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• Drug price relief act headed to Ohio's 2017 ballot

  30-09-2016 23:54
  
  It will be a year later than backers wanted, but the Ohio Drug Price Relief Act is heading to the Ohio's statewide ballot.
  
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• New sex assault bills OK'd after Brock Turner outrage

  30-09-2016 23:42
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed two sexual assault laws in response to national outrage over the six-month jail sentence given to a former Stanford University swimmer for sexually assaulting a woman passed out near a trash bin.The Democratic governor announced his approval Friday of laws requiring longer sentences to be served in state prison for defendants convicted of assaulting unconscious victims, ending the possibility of brief jail sentences like the one Brock
  
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• Deputies test middle school students on fake weapons

  30-09-2016 23:21
  COLUMBUS -- More than 400 students at Yorktown Middle School were faced with a very real lesson in gun recognition. They were asked to decide between real and fake weapons shown to them by Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies.“Raise your hand if you think it's real,” said deputy Jessica Gabriel, as she spoke to an auditorium of students at Yorktown.Many officers face that question of whether or not a weapon is real or fake but, often times they have very little time and/or no evi
  
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• Columbus man gets 8 years for gun thefts

  30-09-2016 23:15
  
  Of the 118 guns Antwon L. Bradford and three others stole from a Logan gun dealer, fewer than half have been recovered, authorities said. "This is a serious offense," U.S. District Judge James L. Graham said before sentencing Bradford, 31, to eight years in a federal prison.
  
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• Serial Groper indicted for recent incidents at Ohio State campus

  30-09-2016 22:41
  
  COLUMBUS - A man accused of approaching and touching women on Ohio State University's campus area has been indicted.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “Even though this man was issued a ban from OSU campus in 2015, he trespassed in The Ohio Union and had sexual contact with a female without her consent.”O’Brien announced that the Grand Jury returned the three-count indictment against Lonnie Boye Sturdivant, 59, in connection with a groping incident that happened
  
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• Browns coach Jackson says team 'moved on' from Josh Gordon

  30-09-2016 22:07
  
  BEREA, Ohio -- The Browns have personal compassion for Josh Gordon. They're done with him professionally.A day after the troubled wide receiver said he's entering rehab for an unspecified condition, Cleveland coach Hue Jackson said Friday that the team intends to "move on" from Gordon."What we need to do is just close that chapter right now," Jackson said. "He's doing what he needs to do, and we need to do what we need to do, which is continue to move forward."One of the NFL's most talented youn
  
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• Ohio Attorney General's office sues cemeteries over undelivered services

  30-09-2016 22:01
  
  The Ohio Attorney General's office has sued two Ohio cemeteries, including one in Lewis Center, for failing to deliver headstones and other memorial items to consumers who paid for them.
  
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• ECOT loses court battle, may owe money to the state

  30-09-2016 21:44
  
  Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Jenifer French ruled against online charter school ECOT’s efforts to stop an audit by the Ohio Education Department.“While there is certainly a public interest in school choice, and in the existence of e-schools as an option for students, the Court find that there must still be accountability for the hundreds of millions of dollars in public money that are directed to such schools every year. Accordingly, the Court finds that Plaintiffs have failed
  
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• ECOT could lose millions after judge rules against eschool in attendance records case

  30-09-2016 21:12
  
  A judge today denied a request by the state’s largest online charter school to stop the state from requiring that it produce attendance records to justify the $106 million it got last year in state funding
  
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• Years after Terry stop-and-frisk case in Cleveland, nephews apply ruling as Columbus...

  30-09-2016 21:10
  Years after the landmark stop-and-frisk court case out of Cleveland, two relatives of the defendants became police officers. They and two other men with ties to the case met Thursday at the Columbus Police Department's bicentennial celebration.
  
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• 6-year-old S.C. school shooting victim on life support, family says

  30-09-2016 20:41
  
  TOWNVILLE, S.C. (CBS/AP)-- A 6-year-old boy wounded in a school shooting in South Carolina is clinging to life.The Greenville News reports that relatives of Townville Elementary School student Jacob Hall released a statement late Thursday saying the boy is on life support in a hospital.The family says the child sustained a major brain injury due to the amount of blood he lost after being shot in the leg.Older brother Gerald Gambrell tells the paper the family is “hoping for a miracle.&rdqu
  
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• 18-year-old East Side man accused of six rapes

  30-09-2016 20:14
  
  An 18-year-old East Side man who was indicted last month for three rapes has been charged with three more in an indictment filed this week by a Franklin County grand jury. Adam J. Sesay of Londondale Place East now faces 19 counts of rape, 13 counts of robbery and six counts of kidnapping. Although there were six victims, the rape counts reflect multiple sex acts with each of them. Sesay was indicted Aug. 5 for three rapes that occurred between March 28 and May 27.
  
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• Upper Arlington High School dismisses early due to a small fire, electrical emergency

  30-09-2016 19:28
  
  UPPER ARLINGTON - Upper Arlington High School students have been dismissed early as a precaution due to an electrical emergency. ATTENTION: All high school students have been dismissed early due to electrical fire. All students and staff are safe. More info to come.— Upper Arlington HS (@ua_highschool) September 30, 2016According to Upper Arlington Police, there was a slight fire that happened early afternoon on Friday.School officials said they asked students to evacuate the building and
  
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• Smoke sends Upper Arlington High School students home

  30-09-2016 19:12
  
  Students at Upper Arlington High School were sent home this afternoon after the building was evacuated for smoke. Officials evacuated the building, 1650 Ridgeview Road, around noon. Principal Paul Imhoff tweeted that an electrical fire caused the smoke. Firefighters "did think it was best that we dismissed early" while they investigated the cause of the smoke, said district spokeswoman Karen Truett. Students were allowed back in to the building to retrieve belongings they might need over the wee
  
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• Top 10 Things to Do in The Brewery District

  30-09-2016 19:00
  
  During its heyday in the nineties, The Brewery District was known as a raucous nightlife district that attracted imbibing visitors to a dozen bars crowded on South Front Street in an environment not unlike the Park Street area today. While the nightlife has moved on, the neighborhood has been reborn as more of a multipurpose area, […]
  
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• Serial rapist gets 26 years to life

  30-09-2016 18:48
  
  NEWARK — A Newark man who already served eight years in prison for raping a stranger will spend at least another 26 years behind bars after he was convicted of raping two more women last year. Roger Black Jr. was sentenced in Licking County Common Pleas Court Friday to 26 years to life in prison. He was found guilty by a jury this month of two counts of rape and two counts of kidnapping.
  
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• 14-year-old charged as juvenile in SC school shooting, killing of father

  30-09-2016 18:45
  
  A 14-year-old South Carolina boy accused of killing his father and wounding three people during a school shooting has been charged as a juvenile with murder and three counts of attempted murder.The teen appeared in juvenile court on Friday wearing a yellow jail jumpsuit without any restraints. A judge ordered him to continue to be held.The teen is accused of killing his father at their home on Wednesday before driving a pickup truck to a nearby elementary school and opening fire. Two students an
  
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• Man fatally shot by police on East Side

  30-09-2016 18:21
  
  Columbus police shot and killed a man in the 1300 block of Knollwood Drive East on the East Side this morning. Police were dispatched to a house there at 10:51 a.m. By 10:58, the man was dead, police say. No other details have been released. Neighbors said there was confrontation with police and the man and multiple shots were fired.
  
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• Photographer Gary Gardiner documents life in Westerville with image a day since 2004

  30-09-2016 18:19
  
  A brush with death led Gary Gardiner to one of the most meaningful projects of his life. Twelve years ago, Gardiner — two weeks into retirement after a decades-long career as a news photographer — was in his car at a stoplight. “The light turned green, and, as I entered the intersection, a truck ran the red light and came barreling through,” recalled Gardiner, who managed to stop in time. “And I’m thinking to myself, `Man, if I had died, people would have said
  
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• Police arrest suspect in Grove City homicide

  30-09-2016 17:44
  
  Police have charged a man they believe committed Wednesday's Grove City killing. Domineek Smith, 22, was arrested Thursday on unrelated firearm-possession charges. He was charged Friday morning with murder.
  
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• Police respond to officer-involved shooting on East Side

  30-09-2016 17:43
  
  Columbus police are responding to an officer-involved shooting in the 1300 block of Knollwood Drive East that occurred about 11 a.m. today. Police are responding to the scene where at least one person was shot at a house on the East Side. No details have been released. Check back at Dispatch.com for more information.
  
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• One dead in officer-involved shooting in east Columbus, no officers hurt

  30-09-2016 17:23
  
  COLUMBUS, OH -- One person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in east Columbus. It is unknown who was shot at this time but police have reported all officers are okay.The shooting occurred around 11 a.m. Friday in the 1300 block of Knollwood Drive near Reynoldsburg.Witnesses in the area say they heard a barrage of gunfire.Knollwood Drive and Walshire Drive are currently closed.The victim has not been identified by police. No additional details on what led to the shooting were immedia
  
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• One dead in officer-involved shooting in east Columbus

  30-09-2016 17:23
  
  COLUMBUS, OH -- One person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in east Columbus.The shooting occurred around 11 a.m. Friday in the 1300 block of Knollwood Drive near Reynoldsburg.Witnesses in the area say they heard a barrage of gunfire.Knollwood Drive and Walshire Drive are currently closed.The victim has not been identified by police. No additional details on what led to the shooting were immediately available.*UPDATE ON POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING 9/30/16: The person shot on Knollwood
  
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• Officer-involved shooting reported in east Columbus

  30-09-2016 17:23
  
  COLUMBUS, OH -- Columbus Police are responding to an officer-involved in a shooting in east Columbus.The shooting occurred around 11 a.m. Friday in the 1300 block of Knollwood Drive near Reynoldsburg.At this time, it is unknown if there are any injuries in the shooting.Knollwood Drive and Walshire Drive are currently closed.This is a developing story.Watch 10TV News and check 10TV.com for the latest updates.
  
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• Homicide suspect killed in officer-involved shooting in east Columbus

  30-09-2016 17:23
  COLUMBUS, OH -- One person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in east Columbus. It is unknown who was shot at this time but police have reported all officers are okay.The shooting occurred around 11 a.m. Friday in the 1300 block of Knollwood Drive near Reynoldsburg.Witnesses in the area say they heard a barrage of gunfire.Knollwood Drive and Walshire Drive are currently closed.The victim has not been identified by police. No additional details on what led to the shooting were immedia
  
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• But for Ohio State—$3 billion raised!

  30-09-2016 16:36
  
  Congratulations to Ohio State on closing their “But for Ohio State” campaign with over $3 billion raised! The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our smart + open community. Be sure to check out columbusfoundation.org and follow along on Facebook as we continue to celebrate […]
  
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• Inspiring True Stories at the Movies This Weekend

  30-09-2016 16:00
  
  It’s fall! We’ve had our first cool days, Indians fans have reason to celebrate this October, and the multiplex is slowly showing signs of the Oscar-baiting to come as the year winds to its end. Here in town, Mark Wahlberg returns to screens with some disaster action, Disney releases an above-average inspirational sports movie, and […]
  
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• Man shot and killed in east Columbus apartment

  30-09-2016 15:18
  
  Columbus police are investigating the death of a 21-year-old man in east Columbus.Officers got a call about a shooting on Fountainview Court near East Livingston Avenue around 12:30 Friday morning.Police found Damion Wade inside an apartment with gunshot wounds.He was pronounced dead at the scene.Witnesses say Wade was in argument with the suspected shooter before he was killed.Officers have not identified a suspect.Stay with 10TV and refresh 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Teen hit by car in Whitehall

  30-09-2016 14:40
  
  East Broad Street in Whitehall has reopened to traffic after a 13 year old was hit by a car earlier this morning.Whitehall police investigators says the teen now is listed in stable condition after he was struck in the area of Parklawn Boulevard and East Broad Street..The vehicle's driver did remain at the scene.Stay with 10TV and refresh at 10TV.com for updates on this story.
  
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• Man fatally shot on Far East Side

  30-09-2016 14:37
  
  A 21-year-old man died after being shot inside an apartment on the Far East Side early this morning. Columbus police were called at 12:41 a.m. to 1877 Fountainview Court in the Cornerstone Apartments, where they found Damion D. Wade suffering from a gunshot wound. Truro Township Fire medics arrived and pronounced Wade dead at 12:55 a.m. Police said witnesses told them Wade had argued with someone who then shot him and fled.
  
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• Interview: Aparna Dial, Smart Columbus Program Manager

  30-09-2016 14:30
  
  Columbus was named the winner of the federal government’s Smart City Challenge in July, beating out cities like Austin, Portland and San Francisco for the $40 million prize (as well as $10 million from Paul Allen’s Vulcan, Inc.).  Civic and business leaders made a strong push to secure the grant, including a pledge to leverage the grant […]
  
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• Child struck on E. Broad, condition unknown

  30-09-2016 13:54
  
  A juvenile was struck at the intersection of East Broad Street and Parklawn Boulevard in Whitehall this morning, police said.
  
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• Ohio man charged with killing adult daughter has $4.5M bond

  30-09-2016 13:38
  
  ROCKY RIVER — A man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his adult daughter at their suburban Cleveland home had his bond increased Thursday to $4.5 million by a judge after a prosecutor said the man was a flight risk. Jamal Mansour, 63, made a video appearance Thursday in Rocky River Municipal Court. He told the judge on Tuesday that the shooting of Tahani Mansour, 27, was an accident. Rocky River police have said he shot his daughter twice in the head inside her bedroom early Tue
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Will Ohio lose its political bellwether status?

  30-09-2016 13:02
  
  Ohio is known for being a political bellwether, and a pretty reliable one at that. But could this election and the changing demographic change that?
  
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• Walk Like MADD event to end drunk driving

  30-09-2016 12:55
  
  Jennifer Hrobuchak had a smile that could light up a room.She had just graduated from college at the age of 22 with dreams of getting married and starting a family.But her life ended July 24, 2012 when police say an impaired driver crashed into her car in Euclid, Ohio, sending Jennifer’s car into a building.She was instantly killed.“It is the most horrific feeling you could ever have,” says Corinne Gasper, Jennifer’s mother, who is the chairperson for the 2016 Walk Like M
  
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• Police reveal cause of death for U.S. sisters mysteriously found dead at island paradise resort

  30-09-2016 12:17
  
  VICTORIA, Seychelles (CBS/AP) -- Police in Seychelles say two American sisters found dead in their island villa died of excess fluid in their lungs.The bodies of 37-year-old Annie Korkki and 42-year-old Robin Korkki were found last week at the Maia resort on Seychelles’ main island, Mahe. Seychelles is an archipelago nation off Africa’s east coast in the Indian Ocean. Courtesy: Mapbox/OpenStreetMap
  The police report, obtained by U.S. television station KARE, says autopsies show the M
  
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• 2 American sisters found dead in resort in Seychelles

  30-09-2016 12:17
  
  (CNN) - Two American sisters were found dead without any signs of injuries while vacationing in Seychelles this month, local authorities said.Resort management discovered Robin Korkki, 42, and her sister, Annie Korkki, 37, "unresponsive" in their villa on September 22, according to Seychelles police spokesman Jean Toussaint."Preliminary examination done by the police on their bodies did not show any signs of violence," Toussaint said.Seychelles authorities are in contact with the US Embassy ther
  
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• Women in central Ohio suburbs in spotlight in presidential campaign

  30-09-2016 12:06
  
  From average voters to political pundits, everyone has been looking for hints of how this unprecedented presidential election will end, particularly in bellwether Ohio. Less than 40 days before the election, central Ohio might offer a key demographic: suburban women. According to a Quinnipiac University poll of likely Ohio voters released Sept. 8, 52 percent of women supported Clinton, while 39 percent backed Trump.
  
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• Civil-rights veteran to preach power of churches, togetherness

  30-09-2016 11:53
  
  Churches and other places of worship can play a key role in helping to address the racial unrest that has boiled to the surface amid recent killings of black people by police around the country, according to a civil-rights leader who will visit Columbus next week. John Perkins, who fought for civil rights in his native Mississippi in the 1960s, said segregated churches must serve as models and step outside their doors, with black congregations walking into white neighborhoods and white congregat
  
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• Protests over police shooting near San Diego grow more violent

  30-09-2016 11:45
  
  CBS - Angry protests flared for the third straight night Thursday after a family attorney charged that an unarmed black man was unjustly killed by El Cajon police, and that officials were trying to sway public opinion by only releasing a single, favorable frame from video of the shooting.Demonstrators contend that the officer was unduly quick to open fire and that the decision was at least in part racially motivated, notes CBS San Diego affiliate KFMB-TV.“These senseless killings have to s
  
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• No reason to fear Friday's "Black Moon"

  30-09-2016 11:32
  
  CBS- On Friday a relatively rare lunar event will take place – a shadowy phenomenon known as the “black moon.” Yes, it sounds apocalyptic, but a “black moon” is nothing bad.And while it will rise above the Western Hemisphere, there won’t really be anything to see. What is it? A “black moon” is simply a spooky nickname for the second new moon to fall in a calendar month. A “black moon” occurs about once every 32 months.While a full moon
  
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• Study: Human species has inherited murderous tendencies

  30-09-2016 11:24
  
  CBS- Evolution and genetics seem to have baked a certain amount of murder into humans as a species, but civilization has tamed some of the savage beast in us, according to a new study.Scientists calculated the rate at which more than 1,000 mammal species kill their own kind, and noticed how closely related species have similar rates of lethal violence. They essentially found that where a species is on evolutionary tree of life tells a lot about how violent the species is to its own kind. And we&
  
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• SWACO partners with businesses, launches new recycling initiative

  30-09-2016 10:54
  
  Recycling is about to get a little easier in Franklin County.Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio is starting a new campaign beginning Saturday, Oct. 1, to help reduce the amount of plastic bags that end up at the landfill. According to SWACO, Ohioans throw away millions of plastic bags every year.“Bring Me Back” is a partnership between SWACO and more than 60 retailers across Franklin County, offering dozens of locations for people to drop off plastic bags. The program urges custom
  
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• Clown threat targets central Ohio high schools

  30-09-2016 10:24
  
  A threat on social media had parents and students in Grove City concerned Friday morning.The post first appeared on Instagram from a group called “Aint Clownin Around.”The post includes a picture of a person dressed as a clown, but also included the threat, “We will be at all High schools this Friday to either kidnapp students or kill teachers going to they cars…”The clown was standing in front of Central Crossing High School in Grove City.10TV spoke with parents w
  
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• Tyres International Founder TC Johnson Dies

  30-09-2016 09:00
  Johnson began his tire career in 1946 with Pennsylvania Rubber after serving as a First Lieutenant in World War II. From there he was employed by Mohawk Rubber Co.
  
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• Community members question NAACP's lack of involvement in Columbus town tall

  30-09-2016 05:50
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Some community members are concerned and upset after the local chapter of the NAACP, a long-standing civil rights group, pulled out of a town hall and community forum because of security concerns.Monday, protesters took over a Columbus city council meeting demanding an independent investigation into 13-year-old Tyre King's death.Because of those concerns, organizers of the Town Hall and Community forum at Rehoboth Baptist Church on Thursday even asked Franklin County prosecutor
  
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• Addicts: Threat of "dangerous" heroin in Columbus not enough reason to quit

  30-09-2016 05:42
  In west Columbus a man is helped into an ambulance, barely able to walk on his own.Paramedics talk to him to determine whether he's yet another person who's overdosed on heroin after 48 overdoses in 48 hours in Columbus.Whatever is in the heroin that is keeping medics and police busy, they say one dose of the life-saving drug Naloxone, or Narcan, isn't always enough."Narcan can be a blessing but it's a curse too becauase people think it's a way out," said one man.The man who talked to 10TV is an
  
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• Addicts say threat of dangerous batch of heroin in central Ohio is not enough reason to quit

  30-09-2016 05:42
  In west Columbus a man is helped into an ambulance, barely able to walk on his own.Paramedics talk to him to determine whether he's yet another person who's overdosed on heroin after 48 overdoses in 48 hours in Columbus.Whatever is in the heroin that is keeping medics and police busy, they say one dose of the life-saving drug Naloxone, or Narcan, isn't always enough."Narcan can be a blessing but it's a curse too becauase people think it's a way out," said one man.The man who talked to 10TV is an
  
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• #Bigbinkshow 614 Unity March at Goodale Park?

  30-09-2016 05:02
  Accept, invite, show up. It's time to stop talking, posting and sharing. Let's take a stand and March 1 million strong thru downtown to show the world what we think about this gross injustice.
  
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• Temporary fix in place for Delaware County WOW customers calling 911

  30-09-2016 04:07
  
  The Delaware County 911 Center is reporting an issue with WOW customers calling 911.On Thursday, officials said the issue is 911 dispatchers not being able to hear callers even though the call is connected.The issue only affects WOW voice-over-Internet network (VoIP) lines.On Friday, the 911 Center said a temporary fix was put in place by WOW.911 dispatchers will call any 911 caller back that they cannot hear.Patrick Brandt, the County’s Emergency Communications Director, said in a stateme
  
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