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• Ohio man gets 17 years for sex abuse shown in donated photos

  21-10-2016 23:43
  An Ohio Salvation Army worker discovered several horrifying photos of a man raping a toddler inside a donated tote bag. The chilling discovery led to the arrest of the bag's donor, Gary Sovie, an Ashville, Ohio resident who was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison, according to the Columbus Dispatch .
  
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• Hillary Clinton speaks to a crowd in Cleveland

  21-10-2016 23:28
  
  CLEVELAND — In a city where African-American turnout is crucial to Hillary Clinton's success in Ohio, she is meeting with a duo from the Movement for Black Lives before her speech at Cuyahoga Community College. The Clinton campaign characterized the session with activists Brittany Packnett and DeRay Mckesson as a continuation of "the discussion of how they can advance equity and opportunity in the African American community." She met with the two about a year ago, too.
  
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• Bank robbery suspect shot by police in critical condition

  21-10-2016 22:35
  
  A man who was shot by two Columbus police officers after a Northwest Side bank robbery remains in critical condition, police say. Police spokeswoman Denise Alex-Bouzouni said police are still trying to identify the man, who is in surgery at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center.
  
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• 30 Years and Still Kicking: The Ongoing Plight of Used Kids Records

  21-10-2016 22:24
  
  “I’d like to think even though we’re thirty years old, we’re not over the hill. Fifty is the new over the hill, right?” asks Greg Hall, who has been the owner of local vinyl shop Used Kids Records since he took it over in 2014. Hall’s involvement with the store actually started in 1979 at […]
  
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• Compensation is small comfort for surviving Rhoden family members

  21-10-2016 22:20
  
  WAVERLY — He worried that the Rhoden family wouldn't get help with the bills. David Dickerson, the victim’s advocate with the Pike County prosecutor’s office, was concerned that because so much about the Rhoden family killings is complicated the surviving relatives might not benefit from a pot of state money to help pay for the funerals. Dickerson's fears were unfounded for at least some of the victims: As the unsolved case reaches its six-month mark on Saturday, the Ohio attor
  
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• ​Scott's Political Picks: Do you believe we landed on the moon?

  21-10-2016 22:03
  
  Whether it’s in a debate or at a Donald Trump campaign rally, you’ve likely heard the words ‘voter fraud’ and ‘the election is rigged’ A LOT.
  Politico's pollthis week stated 41% of voters say the election could be ‘stolen’ from Trump. In that same poll, 73% of republicans think the election could swiped from him too. When asked if he’d accept the results of the election during the third debate this week, Mr. Trump said he’d wait and see
  
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• City to offer grants to help youths, revitalize neighborhoods

  21-10-2016 21:20
  
  A new city program will pay to train the construction trades to Columbus youth and people with criminal backgrounds. The Learning Skills to Lift Neighborhoods program also focuses on turning vacant lots and blighted and abandoned houses into productive uses.
  
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• Hillary Clinton meeting with Black Lives Matter pair before Cleveland speech

  21-10-2016 21:15
  
  CLEVELAND — In a city where African-American turnout is crucial to Hillary Clinton's success in Ohio, she is meeting with a duo from the Movement for Black Lives before her speech at Cuyahoga Community College. The Clinton campaign characterized the session with activists Brittany Packnett and DeRay Mckesson as a continuation of "the discussion of how they can advance equity and opportunity in the African American community." She met with the two about a year ago, too.
  
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• Ohio moving aging death row inmates to Toledo from Chillicothe

  21-10-2016 20:53
  
  Ohio is moving death row to Toledo from Chillicothe, in part because of the aging population of condemned prisoners.
  
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• Florida officials: Daughters confess to burying father, 94, in yard

  21-10-2016 20:51
  
  EUSTIS, Fla. -- Investigators say two women panicked when they found their 94-year-old father dead in his central Florida home and buried him in the yard.Lake County Sheriff’s spokesman Fred Jones said Thursday that Melvin Kort’s daughters confessed to burying him. Their secret started unraveling in September after deputies received a tip about a body buried near the home.Authorities were conducting a DNA test to confirm Kort’s identity. An autopsy showed no signs of trauma. Jo
  
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• Local doctors embrace new HPV vaccine recommendation

  21-10-2016 20:49
  
  Despite its proven ability to help protect against cervical and other cancers, families and even some doctors have been slow to embrace the HPV vaccine. So local advocates cheered this week when a government panel said kids younger than 15 need just two shots — down from three — to develop immunity to the most worrisome strains of human papillomavirus. "I think this is going to make my patients more receptive," said Dr. Natalie Dick, a pediatrician and sports-medicine physician with
  
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• Second-grade teacher's creative reading lesson goes viral

  21-10-2016 20:45
  
  Teachers occasionally promise pizza parties, extended recess time or a movie hour as an incentive for students to pass an important test.Second-grade teacher Michael Bonner decided to take a different approach.Ahead of a “critical” Common Core Standard 2.RL.1 reading test, the 26-year-old teacher at South Greenville Elementary in North Carolina told his students they could make their own music video if he saw positive results.When his students succeeded, they didn’t hesitate to
  
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• Charter school sponsor law protects Ohio Department of Education from penalty

  21-10-2016 20:27
  
  Ohio’s new charter-school sponsor ratings raised questions, and a few chuckles, when the state Department of Education graded its own Office of School Sponsorship as “ineffective.” Did they just put themselves out of business?
  
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• Big Darby mussel die-off stretches 50 miles

  21-10-2016 20:07
  
  Whatever is killing fragile mussels in Big Darby Creek has spread along 50 miles of the protected waterway, and state and federal environmental officials say they are no closer to figuring out the cause after several weeks. Biologists, mollusk experts and officials with state and federal agencies gathered Thursday to talk about the mysterious die-off.
  
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• 2 Americans killed in Afghanistan attack identified

  21-10-2016 19:55
  
  FAIRVIEW, Ill. -- A U.S. soldier from Illinois and an Army civilian employee from Oklahoma have been identified as those killed in an attack this week in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, the Defense Department said.Army Sgt. Douglas J. Riney, 26, of Fairview, Illinois, and Michael G. Sauro, 40, of McAlester, Oklahoma, died Thursday in Kabul of wounds received from encountering enemy forces, the military said in a statement.NATO and an Afghan official earlier said a man wearing an Afghan arm
  
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• Faulty Takata airbags take 11th life in U.S., a grandmother

  21-10-2016 19:49
  
  DETROIT -- A 50-year-old grandmother who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.’s defective air bag inflators.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed the woman’s death on Thursday but didn’t release her name. Up to five people also may have been killed by the air bags in Malaysia, bringing the number of deaths globally to as many as 16.The agency said the woman, identified in Riverside County, California, cor
  
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• Columbus police shoot bank robbery suspect

  21-10-2016 18:39
  
  Columbus police said a man suspected of robbing a bank in the Tuttle Crossing area was shot by police on Friday. Police were called just after 10 a.m. to a bank robbery at Key Bank, 5775 Frantz Road. They chased a man to the 4600 block of Lakehurst Court, where he was shot. He was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center. No police officers were injured in the shooting.
  
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• Family hopes Playboy model's death brings awareness to chiropractic risks

  21-10-2016 18:29
  
  A grieving family has a warning for other families after the sudden death of a model and single mother. This week, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office confirmed 34-year-old Katie May’s death after a stroke in February was caused by an injury at a chiropractor’s office.Katie May was the self-proclaimed “queen of Snapchat” and had more than two million followers on Instagram. She was featured in ad campaigns and magazines, including Playboy, GQ and Esquire.A model
  
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• Hocking Hills observatory planned to counter light pollution

  21-10-2016 18:23
  
  According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, light pollution prevents more than 80 percent of North Americans from seeing the Milky Way from their yards. Increased light from development in recent years has affected the views from Perkins Observatory, just south of Delaware. Disappointed by the diminished nighttime views, a group of amateur astronomers in Ohio is working to establish the John Glenn Observatory and Astronomy Park at Hocking Hills State Park.
  
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• Clintonville Voters to Decide on Tasting Room at Local Distillery

  21-10-2016 17:58
  
  A Clintonville distillery is trying to get a ballot measure passed by voters to add an on-site tasting room. 451 Spirits, owned by Chad Kessler, has been distilling on Oakland Avenue since February. He said once a tasting room is added, it’ll be a lot easier for him to try new recipes and a lot […]
  
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• Franklin County voters say early voting convenient, eases stress

  21-10-2016 17:41
  
  Jesse and Jessica Rector might have helped elect the next U.S. president 20 days before Election Day. The Clintonville couple joined the increasing ranks of early voters when they went to the Franklin County Board of Elections office on Morse Road Wednesday to cast their ballots for the Nov. 8 election.
  
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• Columbus Police shoot bank robbery suspect outside office building near Dublin

  21-10-2016 17:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in northwest Columbus.At approximately 10 a.m. Friday, police responded to a report of a robbery at the Key Bank on Frantz Road.CPD officers were in pursuit of a suspect in the bank robbery, which ultimately led to the suspect being shot by police.The suspect was fired upon by a Columbus Police officer outside an office building on Lakehurst Court.The suspect was transported Grant Hospital in downtown Columbus.No of
  
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• The Best Architectural Design of 2016: Two25 Commons by NBBJ

  21-10-2016 16:58
  
  When we asked our reader to vote on their favorite architectural designs of 2016 last month, there was a lot of competition to choose from. Over 900 voters narrowed the original list of 25 projects down to a top 10 list, with the mixed-use Two25 Commons building design landing at the top of the charts. […]
  
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• Columbus' first children's naturalization ceremony welcomes 29 kids

  21-10-2016 16:46
  
  A naturalization ceremony for new citizens Thursday morning was the perfect hangover cure for Wednesday night's bender of a presidential debate.
  
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• Police search for suspect who sexually assaulted Hilliard school bus driver

  21-10-2016 16:27
  
  A Hilliard City School bus driver was stabbed and sexually assaulted Friday morning, according to Columbus police. Responding officers found both the bus and driver in the 5300 block of Nike Drive after a report of an assault came in at 7:13 a.m. Columbus police are searching for a suspect. The driver has been hospitalized. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Sexual Assault Unit at 614-645-4701.
  
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• Where to drop off unused medications on drug take-back day

  21-10-2016 16:25
  
  Health officials say that one pathway to the opioid crisis in Ohio is created by temptation to experiment with unused prescription drugs sitting in family medicine cabinets.
  
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• Police searching for suspect in attack, assault of Hilliard school bus driver

  21-10-2016 16:14
  
  Columbus Police are searching for a man they believe attacked a Hilliard school bus driver early Friday morning.Police say that the suspect sneaked onto the bus overnight and waited for the victim.As the driver began her route along Nike Drive, police tell 10TV that the suspect attacked her with a knife and sexually assaulted her. The victim did suffer injuries from the knife but they weren’t considered life-threatening.The only description of the suspect is a man wearing dark clothing. Po
  
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• Police: Man hid on Hilliard school bus, sexually assaulted driver

  21-10-2016 16:14
  Columbus Police are searching for a man they believe attacked and sexually assaulted a Hilliard school bus driver early Friday morning.Police say that the suspect sneaked onto the bus overnight and waited for the victim.As the driver began her route along Nike Drive, she heard a noise on the bus and pulled over to the side of the road. Police tell 10TV that the suspect then attacked the woman with a knife and sexually assaulted her. The victim did suffer injuries from the knife but they weren&rs
  
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• Tom Cruise, Lovable Curmudgeons, Spies and Colons Collide in Theaters

  21-10-2016 15:30
  
  Leaves are turning, temperatures are dipping and you’re going to have to look to the indie cinemas to find anything worth watching this weekend. The big releases are weak, is what I’m saying. But, an outstanding 4k restoration fits right into the season, there’s a lovable Swedish film screening at the Drexel Theater, and all […]
  
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• Second suspect arrested in Linden McKinley shooting

  21-10-2016 15:26
  
  A second suspect was arrested this morning in connection to a shooting that wounded two students outside Linden McKinley STEM Academy last week. Police arrested 16-year-old Dey-Won Vinson after his mother contacted investigators at 6:31 this morning and told them he was staying at a residence in the 300 block of Wespot Drive on the Near East Side. Police arrested Vinson at 6:43 a.m. He is charged with of two counts of felonious assault. His lives on Jameson Drive on the Southeast Side. Another s
  
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• 100 "lucky pennies" across U.S. worth $1,000 each

  21-10-2016 15:22
  
  DETROIT -- Stopping to pick up a stray penny off the ground may not seem worth the effort, yet one bank is trying to change that mindset by placing 100 fake pennies across the country worth $1,000 apiece.Ally Bank says it is hoping to encourage Americans to look for opportunities to save through its "Lucky Penny" promotion, which launched this week. The lucky pennies carry a copper color like real pennies, but feature the Detroit-based bank's logo instead of Abraham Lincoln's head. The flip side
  
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• First Look: Rockmill Tavern in The Brewery District

  21-10-2016 15:00
  
  The first of two new ventures from Rockmill Brewery is nearly complete. The Rockmill Tavern in the Brewery District has begun hosting “friends and family” previews in anticipation of their upcoming grand opening. Co-owner Matthew Barbee said that a few of the final pieces are still falling into place over the next week, but expects […]
  
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• Pedestrian struck by car in September dies

  21-10-2016 14:55
  
  A 19-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a car last month has died, according to Columbus police. Elizabeth Blankenship was in the eastbound lane of Winchester Pike near Noe Bixby Road on Sept. 26 when she was struck by a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe driven by 29-year-old Demico Golden. Blankenship was transported to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center with multiple serious injuries. She was later transferred to Riverside Methodist Hospital where she died Thursday night from her injuries.
  
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• Ohio State vs. Penn State: The Trailer

  21-10-2016 14:48
  
  Ohio State heads to Happy Valley for a prime time white out game against Penn State.Game Preview: Ohio State vs. Penn StateNo. 2 Ohio State (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) at Penn State (4-2, 2-1), 8 p.m. (ABC).Line: Ohio State by 20.Series Record: Ohio State leads 18-13.---WHAT'S AT STAKEOhio State can improve to 35-1 in regular season conference games under Meyer and can take another step toward the Big Ten championship game with a win.The Nittany Lions are still looking for a marquee win during James Fran
  
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• Local governments, businesses to sponsor drug take-back day

  21-10-2016 14:46
  
  Health officials say that one pathway to the opioid crisis in Ohio is created by temptation to experiment with unused prescription drugs sitting in family medicine cabinets.
  
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• Fall color near peak in Ohio this weekend

  21-10-2016 14:15
  
  Rain the past couple of days knocked down some leaves,but when the sun comes out on Saturday and Sunday, we'll see plenty of fall colors in the leaves still clinging to Ohio's trees. This weekend trees in central and northern Ohio are near peak color, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
  
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• Grandview Crossing Development Gets Planning Commission Approval

  21-10-2016 14:00
  
  One jurisdiction down, one to go for Grandview Crossing, the large retail center proposed for a 40-acre site near the intersection of Dublin Road and Grandview Avenue. On Wednesday night, the Grandview Planning Commission approved the latest plans for the Grandview portion of the center. Since the site straddles the Grandview-Columbus line, it will also […]
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Trump remains defiant on election results; Clinton returns to Ohio

  21-10-2016 13:31
  
  Donald Trump remained defiant during a stop at the Delaware County Fairgrounds Thursday. “I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election — if I win,” he told a cheering crowd, Dispatch reporter Randy Ludlow writes.
  
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• Licking County: Handling drug abuse divides prosecutor candidates

  21-10-2016 12:58
  
  NEWARK — This year’s race for Licking County prosecutor marks the first time in decades that an incumbent is not on the ticket. The opening for a newcomer was created when Prosecutor Ken Oswalt announced in June 2015 that he would not seek re-election. Oswalt had been appointed to the position in 2007, when then-prosecutor Robert Becker retired after more than 20 years at the post. Oswalt was successfully elected to another two terms.
  
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• Second teen arrested in connection to Linden-McKinley STEM Academy shooting

  21-10-2016 12:54
  
  Breaking Update: A second teen has been arrested in connection to the Linden-McKinley STEM Academy shootingColumbus Police identified the teens behind a shooting at Linden-McKinley STEM Academy as two 16-year-old Independence High School students.Detectives say they arrested Daequan Brown in a stolen car. The second suspect, Dey Won Vinson was arrested at his home Friday morning.Both have been charged with two counts of felonious assault each.The two teenagers are accused of shooting and injurin
  
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• Suspect in killing had long juvenile record

  21-10-2016 12:48
  
  CLEVELAND — A 20-year-old man charged with killing a teenage sandwich shop employee in a Cleveland suburb has an extensive juvenile criminal record dating back to when he was 11, according to court records.
  
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• Former coach accused of sexually assaulting girl

  21-10-2016 12:43
  
  EUCLID — A former middle school girls’ basketball coach in northeastern Ohio has been indicted on charges alleging he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old student.
  
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• Photo shows fast-food worker in ice machine

  21-10-2016 12:42
  
  MIDDLETOWN — A photo of a smiling employee lying in an Ohio restaurant’s ice machine has led to questions for a fast-food chain, which says no contaminated ice was served to customers.
  
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• O'Brien, Klein disagree about politics in prosecutor's office

  21-10-2016 12:28
  
  The Franklin County prosecutor’s race pits a Republican incumbent who calls himself nonpartisan against a Democratic challenger who says politics have played a role in how the office handles certain cases. Zach Klein, the challenger, is running a TV ad that accuses incumbent Ron O’Brien of “failing to prosecute charter schools that rip off taxpayers or to prosecute fellow Republicans.”
  
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• 29 children learn what it means to be an American

  21-10-2016 12:21
  
  A naturalization ceremony for new citizens Thursday morning was the perfect hangover cure for Wednesday night's bender of a presidential debate. The medicine was especially uplifting considering the 29 new citizens were cute kids wearing their best clothes. They sat on the benches of a large courtroom at the U.S. Courthouse on Marconi Boulevard, making an impressive effort to sit still while three federal judges welcomed them.
  
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• Armed robbery suspect wanted in Columbus

  21-10-2016 12:18
  
  Columbus police are looking for a man who they say showed a gun and demanded money from a gas station clerk at the Turkey Hill gas station on Winchester Pike. The suspect ran off after the clerk gave him the money.He's described as a black man standing 5'9" with facial hair. He was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. He was seen getting into a dark red Nissan Altima with a spare right front tire. Anyone with information regarding is encouraged to contact the Robbery Unit at 614-645-
  
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• Users say early voting convenient, eases stress

  21-10-2016 12:14
  
  Jesse and Jessica Rector might have helped elect the next U.S. president 20 days before Election Day. The Clintonville couple joined the increasing ranks of early voters when they went to the Franklin County Board of Elections office on Morse Road Wednesday to cast their ballots for the Nov. 8 election.
  
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• Handling drug abuse divides prosecutor candidates

  21-10-2016 11:55
  
  NEWARK — This year’s race for Licking County prosecutor marks the first time in decades that an incumbent is not on the ticket. The opening for a newcomer was created when Prosecutor Ken Oswalt announced in June 2015 that he would not seek re-election. Oswalt had been appointed to the position in 2007, when then-prosecutor Robert Becker retired after more than 20 years at the post. Oswalt was successfully elected to another two terms.
  
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• Purged voters in Ohio may still cast ballot

  21-10-2016 05:34
  
  Tens of thousands of Ohioans struck from voter rolls after an illegal purge has the ACLU putting out a warning.A federal judge ruled that Ohio's purging of 1.2 million voters violates the law.But, the ACLU wants Ohio voters to know, they don't have to be shut out of the voting process.“I'm pumped up about my vote, and I feel real good about it counting in the general election,” Tracie Stamm said.Stamm brought her family to the Franklin County Board of Elections because she says her v
  
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