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• Opinion: SWACO Expedited Processes for West Side Warehouse Fire Cleanup

  24-09-2016 23:17
  
  I was disappointed by the inaccurate information presented recently by John Rush, candidate for elected office, in regards to the removal of waste following the unfortunate fire at a cold storage facility on Columbus’ West Side. SWACO was saddened to learn of the fire and the on-going impacts to the neighborhood. As the operator of […]
  
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• Charlotte police to release body and dash camera video of shooting

  24-09-2016 22:45
  
  Charlotte's police chief announced Saturday that he would release body and dashboard camera footage of the shooting of a black man after several days of demonstrations that have coalesced around demands that the public see the video.Chief Kerr Putney said at a news conference that the video would be made available through a web link in a news release that was coming out within a half hour of him addressing media. He said that and other evidence they were releasing would corroborate their account
  
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• Charlotte police footage shows shooting of Keith Lamont Scott

  24-09-2016 22:45
  
  Charlotte police released dramatic video footage Saturday that shows officers surrounding a black man with his hands at his side before shots are fired and he buckles to the ground.Keith Lamont Scott can be seen in police dashboard camera video backing away from his SUV with his hands down, and it's unclear if there's anything in the man's hands. Four shots are heard, and he falls to the ground.The footage was released after several days of demonstrations that have coalesced around demands that
  
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• AP: Brad Pitt abuse allegations involve 15-year-old son

  24-09-2016 21:45
  
  Allegations Brad Pitt was abusive on a private plane last week relate to the actor’s treatment of his 15-year-old son, sources said Friday, as the FBI continued to gather information before determining whether to open an investigation.
  FBI Spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agency hasn’t made a decision on a formal investigation into what occurred on a plane ferrying Pitt, his wife Angelina Jolie Pitt and their six children.
  Several news outlets have reported that a child welfare ag
  
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• FBI "Top Ten Most Wanted" fugitive nabbed after 17 years on the run

  24-09-2016 21:23
  
  Prosecutors in Mexico say they have detained one of the FBI’s 10 most-wanted fugitives after 17 years on the run -- a Mexican citizen sought for kidnapping, rape and homicide charges in Chicago, Illinois.The federal attorney general’s office said Thursday that Fidel Urbina was detained on a U.S. extradition warrant in a tiny hamlet named “El Polvo” in a remote part of the border state of Chihuahua. He was taken into custody without incident Thursday by Interpol and Polici
  
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• Mourners attend funeral for teen shot by Ohio police

  24-09-2016 21:20
  Mourners stand at the cemetery during the funeral of Tyre King, a 13-year-old African-American youth shot last week by a white police officer, in Columbus, Ohio, September 24, 2016. Mourners stand and watch as the casket of Tyre King, a 13-year-old African-American youth shot last week by a white police officer, is carried to his grave at a cemetery in Columbus, Ohio, September 24, 2016.
  
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• California police: Man stabs six people in house party fight

  24-09-2016 21:08
  
  A 21-year-old man stabbed six people early Saturday at a California house party, lashing out after he bumped into someone and a fight erupted, authorities said.Two people were critically injured and four others were hospitalized in stable condition, police said.Arriving officers said they found suspect Aaron Hong Te in front of the Pasadena residence where about 200 people were attending the party.Te was taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder, authorities said. It was unclear whethe
  
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• Mom's post about hilarious discovery in son's backpack goes viral

  24-09-2016 20:56
  
  On September 21, Ladye Hobson was at work when she looked down at her cellphone and discovered that her son’s school was calling. Naturally, she expected the worst, bracing herself for bad news. Her 8-year-old son, Brylan, could be sick. He could have missed the bus. He could have been injured.“Usually, principals don’t call moms for GOOD reasons,” she told CBS News. “So, I was a little worried.”This time, however, Gayla Goff -- the principal at Brylan’s
  
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• Washington shooting gunman hunted by police after deadly mall rampage

  24-09-2016 20:18
  
  Police searched Saturday for a gunman authorities said opened fire in the makeup department of a Macy’s store at a mall north of Seattle, killing five people before fleeing toward an interstate on foot.People fled, customers hid in dressing rooms and employees locked the doors of nearby stores after gunshots rang out just after 7 p.m. Friday at the Cascade Mall. A helicopter, search teams and K-9 units scoured the area for a rifle-carrying man.“We are still actively looking for the s
  
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• Washington mall shooting suspect in custody

  24-09-2016 20:18
  
  Authorities say the suspect in a deadly shooting at a Washington state mall shooting is in custody.The Skagit County Department of Emergency Management said via Twitter Saturday evening that the suspect had been captured. No other details were immediately available. A news conference was set for Saturday night.A gunman opened fire at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, Friday night, killing four females and a male before fleeing. Law enforcement staged a massive search over more than 20
  
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• New details on deadly Florida tiger attack

  24-09-2016 19:51
  
  A zookeeper screamed for help into her radio before she was fatally attacked by a Malayan tiger, but the 350-pound animal crushed her neck before her co-workers could reach her, an autopsy report released Friday showed.The Palm Beach County medical examiner determined that Stacey Konwiser, 38, died of a fractured spine, a lacerated jugular and other neck injuries suffered when she was attacked on April 15 by “Hati.”The male tiger, then 12 years old, had been at the zoo for two years
  
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• Suspicious fire destroys Fairfield County Fairgrounds grandstand

  24-09-2016 19:13
  
  An historical grandstand at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds in Lancaster was destroyed by a suspicious fire overnight.
  
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• Man dies after double shooting in Linden

  24-09-2016 19:11
  
  A man died early today in a double shooting in Linden. Police were called to the 1400 block of Gennessee Avenue about 3:45 a.m. and found two shooting victims, officers said.
  
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• President Obama named as special guest for Ohio Democratic Party State Dinner

  24-09-2016 18:06
  
  One day after early voting kicks off in Ohio, President Barack Obama will be the special guest for the Ohio Democratic Party for their annual State Dinner.The dinner is scheduled for October 13 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.“We’re deeply honored that Barack Obama is taking the time to fire up Ohio Democrats as we enter the final stretch of the 2016 campaign,” said Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper. “Ohio Democrats helped to win the White House for Ob
  
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• Two parties differ on worth of panel

  24-09-2016 17:20
  Franklin County Republican Central Committee Chairman Brad Sinnott says the local GOP is maintaining a healthy skepticism over the recent convening of a Columbus Charter Review Committee. "There are some good people who are on the committee, but these good people on the committee don't have power to make change at City Hall," Sinnott said.
  
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• Theatre Review: Otterbein’s Addams Family Soars Over Its Material

  24-09-2016 16:30
  
  Otterbein opens their 2016-17 season this weekend with 2010′s Broadway musical The Addams Family, based on the cartoons by Charles Addams, with a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. The fast, vibrant production directed by Christina Kirk can’t overcome the banal, tedious source but is a classic example of […]
  
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• Columbus Natural Winery to Attend Global Wine Fair in New York

  24-09-2016 16:00
  
  Unlike craft beer, natural, “biodynamic” wine has taken a while to take off in the United States, but the trend may not be too far away. The RAW wine fair, featuring hundreds of vintners from dozens of countries, will be in the states for the first time, and Via Vecchia — Columbus’ own natural winery […]
  
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• New Smithsonian museum chronicling black history opens

  24-09-2016 12:52
  
  President Barack Obama plans to officially open the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture at a ribbon cutting ceremony on the National Mall.The new museum is located only steps away from the White House and the Washington Monument, which was dedicated to a slaveholder president, George Washington.Museum officials say the new Smithsonian facility will chronicle the complex relationship between the U.S. and a people it once enslaved, and tell the story of those who wo
  
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• One male dead, one injured after north Columbus shooting

  24-09-2016 12:22
  
  Police are investigating after a shooting left one male dead and another injured in north Columbus early Saturday morning.It happened on Genessee Avenue near Dresden Street around 3:45 a.m.It's not yet clear what led to the shooting or if police are looking for any suspects.The injured victim is expected to survive.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• Addicts find help, redemption through church, God

  24-09-2016 12:10
  
  Sheila Raye Charles lay flat on a concrete floor, begging God to help heal her addiction. It was her third time in federal prison and she had lost everything — her freedom, her career, her children. Charles will share her story of how God helped pull her out of a crack-cocaine addiction next month at “The Role of the Church in the Opiate Crisis.”
  
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• Hoover Reservoir raises a big stink

  24-09-2016 12:09
  
  The Hoover Reservoir stinks. For weeks, residents around Hoover have been dealing with a stench from the reservoir, which provides about 77 million gallons of water per day to customers northeast and east of Columbus’ core. Columbus, which oversees the water systems in the region, has received several complaints, as has Westerville.
  
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• Man who hit Sacramento mayor with pie is charged

  24-09-2016 11:30
  
  A man has been formally charged with assault and battery after hitting Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson in the face with a pie.Sean Thompson, a 32-year-old local activist, was charged Friday with one count of felony assault against a public official and one count of misdemeanor battery.The mayor and former NBA star was greeting people at an outdoor charity dinner Wednesday when a man approached him from behind and shoved the dessert in his face. The mayor struck back and tackled Thompson.Thompson
  
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• Lancaster Community shares memories of old grandstand

  24-09-2016 11:19
  
  Investigators are calling a fire at the fairgrounds in Lancaster that destroyed an old structure early Saturday morning suspicious. Now, community members are concerned for the buildings that surround the old grandstand.Crews were called to the scene around 2:15 a.m. Saturday. When they arrived, crews found flames fully engulfing the seating area of the grandstand.Lt. K.J. Watts with the Lancaster Fire Department says there were several reports of juveniles running from the area as fire personne
  
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• Fire destroys old grandstand at fairgrounds in Lancaster

  24-09-2016 11:19
  
  Investigators are calling a fire at the fairgrounds in Lancaster that broke out early Saturday morning suspicious.Crews were called to the scene around 2 a.m. Saturday. When they arrived, crews found flames fully engulfing the seating area of the grandstand.Investigators say juveniles were seen running from the area.According to the Lancaster Eagle Gazette, it took crews roughly an hour to extinguish the fire and crews remained on scene throughout the morning to take care of hot spots.“It&
  
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• Fire burns old grandstand at fairgrounds in Lancaster

  24-09-2016 11:19
  
  Investigators are calling a fire at the fairgrounds in Lancaster that broke out early Saturday morning suspicious.The fire burned the old grandstand to the ground and started around 2:30 a.m.Investigators say teens were seen running from the fairgrounds.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest developments.
  
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• City will spend $46 million on project

  24-09-2016 09:14
  Columbus has approved spending up to $40 million for road improvements and $6 million in tax incentives to help OhioHealth move its offices out of Downtown and create 1,150 new jobs in the city. The Columbus City Council approved on Monday the tax breaks and road improvements for the interchange of Route 315 and West North Broadway on the Northwest Side.
  
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• Appeals court: Ohio elections chief wrongly purged voters

  24-09-2016 05:36
  
  Ohio's process for maintaining its voter rolls wrongfully removes eligible people, a federal appeals court ruled Friday as the perennial presidential battleground state prepares for the fall election.The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the New York-based public advocacy group Demos sued Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted in April, claiming the state illegally drops registered voters from its registration list based on their failure to vote in recent elections.A three-judge panel
  
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• BWW Review: TWISTED 2 a Celebration of all Things Columbus

  24-09-2016 05:29
  Photo Credit: Jennifer Zmuda The production, which celebrated opening night Thursday at the Ohio Theatre, featured performances that highlighted the artistic cooperation of BalletMet, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Opera Columbus. It served as a sequel to 2014's season opener, "Twisted," which reimagined favorite operatic and symphonic compositions on a stage shared by Columbus musicians, dancers and performers.
  
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• Authorities: 5 people killed in shooting at mall north of Seattle

  24-09-2016 05:12
  The Latest on a fatal shooting at a mall in Washington state (all times local): Authorities say a fifth person has died following a shooting at a shopping mall north of Seattle.A spokesman for the Skagit County Emergency Operations Center says the unidentified male victim died early Saturday at a Seattle hospital. Four female victims died earlier following the Friday night shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington.Authorities continue to search for the shooter.A Washington State Pat
  
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• Authorities: 4 females killed in shooting at mall north of Seattle

  24-09-2016 05:12
  
  The Latest on a fatal shooting at a mall in Washington state (all times local):11:40 p.m.Authorities now say four females were fatally shot at a mall north of Seattle and one male was critically injured.Washington State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Mark Francis updated the fatality figures late Friday night. Authorities initially said four people were killed, then said three were dead, before revising the number again. Francis said the number fluctuated as authorities searched the large Cascade Mall in
  
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• Authorities: 4 confirmed dead in shooting at mall north of Seattle

  24-09-2016 05:12
  
  Authorities in Washington State say four people have been killed during a shooting at a mall north of Seattle and that at least one suspect remains at large.The Washington State Patrol says on Twitter that the four were shot Friday at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) north of Seattle.Sgt. Mark Francis says authorities are searching for a man wearing gray who was last seen walking toward Interstate 5 from the mall. Francis says it wasn't immediately known if there w
  
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• Authorities: 3 confirmed dead in shooting at mall north of Seattle

  24-09-2016 05:12
  
  The Latest on a fatal shooting at a mall in Washington state (all times local):9:30 p.m.Gov. Jay Inslee says tragedy has struck in Washington state in Burlington, where a shooter has taken the lives of at least three people.The governor said in a statement that many questions remain but state patrol and local law enforcement are on the scene working swiftly to locate the shooter and clear the area."Trudi and I send our condolences to the families of the victims and prayers for anyone injured. We
  
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• Authorities: 3 confirmed dead, 2 injured in shooting at mall north of Seattle

  24-09-2016 05:12
  
  The Latest on a fatal shooting at a mall in Washington state (all times local):9:55 p.m.Authorities say three people were killed and two injured when a gunman opened fire at a mall north of Seattle.Washington State Patrol spokesman Mark Francis said Friday night that three females were killed, one male suffered life-threatening injuries and another female suffered non-life threatening injuries at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington.Authorities had previously said four people were killed,
  
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• Columbus church works to bring peace in wake of violence

  24-09-2016 04:52
  Some Columbus neighborhoods are trying to heal after recent violence in the city and across the country.Community members living near Olde Towne East say they are heartbroken over police shootings in Charlotte, North Carolina and Tulsa, Oklahoma, but especially at home.A 13-year-old boy shot and killed by a Columbus police officer last week will soon be laid to rest. The funeral for Tyre King is Saturday morning.While the healing process is slow in the Columbus community, a local church hoped fo
  
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• New traffic pattern at 270/33 interchange

  24-09-2016 04:27
  
  If you live or work in Marysville, Plain City or Muirfield Village a new traffic pattern on US-33 eastbound will slow down. The Ohio Department of Transportation says these traffic impacts are necessary so crews can continue constructing the new ramp from eastbound US 33 to northbound I-270.Beginning Saturday night, September 24, two ramps at the I-270/US 33 interchange will close and temporary traffic signals will be in place for both directions of US 33.Closed Temporarily:The loop ramp from I-
  
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• Columbus Motor Speedway hosting closing this weekend

  24-09-2016 04:16
  71 years of history are coming to an end this weekend.A standing room only crowd is expected at the Columbus Motor Speedway Saturday for its final race.The village of Obetz is purchasing the track to expand its memorial park. The track will be taken out and an artificial turf field will go in for rugby and other events.10TV photographer Scott Doelling gives us a look at what will be missed, most.
  
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• Columbus Motor Speedway closing this weekend

  24-09-2016 04:16
  71 years of history are coming to an end this weekend.A standing room only crowd is expected at the Columbus Motor Speedway Saturday for its final race.The village of Obetz is purchasing the track to expand its memorial park. The track will be taken out and an artificial turf field will go in for rugby and other events.10TV photographer Scott Doelling gives us a look at what will be missed, most.
  
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• Obama vetoes bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia

  24-09-2016 04:10
  
  President Barack Obama rejected a bill Friday that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, arguing it undermined national security and setting up the possibility Congress may override his veto for the first time in his presidency.Obama's move escalates the fight over an emotional issue that has overlapped with the campaign debate over terrorism and the Middle East. The bill had sailed through both chambers of Congress with bipartisan support, cleari
  
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• What we know about Betty Shelby, the Tulsa officer who shot Terence Crutcher

  24-09-2016 04:06
  
  The history of the Tulsa police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man after responding to a stalled car is emerging as her actions come under national scrutiny.Officer Betty Shelby “reacted unreasonably” when she fatally shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on Sept. 16, prosecutors wrote in an affidavit filed Thursday. Police quickly provided videos of the shooting and on Thursday a district attorney announced first-degree manslaughter charges against Shelby.Dashcam and aerial footage
  
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• Plain City man killed in truck wreck

  24-09-2016 03:49
  
  A Plain City man was found dead early Friday morning, after he was thrown from his truck in a Union County crash.
  
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• WATCH: Jack Hanna on the Late Late Show with James Corden

  24-09-2016 03:14
  
  Jack Hanna visited the Late Late Show with James Corden Thursday night and brought along a few friends from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.While on the show, Jack brought out a kinkajou honey bear, an African porcupine, an armadillo, a coyote and a camel.
  Guests Lucy Liu and Terry Crews Lucy Lui joined in on the fun, including placing a carrot in their mouths and feeding them to the camel.The camel got a little too close for comfort for Crews – “He tongued me,” Crews shouted wit
  
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• NAACP calls for independent investigation into Tyre King shooting

  24-09-2016 02:49
  
  The NAACP is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to begin an independent investigation into officer-involved shootings by the Columbus Division of Police.
  
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• Charlotte boy gives police officers "free hugs" after violent protests

  24-09-2016 02:41
  
  A 5-year-old boy’s response to the violent protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, is touching hearts across the country -- his parents included.Deanna Hooker describes her son, Jayden, as an “old soul,” which is why she wasn’t surprised by the kindergartner’s request to visit police officers after learning several were hurt during a Tuesday night demonstration over the fatal police shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott. “I want to give them hugs so they&r
  
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• City agrees to spend total $46 million to move OhioHealth headquarters near Riverside Methodist Hospital

  24-09-2016 02:30
  
  Columbus has approved spending up to $40 million for road improvements and $6 million in tax incentives to help OhioHealth move its offices out of Downtown and create 1,150 new jobs in the city.
  
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• Three officers cleared in two police shootings

  24-09-2016 02:01
  
  Three Columbus Division of Police officers involved in two separate shootings were found Friday to have acted within the Division’s firearms policy.
  
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• HD Charter Review Committee Meeting

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• Columbus Charter Review Committee Meeting 9/22/16

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• 21 years after her rape, survivor faces attacker in court

  24-09-2016 00:42
  A Columbus woman's 21-year wait for justice is over.For two decades, her 1995 rape went unsolved. Last year, a new look at old evidence led Columbus Police to her attacker.Pawlette Reese sat alone in a Franklin County courtroom Friday, waiting."I was 17 years old. Yeah. It's been 20 years," she said.Twenty years since she was robbed of her innocence and her right to say “no.”"I buried it,” she said. “I still had to live. I still had to function. So I buried it the best I
  
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