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• After crash, Heidelberg president delivers diplomas to hospitalized students

  26-05-2017 23:44
  The friendship of Emilee Lester and Allie Gales was forged their freshman year of college."We lived on the same floor- the third floor- and I would come over she would say, 'Good morning Beautiful,' or 'Hello Sunshine!' It made me light up every single time. I was like, who is this person and why is she so nice?"Four years of hard work at Heidelberg University were to culminate May 14, with their graduation."It was Mother's Day, Graduation Day...so excited for all of that," said Emilee. "Afterye
  
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• Buckeye Lake to benefit from Memorial Day boom

  26-05-2017 23:31
  Those who live near Buckeye Lake will finally get to spend Memorial Day on the water. Families were forced to spend last summer on land while the dam was being repaired."It's nice having the water back up. You can get out with everybody and go fishing," said Chris Chapin who was fishing on the lake with his girlfriend and her family.Many people had stopped visiting Buckeye Lake after a 2015 report by the Army Corps of Engineers found the earthen dam was at risk of failing."It was pretty bad," sa
  
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• Officers will strictly enforce boating safety over Memorial Day weekend

  26-05-2017 23:05
  The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says officers will patrol the state's lakes over Memorial Day Weekend to enforce boating safety laws.Sgt. Andy Foos said the water at the surface of Alum Creek is a chilly 58 degrees. He said with hypothermia still a real risk, it's all the more important for boaters to make sure there is a functioning life jacket on board for every passenger. Natural Resource Officers said on boats 18 feet or smaller, all children under the age of 10 must wear a fastened
  
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• 4 probation officers suspended in connection with Thomas Hartless’ early release

  26-05-2017 23:04
  
  Four probation officers in Licking County have been suspended for their roles in the early release of the man who killed the Kirkersville police chief and two women in early May.The Licking County Municipal Court conducted an investigation into the process that led to Thomas Hartless being released from prison before the end of his sentence.Authorities say Hartless killed Kirkersville Police Chief Steven Eric DiSario, Marlina Medrano and Cindy Krantz on May 12.Hartless was involved in a relation
  
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• John Legend "Surefire" [New Music Video]

  26-05-2017 22:56
  The music video for John Legend 's "Surefire" is a cinematic experience. It follows the struggle of two halves of a young couple, as they struggle to bridge to each other from their different cultures.
  
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• Changes possible for Ohio fireworks law

  26-05-2017 21:14
  Currently, Ohioans are only allowed to possess fireworks not set them off. That could change under a proposed law.Representatives Bill Seitz, a Republican out of Cincinnati, and Martin Sweeney, a Cleveland Democrat, co-sponsored House Bill 226.Should it pass, Ohio would join surrounding states by allowing anyone to light off fireworks.Highlights of the bill include:Allow Ohioans to buy, possess and use 1.4G fireworks on their own property or others’ property with permission;Require sellers
  
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• Doppler 10: Rounds of storms this holiday weekend

  26-05-2017 21:07
  This Evening: Drier, warmer and mostly cloudy. W wind around 10 mph.
  Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms mainly after 11pm. Low 63. S wind 5-10 mph.
  Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early morning then mostly cloudy throughout the rest of the day. Even warmer with a high of 78. W wind 5-10 mph.
  Sunday: Rounds of showers and thunderstorms likely. High 81. SW 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: High pressure continue
  
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• Ariana Grande planning benefit concert in Manchester

  26-05-2017 20:28
  
  Ariana Grande has vowed to return to Manchester, England, to give a concert to raise money for the victims of Monday's deadly bombing at her show there.In a statement on Friday, the pop star says "we won't let hate win" and offered to "extend my hand and heart and everything I possibility can give to you and yours.""Our response to this violence must be to come closer together, to help each other, tom love more, to sing louder and to live more kindly and generously than we did before."She did no
  
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• States struggle with oversight of online charter schools

  26-05-2017 20:11
  
  As U.S. children flock to virtual charter schools, states are struggling to catch up and develop rules to make sure the students get a real education and schools get the right funding.The future of virtual schools is part of the larger school-choice debate seeing renewed attention since the installation of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, an online charter investor and advocate who sees them as a valuable option for students.While some perform well, the sector has been plagued by accounts of low
  
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• Judge: No Confederate flag T-shirt in Cincinnati officer's retrial

  26-05-2017 20:06
  
  The jury in the murder retrial of an Ohio police officer who fatally shot an unarmed motorist will not see the officer's undershirt depicting a Confederate battle flag, because a judge ruled Friday that the garment is too prejudicial.Prosecutors said the T-shirt Tensing wore under his uniform the day of Samuel DuBose's death was relevant because it was undamaged, countering Tensing's claim he was getting dragged by DuBose's car as he tried to drive away from a traffic stop in 2015.Defense attorn
  
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• Ohio troopers say boy, 15, was driving during fatal crash

  26-05-2017 18:53
  
  SPRINGBORO, Ohio (AP) — The state Highway Patrol says a 15-year-old boy was driving during a single-car crash that killed a 17-year-old boy in southwest Ohio.The Dayton Daily News reports the unnamed 15-year-old from Springboro lost control of the car Thursday night and struck a utility pole, causing the vehicle to roll over several times. The 17-year-old, also from Springboro, was ejected from the front passenger seat and was pronounced dead at the accident scene in Warren County's Clearc
  
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• Woman, boyfriend charged in fatal cocaine overdose of boy, 9

  26-05-2017 18:37
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio— An Ohio woman and her boyfriend have been indicted for the cocaine overdose death of the woman's 9-year-old son.A Mahoning County grand jury on Thursday indicted 39-year-old Raenell Allen and 40-year-old Kevin Gamble.Police say Allen's son, Marcus Lee, died at a hospital after ingesting a large amount of cocaine at her Youngstown home on Dec. 26.Police didn't find any cocaine in the home. An assistant Mahoning County prosecutor told WFMJ-TV that Marcus swallowed the equiv
  
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• Mortuary chief: Glenn's remains were given 'impeccable care'

  26-05-2017 18:27
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) - As Air Force officials investigate allegations that inspectors were invited to view the remains of astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn at Dover Air Force Base, a military mortuary chief says Glenn's remains were treated with "impeccable care."William Zwicharowski said Friday in a text message to The Associated Press that he's proud of the job he and his staff did in caring for Glenn's remains during the months between his death last December and his burial in April.Air F
  
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• Trump's budget dismays families hit by drug addiction crisis

  26-05-2017 18:11
  In this 2013 photo provided by Kraig Moss, Moss, left, poses with son, Rob, in their Owego, N.Y. home. In a hall packed with Iowa voters, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looked Moss in the eye and vowed to fight the opioid crisis that killed his only son Rob two years earlier.
  
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• Man charged with killing 7 in South Carolina heads to court

  26-05-2017 16:53
  
  SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A South Carolina man who admitted killing seven people over nearly 13 years while running a successful real estate business pleaded guilty Friday to seven counts of murder and a number of other charges.Todd Kohlhepp admitted his role in the deaths of seven people less than seven months after he was arrested when investigators checking on a missing couple rescued a woman chained inside a shipping container on Kohlhepp's Spartanburg County property.The woman had been rape
  
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• #BigBinkShowThe Dish: Sad News In Hip Hop, Le'Veon Bell...

  26-05-2017 15:51
  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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• Men arrested for drug possession in Athens County

  26-05-2017 15:38
  
  ATHENS - The Athens County Sheriff's Office arrested two men for possession of controlled substance Friday morning.It happened after a traffic stop at North Plains Road in the Plains.According to authorities, during the traffic stop deputies observed criminal activity which led to a vehicle search where they discovered cocaine and heroin.The two men, Larry Goble, 45, and Robert Hughes, 31, were transported to the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail.
  
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• Purple Heart monument stolen from Michigan veterans memorial

  26-05-2017 14:58
  A Purple Heart monument that was stolen from the Upper Peninsula Veterans Memorial has been returned.Michigan State Police say the large reproduction of a Purple Heart medal was taken sometime between Tuesday evening and Thursday afternoon from the memorial in Dickinson County's Breitung Township. The medal is given for wounds suffered in combat.Police issued an update early Friday, saying the monument had been dropped off near the memorial and appears to have been damaged in the theft. Police b
  
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• Judge: UPS must pay $247M to NYC and state in cigarette case

  26-05-2017 14:56
  
  NEW YORK — A federal judge on Thursday ordered delivery giant UPS Inc. to pay New York City and the state nearly $247 million in damages and penalties for illegally shipping cigarettes.U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest handed down the penalty after finding the company liable in a civil case in federal court in Manhattan in March, saying the company ignored "red flags" that its brown trucks were being used to transport untaxed cigarettes from Indian reservations,New York state and New Y
  
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• Nursing assistant accused of breaking leg of 98-year-old

  26-05-2017 14:51
  
  Authorities in Georgia say a nursing assistant intentionally broke the leg of a 98-year-old woman, who later died during surgery.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 43-year-old Hakim Ogunkele was arrested Thursday after authorities determined he broke Edna Warren's leg. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles says Ogunkele was a certified nursing assistant at Newnan Health and Rehabilitation center, south of Atlanta.Miles says Warren was taken to Piedmont Newnan Hospita
  
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• Alabama executes Tommy Arthur, who escaped 7 prior execution dates

  26-05-2017 14:23
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A man once called the "Houdini" of Alabama's death row for escaping seven past execution dates through legal challenges was put to death early Friday for a 1982 murder-for-hire shooting.Tommy Arthur, 75, was pronounced dead at 12:15 a.m. CDT Friday at a southwest Alabama prison after a lethal injection, authorities said.Arthur was convicted of killing riverboat engineer Troy Wicker, who was fatally shot as he slept in his bed in the north Alabama city of Muscle Shoals.Wicker'
  
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• LeBron James breaks Michael Jordan's playoff scoring record

  26-05-2017 13:47
  
  King James has another throne.LeBron James surpassed Michael Jordan for the top spot on the NBA's all-time playoff scoring list, scoring 35 points against Boston on Thursday night to reach 5,995 in his career.Jordan scored 5,987 in his postseason career in 179 games from 1985-2003.James played in his 212th career postseason game on Thursday night, when the Cavaliers beat the Celtics 135-102 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals to advance to the NBA Finals.The Cavaliers star came into the g
  
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• Senior veterans take flights in 1942 airplane

  26-05-2017 12:55
  Some seniors in South Carolina took a flight back in time on Thursday.Five men, ranging in age from 80 to 92, took off in a 1942 Boeing Stearman from an airport.It was the plane used to train military pilots in the 1940s.“I think get to really experience what it was like when it what it was like when they were young," said Bob Brodie of Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation Pilots. "A lot of them are world war two veterans most of them is served and a lot of them flew so they have actually lea
  
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• US-UK intel sharing back on after Trump vows to plug leaks

  26-05-2017 12:47
  CNN -Intelligence sharing between the US and the UK resumed Thursday shortly after British Prime Minister Theresa May met with her US counterpart President Donald Trump.It came after a series of high-profile leaks to US media of details surrounding the Manchester bombing investigation, which were blamed on US government officials.The breakdown of trust between the two countries briefly led to the suspension on the sharing of intelligence Thursday. An incensed May confronted President Trump about
  
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• Monstrous cyclones churning over Jupiter's poles

  26-05-2017 12:42
  Monstrous cyclones are churning over Jupiter's poles, until now largely unexplored.NASA's Juno spacecraft spotted the chaotic weather once it began skimming the giant gas planet's cloud tops last year. Scientists released their first major findings Thursday.The cyclones are hundreds of miles across and clustered near the poles. The diameters of these cyclones stretch up to 870 miles (1,400 kilometers). Even bigger, though shapeless weather systems are present in both polar regions.Launched in 20
  
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• Christians killed in Egypt bus attack

  26-05-2017 12:41
  
  Egyptian state TV says 23 people were killed and 25 wounded in an attack by gunmen on a bus carrying Coptic Christians south of Cairo.The report quotes local health officials as saying that the attack happened on Friday while the bus was traveling on the road to the St. Samuel Monastery in the Minya governorate, about 220 kilometers, or about 140 miles, south of the Egyptian capital.No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
  
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• Wea re No. 14! Columbus tops Indianapolis in population

  26-05-2017 11:14
  New Census figures show that Columbus became the 14th most populous city in these United States last year. Columbus  squeaked past sister I-70 and reputed flyover burg Indianapolis .
  
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• When Can a School Search a Student's Bag?

  26-05-2017 06:54
  Last week the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a school's intrusive search of an unattended bag did not violate a student's 4th Amendment right to be free from illegal search and seizures because the examination of the bag was a continuation of an earlier search. The Ohio Supreme Court reversed the Tenth District Court of Appeal's decision that held that the second search was unreasonable and the evidence discovered in the second search was suppressed.
  
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• James passes Jordan, Cavs back in Finals with 135-102 win

  26-05-2017 05:05
  
  LeBron James scored 35 points and passed Michael Jordan to become the NBA's all-time playoff scoring leader as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics 135-102 on Thursday night to claim their third straight Eastern Conference title and a return trip to the NBA Finals.Kyrie Irving added 24 points and Kevin Love finished with 15 for the Cavs, who never trailed and led by as many as 39 points in one of their most dominating wins of the series. The Cavs set an NBA record by winning their 13t
  
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• On Kirkersville victim's birthday, loved ones gather for vigil

  26-05-2017 04:45
  If things had been different, Marlina Medrano would have turned 47 on Thursday."She was a gift. She gave a gift to everyone," said friend Niki Arter. "It wasn't money or whatever. But she paid attention and she knew what was important."She would have been celebrating another year of life with the people she loved."Seeing a band play," said Arter. "Going to Tony's. Anything but this."If things had been different, Thomas Hartless would still be in jail, instead of released 70 days early by a judge
  
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• Grandview community honors veterans ahead of Memorial Day

  26-05-2017 03:54
  
  The city of Grandview honored its war heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.At the annual Blue Star Mother's Memorial Day Service the community gathered at Memorial Park to honor local veterans from Grandview and Marble Cliff.Despite the rain, Thursday night, dozens of people went to show their support.One local veteran who donated the money to put the soldier statue in the park said it meant a lot to see people there."It was a privilege to serve and what's really a privilege is to
  
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• City of Columbus Disparity Study Meeting, May 24, 2017

  26-05-2017 02:37 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Ohio candidate raises cash to uncapped fund

  26-05-2017 02:30
  In this April 1, 2015, file photo, Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Nan Whaley discusses her objections to an Indiana law critics say could permit discrimination against gays and lesbians, during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio. Whaley, a Democrat, is using a mayoral re-election campaign fund, not subject to state contribution limits, to raise money for her 2018 bid for Ohio governor.
  
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• Press Conference: CARE Coalition

  26-05-2017 01:56 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Jared Kushner is under scrutiny in the FBI's Russia investigation

  26-05-2017 01:25
  
  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, is under scrutiny in the FBI's probe of Russian election meddling and any connections between Russia and the Trump campaign, CBS News has confirmed. Federal investigators are looking into meetings Kushner held in December with Russia's ambassador and a banker from Moscow, CBS News Anchor Scott Pelley reported on "CBS Evening News" on Thursday. The banker, Sergey Gorkov, is the head of VEB Bank, a state-owned Russian entity that is t
  
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• Police searching for missing 11-year-old girl from northeast Columbus

  26-05-2017 01:17
  
  The Columbus Division of Police is asking for the public’s help in finding an 11-year-old girl missing from the northeast side of the city.Police said Rajai Joyce was last seen leaving her home near Apley Place and Thornapple Drive Thursday.Police said Joyce has asthma and may need immediate medical attention.She was last seen carrying a green bag and was wearing a purple shirt, purple jacket, blue jeans, and red and white Kangaroo shows.Police said her hair is in braids at the bottom and
  
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• Quiet college dropout turned bomber: Who was Salman Abedi?

  26-05-2017 00:14
  
  He was quiet and withdrawn, a college dropout who liked soccer — and, some say, showed alarming signs of being radicalized years before he walked into a pop concert at Britain's Manchester Arena and detonated a powerful bomb, killing himself and 22 others.While some claim Salman Abedi had been banned from the mosque he attended for statements glorifying terrorism and his angry rhetoric even prompted an acquaintance to report him to the authorities, others deny that account, saying he never
  
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