chicago firefighters had been kept in a back room of his family's home that reeked of feces and urine, prosecutors said Thursday.When firefighters found Manuel Aguilar's body in an abandoned home on Tuesday, he was so small that investigators initially believed they had found a 9-month-old baby, Assistant State's Attorney Jamie Santini told Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil.Santini said Manuel had been kept in a room where his
  
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• Rider retrieves stolen bike in time for Pelotonia

  06-08-2016 00:22
  
  Bethany Truax had been planning for months to ride in Pelotonia to raise money for cancer. It's her first time with the bike fundraiser. When Truax woke up Monday morning, her bike was gone. She had left the brand-new Specialized Vita Elite Disc, which retails for a little less than $1,000, on the back of her car overnight at her Columbus home near Hilliard.
  
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