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• Ballot mix-up may affect Licking County school levies

  02-05-2017 23:48
  A voting mix-up in Licking County, now two school districts are on edge.Licking Heights and Southwest Licking Schools are both in the county, both have bond issues on the ballot.At a precinct where some residents live in his district and some live in the Southwest Licking district, there was a mix-up. Either the issue was omitted or the incorrect district was shown.The Board of Elections says from 6:45 a.m. on, if there was a problem regarding the ballot, voters were given a paper ballot. It&rsq
  
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• Ballot mix-up may affect Licking County school bonds

  02-05-2017 23:48
  A voting mix-up in Licking County has two school districts are on edge.Licking Heights and Southwest Licking Schools are both in the county and both have bond issues on the ballot.At a precinct where some residents live in Licking Heights district and others live in the Southwest Licking district, there was a mix-up. Either the issue was omitted or the incorrect district was shown.The Board of Elections says from 6:45 a.m. on, if there was a problem regarding the ballot, voters were given a pape
  
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• Columbus announces funds for new Franklinton grocery store

  02-05-2017 23:42
  
  Mayor Andrew Ginther and Columbus City Council announced $150,000 from the Westside Community Fund for a new, not-for-profit grocery store and café in Franklinton.The store will be located at 1160 W. Broad Street and is expected to open this fall.City officials said the store will provide locally grown fresh produce along with other grocery items and will create 15 new jobs.“Franklinton has been without a single full-service grocery store for many years.Residents are left to buy foo
  
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• Flyers' rights: Know when you can ask airlines for compensation

  02-05-2017 23:23
  Your treatment as an airplane traveler has been in the news a lot lately given the dramatic video last month showing Dr. David Dao being forcefully removed from a United airlines jet.Did you know you have rights as an airlines passenger?You certainly do but if you’re looking to be compensated for a delayed flight – that depends on why it’s delayed.We followed two travelers leaving John Glenn Columbus International and heading to Dallas Love Field on a delayed flight and our cam
  
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• Man gets 2 1/2 years for dumping stolen items from police SUV

  02-05-2017 23:16
  A 54-year-old West Side man was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for disposing of a military rifle and other items stolen from an unmarked Columbus police SUV. Two other men were charged with stealing numerous items, including the M-16 automatic rifle and a .40-caliber handgun, from the SUV after breaking into the vehicle while it was parked behind the York Steak House on W. Broad Street in Franklin Township on July 13. Investigators determined that Wagoner took possession of the
  
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• Reporter's Notebook: I've been many places in life, but none quite like Africa

  02-05-2017 22:42
  
  Not your average family vacationI've been many places in life, but none quite like Africa.My first trip to Africa (starring teenage Valencia)The last time I was here was about 14 years ago. I was in high school and my family was vacationing in Cape Town, South Africa. I don't remember the long flight, the traditional cuisine or the native garb. In fact, I don't remember being particularly excited that my parents had chosen such a destination for our vacation. I guess that teenage "I-know-it-all-
  
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• Trump: US needs September 'shutdown' to fix Senate 'mess'

  02-05-2017 22:26
  
  President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that the U.S. government "needs a good shutdown" in September to fix a "mess" in the Senate, signaling his displeasure with a temporary spending bill that Republican congressional leaders — and Trump himself — are praising as a major accomplishment.On Twitter and then in a White House ceremony, Trump issued contradictory statements ahead of key votes in Congress on the budget bill to keep the government running into the fall. After advocating fo
  
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• Mother of 3 killed in mass shooting at San Diego pool party

  02-05-2017 22:21
  
  A 35-year-old mother of three children was the lone person killed by a despondent gunman who police said shot seven people at a poolside birthday bash in San Diego after a breakup with his girlfriend.A childhood friend said he will miss the infectious smile of victim Monique Clark, who was devoted to her daughters, ages 2 to 13."She had such a great personality," said Vincent Howard, who met Clark in high school. "She was always smiling. She was always with her kids and everyone else's kids. She
  
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• ColumbusRotary: The Judiciary's Role in the Age of Populism

  02-05-2017 22:08 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Mother opens crisis center after losing daughter to domestic violence

  02-05-2017 21:58
  After her daughter was killed by an ex-husband, Judy Siefer decided to turn her tragedy into help for other victims of domestic abuse.She's opened Stephy's House on North Broad Street in downtownLancaster.The crisis center is designed to put women in touch with local resources to get help.Judy's daughter, Stephanie was killed by her husband, Kevin Adams.The couple divorced in March 2012 and Stephanie was killed in October. Adams also killed Stephanie's boyfriend, 56-year-old Randy Bartow, a deco
  
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• Clinton blames misogyny, FBI, Russia, herself for 2016 loss

  02-05-2017 21:15
  
  Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that she's taking responsibility for her 2016 election loss but believes misogyny, Russian interference and questionable decisions by the FBI also influenced the outcome.The former Democratic presidential nominee offered extensive comments about the election during the Women for Women International's annual luncheon in New York. Clinton said she's been going through the "painful" process of reliving the 2016 contest while writing a book."It wasn't a perfect campaign.
  
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• Police: Man killed roommate, then shot neighbor, paramedic

  02-05-2017 20:54
  
  A 36-year-old man with a criminal history killed his roommate, shot his neighbor and opened fire on responding paramedics in a Dallas neighborhood during an attack that prompted police to barricade the area for hours, investigators said Tuesday.Derick Lamont Brown was acting erratically at his home before he forced his 67-year-old roommate into a back room and fatally shot him Monday, said Randy Blankenbaker, Dallas's police assistant chief of investigations. The gunshots prompted a neighbor to
  
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• Conley gives statement, DNA to police in rape accusation

  02-05-2017 20:50
  
  Gareon Conley's attorney says the NFL prospect drafted by the Raiders has given a statement and DNA sample to Cleveland police investigating an accusation that he raped a woman.Conley's attorney, Kevin Spellacy, confirmed the 21-year-old former Ohio State cornerback met with authorities on Monday and consented to a cheek swab for DNA collection. No charges have been filed.Cleveland police spokeswoman Jennifer Ciaccia said the meeting took place Monday but declined to release details.A police rep
  
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• Suit aims to block fracking plan for Wayne National Forest

  02-05-2017 20:44
  
  A coalition of conservation groups has filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking plans to allow fracking in eastern Ohio's Wayne National Forest.The Sierra Club, Ohio Environmental Council and the Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S District Court in Columbus.The lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service aims to void leases allowing hydraulic fracturing in Ohio's only national forest. It contends the leases violate the National Environmental Polic
  
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• Doppler 10: High pressure builds in Wednesday

  02-05-2017 20:25
  Weather Alert: Wind Advisory issued for most of Ohio Tuesday. Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph are possible.This Evening: Very windy and mostly cloudy. Cool with temps in the 50s.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy and breezy. Low 41. W wind 8-15 mph.
  Wednesday: Driest day of the week, but cooler. Partly sunny with a high near 59. NW wind 5-10 mph.
  Thursday: Showers likely. Still below average. Low 64. SE wind 10-15 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Stron
  
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• Ohio House OKs $64M budget containing Medicaid controls

  02-05-2017 20:08
  
  The Ohio House has approved a nearly $64 billion, two-year operating budget that would impose new controls on Medicaid expansion money and invest $170 million in tackling the state's No. 1 ranking in opioid deaths.The bill cleared the Republican-controlled chamber, 58-36, on Tuesday after more than two and half hours of debate.House Democratic Leader Fred Strahornraised his party's objections to investment priorities that he said would leave the middle class behind.House Finance Chairman Ryan Sm
  
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• Ohio House budget returns some Medicaid control to lawmakers

  02-05-2017 20:08
  
  The state budget bill poised for a final vote in the Ohio House would move some control over Medicaid expansion from the governor to lawmakers but wouldn't freeze the program.Republican leaders call the procedural changes "guardrails." They're among dozens of changes made Monday to the nearly $64 billion, two-year spending blueprint. A full House vote is expected Tuesday.The final bill doesn't include a proposal by conservatives to freeze enrollment under the Medicaid expansion allowed under the
  
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• HoMedics recalls massagers because of electric shock, burn hazards

  02-05-2017 19:27
  
  HoMedics is recalling several models of handheld massagers because they could be hazardous.The company said the cord can break near the base of the massager, exposing wires and posing electric shock and burn hazards.The recall includes the HHP-375H model Handheld Dual Node Percussion Massager with Heat, the HHP-250 model Handheld Hot and Cold Massager and the PA-MH-THP model Handheld Compact Percussion Massager with Heat.The massagers were sold at Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy's, Rite-Aid, Walmart
  
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• Wendya s tries delivery

  02-05-2017 18:48
  Columbus is one of two cities in the U.S. where you can get a Frosty delivered to our door.
  
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• Heroin dealer pleads guilty to three felony drug charges

  02-05-2017 18:48
  Five defendants pleaded guilty and three were sentenced before Assigned Judge Mark O'Connor in Logan County Common Pleas Court Monday afternoon. Jeremiah was charged with trafficking in drugs, possession of heroin, possession of a Schedule II drug, possession of a Schedule III drug, and possession of drug abuse instruments.
  
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• Ex-officer pleads guilty in fleeing motorist's death

  02-05-2017 18:46
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former police officer whose killing of a motorist running from a traffic stop was captured on cellphone video pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal civil rights charges that could send him to prison for decades.The plea from Michael Slager, 35, came five months after a jury deadlocked on state murder charges against him in the 2015 slaying of Walter Scott. South Carolina prosecutors had planned to retry Slager, but as part of Tuesday's plea bargain, they agreed to drop the m
  
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• Thousands of Ohio residents eligible for student loan cancellations

  02-05-2017 18:27
  
  The Ohio Attorney General's Office said Tuesday that students at schools in Ohio operated by Corinthian Colleges are eligible to cancel student loans.Corinthian Colleges operated several schools including Everest Institute, Everest College, Everest University, Heald College and WyoTech.The Attorney General's Office said about 5,490 people in Ohio will receive a letter explaining how to apply for the loan cancellation with the U.S. Department of Education.Corinthian Colleges stopped operating in
  
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• Hit and Run: Plumber's ashes flushed at ballparks

  02-05-2017 17:11
  A New York City man is on a mission to flush the cremated remains of his lifelong friend - a plumber - down ballpark toilets around the country.Tom McDonald tells The New York Times that it's a fitting tribute for Roy Riegel.The two baseball fans were childhood friends in Queens, not far from - wait for it - Flushing Meadows, where the Mets play.Like baseball, this endeavor has rules. The game has to be in progress when McDonald sprinkles the ashes into the toilet from a little plastic bottle.So
  
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• Ohio woman pleads not guilty in death of boyfriend's baby

  02-05-2017 17:10
  
  OREGON, Ohio — An Ohio woman has pleaded not guilty in the death of her boyfriend's 6-month-old child.Angie Walker, of Toledo, was arraigned Monday on murder and child endangering charges. A judge ordered that she remain in jail on $500,000 bond.She was arrested Friday in the Toledo suburb of Oregon.Court records don't indicate if she has an attorney and say she plans to hire a private attorney.The Blade reports that emergency crews responded to a home Tuesday morning and found the child,
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel tearfully recounts newborn son's heart surgery

  02-05-2017 17:04
  
  LOS ANGELES — A tearful Jimmy Kimmel turned his show's monologue into an emotional recounting of his newborn son's open-heart surgery — and a plea that all American families get the life-saving medical care they need."It was a scary story and before I go into it, I want you to know it has a happy ending," Kimmel assured ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" studio audience Monday as he detailed how his son's routine birth April 21 suddenly turned frightening.Several hours after his wife, Molly,
  
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• Shooter calls ex-girlfriend as he unleashes terror at pool

  02-05-2017 16:55
  
  SAN DIEGO — The pool party was in full swing when a lone man reclining in a lounge chair with a blank expression pulled a gun from his waistband and began shooting.As bodies fell on the pool deck and people ran for their lives, the gunman despondent over a recent breakup dialed his ex-girlfriend so she could listen as he continued firing at strangers.Although Peter Selis was white and all but one of the victims were black and Latino, Chief Shelley Zimmerman said Monday there was "zero indi
  
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• Police: Suspect in Texas stabbings had mental health trouble

  02-05-2017 16:52
  
  AUSTIN, Texas —The man suspected of stabbing four people at the University of Texas, one fatally, suffered from mental health troubles and had been involuntarily committed for treatment in another city, authorities said Tuesday.University Police Chief David Carter said Kendrex J. White was "obviously" suffering from some kind of mental difficulties, but he did not elaborate.White, 21, who was enrolled at the Austin campus, was armed with a large hunting knife. He was described by former cl
  
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• Voters Guide: What’s on the ballot? | May 2, 2017

  02-05-2017 16:45
  Voters across central Ohio head to the polls for primary elections today, including some issues that affect local schools.In Licking County voters will be making decisions on issues that school districts say could ease overcrowding. District officials say the schools are operating at capacity or well over.Licking Heights Local School District is asking voters to approve a 4.99-mill bond issue to construct a new high school.
  What it would cost voters: If the levy passes, it would cost taxpayers a
  
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• Red Sox apologize for fans' racial taunts toward Adam Jones

  02-05-2017 16:45
  
  BOSTON — Red Sox President Sam Kennedy is apologizing for fans taunting Orioles center fielder Adam Jones with racial slurs.Kennedy also apologized Tuesday for a fan throwing peanuts at Jones on Monday night. He says the organization is "sickened by the conduct of an ignorant few."Jones, who is black, said he was "called the N-word a handful of times" in quotes reported by USA Today Sports and the Boston Globe."It's unfortunate that people need to resort to those type of epithets to degrad
  
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• Primary Election Results | May 2, 2017

  02-05-2017 16:45
  Results are starting to come in from Tuesday’s primary election across central Ohio.A variety of issues were on Tuesday's ballot.A Look At The IssuesFranklin County – View unofficial resultsThere is one countywide issues, the Franklin County Senior Services Tax Levy. The levy is a property tax to pay for service such as home-delivered meals, medical transportation and adult day care.Columbus, Hilliard, Reynoldsburg and Whitehall will hold primaries today for city council and candidat
  
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• Central Ohio Primary Election Results | May 2, 2017

  02-05-2017 16:45
  Results are starting to come in from Tuesday’s primary election across central Ohio.A variety of issues were on Tuesday's ballot.A Look At The IssuesFranklin County – View unofficial resultsThere is one countywide issues, the Franklin County Senior Services Tax Levy. The levy is a property tax to pay for service such as home-delivered meals, medical transportation and adult day care.Columbus, Hilliard, Reynoldsburg and Whitehall will hold primaries today for city council and candidat
  
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• How to get $1 subs at Jimmy John's Tuesday

  02-05-2017 16:08
  
  Jimmy Johns is offering subs for $1 Tuesday for the company's Customer Appreciation Day.Participating locations will offer 8" subs for $1 between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday.The offer is not valid for delivery orders. While you might get it freaky fast, they won't deliver it for a buck!List of participating locations around Columbus: 2165 North High Street Campus Lane and High - Columbus, OH1558 North High Street Campus Gateway - Columbus, OH843 West 5th Ave.- Columbus, OH241 Tremont Rd - Upper Ar
  
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• Dispatcher heard snoring on 911 call is suspended for 6 days

  02-05-2017 15:16
  
  CLEVELAND — A Cleveland police dispatcher heard snoring on a recorded 911 call has been suspended for six days for sleeping on the job.WJW-TV reports Jasmin Thomas pleaded no contest to internal charges from the department's investigation.The local police union president, Steve Loomis, says Thomas is a single mother who was working full-time and attending college. Loomis says those aren't excuses but the reality of Thomas' situation, and the concerns about her sleeping on duty have led her
  
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• Janet Jackson separates from husband, plans to resume tour

  02-05-2017 14:51
  
  Janet Jackson has confirmed a rumored split with her husband and says plans to resume the world tour she called off more than a year ago during her pregnancy with her son, who was born in January.Jackson says in a video posted on Twitter that she has separated from husband Wissam Al Mana. She says, "we are in court and the rest is in God's hands." A special message from Janet for her fans. pic.twitter.com/VXa6h25ksK— Janet Jackson (@JanetJackson) May 2, 2017
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• LeBron scores 35, grabs beer as Cavs top Raptors

  02-05-2017 14:41
  
  LeBron James resisted drinking some beer. He downed the Raptors again instead.James grabbed a bottle of beer on the sideline while scoring 35 points, Kyrie Irving added 24 and the Cleveland Cavaliers picked up where they left off following a long layoff and throttled Toronto 116-105 on Monday night in the opener of their Eastern Conference semifinal.The Cavs were winning so handily last night that LeBron grabbed a fan’s beer in the middle of the game https://t.co/IR7oTpy3hl pic.twitter.com
  
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• Theodore Decker: Sites of Columbus street slayings linger in memory

  02-05-2017 14:03
  The roses have withered, and the poster board is peeling. Balloons, having lost their helium, lie stranded on the parking lot in a shiny heap.
  
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• British gym launches new ‘Napercise’ class

  02-05-2017 13:35
  How would you like to hit the gym to get in a good nap instead of a good workout?A British gym has launched a new fitness class called Napercise. It’s pretty much just what it sounds like: people taking a nap for 45 minutes.The gym says it got the idea after a new study found 86 percent of parents in Great Britain were fatigued.The class targets exhausted parents, and it's designed to burn calories while re-energizing the mind and body/It starts off with some stretching, followed by laying
  
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• Baby onesies sent to Ohio hospital that helped zoo's hippo

  02-05-2017 13:18
  An Ohio zoo that received help from a hospital for its prematurely born hippo, Fiona, has sent onesies to newborns in the hospital's intensive care unit.The Cincinnati Zoo recently sent the onesies featuring Fiona's image to newborns at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The zoo's director says they were intended as thanks to hospital staff and a message of hope to families of premature babies.Fiona weighed 29 pounds when she was born Jan. 24 and had serious health struggles. Hospita
  
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• 27 injured after aircraft hits strong turbulence

  02-05-2017 12:55
  Twenty-seven people were injured, several with suspected spinal damage, after an aircraft heading from Moscow to Bangkok hit strong turbulence. The Russian Embassy in Bangkok said in a statement that Flight SU270 hit an air pocket Monday on its approach to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, and that those injured aboard the Aeroflot Boeing 777-300 had not been wearing seat belts. A Russian diplomat who asked to be identified as the embassy duty officer said 15 remained hospitalized, but none had li
  
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• United CEO faces questions as Congress examines air travel

  02-05-2017 12:44
  United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz will be the star witness as Congress examines customer service by U.S. airlines and how air travel can be improved.The hearing by the House Transportation Committee comes amid worldwide outrage sparked when a passenger was dragged off a United flight after refusing to give up his seat to a crew member. The April 9 incident ignited a debate about poor service and a lack of customer-friendly policies on U.S. airlines.Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster sa
  
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• Missing 8-year-old boy found safe

  02-05-2017 11:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Columbus Police say a missing 8-year-old boy is now safe.Serigne Amadaou Diop was last seen between 7:30 p.m and 9:00 p.m. playing outside in the area of Maryland and Gould in east Columbus.The family tells police they had been looking for him all night, but police say he was found with a neighbor..
  
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• Travis Scott Fans Leap Off Balconies During Raucous NYC Concert

  02-05-2017 09:34
  There are few rap concerts as wild as a Travis Scott show. Sunday night's concert at NYC's Terminal 5 got truly chaotic.
  
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• Seen and unseen, Columbus capital budget focuses on neighborhoods

  02-05-2017 05:12
  The city's $861.4 million capital improvement budget for 2017 includes money for the things neighborhood residents want to see, and even more for flushing away the things they don't. It has millions for transportation projects, new police and fire stations and recreation centers.
  
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• Westland High School resource officer removed after alleged incident with student

  02-05-2017 05:07
  
  A Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputy is on unpaid leave after an alleged incident with a female student at Westland High School.According to the sheriff’s office, the deputy worked as a School Resource Officer at the high school.The sheriff’s office was contacted by the administration with South-Western City Schools District to alert them to a situation on campus.The sheriff’s office removed the officer as they open an investigation.Authorities did not say what was t
  
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• 16-year-old killed in Hardin County crash

  02-05-2017 05:06
  
  HARDIN COUNTY – The Hardin County Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash involving a car and train Kenton.It happened just before 4 p.m. on Monday. The crash happened at the 12000 block of County Road 60 west of US Route 68.The 16-year-old who was driving the car has been identified as Layton Rogers of Dola.Rogers was driving westbound on County Road 60 when he failed to yield for a southbound CSX train.Hardin County Coroner pronounced Rogers at the scene.This crash remains under invest
  
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• Janet Jackson announces November show at Schottenstein Center

  02-05-2017 04:09
  
  Janet Jackson has announced a 56-city North American tour this fall including November 28 at the Scottenstein Center.Tickets for the ‘State of the World’ tour will go on sale May 5 at 10 a.m.Jackson began her sold out Unbreakable tour in late 2015 before delaying shows to focus on starting a family and having her first child.Tickets held for previous Unbreakable tour events that are now re-scheduled will be honored at the new dates.For more information, visit livenation.com.For more
  
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• High school suspension numbers focus of BREAD meeting

  02-05-2017 04:03
  Hundreds of people from various congregations came together at the Celeste Center on the grounds of the Ohio State Fair to hold city leaders accountable for issues surrounding high crime, to ID cards for immigrants and High School suspensions."Last year Columbus City Schools had 26,473 out of school suspensions. That is more than one suspension for every two students," Wes Fullen of St. Dominic Catholic Church said.It's an issue BREAD (Building Responsibility Equality and Integrity) said it want
  
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• Trump on Civil War: Why couldn't they have worked that out?

  02-05-2017 03:42
  
  The U.S. president had a historical question: Why did America's Civil War happen? "Why could that one not have been worked out?"Remarks by Donald Trump, aired Monday, showed presidential uncertainty about the origin and necessity of the Civil War, a defining event in U.S. history with slavery at its core. Trump also declared that President Andrew Jackson was angry about "what was happening" with regard to the war, which started 16 years after his death, and could have stopped it if still in off
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 5/1/2017

  02-05-2017 03:30 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Netflix releases first 'House of Cards' season 5 trailer

  02-05-2017 02:47
  
  The wait is over as Netflix has released the first full trailer for the fifth season of House of Cards. The fifth season will debut May 30 on the streaming service.Nextflix members were sent the following message on Monday:My Fellow Americans,All my life, I've devoted myself to our fine country. Protecting your freedoms is my greatest honor. In dark times like these we must keep our eyes open and watch out for each other. As May 30th approaches, I need your loyalty more than ever. Can Claire and
  
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