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• Ashland abduction suspect has lengthy criminal history

  14-09-2016 23:49
  
  A woman who reported Tuesday she was being held against her will led to the arrest of kidnapping suspect, Shawn Grate, and the discovery of three bodies in two Ohio counties.CrimeTracker 10 searched dozens of police reports and court documents to uncover a disturbing pattern of violence against women by Grate.The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections says Grate went to prison in February 1997 for burglary. A judge granted him early release in October of that same year.Two years later
  
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• New video at Columbus Hospitals offers advice to new moms

  14-09-2016 23:26
  Who better to encourage new birth moms than women who women who have also recently experienced the joy of childbirth?The creators of a new video called “CelebrateOne:Tips for the First Year” are rolling out a five minute production which is aimed at giving new moms encouragement and critical information to help keep their babies safe and healthy.The video will be shown to all moms delivering in local hospitals: Mount Carmel Health Systems, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Cen
  
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• Netflix wants data caps to be illegal

  14-09-2016 23:18
  
  Netflix is not happy that internet service providers like Comcast want to impose broadband data caps on customers.In a complaint to the FCC, the streaming company condemned such restrictions, saying, “Data caps (especially low data caps) and usage based pricing (“UBP”) discourage a consumer’s consumption of broadband, and may impede the ability of some households to watch Internet television in a manner and amount that they would like.”The complaint continued, &ldqu
  
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• Unique Zika case remains medical mystery

  14-09-2016 23:15
  
  SALT LAKE CITY - A case of the Zika virus in Utah is now the only one in the continental U.S. that’s still puzzling researchers on exactly how it spread, health officials said Tuesday.The man caught the illness after caring for his infected father, who had an extremely high level of the virus in his blood when he died in June, according to a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One possibility is that he transmitted the virus to his son through a bodily f
  
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• Ahead of Trump's Canton visit, Democrat says there's 'a lot of hate' among his supporters

  14-09-2016 23:13
  
  CANTON – The Democrat offered up by Hillary Clinton’s campaign to counter Donald Trump’s Ohio visit today essentially doubled down on her controversial “basket of deplorables” description of those backing the GOP nominee.
  
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• Two more distemper cases confirmed at overwhelmed Franklin County Dog Shelter

  14-09-2016 22:52
  
  The Franklin County Dog Shelter now is telling people who adopted dogs that might have been exposed to distemper to take their pets to a private veterinarian instead of returning to the shelter. Previously, the shelter was offering free medical care for those dogs, but director Don Winstel said Wednesday that it had to stop that because its staff is overwhelmed dealing with quarantined dogs and new arrivals. “Right now, we don’t have the capability to handle a lot of sick dogs,&rdquo
  
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• Ex-Licking County deputy charged with threatening woman

  14-09-2016 22:39
  
  NEWARK — A Licking County deputy sheriff who was on paid leave for more than 16 months has been charged with unlawful restraint and disorderly conduct and has officially left his job at the sheriff’s office. The charges against Deputy Danny “Dan” German were filed Wednesday in Licking County Municipal Court. The misdemeanor offenses reportedly occurred in October 2014 and April 2015, according criminal complaints filed in court.
  
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• Timeline: Franklin County Dog Shelter distemper outbreak

  14-09-2016 22:17
  
  The Franklin County Dog Shelter has euthanized 64 dogs as a result of the respiratory disease outbreak.The new total was released Wednesday at a press conference.The shelter also announced that three of those dogs did test positive for distemper.An additional eight dogs have been euthanized for non-distemper issues.Previous CoverageFranklin County Dog Shelter to remain closed for the weekend due to distemperFranklin Co. Dog Shelter outlines plan to fight respiratory disease outbreakRescuers conc
  
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• Judge dismisses union lawsuit seeking to halt prison farm sale

  14-09-2016 22:11
  
  A Franklin County judge dismissed a state employee union's lawsuit challenging the closing of state prison farming operations today.
  
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• Police investigating fatal shooting on East Side

  14-09-2016 21:12
  
  Columbus police are investigating a fatal shooting on the city's East Side. Police had already responded to a call in the 1800 block of Fleming Road on reports of a disturbance. That issue was resolved, but police received reports of a shooting there about 30 minutes later. The victim was a male in his 20s, said Sgt. David Sicilian, a homicide detective. The man's name has not been released.
  
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• The Columbus Rotary Club Luncheon: "Breaking Stand Up and 15 minutes of Laughs" Daniel Steinberg

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• ACC to relocate championship events from North Carolina

  14-09-2016 20:19
  
  The Atlantic Coast Conference has followed the NCAA's lead and is removing all its athletic championships from North Carolina over a state law that some say can lead to discrimination against LGBT people.The ACC Council of Presidents voted Wednesday to relocate the league's championships until North Carolina repeals the law. The decision includes 10 neutral site championships this academic school year, which means relocating the ACC football title game that was scheduled to be played in Charlott
  
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• Proposal for Ohio unemployment fund would raise taxes on employers, employees

  14-09-2016 20:16
  
  As lawmakers work to craft a plan to shore up Ohio's unemployment compensation fund, a left-leaning group has recommended raising taxes on both employers and employees to build sufficient reserves. Policy Matters Ohio's five-point proposal also would allow more low-wage workers who lose their jobs to be eligible for benefits. If enacted, the fund, inadequately financed for decades, would be solvent by 2025, said Zach Schiller, Policy Matters research director.
  
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• Zulily opens expanded office, seeks 50 workers

  14-09-2016 19:43
  Online retailer Zulily Wednesday morning announced a new phase of expansion in central Ohio, holding official opening ceremonies for its newly expanded Gahanna office, 800 Tech Center Dr., and and announcing 50 job openings. In a statement, Zulily said its latest investment of $1.3 million comes on top of the capital investment of $30 million it said it has already spent here.
  
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• LATEST: 'Please hurry,' abducted woman says in 911 call

  14-09-2016 19:37
  ASHLAND, Ohio (WBNS/AP) -- The Latest on the Ohio abduction case that led police to a kidnapping suspect and the remains of three people:6:20 p.m.A woman in Ohio whose 911 call led to the discovery of three bodies in two counties whispered to a dispatcher to "please hurry" and that she was scared.The woman said in the call released by authorities Wednesday that she had been tied up in the house in Ashland in Ohio but partly freed herself to make the call while the man was asleep.The woman said h
  
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• LATEST: 'Please hurry,' abducted woman say in 911 call

  14-09-2016 19:37
  ASHLAND, Ohio (WBNS/AP) -- The Latest on the Ohio abduction case that led police to a kidnapping suspect and the remains of three people:6:20 p.m.A woman in Ohio whose 911 call led to the discovery of three bodies in two counties whispered to a dispatcher to "please hurry" and that she was scared.The woman said in the call released by authorities Wednesday that she had been tied up in the house in Ashland in Ohio but partly freed herself to make the call while the man was asleep.The woman said h
  
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• LATEST: After remains found, fire investigators return

  14-09-2016 19:37
  ASHLAND, Ohio (WBNS/AP) -- The Latest on the Ohio abduction case that led police to a kidnapping suspect and the remains of three people:1 p.m.The Ohio fire marshal's investigators have returned to a home destroyed in a June blaze now that human remains have been found in nearby woods in connection with an abduction investigation.Fire marshal spokeswoman Lindsey Burnworth says investigators were checking the property near Mansfield on Wednesday after decomposed remains were found behind it Tuesd
  
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• Internet raises thousands for 89-year-old Chicago "Popsicle man"

  14-09-2016 18:45
  CHICAGO - Timing is everything, especially for 89-year-old Fidencio Sanchez.He knows that walking down the right street in Little Village and stopping at the right corner means he’ll sell more “paletas,” or fruit popsicles.Timing is also the reason why he’s now making headlines across the city and the country.A man who happened to be at the right place and at the right time saw Sanchez do his everyday job, and he snapped a photo of it. He then felt compelled to begin a Go
  
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• Household dust is laced with toxic chemicals, study finds

  14-09-2016 18:21
  
  Household dust does more than collect in corners and on bookshelves full of novels you haven’t gotten around to reading. A new study shows it can expose people to a wide range of potentially toxic chemicals.In what the authors are calling the first study of its kind – a meta-analysis of more than two dozen previous studies on chemicals in dust – they report that 90 percent of dust samples taken from houses in 14 states contain harmful chemicals, including one that’s known
  
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• AEP signs agreement to sell four power plants

  14-09-2016 18:13
  
  American Electric Power has signed an agreement to sell four power plants, three of which are in Ohio, to a joint venture of private-equity firms. Columbus-based AEP announced the $2.17 billion deal this morning. The buyers are Blackstone and Arclight Capital Partners.
  
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• Uber gives riders a preview of the driverless future

  14-09-2016 18:06
  
  PITTSBURGH -- Uber riders in Pittsburgh can get a glimpse of the future by summoning a car capable of handling most of the tasks of driving on its own.Starting Wednesday morning, a fleet of self-driving Ford Fusions will pick up Uber riders who opted to participate in a test program. While the vehicles are loaded with features that allow them to navigate on their own, an Uber engineer will sit in the driver's seat and seize control if things go awry.
  Uber's test program is the latest move in an
  
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• Feds to release $71 million charter school grant to Ohio, with strict oversight

  14-09-2016 17:41
  
  After months of delay, the U.S. Department of Education today announced it will release a $71 million grant that Ohio can use to establish new charter schools, though the money comes with strict oversight. Federal officials are requiring the Ohio Department of Education to hire an approved, independent monitor to oversee the state’s use of the funds and implementation of special conditions placed on the grant.
  
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• Ohio boy seen in car with passed-out adults gets new home with South Carolina relatives

  14-09-2016 17:29
  
  A 4-year-old Ohio boy pictured in police photos in the back seat of a car while his grandmother and her boyfriend were slumped over from a drug overdose is moving in with other relatives.
  
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• 4-year-old Ohio boy found in car with OD'd adults gets new home

  14-09-2016 17:24
  
  LISBON, Ohio -- A 4-year-old Ohio boy pictured in police photos in the back seat of a car while his grandmother and her boyfriend were slumped over from a drug overdose is moving in with other relatives.Columbiana County Juvenile Court administrator Dane Walton tells The Associated Press that the boy's great uncle and great aunt in South Carolina petitioned the court for custody, which was granted Monday by a judge.Walton says the grandmother, Rhonda Pasek, was granted custody of the boy six wee
  
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• Licking County Sheriff's deputy charged in sexual misconduct case

  14-09-2016 17:14
  
  A Licking County Sheriff's Office deputy was charged with unlawful restraint and disorderly conduct Wednesday morning.Deputy Dan German has been on administrative leave for more than a year amid a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, which were reported to a school resource officer in 2015.The Bureau of Criminal Investigation took over the investigation from Newark police shortly after the report was taken.German was placed on paid administrative leave on April 27, 2015.
  
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• Review: Condado Columbus Commons

  14-09-2016 16:00
  
  If memory serves correctly, the demise of the taco trend was personally predicted two years ago. At the time, tacos had already spread from their ubiquitous trucks to placement on every restaurant menu, in every form. Taco Tuesday was just too popular to last forever. Surely it had jumped the shark. Good thing nobody told […]
  
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• Civil-rights attorney Michelle Alexander wins $250,000 Heinz Award

  14-09-2016 16:00
  
  Civil-rights attorney and New Albany resident Michelle Alexander is one of five people honored on Wednesday with $250,000 prizes from the Heinz Family Foundation.
  
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• Woman accused of taking child along while she stole from Apple Store

  14-09-2016 15:09
  A Columbus woman is wanted for allegedly stealing from the Easton Apple Store while a three-year-old child tagged along. According to Columbus police, it happened on August 24 around 7:40pm.
  
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• Colin Powell rips Clinton, Trump in leaked emails

  14-09-2016 14:57
  
  Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is suddenly at the center of the presidential campaign because of a batch of stolen emails from his Gmail account, that show he has issues with both major presidential candidates.The emails were posted by an anonymously run website called DCLeaks, that may have ties to Russian intelligence. A Powell spokesman has confirmed to CBS News that the general’s email was hacked, and that they have “no idea who did it and no further comment at this time.
  
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• AEP reaches agreement to sell four power plants

  14-09-2016 14:48
  
  American Electric Power has signed an agreement to sell four power plants, three of which are in Ohio, to a joint venture of private-equity firms. Columbus-based AEP announced the $2.17 billion deal this morning. The buyers are Blackstone and Arclight Capital Partners.
  
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• Accused of hypnotizing women, former Ohio lawyer pleads to kidnapping

  14-09-2016 14:48
  
  ELYRIA (AP) — A former Ohio attorney accused of hypnotizing female clients for his sexual gratification has pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges under a deal with prosecutors. Michael Fine, of Avon, pleaded guilty on Monday.
  
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• Accused of hypnotizing women, former Ohio lawyer pleads guilty to kidnapping

  14-09-2016 14:48
  
  ELYRIA (AP) — A former Ohio attorney accused of hypnotizing female clients for his sexual gratification has pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges under a deal with prosecutors. Michael Fine, of Avon, pleaded guilty on Monday.
  
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• Video shows car running down Phoenix officers in "intentional" act

  14-09-2016 14:11
  
  PHOENIX-- A driver plowed into two police officers outside a Phoenix gas station on Tuesday and proceeded to scuffle with a third policeman who managed to get out of the way in what the police chief denounced as a "violent, intentional act."Police said Marc LaQuon Payne, 44, apparently drove his vehicle at the officers before hitting a patrol car and crashing into the front of the QuikTrip store around 2 a.m. Tuesday."We are confident that this is an intentional act," Phoenix Police Chief Joseph
  
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• Fast Forward: The University District

  14-09-2016 14:00
  
  The University District is a Columbus neighborhood that is in a constant stage of change. Some people may believe that the latest transformations currently under way in the area are something out of the ordinary, but all it takes is a quick viewing of the WOSU Neighborhoods documentary that aired in 2011 to learn that […]
  
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• E-cigarette battery explodes in handbag, prompts mall scare

  14-09-2016 13:38
  
  FREEHOLD, N.J.-- Surveillance video has captured an e-cigarette explosion at a New Jersey mall that left a woman's Louis Vuitton bag smoking as she stood at a checkout counter, scaring a worker and another shopper.The footage shows a cloud of black smoke pour out of the purse on Sunday and captured the surprise of those in a sunglasses store at the Freehold Raceway Mall, including a worker and the bag's owner, Mara McInerney. McInerney can be seen then dumping its charred contents onto the floor
  
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• Unique Utah Zika case remains medical mystery

  14-09-2016 13:21
  
  SALT LAKE CITY -- A case of the Zika virus in Utah is now the only one in the continental U.S. that's still puzzling researchers on exactly how it spread, health officials said Tuesday.The man caught the illness after caring for his infected father, who had an extremely high level of the virus in his blood when he died in June, according to a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One possibility is that he transmitted the virus to his son through a bodily fluid
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Donald Trump unveils child care plan, will stop in Canton today

  14-09-2016 13:06
  
  GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump will be in Canton for a rally tonight, one day after he unveiled his child care plan.
  
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• Police find three bodies after rescuing abducted woman in Ashland

  14-09-2016 13:02
  Authorities are attempting to identify three bodies that were found Tuesday after one man was taken into custody for abducting a woman.Police in Ashland were called to the area of 105 East 4th Street after a woman reported that she was being held against her will at a house.Officers were able to find the woman inside 363 Covert Court along with 40-year-old Shawn Grate. Authorities say the home was supposed to be unoccupied. Shawn Michael Grate (Ashland County Jail)
  The victim had not been report
  
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• Schools using ID scanners on visitors to find sex offenders

  14-09-2016 12:28
  
  The next time you try to visit a public school, don’t leave the house without identification. Using a state grant, many Franklin County schools now require a government-issued photo ID at the door. The ID is scanned into a device that checks the person against a national sex-offenders’ database and prints out a sticker showing that the person passed the screening.
  
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• Education Insider: Ohio State holds stadium seat for POW-MIA

  14-09-2016 12:01
  
  From this season on, every Ohio Stadium sellout will come with an asterisk: The black chair in the first row of Section 3AA isn’t for sale. It will remain empty, as a tribute to prisoners of war and service members missing in action.
  
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• Ohio man’s morphine needs caught in pain-pill crackdown

  14-09-2016 11:56
  
  MIDDLETOWN — For more than 20 years, Kevin Morgan has been a prisoner of his pain. Just to get out of bed and hobble with a cane, Morgan requires as much as 70 times the amount of painkiller a doctor would normally prescribe. The normal average is the equivalent of 80 to 120 milligrams of morphine each day. Morgan takes almost 5,700.
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Partly sunny with a chance of showers

  14-09-2016 11:50
  This Morning: Increasing clouds. Warmer.
  This Afternoon: Mostly cloudy with a chance for a stray shower or storm. Low 80s.
  Tomorrow: Mix of sun and clouds. Seasonable. 79.
  Thursday: Mostly sunny and warmer. 84.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Live Radar | Hour-By-Hour Forecast
  Special Information: Clouds will be increasing today ahead of a cold front that will slide southeast across the region. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and evening over central Ohio with som
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Mostly sunny Thursday

  14-09-2016 11:50
  Thursday: Mostly sunny with a high near 80. NE wind 5-10 mph.
  Friday:Mostly sunny and warm. High 84. High school football looks good – chance of showers and storms after midnight into Saturday.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Live Radar | Hour-By-Hour ForecastSpecial Information: Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs around 80. High pressure and dry weather are expected for Thursday with cooler and drier air before a southerly flow returns bringing warm and humid air back by Frida
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Mostly cloudy with lows around 60 tonight

  14-09-2016 11:50
  This Evening: A slight chance of isolated showers, but mainly south of I-70. Otherwise mostly cloudy and warm. NW wind around 5 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy with lows around 60. NE wind 6-8 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny with a high near 80. NE wind 5-10 mph.
  Friday: Mostly sunny and warm. High 84. High school football looks good – chance of showers and storms after midnight into Saturday.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Live Radar | Hour-By-Hour ForecastSpecial Information: A cold front
  
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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Clear skies & comfortable Thursday night

  14-09-2016 11:50
  This Evening: Partly cloudy and pleasant.
  Tonight:Clear skies and comfortable.Low 59.
  Tomorrow:Partly sunny, warmer and a bit more humid.High 85.
  Saturday:Increasing clouds with a 60% chance for showers and storms.High 80.Special Information: Our preview of fall may be ending today as temperatures tomorrow climb back into the lower to middle 80s. But more refreshing air is on the way behind a cold front this weekend. That front may spoil some of your plans with rain chances around 60% Saturday a
  
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• Awaiting PUCO action, submetering foes in Ohio seek hearing

  14-09-2016 11:17
  
  Consumer advocates are calling for a public hearing about utility submetering, the latest wrinkle in an investigation into the practice that has been mostly quiet since February.
  
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• Chinese seeking soybeans visit Delaware County farm

  14-09-2016 11:16
  
  A black tour bus with tinted windows pulled into Bret Davis' gravel driveway in rural Delaware County on Monday afternoon, and 10 Chinese men and women climbed out into the bright sunshine, hats on, notebooks in hand.
  
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• Ted Strickland's campaign accused by conservative group of illegally instructing super PACs

  14-09-2016 10:46
  A Federal Elections Commission complaint filed by a conservative watchdog group claims Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Ted Strickland's campaign website illegally gives instructions to super PACs about what kind of TV ads they should air in various areas of the state. COLUMBUS, Ohio-A conservative watchdog group has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission accusing Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Ted Strickland's campaign of illegally coordinating with super PACs through his website
  
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• Police search for suspect accused in June killing

  14-09-2016 10:09
  
  Police are looking for a man they suspect of shooting and killing one man and injuring another back on June 28 in west Columbus.Police say they responded to a call out of a home invasion robbery on North Warren Avenue early that morning.They found two men suffering from gunshot wounds and one woman who had serious facial injuries after being physically attacked.One of the men died later at the hospital.Police have identified the suspect in the shooting as 29-year-old Joseph Kibby. He is consider
  
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• ECOT, state continue fighting over how to calculate funding

  14-09-2016 05:31
  
  Dating back to 2010, the manual the Department of Education uses to guide its attendance audits allows the use of log-in data to prove that e-school students are engaged in classwork. Not that anyone seemed to notice. Aaron Rausch, director of the department’s Office of Budget and School Funding, went through those manuals as he testified Tuesday as part of a lawsuit filed by ECOT, the state’s largest online school.
  
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