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• 3 Ohio men touring with Ariana Grande escape injury in Manchester attack

  23-05-2017 23:46
  Three Ohio men were on stage with Ariana Grande moments before a suicide bombing that killed 22.Twins Scott and Brian Nicholson grew up in Strongsville and Kristopher Terry is from Shaker Heights and graduated from Ohio University.Peggy Terry said her son moved to California to pursue his dreams, and that's where he met the Nicholson brothers, who had already hit the big time working with pop star Ariana Grande."They took him under their wings, and they had him audition for a couple of shows for
  
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• One kayaker drowns, another presumed dead on Scioto near Marion

  23-05-2017 23:21
  Authorities in Marion County say a kayaker drowned at a lowhead dam in the Scioto River southwest of Marion Monday, and a full-scale search is underway for his friend, who is also presumed drowned. Marion County Sheriff Tim Bailey said that Tyler Webb, 29, and Raymond Williams, 28, were both experienced kayakers from Marion.
  
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• Warning of "imminent" attack, Britain raises threat level

  23-05-2017 23:04
  MANCHESTER, England — As officials hunted for accomplices of a suicide bomber and Britain's prime minister warned another attack could be "imminent," thousands of people poured into the streets of Manchester in a defiant vigil Tuesday for victims of a blast at a pop concert — the latest apparent target of Islamic extremists seeking to rattle life in the West.The attack left at least 22 dead, including an 8-year-old girl, shattering the revelry at a show by American singer Ariana Gran
  
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• Manchester health officials: 119 injured in concert bombing

  23-05-2017 23:04
  MANCHESTER, England —Manchester health officials have increased the number of wounded in the concert bombing, saying 119 people sought medical treatment at the city's hospitals after the suicide attack Monday night.
  The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership gave the higher figure on Wednesday.Jon Rouse of the agency said 64 people were still hospitalized. He said the number of overall wounded was raised due to the "walking wounded" who came in hours after the attack. Rouse
  
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• Britain increasing terror threat, believes another attack imminent

  23-05-2017 23:04
  Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain's threat level from terrorism has been raised to critical — meaning an attack may be imminent.May says Salman Abadi, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a concert in Manchester, may have been part of a bigger network.She said Abadi was born and raised in Britain.The level previously stood at the second-highest rung of "severe" for several years.May said critical status means armed soldiers may be deployed instead of police at public events suc
  
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• Clintonville neighborhood takes community approach against crime

  23-05-2017 22:41
  Community connection and action. That's how one neighborhood conquers crime.And pointing out drug activity is a focus right now.The area of Clintonville just west of I-71 and south of Weber. Some neighbors say they’ve seen suspected drug activity, with dealers coming off of the highway and down an alley into their neighborhood.Neighbors say they talk to and know each other. When they see anything concerning, they share information and call the police non-emergency number.They want criminal
  
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• Ohio coroner runs out of room for bodies due to spike in opioid deaths

  23-05-2017 22:37
  
  DAYTON, Ohio -- For the second time this year, a coroner's office in Ohio has run out of space for dead bodies due to the opioid epidemic, CBS Pittsburgh reports. The Tribune-Review reports the Montgomery County office had 13 bodies on Monday. Twelve of them were overdoses.Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger, says they have already expanded the cooler once last year because space for 36 wasn't enough. It now holds 42 bodies. "If this pace continues, I'm not really sure what we're going to do," Dr. Hars
  
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• Loosen Up: NFL to allow some flair in celebrations

  23-05-2017 22:19
  
  The NFL wants to put some flair back into touchdown celebrations, allowing players to use the football as a prop,celebrate as a group and roll around on the ground again if they choose.In an email from Commissioner Roger Goodell sent to fans in an effort to deliver "a more exciting game experience," the commissioner said the new guidelines came after conversations with more than 80 current and former players.The league, however, will continue to penalize any celebration deemed offensive, includi
  
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• Columbus looks to shut down hotel plagued by crime

  23-05-2017 22:07
  The city of Columbus has filed a complaint to close a hotel that they say has been plagued for years with shootings, drug trafficking, prostitution and reports of rape and sexual assault.According to the complaint, police and fire have received more than 320 calls for service since 2015 from the Super 8 Hotel located at 2055 Brice Road.Columbus City Attorney Richard Pfeiffer Jr. filed the complaint and has requested an emergency board-up Tuesday.A judge granted the city a temporary restraining o
  
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• Officials: Manchester bomber was local man of Libyan descent

  23-05-2017 21:45
  The man who police say blew himself up in a packed concert arena in Manchester, killing 22 people, did not make a strong impression on his neighbors.Residents of the Manchester suburb of modest brick semi-detached homes where 22-year-old Salman Abedi lived remembered seeing the tall, thin young man who often wore traditional Islamic dress. But few said they knew him well.Greater Manchester Police on Tuesday named Abedi as the suicide bomber who struck an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena
  
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• Parents weigh in on concert fears after Manchester

  23-05-2017 21:10
  
  Iris Azulai's 17-year-old daughter, Carmel, recently attended a large concert in Tel Aviv of the Argentine singer Lali. Given Israel's history, the fear of terrorism is always lurking, particularly at mass events, but regardless, she would not have prevented her daughter from going."There is always that fear ... but I allow her to go because I say we cannot allow terrorism to take over our lives," the mother said Tuesday following the Ariana Grande tragedy in Manchester, England. "It can happen
  
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• Some musicians cancel concerts after Manchester blast

  23-05-2017 21:07
  
  The suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England has shaken the music world, with some artists canceling upcoming gigs and others planning to go ahead as scheduled.Blondie canceled a Tuesday night concert in London "as a mark of respect for the victims of the terrible attack" at the Manchester Arena. Lead singer Debbie Harry tweeted that the Round Chapel date will be rescheduled.Take That, formed in Manchester, also canceled their Tuesday night concert in Liverpool and May
  
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• Doppler 10: Showers return today

  23-05-2017 21:03
  Today: Showers likely, storms possible. Upper 60s E 5-10 mph
  Tonight: Showers ending, then spotty. 55 NE 5-10 mph
  Thursday: More scattered showers and storms. 67 S 5-10 mphWeather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A low pressure system in the Tennessee Valley will track northward today bringing a chance for showers and storms and somewhat cooler temperatures. That system will track east through tomorrow, with high pressure and fair skies returning f
  
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• Doppler 10: Showers return mid-week

  23-05-2017 21:03
  This Evening: Very pleasant. A mix of sun and clouds with temps in the 70s. E wind 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Increasing clouds. Low 58. SE wind 5-10 mph.
  Wednesday: Cooler with a chance for morning showers to our south and east. Afternoon showers and maybe a thunderstorm here in Central Ohio.High 70. SE wind 5-10 mph.
  Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a chance for scattered showers. Cooler with a high of 66. W wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Informat
  
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• Broad coalition anchored by drug makers opposes Ohio ballot issue

  23-05-2017 20:59
  Opponents of a ballot issue aimed at lowering prescription drug prices today announced a broad coalition to fight the proposal Ohioans will see in the Nov. 7 election. The group Ohioans Against the Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue formed to oppose the Ohio Drug Price Relief Act, an initiated statute that, if passed, would require the state government to pay no more for prescription drugs than the lowest price paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
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• Man crawls to safety 4 days after falling from cliff

  23-05-2017 20:47
  
  Northeast Ohio police say a man who fell down a cliff and spent four days in a ravine was rescued after he crawled onto a nearby golf course, despite having broken his legs, pelvis, and wrist.A worker at the course in Elyria, Ohio, was doing routine maintenance when he stumbled upon 30-year-old Gerald Muskiewicz and called for help, said Elyria Police Capt. Chris Costantino.Muskiewicz was naked and suffering from hypothermia when he was found. Muskiewicz told officers he had stripped his clothes
  
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• NFL Hall of Famer Cortez Kennedy found dead, police say

  23-05-2017 20:33
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — Hall of Fame defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy has died in Orlando.Police say the 48-year-old former Seattle Seahawks star was found dead on Tuesday morning.Orlando Police Department public information officer Wanda Miglio said the circumstances surrounding his death are still unknown, but that there is nothing suspicious about his death. An investigation is being conducted.One of the best defensive lineman of his generation, Kennedy was a star in his 11 seasons in the NFL wi
  
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• Pataskala restaurant donates food for spaghetti dinner benefiting Kirkersville families

  23-05-2017 20:18
  A Pataskala restaurant donated food for a spaghetti dinner Tuesday night benefiting the families involved in Kirkersville shooting.The dinner comes after Chief Eric DiSario, Cindy Krantz and Marlina Medrano were shot and killed at the hands of Thomas Hartless on May 12."It was never a question of would we," he said. "It was how could we. We just said what do you need and they told us and we ordered it" Steve Butcher said.Butcher's Nutcracker family restaurant has donated 200 pounds of salad.And,
  
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• Neighbor charged in Akron fire that killed 5 kids, 2 adults

  23-05-2017 19:58
  
  AKRON, Ohio — A neighbor of a family that died in a house fire was charged Tuesday with intentionally setting it ablaze, killing two adults and five children.Stanley Ford, 58, was charged with aggravated murder and arson, Akron police said.Investigators would not discuss a possible motive in the May 15 fire or say what led them to Ford, who was taken into custody Tuesday.A message seeking comment was left at his home.Other than being neighbors, police said they did not know of any connecti
  
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• Failure to Protect: Loose supervision & opportunities to re-offend

  23-05-2017 19:29
  Three days after the February 8 kidnapping, rape, and murder of OSU student Reagan Tokes, Grove City Police showed up at a house on Forest Avenue and pulled out the prime suspect in her killing: 29-year-old Brian Golsby.When Golsby was arrested, he was wearing a GPS tracking device on his ankle. That device didn’t come off until he was in jail, but what it recorded wasn't looked at until days after his arrest.The GPS monitoring device is what investigators used to place Golsby at the scene
  
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• Franklin County Commissioners approve $65,000 for Charitable Pharmacy

  23-05-2017 18:42
  Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to give $65,000 in public money to support a Columbus pharmacy that provides free medications and health screenings for those who can't afford it. "It's life and death for so many people.
  
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• Kayaker found dead in Scioto River, crews search for second drowning victim in Marion Co.

  23-05-2017 17:48
  
  The Marion County Sheriff’s office says two kayakers drowned in the Scioto River Monday.The sheriff’s office and Green Camp Fire Department responded to the 2000 block of Prospect-Upper Sandusky Rd South when a fisherman in the area reported seeing a person in the water.Upon arriving on scene, the fire department and sheriff’s office say they found 29-year-old Tyler Webb, of Marion, in the water.He was pronounced dead at the scene.Authorities said Webb was wearing a life jacket
  
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• Crews recover 2nd Kayaker found dead in Scioto River

  23-05-2017 17:48
  
  The Marion County Sheriff’s office says two kayakers drowned in the Scioto River Monday.The sheriff’s office and Green Camp Fire Department responded to the 2000 block of Prospect-Upper Sandusky Rd South when a fisherman in the area reported seeing a person in the water.Upon arriving on scene, the fire department and sheriff’s office say they found 29-year-old Tyler Webb, of Marion, in the water.He was pronounced dead at the scene.Authorities said Webb was wearing a life jacket
  
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• 1 dead in Marion County drowning, crews search for possible second victim

  23-05-2017 17:48
  
  MARION COUNTY, Ohio -- Emergency workers in Marion County are searching for a possible drowning victim in the Scioto River.The Green Camp Fire Department confirms one person drowned last night near a dam off Prospect-Upper Sandusky Road.Investigators have not yet released the identity of that person.A water search is underway for a second potential victim.This is a developing story. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Store to doorstep grocery delivery launches in Columbus

  23-05-2017 17:42
  
  Busy schedules and curious kids are among the reasons many grocery shoppers groan when their pantry gets low. Now in Central Ohio, the options for doorstep grocery delivery is growing.National home grocery delivery service, Instacart, launched this month in Columbus. Days later Meijer stores announced Shipt is rolling out their service, offering home delivery to 660 local households.Mine Gusching could not be more excited to see the home grocery delivery hit her Upper Arlington neighborhood. She
  
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• Manchester police name bomber, hunt for accomplices

  23-05-2017 17:36
  MANCHESTER, England — Investigators hunted Tuesday for possible accomplices of the suicide bomber who attacked an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, killing 22 people and sparking a stampede of young concertgoers, some still wearing the American pop star's trademark kitten ears and holding pink balloons.The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the Monday night carnage, but a top American intelligence official said the claim could not be verified. British police raided two sites
  
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• 2-year-old boy drowns in Delaware County pond

  23-05-2017 16:56
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio -- The Delaware County Sheriff's Office said a two-year-old boy drowned in a pond near Westerville Monday evening.The sheriff's office said deputies and firefighters with the Harlem Township Fire Department responded to the 11000 block of Fancher Road just after 6:30 p.m. Monday.According to the sheriff's office, people who live nearby found the boy unresponsive in the pond and started CPR.The sheriff's office said the boy was taken to St. Ann's hospital where he was pronou
  
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• Man dies, woman hospitalized in Pike County crash

  23-05-2017 16:29
  
  PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - The Pike County Sheriff's Office said a man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after a crash on Monday.The sheriff's office said 75-year-old Cecil Hewlett of Piketon was driving south on the North Access Road around 3:15 p.m. when he drove off the left side of the road after going around a curve.The sheriff's office said the vehicle hit a concrete barrier, went into the air, and hit the underside of a railroad trestle landing upside down.Cecil Hewlett was pronounced
  
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• Sir Roger Moore, star of 7 James Bond films, dies at 89

  23-05-2017 15:30
  
  Roger Moore, the suavely insouciant star of seven James Bond films, has died in Switzerland. He was 89.The British actor died Tuesday after a short battle with cancer, according to a family statement posted on Moore's official Twitter account."We know our own love and admiration will be magnified many times over, across the world, by people who knew him for his films, his television shows and his passionate work for UNICEF, which he considered to be his greatest achievement," the statement said.
  
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• 8-year-old girl among victims in deadly Manchester concert bombing

  23-05-2017 15:20
  
  LONDON — An eight-year-old girl has been confirmed dead after a suspected suicide attack on an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Saffie Rose Roussos was leaving the show Monday night with her mother and sister when an explosion went off, killing at least 22 people and injuring 59.The names of the 22 victims killed by a suicide bomber at a Manchester concert on Monday night have not been officially released, but here what's known about them so far:___Saffie Roussos, aged 8, was
  
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• Gun violence near little league park sparks calls for action

  23-05-2017 14:59
  
  Residents in Akron want city leaders to do more to address violence at a park where gunshots scattered children earlier this month.The Akron Beacon Journal reports that the local baseball association has hired an off-duty Akron police officer to patrol the fields at Davenport Park.The paper says that until that hiring, not a single Little League team from outside the city would play at the park.No one was injured after a fight among teenagers on a basketball court may 16 that ended with shots fi
  
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• New fruit juice guidelines include big change for babies

  23-05-2017 14:25
  
  Kids love their juice, but new recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advise parents to pull back on fruit juices of all kinds for children of all ages.It's the first update to the group's guidelines on fruit juice for kids in 16 years. One of the biggest changes is the recommendation that parents avoid giving fruit juice at all during a baby's first year of life. Previous recommendations said fruit juice was OK after six months.The AAP's latest advice on fruit juice is br
  
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• In Jerusalem, Trump solemnly remembers Holocaust victims

  23-05-2017 14:15
  
  President Donald Trump solemnly paid tribute Tuesday to the 6 million Jews killed during the Holocaust, calling on the world to never forget "history's darkest hour."On a visit to the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, the president and first lady Melania Trump laid a wreath on a stone slab under which ashes from some of those killed in concentration camps are buried. They were joined by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, as well as daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jar
  
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• Spacewalking astronauts tackle urgent station repairs

  23-05-2017 13:59
  Spacewalking astronauts are making urgent repairs at the International Space Station.Commander Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer went out Tuesday morning, three days after a critical relay box abruptly stopped working. Even though a second unit managed the data load just fine, NASA scrambled to put together a spacewalk in order to restore backup capability. The system is vital for operating the station's solar panels, radiators and robotic equipment.The failed data-relay box was just installed in M
  
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• Justice Insider: Columbus rape streamed online featured in Netflix series

  23-05-2017 13:58
  The opening shot of a Netflix documentary shows 19-year-old Marina Lonina answering questions after she streamed a girl's rape live on Periscope last year at a Northeast Side apartment. "As we were told, this is the first case in history," Lonina tells the camera in Russian with a hushed voice on the sixth episode of the documentary series "Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On."
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg says he's not running for public office

  23-05-2017 13:32
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his quest this year to visit every state he hadn't before is about building relationships, not politics.The 33-year-old billionaire wrote in a Facebook post that some users have asked if the trip means he's running for public office. Zuckerberg says he's not running for anything. Instead, he says the visits around the country are in order "to get a broader perspective."He said Facebook is looking to connect users beyond people they already know, and he wrote tha
  
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• Jordan Peele's 'Get Out' follow-up set for 2019 release

  23-05-2017 13:19
  
  Comedian turned filmmaker Jordan Peele is following up the remarkable success of "Get Out" with a provocative original thriller set for release in March 2019.Universal Pictures announced the release date for Peele's untitled film on Monday.Peele's buzzy directorial debut "Get Out" became a box office phenomenon this year grossing $229.6 million worldwide on a production budget of only $4.5 million.Universal Pictures distributed "Get Out" and has since set a first look deal with Peele and his Mon
  
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• President Trump lashes out at "evil losers" behind Manchester attack'

  23-05-2017 12:23
  
  President Trump offered his "deepest condolences" on Tuesday to the victims of a suicide bomb attack on an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, northern England, and ridiculed the still-unidentified bomber as an "evil loser."Mr. Trump was briefed on the attack before meeting Tuesday with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem. He spoke at a joint news conference with Abbas, saying the U.S. stood "in absolute solidarity with the people of the United Kingdom."Reaction to Manchester attack f
  
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• President Trump condemns against 'wicked ideology' behind terror

  23-05-2017 12:23
  BETHLEHEM, West Bank — President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned a deadly attack at a pop concert in Manchester, England as the act of "evil losers" and called on nations to band together to fight terrorism."The terrorists and extremists, and those who give them aid and comfort, must be driven out from our society forever," said Trump, speaking after a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. "This wicked ideology must be obliterated, and I mean completely obliterated
  
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• Protesters take oversized check and demands to city hall but mayor not there

  23-05-2017 09:28
  Nearly 100 protesters led by the People's Justice Project marched to Columbus City Hall on Monday evening to present an over-sized check for $5,000 to Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. The check was symbolic, representing the cost for a seat at an upcoming Ginther fundraiser, an opportunity to be heard by the mayor.
  
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• Mount Carmel opens building to Columbus Historical Society

  23-05-2017 09:28
  With help from Mount Carmel Health System, the Columbus Historical Society has a new home to go with its ambitious plans for the future. On Monday, the nonprofit society signed a two-year lease - for $1 a month in rent - with Mount Carmel to move into a vacant former office building at 717-719 W. Town St. For the past five years, the society has been housed at COSI Columbus.
  
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• #BigBinkShow..The Dish: Drake Sweeps The Billboard Music Awards,...

  23-05-2017 09:28
  I'm DJn his set so we bout to set Columbus on Y" Y" Y" Y" #DownWithTheKing 12. #rp @LILDonAIR: "I said "hey @djmrking we should dress alike!" He said "that's corny."
  
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• Building collapses onto sidewalk in north Columbus

  23-05-2017 05:07
  
  Crews are the on the scene of a building collapse in north Columbus.The building is located in the 2400 block of Cleveland Avenue.Officials said people driving by the building noticed it was collapsing and called authorities.Police said the building collapsed onto the sidewalk.As a precaution, police have shut down the southbound lanes of Cleveland Avenue in the area.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Council funds police video-storage and Smart Columbus electrification

  23-05-2017 05:03
  Separate plans to equip police with body cameras and drive Columbus toward "smart" transportation advanced Monday with City Council approval to spend money on each. City Council approved spending about $1.45 million to buy a video-storage system for footage captured by police wearing body cameras.
  
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• Kirkersville hostage says Thomas Hartless shared his plans before shootings

  23-05-2017 04:18
  One of the two men held hostage before the fatal shootings in Kirkersville said the killer shared his plans.Mike Armstrong said Thomas Hartless wanted to wait for his estranged girlfriend, Marlina Medrano, to come out of the Pine Kirk Care Center, but Kirkersville Police Chief Steven Eric DiSario showed up first.Chief DiSario, Medrano and a nurses aid Cindy Krantz were killed before Hartless took his own life.Armstrong said he tries not to think about the events on the morning of May 12."It's ha
  
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• Tampering charge against Pike County victim's brother tossed

  23-05-2017 03:57
  
  A judge in Ohio has dismissed evidence tampering and vandalism charges against the brother of one of eight victims of an unsolved massacre.Prosecutors asked for the dismissal Monday so they can take the case to a grand jury and keep additional evidence out of court.The charges accused James Manley, of Peebles, of destroying a GPS tracking device.Investigators trying to solve the slayings placed the device on Manley's truck last month.Manley turned himself in last week. He hasn't been named a sus
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting, May 22, 2017

  23-05-2017 03:21 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Press Conference: Gregory S. Lashutka Event Center Celebration

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• Classmates remember teen who drowned while swimming in quarry

  23-05-2017 02:10
  Dozens of students from Columbus Alternative High School gathered to remember a fellow student who drowned.According to Marion Police, 15-year-old Shavon Reid drowned at Quarry Park Saturday afternoon.At his high school, where he was about to enter the 11th grade, dozens of friends lit candles and sent balloons into the sky in memory of the student who they say lived life to the fullest."I never met anybody like this guy he's so charismatic and charming and funny," Ben Fagan said.Witnesses told
  
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• UK Police arrest one in connection to concert attack

  23-05-2017 01:05
  7:00 a.m.The Associated Press is reporting that UK police have arrested 23-year-old man in Manchester in relation to concert attack.4:40 a.m.CBS News is now reporting that 59 people were injured in the attack. The death toll stands at 22.2:20 a.m.Manchester police say an apparent suicide bomber set off an improvised explosive device at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.Police raised the death toll to 22 early Tuesday, and dozens more have been reported injured.Chief Constable Ian Hopkins says
  
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