• Body discovered at hotel in east Columbus

    Body discovered at hotel in east Columbus
    COLUMBUS, Ohio – Officers with the Columbus Division of Police are at a hotel on the city’s east side after a body was discovered there Tuesday afternoon.Officers responded to the hotel in the 2200 block of Lake Club Drive just before 3 p.m.Police are not sure how long the body has been there.Investigators are still looking into the circumstances surrounding the death.Police said they do not consider the death as suspicious.
  • Ohio Senate overrides 6 Kasich budget vetoes, skips tax hike

    Ohio Senate overrides 6 Kasich budget vetoes, skips tax hike
    The Ohio Senate has overridden six of Republican Gov. John Kasich's budget vetoes while stopping short of reversing his decision to strike a tax hike proposal that the administration had called "unsustainable."Senators voted Tuesday to restore budget provisions giving legislators additional control over future Medicaid spending and imposing additional requirements on some program recipients.They weren't able to take up Kasich's veto protecting Ohio's Medicaid expansion under the federal Affordab
  • Candlelight vigil planned for missing Ohio sailor

    The Central Ohio community of North Lewisburg is rallying around a missing sailor and his family.Twenty-one year-old Jacob Drake is one of 10 missing sailors after the U.S.S. John McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore early Saturday morning.The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said Tuesday Navy divers searching a flooded compartment have found remains of some of the 10 sailors missing since the collision.Friends and family members say they're holding out hope and praying for a mir
  • Push to allow dogs on restaurant patios in Ohio

    The Ohio Department of Health currently bans animals on restaurant patios but a state senator is trying to change that.Earlier in 2017, the state health department cracked down on establishments, enforcing a 24-year-old regulation that bans dogs. It cites the USFDA in its reasoning:“Animals carry disease-causing organisms and can transmit pathogens to humans through direct and/or indirect contamination of food and food-contact surfaces. Animals shed hair continuously and may deposit liquid
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  • Push to allow dogs on restaurant patios

    The Ohio Department of Health currently bans animals on restaurant patios but a state senator is trying to change that.Earlier in 2017, the state health department cracked down on establishments, enforcing a 24-year-old regulation that bans dogs. It cites the USFDA in its reasoning:“Animals carry disease-causing organisms and can transmit pathogens to humans through direct and/or indirect contamination of food and food-contact surfaces. Animals shed hair continuously and may deposit liquid
  • Billy Price named first-team preseason AP All-American

    Billy Price named first-team preseason AP All-American
    Two Buckeyes have been named to the first preseason All-American list by the Associated Press.Center Billy Price was named as the lone center on the first team and defensive end Tyquan Lewis landed on the second-team unit.You can view the entire article from the Associated Press below.---Southern California quarterback Sam Darnold and Penn State running back Saquon Barkley put on a show at the Rose Bowl last season and established themselves as two of the biggest stars in college football coming
  • Ohio mayors seek emergency response center for opioid crisis

    Ohio mayors seek emergency response center for opioid crisis
    An organization representing Ohio big-city mayors wants Republican Gov. John Kasich to establish an emergency operations center to coordinate the state's response to the opioid crisis.In a letter dated Monday, the Ohio Mayors Alliance cited the "unfolding catastrophe" of overdoses and deaths from heroin and prescription painkillers.Mayors commended Ohio's work so far, but suggested seven potential improvements based on local governments' observations.Those include establishing a joint operations
  • Man who shot judge was stopped earlier for faulty headlight

    Man who shot judge was stopped earlier for faulty headlight
    The man who shot an Ohio judge outside a courthouse was stopped by a police officer hours earlier for having a defective headlight as he drove downtown in the early morning darkness, authorities said.The suspect, 51-year-old Nathaniel Richmond, was fatally shot Monday after wounding Jefferson County Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr., who's expected to survive.The shooting happened about four hours after Richmond was warned about his headlights during the traffic stop, The Intelligencer and Wheeling News
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  • Eclipse’s Paris Letter Looks at Shame and Denial

    Eclipse Theatre Company continues their 2017 season with a taut, gripping version of Jon Robin Baitz’s dark The Paris Letter directed by Greg Smith. The Paris Letter is a steely look at the corrosive nature of shame. It follows two friends, Sanford “Sandy” Sonnenberg (Christopher Moore Griffin) and Anton Kilgallen (David Allen Vargo) from 1963 to 2002. Anton lives his […]
  • COSI didn't notify police after man allegedly followed kids, fondling himself

    Columbus Police say a Dublin businessman went to places popular with children, and repeatedly engaged in lewd acts, including exposing himself.Two of the businesses, a bookstore and pet store, notified police. COSI did not.And one local mother says the suspect could have been caught months ago if COSI had taken action.Fifty-one-year-old John Michael Hammel faced a judge last week on charges of public indecency on four different occasions, at three local businesses: On June 7 at COSI,June 9 in th
  • Don't call it Columbus Day in Oberlin; now city celebrates Indigenous People's Day

    Oberlin will now celebrate the second Monday in October as Indigenous People's Day instead of the federally recognized Columbus Day holiday. The city council voted unanimously on Monday after hearing public comments about whether to celebrate indigenous people rather than explorer Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas.
  • Columbus' Downtown Commission gets look at design of new White Castle headquarters

    White Castle unveiled new renderings of its planned $65 million redevelopment of its Downtown Columbus headquarters on Tuesday morning. It shows a campus that will include a new company headquarters, a second office building and several apartment buildings on the 15-acre site.
  • Fadó Irish Pub Will Open Second Location at Bridge Park Next Spring

    Irish pub Fadó (pronounced f’doe) will open a second Central Ohio location next spring, filling one of the few remaining restaurant spots at Bridge Park in Dublin. It’s part of a larger vision for the growing food and entertainment scene at the 30-acre mixed development project of Bridge Park. Ted Orr, Crawford Hoying Director of […]
  • Sylvester Stallone film seeking extras in Mansfield

    Sylvester Stallone film seeking extras in Mansfield
    MANSFIELD — A casting agency is seeking extras for a movie starring Sylvester Stallone that will be filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory, the former prison in Mansfield where "The Shawshank Redemption" was filmed.Mansfield City Council members say the film is the sequel to the yet-to-be-released "Escape Plan 2." The "Escape Plan" movies featuring Stallone all center on a prison break.Crew members say filming will start mid-September and end in early October. The film crew is scouting other
  • Monday's smog alert among just a few this summer

    The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has issued an air quality alert for Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield, Knox, Licking and Madison counties. The air quality index is expected to be 101; the commission issues alerts when the index tops 100.
  • ​Ohio sailor among missing from USS John S. McCain

    A 21-year-old man from Champaign County is one of the missing sailors from the USS John S. McCain, his family tells 10TV.Jacob Drake attended Triad High School in North Lewisburg, Ohio – about 45 miles from Columbus. Jacob Drake (right)
    The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a tanker early Monday in waters east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca.Ten sailors are missing from the collision. Some bodies have been found in a flooded compartment of the warship.Adm. Scott Swift
  • Drawing nears for Powerball jackpot that's climbed to $700M

    Drawing nears for Powerball jackpot that's climbed to $700M
    DES MOINES, Iowa — The estimated jackpot for Wednesday night's Powerball lottery game has climbed to $700 million, making it the second-largest in U.S. history.Some details about the game and how the prize has grown so large:___WHEN IS THE DRAWING AND HOW DOES THE GAME WORK?The drawing will be Wednesday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time in Tallahassee, Florida. Five white balls will be drawn from a drum containing 69 balls and one red ball will be selected from a drum with 26 balls. To win, playe
  • Debate Continues over Millennial Tower’s LED Billboard Plans

    How do you balance advertisements with architecture? That continues to be the heart of the discussion with the 28-story Millennial Tower proposal as it made its way in front of the Downtown Commission for its third round of reviews this morning. When the new building was first proposed in May 2016 for the southwest corner […]
  • Trini Foundation Launches Heart Wide Open Campaign to Fund Addiction Recovery Through Yoga

    “Everyone is now so much more aware of addiction and the problems surrounding it… I am psyched that we have 250 yoga studios helping us raise money for addiction recovery,” says Taylor Hunt, executive director of the Trini Foundation. A recovered poly-substance abuser and the author of A Way from Darkness, Hunt is an Ashtanga […]
  • German police seize thousands of 'Trump' ecstasy tablets

    German police seize thousands of 'Trump' ecstasy tablets
    BERLIN — German police say they have seized thousands of tablets of the party drug ecstasy in the shape of Donald Trump's head, a haul with an estimated street value of $45,900.Police in Osnabrueck, in northwestern Germany, say they found the drugs while checking an Austrian-registered car on the A30 highway on Saturday.They say the people in the car, a 51-year-old man and his 17-year-old son, told officers they had been in the Netherlands to buy a vehicle but hadn't succeeded so were retu
  • Space station makes stunning appearance during solar eclipse

    Space station makes stunning appearance during solar eclipse
    As millions of Americans watched the moon pass across the surface of the sun Monday, the International Space Station couldn't help stealing part of the show.The space station passed in front of the sun during the eclipse, giving some photographers an extraordinary photo opportunity during an already extraordinary event.Image of #Eclipse2017, made from 7 frames, shows @Space_Station, as it transits the Sun near Banner, WY. Flickr: https://t.co/PQFAbVSR32 pic.twitter.com/k0Lwc3i1as— NASA (@N
  • Grant Medical Center Building New Six-Story Parking Garage

    A new six-story parking garage will soon take the place of a surface parking lot in the Discovery District. Representatives from Grant Medical Center (via OhioHealth Corp. Real Estate) and The Daimler Group submitted plans to the Downtown Commission for a new parking structure at 371 E. Rich St. (southeast intersection of Rich Street and […]
  • Cosby's new lawyers want delay in start of November retrial

    Cosby's new lawyers want delay in start of November retrial
    NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's new legal team says it wants to delay the start of his sexual assault retrial, currently set for November.The lawyers made their first appearance Tuesday on behalf of the 80-year-old comedian, who's charged with drugging and molesting a woman at his home near Philadelphia. Cosby's first trial ended in a hung jury, setting the stage for a retrial.At a hearing, a judge released Cosby's old lawyers from the case. His new legal team includes Tom Mesereau, th
  • Movie prop money being passed as real in Pennsylvania town

    Movie prop money being passed as real in Pennsylvania town
    ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — Movie prop money is being passed as though it's real in one western Pennsylvania city.Aliquippa police have posted pictures of a fake $20 bill that was passed at a local business.Although the bill looks convincingly real otherwise, there is one dead giveaway: The words "Motion Picture Use Only" are printed clearly on the front and back of the bill in question.Police haven't said if they know where the money came from or who passed it.It is not against the law to use r
  • Doppler 10: Showers & storms Tuesday

    Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly this afternoon. Some of the storms could be severe. Windy. High 84. S wind 5-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
    Tonight: Mostly cloudy and cooler. Low 60. NW wind 10-15 mph.
    Tomorrow: Partly cloudy and cooler. High 79. NW wind 5-10 mph.
    Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant. Feeling more like fall. High 74.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Thunderstorms pushing rapidly through NW Indiana this mornin
  • Doppler 10: Showers & storms moving east

    This Evening: Showers and storms moving east.
    Tonight: Any showers end, then clouds give way to gradual clearing. Patchy fog possible. 59 NW 5-10 mph
    Tomorrow: Brightening skies and pleasant. 77 NW 3-6 mph
    Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice. 75
    Friday: Mostly sunny and lovely. 75Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A cold front will move east of the region tonight, bringing any showers and storms to an end. Cooler drier air settles in through the
  • Plans Reviewed for New Six-Story Residential Building on Broad Street

    A new six-story residential building proposal was given its first review by the Downtown Commission this morning. The project was presented by developer Robert Meyers and architect John Behal with an updated design from their original submission, which removed the yellow color from the facade. Behal walked the Commission through the plans for 350 East […]
  • Photos: Better Than Ezra & The Wallflowers – August 10 at Columbus Zoo

    New Orleans alt-rock veterans Better Than Ezra took the stage just after 8 p.m. on a beautiful summer night at Columbus Zoo’s Water’s Edge Events Park. Kicking off their hour plus set with the appropriately titled “King of New Orleans,” lead vocalist Kevin Griffin, bassist Tom Drummond, drummer Michael Jerome, and keyboardist James Michael Payne […]
  • None among 'walking wounded' in train crash critically hurt

    None among 'walking wounded' in train crash critically hurt
    UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A commuter train crashed into a parked train at a suburban Philadelphia terminal early Tuesday morning, injuring dozens of passengers and the train's operator, a transit spokeswoman said.Rail transit spokeswoman Heather Redfern said none of the 42 people hurt in the crash suffered life-threatening injuries. "Some were considered walking wounded," she said.An inbound Norristown High Speed train crashed into an unoccupied train at the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Dar
  • Commuter train crash injures dozens, none critically

    Commuter train crash injures dozens, none critically
    UPPER DARBY, Pa. — A commuter train crashed into a parked train at a suburban Philadelphia terminal early Tuesday morning, injuring dozens of passengers and the train's operator, a transit spokeswoman said.None of the 42 people hurt in the crash suffered life-threatening injuries, said Heather Redfern, a spokeswoman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. "Some were considered walking wounded," she said.An inbound Norristown High Speed train crashed into an unoccupied t
  • 4 incidents, 2 deadly, raise questions about Navy operations

    4 incidents, 2 deadly, raise questions about Navy operations
    BANGKOK (AP) — One major U.S. Navy collision may be an accident, two a coincidence. But analysts say the deadly incidents involving the USS John S. McCain this week and USS Fitzgerald in June call for thorough investigations to restore confidence in a Navy considered the world's best.There were two more minor accidents involving Navy warships earlier this year. A commander says the four "cannot be viewed in isolation."The Navy has ordered an "operational pause," which one analyst said make
  • New Details Emerge for White Castle Headquarters Project

    Representatives from White Castle and Elford Development presented their plans for the 18-acre redevelopment of the White Castle headquarters property today to the Downtown Commission. The presentation included a first look at a visual renderings of the project, which would include residential and office buildings, greenspaces and parking structures on the site if built out […]
  • Ohio city replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day

    Ohio city replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day
    OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) — A northern Ohio city will celebrate the second Monday in October as Indigenous People's Day instead of the federally recognized Columbus Day holiday.Oberlin, southwest of Cleveland, is the first Ohio city to officially make such a change.The city council voted unanimously on Monday after hearing public comments about whether to celebrate indigenous people rather than explorer Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas.Some residents in the city southwest of Clevelan
  • Pence says troop numbers in Afghanistan "yet to be seen"

    Pence says troop numbers in Afghanistan "yet to be seen"
    After President Trump unveiled the nation's latest strategy for fighting in Afghanistan which would possibly include increasing the number of troops on the ground, Vice President Mike Pence told NBC's "Today" show that while he supports the plan, that exact number is "yet to be seen."When asked by NBC's Matt Lauer on Tuesday if the Pentagon's June request for nearly 4,000 troops to deploy to Afghanistan was an accurate number the president was considering, Pence said the administration would be
  • 2 eclipse watchers hit by car on sidewalk, one dies, police say

    2 eclipse watchers hit by car on sidewalk, one dies, police say
    Authorities say two women watching the eclipse while standing on a sidewalk in Kentucky were struck by a car, and one has died.State Police Trooper Jody Sims says the car crossed the center line and hit a utility pole as well as the pedestrians Monday in Hyden, about 120 miles southeast of Lexington. The car ended up resting on its side.Sims says 23-year-old Mackenzie P. Hays was pronounced dead, and 41-year-old Rhonda Belcher was flown to the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. Thirty
  • Dr. Dan Good lays out what's new at Columbus City Schools

    Columbus City School students head back to class Wednesday.Superintendent Dr. Dan Good said the district's launch of "Operation Fix It" allowed school leaders to install air conditioning at three of the schools: Cassidy Elementary, Hamilton STEM Academy, and Devonshire Elementary.CCS expanded "Ohio Days: My State. My Plate." initiative.The program is aimed at increasing the amount of Ohio-sourced foods served in our schools. This year, every apple served in Columbus City Schools will come from a
  • Confederate statue at west Columbus cemetery vandalized

    Confederate statue at west Columbus cemetery vandalized
    Police are investigating the vandalism of a Confederate statue at Camp Chase Cemetery in west Columbus.The statue was knocked off its base and onto the ground. Sources tell 10TV the vandals took the head of the statue.Police roped off the cemetery while they investigated the vandalism.Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther recently weighed in on the debate over Confederate statues.A statement the mayor released said:"I support the removal of monuments celebrating the Confederacy, but I would urge people
  • Man arrested with explosives before Ohio anti-racist vigil

    Man arrested with explosives before Ohio anti-racist vigil
    Ohio authorities have arrested a man they say had a pipe bomb and another homemade explosive device before a vigil in Akron to honor anti-racist victims of the Charlottesville, Virginia, attack.WEWS-TV reported Monday that local police and federal authorities are investigating whether there was any link to last week's vigil. Bomb squads found nothing during a search of the area near the gathering Wednesday, and it proceeded as planned.The 26-year-old Akron man has been charged with possessing a
  • Driver killed in early morning Franklin Township crash

    Driver killed in early morning Franklin Township crash
    The Franklin County Sheriff's Office confirms a driver is dead after a crash early Tuesday morning in Franklin Township.Deputies say 37-year-old Christy Brown of Grove City was driving down Brown Rd. when she lost control of their Dodge Dakota.Brown was not wearing a seatbelt when the truck hit an American Electric Power utility pole. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.AEP says the crash resulted in a small power outage, which crews have since restored.No other details were released. Th
  • The Popup: There and Gone, and Here to Stay

    For today’s gourmand, food is no longer just about sating hunger. A meal needs to be an adventure — something unchartered, unusual, and even a little exclusive. Trend experts are noting the rise of what they call “experiential diners,” who value a meal’s context over its content, and their role in popularizing the popup. The […]
  • Athens Sheriff K-9 stable after suspected snake bite -

    Athens County Sheriff's Office K-9 Bora is in stable condition after a reported snake bite early Monday morning. At approximately 12:30 a.m. on Monday, the Athens County Sheriff's Office assisted Ohio State Patrol with a traffic accident near Dow Lake Dam on Route 50. According to a news release, Deputy Banks advised that Bora immediately jumped into the suspect vehicle and then indicated a positive response to the presence of narcotics.
  • 3 children pulled from rubble on quake-hit Italian island

    3 children pulled from rubble on quake-hit Italian island
    MILAN — Italian firefighters working through the night, sometimes digging by hand, freed a 7-month-old baby Tuesday and then his two older brothers from the rubble of their home that collapsed when a 4.0-magnitude quake struck the resort island of Ischia during the height of tourist season.At least two people were killed in the quake that struck just before 9 p.m. (1900 GMT; 3 p.m. EDT) Monday, while another 39 were injured and some 2,600 were left homeless. The victims were an elderly wom
  • 2 children pulled from rubble on quake-hit Italian island

    2 children pulled from rubble on quake-hit Italian island
    MILAN (AP) — Firefighters in Italy freed a 7-month-old baby and his older brother from rubble early Tuesday following a 4.0-magnitude quake on the resort island of Ischia off Naples, and rescuers were working on helping a third brother who remained trapped.At least two people were killed in the quake that struck just before 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) Monday, while another 39 were injured and some 2,600 were left homeless. The victims were an elderly woman who was in a church that crumbled in the qu
  • A reptilian tail? A solar eclipse. Taylor Swift teases fans

    A reptilian tail? A solar eclipse. Taylor Swift teases fans
    Who can eclipse an eclipse? Why, Taylor Swift.Just days after going dark on social media, the pop star put out another clue Monday leading to a possible song drop on the same day as the big solar eclipse. And if the lyric-sharing site Genius was to be believed, the tune is titled "Timeless." The title was teased there but taken down later Monday.As for the video clip that appears to be a twitchy reptilian tail, well, we're not sure how that might play into Swift's anticipated sixth studio album
  • VA seeks to funnel more nursing home money to rural areas

    VA seeks to funnel more nursing home money to rural areas
    Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Monday during a visit to Montana that his agency will propose changes to make it easier for rural areas to receive funding to build nursing homes for veterans.Rural areas are often bypassed under the agency's existing guidelines for awarding grants for veterans' homes, Shulkin told reporters after touring VA facilities and meeting with veterans in Helena."If we don't change the rules to make sure that being in a rural area increases the likelihood of
  • NKorea issues trademark fiery rhetoric over US-SKorea drills

    NKorea issues trademark fiery rhetoric over US-SKorea drills
    North Korea's military on Tuesday greeted the start of annual U.S.-South Korean military drills with its standard fiery threats, vowing "merciless retaliation" for exercises Pyongyang claims are an invasion rehearsal.North Korea routinely issues such warlike rhetoric or conducts weapons tests to respond to the U.S.-South Korean exercises. Tuesday's threat came as top U.S. generals, including Adm. Harry Harris, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, visited South Korea. Ties between the Kor
  • Chaos at Charlottesville City Council meeting on violent rally

    Chaos at Charlottesville City Council meeting on violent rally
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Anger boiled over at the first Charlottesville City Council meeting since a white nationalist rally in the city descended into violent chaos, with some residents screaming and cursing at councilors Monday night and calling for their resignations.Hundreds of people packed the council's chambers, CBS Charlottesville affiliate WCAV-TV reported.Many were there very upset about how the August 12 rally was handled and blamed several of the councilors, the station says.Mayor Mik
  • Surviving Barcelona attack suspects appear in court

    Surviving Barcelona attack suspects appear in court
    MADRID (AP) — Four alleged members of a terror cell accused of killing 15 people in attacks in Barcelona and a Spanish resort appeared in court Tuesday, a day after the last missing member of the cell was gunned down by police near Barcelona.The four men were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in the planning or execution of attacks in Barcelona on Thursday and the northeastern resort town of Cambrils early Friday.They were to testify before National Court Judge Fernando Andr
  • US says some remains of sailors found on USS John McCain

    US says some remains of sailors found on USS John McCain
    SINGAPORE — The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said some remains of Navy sailors were found in a compartment of the USS John McCain on Tuesday, a day after the warship's collision with an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters left 10 sailors missing.Adm. Scott Swift also said at a news conference in Singapore that Malaysian officials had found one body, which had yet to be identified.The focus of the search for the missing sailors shifted Tuesday to the damaged destroyer's flooded comp
  • Divers join search for 10 sailors after USS John S. McCain collision

    Divers join search for 10 sailors after USS John S. McCain collision
    SINGAPORE --The U.S. 7th Fleet says Navy and Marine Corps. divers have joined the search for 10 missing sailors and will access flooded compartments on the USS John S. McCain, which is docked at Singapore's Changi Naval Base.It says the sea-based search by aircraft and ships from the U.S., Singapore and Malaysian navies was continuing for a second day Tuesday east of Singapore, where the McCain and an oil tanker collided at daybreak Monday at an approach to a busy shipping lane."Equipped with su

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