Columbus news

• Battle to be Donald Trump's secretary of state goes very, very public

  27-11-2016 22:12
  
  The battle for President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of State has gone very, very public.Traditionally, politicians and officials hoping for a Cabinet job -- or advisers advocating for or against someone vying for a role in the administration -- tend to do their lobbying for these things in private, eschewing media interviews while under consideration.That’s still the case for many of the positions Mr. Trump is looking to fill in his administration, but the internal divisions over
  
  Read more

• Sheriff on Dakota Access pipeline protests: We will not "allow people to become unlawful”

  27-11-2016 22:08
  
  MANDAN, N.D. -- Don’t look for apologies from the North Dakota sheriff leading the response to the Dakota Access oil pipeline protests, especially for the recent -- and, in some circles, controversial -- action against demonstrators who he believes have become increasingly aggressive.
  “We are just not going to allow people to become unlawful,” said Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier, a veteran of the North Dakota Highway Patrol and National Guard who was elected to his first
  
  Read more

• Air travel normal as Thanksgiving holiday weekend winds down

  27-11-2016 21:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Millions of Americans made their way back home Sunday after a long Thanksgiving weekend, facing minimal stress and strain as they traveled by air, rail or road.Federal Aviation Administration data showed most U.S. airports with delays of 15 minutes or less Sunday afternoon.Lines at airline check-in counters and security checkpoints were short and flowing quickly at New York's Kennedy Airport. Passenger Susan Merced said she overestimated her travel time by budgeting more than tw
  
  Read more

• Death toll from rare 'thunderstorm asthma' in Australia rises to 6

  27-11-2016 21:21
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia - Six people have died and five remained on life support after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia’s second-largest city, officials said on Sunday.The sixth victim died in a hospital on Saturday night from medical complications stemming from a wild thunderstorm that struck Melbourne on Monday night, a Health Department statement said.Five patients remained in intensive care units and three of those were in critical condition, the statement sa
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Crime Stoppers: 'Office creeper' struck in Worthington hotel

  27-11-2016 21:16
  
  Police are asking for the public's help in catching an "office creeper."
  
  Read more

• Construction Roundup Photos: Downtown Columbus

  27-11-2016 20:58
  
  Downtown Columbus is abuzz with new construction, which means a lot of noise and dust in the short term, but new offices, residences, and hotel space in the long term. In fact, back in July we reported that there’s over $500 million worth of construction currently going on Downtown, with even more underway at this […]
  
  Read more

• 1st Quarter Bold Predictions update

  27-11-2016 20:51
  Its that time of year when Columbus is usually mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. but this year is different this year the jackets are not only fighting for a playoff spot but fighting for one of the top 3 in the metro.
  
  Read more

• Woman stabbed in Columbus, husband expected to be charged with murder

  27-11-2016 20:36
  
  A man is expected to be charged with murder after an early morning argument with his wife turned violent.The Columbus Division of Police responded to the 2600 block of Castine Way around 5 a.m. Sunday.There, they say 26-year-old Carmen R. Sanchez-Capellan was found stabbed several times. She died of her injuries.Officers also found her husband, 24-year-old Marielky A. Puello-Cruz with several self-inflicted stab wounds. He was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition where he remains
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• AP Top 25: Ohio State holds steady at No. 2 after win over Michigan; Wolverines fall to No. 5

  27-11-2016 20:10
  
  Ohio State is holding steady at the No. 2 spot in The Associated Press college football poll released Sunday.The Buckeyes' ranking remains unchanged after the 30-27 double-overtime win over Michigan on Saturday. The Wolverines fell from No. 3 toNo. 5.Alabama remained a unanimous No. 1. Clemson moved up a spot to No. 3 and Washington jumped two to No. 4.No. 6 Wisconsin was followed by Oklahoma, Penn State, Colorado and Southern California.South Florida and Pittsburgh were among six teams to enter
  
  Read more

• Veterans to protest Mass. college’s decision to stop flying U.S. flag

  27-11-2016 20:02
  
  AMHERST, Mass. - Veterans are planning a protest at a western Massachusetts college facing criticism from around the country for its decision to stop flying U.S. flags after students allegedly burned a flag in protest of Donald Trump’s presidential election.Local veterans and others intend to place hundreds of U.S. flags on the streets around Hampshire College in Amherst on Sunday, as part of what organizers are calling a “peaceful demonstration of freedom.”College officials de
  
  Read more

• Far East Side: Wife fatally stabbed, police say

  27-11-2016 20:02
  
  A woman was fatally stabbed by her husband, who then stabbed and injured himself, early Sunday at an apartment complex on the Far East Side, Columbus police said.
  
  Read more

• Trump Tower briefly renamed "Dump Tower" on Google Maps

  27-11-2016 19:51
  
  NEW YORK -- Someone renamed Donald Trump’s midtown Manhattan building on Google Maps, and the new moniker wasn’t very flattering.Instead of Trump Tower, it was briefly renamed “Dump Tower.”WPIX-TV reports that users of the mapping service began noticing the new name for the Fifth Avenue building on Saturday and some took to social media to report it.Trump, the Republican president-elect, has not yet commented on it. Trump has been using Trump Tower as his transition headq
  
  Read more

• MedFlight will set up a base in Preble County

  27-11-2016 18:48
  MedFlight will set up a base in Preble County Medical helicopter's home will be built at the Preble County Medical Center in Eaton. Check out this story on pal-item.com: http://pinews.co/2g6RO0A Kettering Health Network and MedFlight announced they are expanding their critical air transportation partnership by adding a medical helicopter base at the Preble County Medical Center in Eaton.
  
  Read more

• Construction Roundup: Bridge Park in Dublin

  27-11-2016 16:52
  
  A lot has changed at the site of the Bridge Park development in Dublin since we last checked in back in August. The new eight-story AC Hotel by Marriott has topped out with construction and starting to take shape on the exterior. New residences are nearing completion on both the east and west sides of […]
  
  Read more

• New HIV vaccine trial to start in South Africa

  27-11-2016 15:44
  
  Scientists say a new vaccine against HIV, to be tested in a trial to be launched in South Africa this week, could be "the final nail in the coffin" for the disease if it is successful.Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. government's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said Sunday, in a statement released ahead of the trial, said the new vaccine is promising.The study, called HVTN 702, is to begin Wednesday and aims to enroll 5,400 sexually active men and women aged bet
  
  Read more

• Opinion: 5 Takeaways From The Holy Chicken Incident

  27-11-2016 14:30
  
  Morgan Spurlock’s website lists his occupation as “writer, director and producer”. It could just as easily note, “raconteur, merry prankster and provocateur” based on past history. What hasn’t always been clear is his investigative methodology and the lengths that he is willing to go to prove a point. Spurlock’s announcement last week that his four […]
  
  Read more

• Canine Companions for Independence

  27-11-2016 14:30
  Canine Companions for Independence is an organization that connects people with disabilities with service dogs. And over the Thanksgiving weekend, 10TV's Angela An talked with one man who is thankful for how his companion helps him every single day.
  
  Read more

• Sunday after Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year

  27-11-2016 14:24
  Today is the busiest travel day of the year as people are returning home from their Thanksgiving trips.Roughly 48.7 million people are traveling this weekend alone.And in Ohio, roughly two million people will either be on the roads or in the sky.10TV's Laura Borchers takes a look at airport travel from John Glenn Columbus International Airport, and shares travel tips that can alleviate some headaches.
  
  Read more

• Columbus airport buzzes as people return home from Thanksgiving trips

  27-11-2016 14:24
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The increased traffic at the John Glenn Columbus International Airport began for some at the curb.While drivers were encouraged to drop passengers quickly and continue moving, the added number of passengers was clear at the flight departure station.Inside, TSA officials worked swiftly Sunday morning, but lines swelled at times. Nationwide, airlines prepared for busy holiday travel. According to the industry’s trade organization, this Thanksgiving was expected to be their
  
  Read more

• Hundreds of thousands march against S. Korean president

  27-11-2016 14:11
  
  For South Korean farmer Lee Hyo-shin, demanding the ouster of President Park Geun-hye was a slow and grueling 10-day journey atop a vehicle unable to move faster than 12 miles per hour.He was one of hundreds of thousands of South Koreans who marched on Saturday in streets near Seoul’s presidential palace, where Park is bracing for what’s likely to be a bitter and prolonged fight against lawmakers who may attempt to impeach her as early as next week.Prosecutors accuse Park of assistin
  
  Read more

• Gay rights activists march in annual parade in India

  27-11-2016 13:47
  
  Hundreds of gay rights activists marched in a parade in New Delhi on Sunday, highlighting the continuing discrimination India's LGBT community faces and demanding the repeal of a law criminalizing homosexual acts.As they marched to the beat of drums, some participants in the annual gay pride parade said much has changed in recent years, with people starting to accept them. But others said India's right-wing government is against the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
  
  Read more

• More soccer players report abuses as English FA opens review

  27-11-2016 13:41
  
  English soccer's governing body launched a review Sunday into an escalating child sex-abuse scandal to discover what professional clubs knew about crimes being committed by coaches and what action should have been taken at the time.No such investigation was launched by The Football Association after Barry Bennell, a coach at the center of the scandal who was linked to Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra, was first convicted in the 1990s in both the United States and England for molesting players
  
  Read more

• New Orleans police say shooting leaves 1 dead, 9 injured

  27-11-2016 13:32
  
  New Orleans Police say one man is dead and nine others injured following a shooting in the French Quarter.Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said during a news conference that officers responded about 1:30 a.m. Sunday to the shooting at the intersection of Iberville and Bourbon streets.Harrison said the shooting victims whose ages ranged from 20 to 37 included two females and eight males. One male victim died at a hospital.Harrison said police do not know what motivated the shooting, but one
  
  Read more

• Potentially huge Texas shale field unlikely to affect Ohio’s oil, gas industry

  27-11-2016 12:55
  
  A vast swath of shale deep below western Texas could yield 20 billion barrels of oil, according to new estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey. In addition to being the largest source of shale oil ever assessed by the agency, the Wolfcamp Shale geologic formation also contains an estimated 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.6 billion barrels of natural-gas liquids, the agency said in a news release.
  
  Read more

• Theodore Decker commentary: Stranger thankful for Columbus’ care, kindness in an emergency

  27-11-2016 12:49
  
  The couple’s visit to Columbus was already memorable. Then Annie Weatherby-Flowers nearly died.
  
  Read more

• John Switzer | From the Stump: First Broad Street bridge a wooden marvel

  27-11-2016 12:45
  
  On an exciting day nearly 183 years ago, Columbus took a big step toward becoming the metropolis it now is. It would have been a grand time to have been a part of that community.
  
  Read more

• White nationalist fliers appear on Miami University campus

  27-11-2016 12:29
  
  OXFORD — Administrators and students at Miami University have expressed concern after several white nationalist posters started appearing on the Oxford school’s campus as of late.
  
  Read more

• Capitol Insider: Ohio legislature likely to pass 2 anti-abortion bills in lame-duck session

  27-11-2016 12:11
  
  Anti-abortion advocates are pushing Ohio legislators to pass two anti-abortion bills when they reconvene this week for the lame-duck session of the General Assembly.
  
  Read more

• One person fatally stabbed on Far East Side

  27-11-2016 11:48
  
  One person was fatally stabbed early Sunday at an apartment complex on the Far East Side. Columbus police were called shortly before 5 a.m. to a building in the 2600 block of Castine Way in the Pheasant Run Apartments off Tussing Road, a police dispatcher said.
  
  Read more

• Today’s empty nesters spending for larger retirement homes

  27-11-2016 11:06
  
  Forget downsizing. A significant number of empty nesters are upsizing out of the family home into a dream home. Driven by a desire for new amenities and buoyed by top prices for their existing homes, they are moving up when the kids move out.
  
  Read more

• Fans of 'A Christmas Story' can relive film in Cleveland house

  27-11-2016 11:00
  
  CLEVELAND — First of all, you probably won’t shoot your eye out. Although A Christmas Story House and Museum is delightfully interactive — and Ralphie’s Red Ryder BB gun is sitting on the hearth right next to the Christmas tree — the gun isn’t loaded. But you are certainly welcome to pick it up and take aim at an imaginary Black Bart.
  
  Read more

• Delays behind it, BrewDog sees beer production starting in April

  27-11-2016 10:58
  
  Giant, fantastical sea creatures are rendered in brilliant pastels on the walls of BrewDog's brewery and U.S. headquarters in Canal Winchester. So far, the science-fiction ocean scenery — the beasts cover a wall in the brewery, and most of an exterior concrete panel — are among the few projects related to the U.S. expansion that the Scotland-based craft brewer has completed.
  
  Read more

• Columbus Police looking for missing 12-year-old boy

  27-11-2016 08:53
  
  Columbus Police are looking for a runaway 12-year-old boy in Reynoldsburg. Aaron Mixon was reported missing on November 26, 2016, after running away from his house on Flag Lane. He was last seen wearing blue shorts, a tan short-sleeve t-shirt, tan shoes, and a blue jacket. He is 5'3" and weighs 90 pounds. For any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Columbus Division of Police Missing Persons Unit at (614) 645-4545
  
  Read more

• Review | Pianist Joyce Yang displays versatility in return to Columbus

  27-11-2016 08:34
  A performance in Columbus by acclaimed pianist Joyce Yang might be called a once-a-decade occurrence. In 2006 - just one year after she won the silver medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - Yang appeared with the Columbus Symphony.
  
  Read more

• Infrastructure problems top list of mayorsa concerns

  27-11-2016 06:31
  
  Chris Oaks spoke with Findlay Mayor Lydia Mihalik: Q: Earlier this week, you were elected by your peers to serve on the board of the new Ohio Mayors Alliance.
  
  Read more

• Cleveland man fatally shot while driving on freeway

  27-11-2016 06:29
  
  CLEVELAND — A 24-year-old man has been fatally shot while driving on a freeway near downtown Cleveland, police said.
  
  Read more

• Buckeye fans celebrate big in Grandview after Michigan loss in double OT

  27-11-2016 03:36
  College football fans set a new attendance record inside Ohio Stadium for the game against Michigan. Officials say 110,045 football fans took their seats for the big rivalry game on Saturday.
  Buckeye fans who couldn't get into The Horseshoe watched the game on big screens all over central Ohio. Some of them say they couldn't take the pressure.
  The celebration could not be contained Saturday afternoon inside Eddie George's Grille 27 in Grandview after The Ohio State Buckeyes pulled off a win in d
  
  Read more

• 75-year-old man kills home intruder in Detroit

  27-11-2016 03:17
  
  DETROIT - Police say a 75-year-old Detroit man met two intruders with gunfire, killing one.Officer Dan Donakowski says the man heard noises around 3 a.m. Friday and found two young males inside his house. They fled after the shooting but one collapsed in the backyard and died.Donakowski tells The Detroit News the suspects were 16 to 18 years old.
  
  Read more

• Ohio board: Drug-tracking website use continues to improve

  27-11-2016 02:56
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio pharmacy board says use of a state website intended to help curb misuse and abuse of prescription painkillers continues to rise after enforcement and education efforts.Spokesman Cameron McNamee said requests for patient information from the site hit an all-time daily high of 143,340 on Monday. That's up from about 84,000 average daily checks before warning letters warning physicians to comply with state laws tracking painkiller prescriptions were issued in September.The
  
  Read more

• Ohio Farm Bureau annual meeting set

  27-11-2016 02:33
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation will hold its 98th annual meeting Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 in Columbus. Nearly 340 delegates from all Ohio counties will establish the organization's policy goals for the coming year, elect leaders, recognize county Farm Bureau and individual achievements and conduct leadership training.
  
  Read more

• Missing boy with autism, nephew of ex-NBA player, found dead

  27-11-2016 02:04
  
  PEARLAND, Texas -- Police in Texas have found the body of the 9-year-old autistic nephew of former NBA player Marcus Camby who went missing during the family’s Thanksgiving celebration on Camby’s property.
  Pearland Police Lt. Onesimo Lopez said Marcus McGhee was found in a body of water near the family’s property just before 7 a.m., CBS affiliate KHOU reports. In a Facebook post, the department wrote:“The Pearland Police Department regrets to inform the community that Mar
  
  Read more

• Ohio State fans celebrate big victory

  27-11-2016 01:37
  
  As the Ohio State University marching band played Carmen Ohio and students struggled over guardrails to rush the field, Jay and Crystal Wagner marveled at what they were witnessing.
  
  Read more

• Chicago sergeant stripped of powers after deadly shooting

  27-11-2016 01:35
  
  CHICAGO -- A Chicago police sergeant who fatally shot a 19-year-old man in the back during a foot chase this week has been stripped of his police powers.
  Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced Saturday that the officer would be relieved of police powers pending an independent review board’s investigation.
  Chicago police said the sergeant was responding to a call of a battery on the city’s South Side on Wednesday before he shot and killed Kajuan Raye of Dolton.
  The sergeant rep
  
  Read more

• Arrest made in string of suspicious events around Albuquerque

  27-11-2016 01:28
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An arrest has been made in an arson and vandalism case involving three Albuquerque Starbucks and three other stores.A source involved in the investigation told CBS News that a male was arrested overnight while attempting to vandalize a retail establishment.The first series of incidents occurred early Friday morning, when three Albuquerque Starbucks were vandalized and suspicious devices were found at the locations when the coffee shops were closed.One of the devices exploded
  
  Read more

• Jim Harbaugh 'bitterly disappointed' in officiating during Ohio State game

  27-11-2016 01:16
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — After the instant classic 30-27 double overtime win by Ohio State Saturday, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh blasted officials and said the Wolverines were wronged.He said several calls and no-calls went against Michigan (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten, No. 3 CFP) Saturday, including a favorable spot that gave Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett a first down on a keeper on fourth-and-short in the second overtime. If Barrett hadn't made it, the game would have been over and Michigan would ha
  
  Read more

Follow @Colombus_News on Twitter!