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• 4-year-old dies after being shot in the head in NE Ohio

  28-09-2017 23:59
  
  PARMA, Ohio – A 4-year-old boy has died after he was shot in the head in northeast Ohio, according to CBS-affiliate WOIO.WOIO reports police are calling it a tragic accident.The child was shot around 3 p.m. in the 6600 block of Brownfield Drive in Parma, Ohio which is just south of Cleveland.WOIO reports other family members were in the house at the time.
  
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• Former Columbus Playboy Bunny remembers Hugh Hefner

  28-09-2017 23:41
  Cheryl Hill-Gallucci was 21 years old when she began working at the Columbus Playboy Club. She auditioned for the gig on a whim."I didn't go until the last day, like last minute. And, my number was 3,000 and something," she said.She was chosen alongside about 33 other women. It was Hill-Gallucci's first real job."I think it's helped me sustain a business that I owned for 30 years," she said.She says the gig taught her good work ethic, charity and sisterhood."The 34 girls that I got hired with, I
  
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• Central Ohio Civitan Club Honors Safety Forces

  28-09-2017 23:37 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Report shows increase in campus rape reports at Ohio State

  28-09-2017 22:50
  
  A new report reveals an alarming spike in the number of sexual assaults at the Ohio State University.In keeping with the Clery Act, a law designed to provide transparency around campus crime policy, Ohio State released details Thursday about crimes committed on or near campus.In 2016, the number of rapes reported on campus jumped 144 percent.The Clery Report reveals 61 reports of rape on the OSU campus in 2016, compared to 25 the previous year and 20 in 2014.At first glance, the numbers are alar
  
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• 2 Ohio officers wounded in shooting at car dealership

  28-09-2017 22:13
  
  An Ohio police chief says two officers were wounded in a shooting at a car dealership, and a suspect was also shot and is in custody.Chief Christopher Collins of the Willoughby Hills police department in suburban Cleveland says both the officers and the suspect are in stable condition at local hospitals.Collins says the dealership called police about a problem with a customer about 2 p.m. Thursday. Collins says a man pulled a handgun and fired at the officers outside the dealership officers. Bot
  
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• One-time Playboy bunny 'heartbroken' by Hefner's death

  28-09-2017 21:51
  In memory of Hugh Hefner, Cheryl Hill-Gallucci spent some time Thursday morning sewing bunny ears in her Plain City home. "I thought it was the appropriate thing to do," said Gallucci, an interior designer who was a bunny at the Playboy Club on E. Broad Street in Columbus from its opening in 1982 until it closed in 1985.
  
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• Mega Weekend: Boos, Brews, Pirates, Assassins, and More!

  28-09-2017 21:30
  Is fall really here? Can it even deal with summer just refusing to go away? Yeah, it’s been hot and you probably wished for a pool, but luckily this weekend will cool off. Come enjoy coffee experiences on Saturday night at the Coffee Celebration Under the Stars. Get your tickets for the Combustion Brewery + […]
  
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• ODRC Director acknowledges meeting with Tokes family; declines to answer questions

  28-09-2017 20:57
  AKRON, Ohio -- The director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction would not answer direct questions Thursday when asked if his agency could have done more to address monitoring gaps of paroled felons in the years before the murder of an Ohio State student.On Wednesday, the parents of slain OSU student Reagan Tokes said their daughter's murder could have been avoided."It was preventable. And if the correct parameters and protocols would have been put into place and acted upon in
  
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• Teen indicted for conspiracy to commit murder at Hilliard Davidson High School

  28-09-2017 20:43
  
  The teenager accused of plotting a mass shooting at Hilliard Davidson High School has been indicted for conspiracy to commit murder.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment for 17-year-old John Leonard Staley III Thursday.Police began investigating Staley in September 2016 for allegedly plotting a Columbine-like shooting at Hilliard Davidson.Police and prosecutors said he had it mapped out, had recruited other students
  
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• Julia Louis-Dreyfus diagnosed with breast cancer

  28-09-2017 19:59
  
  Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.The star of "Veep" and "Seinfeld" posted word of her illness Thursday on social media. A spokeswoman for Louis-Dreyfus confirmed the posts were authentic.On her Twitter account, the actress wrote that one in eight women get breast cancer, adding, "Today, I'm the one." Just when you thought... pic.twitter.com/SbtYChwiEj— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) September 28, 2017Louis-Dreyfus also used her tweet to call for univer
  
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• NFL: Message being lost in political firestorm over anthem

  28-09-2017 19:55
  
  \The NFL says the message players and teams are trying to express is being lost in a political firestorm.The issues have been "overtaken by political forces," NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart said Thursday, referring to President Trump's criticism of the league, team owners and players for kneeling during the national anthem.More than 200 players either knelt or used other means as expressions of unity last weekend. Lockhart said such actions are not a protest against the anthem or the flag."One of th
  
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• Following similar action in Ohio, Washington state & Seattle sue opioid manufacturers

  28-09-2017 19:51
  
  Washington state's attorney general and the city attorney for Seattle are filing lawsuits against the makers of opioids seeking to recoup costs incurred by government when the drugs are abused.Attorney General Bob Ferguson and City Attorney Pete Holmes said Thursday they were suing several drug makers, including Purdue Pharma, Teva Pharmaceutical and Endo Pharmaceutical.More than two dozen states, cities and counties including Ohio have filed suits against opioid manufacturers that many official
  
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• Hilltop Early Childhood Partnership Community Forum

  28-09-2017 19:49 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Student threat prompts lockdowns at Westerville South, Blendon Middle School

  28-09-2017 18:45
  
  Two schools in Westerville were placed on lockdown Thursday after a student-to-student threat was made, according to police.Westerville South High School and Blendon Middle School were placed on a precautionary lockdown after a fight broke out in the school. Police say they were investigating a threat made by one of the students following the altercation.The lockdown at schools have since been lifted.Nearby Whittier Elementary and the Academic Center were briefly placed in "lockout" mode, meanin
  
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• Infamous Columbus serial groper speaks about decades of assaults

  28-09-2017 17:16
  Lonnie Sturdivant is a sex offender who has targeted central Ohio women for more than 30 years.He's been convicted more than 20 times of groping women he doesn't know in public places.Over and over again, he serves prison time, only to get out and immediately re-offend. Police say he most recently did it last week.Now we are hearing from Sturdivant for the first time.Up until now, the story of Lonnie Sturdivant has been told through security cameras all over Columbus: on college campuses, COTA b
  
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• "I'm twisted": Infamous Columbus serial groper speaks about decades of sexual assaults

  28-09-2017 17:16
  Lonnie Sturdivant is a sex offender who has targeted central Ohio women for more than 30 years.He's been convicted more than 20 times of groping women he doesn't know in public places.Over and over again, he serves prison time, only to get out and immediately re-offend. Police say he most recently did it last week.Now we are hearing from Sturdivant for the first time.Up until now, the story of Lonnie Sturdivant has been told through security cameras all over Columbus: on college campuses, COTA b
  
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• From The Dispatch archive | Mike Harden: Ex-bunny recalls Columbus Playboy Club Updated at

  28-09-2017 17:10
  Editor's note: Mike Harden was a Dispatch columnist from 1983 until his death in 2010. In this column from Jan. 24, 2010, he writes about Colleen McPherson, a woman who worked at the Columbus Playboy Club in the early 1980s.
  
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• Transmission tower workers fall about 1,000 feet to their deaths

  28-09-2017 16:58
  
  MIAMI -- An investigation is underway after three workers fell about 1,000 feet to their deaths while working on a transmission tower in a Miami suburb, CBS station WFOR-TV reports.Police and rescue personnel responded to the area in Miami Gardens around 4 p.m. Wednesday."I've been noticing the crane for a while," said Eric Garner, who lives nearby. "They had the crane up there, the structure up there a couple days ago. It rained Monday, so they couldn't get it done."Garner said the workers were
  
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• Steve Scalise returns to Capitol for first time since shooting

  28-09-2017 16:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressman shot in June at a baseball practice is returning to work at the Capitol after three months in the hospital and at a rehabilitation facility.That's the word from Majority Whip Steve Scalise's office. The Louisiana Republican will vote Thursday morning and address his colleagues on the House floor. This is his first public appearance since the shooting.Scalise and four other people were injured June 14 when a gunman opened fire on a Republican baseball pract
  
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• More than 130,000 flee menacing Bali volcano

  28-09-2017 16:30
  
  BALI, Indonesia — More than 130,000 people have fled the region around the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, fearing it will soon erupt, an official said Thursday.The disaster mitigation agency's command post in Bali said the number of evacuees has swelled to about 134,200. The figure is more than double the estimated population within an immediate danger zone but people further away are leaving too.Those who have fled are scattered in more than 500 locations ac
  
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• Treat to Try: Miss Cristy’s Maple Oat Scones

  28-09-2017 16:00
  There’s no real middle ground on scones. It seems like they turn out one of two ways: either they’re lusciously dense, perhaps packed with savory or sugary nuggets, or they’re pretty much stale biscuit triangles. Fortunately, Miss Christy’s Bakery makes scones that fall in the former category, even a day after purchase*. The operation’s scones […]
  
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• LAPD officer arrested after fiery freeway crash kills family

  28-09-2017 15:31
  
  WHITTIER, Calif. -- An off-duty Los Angeles police officer was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a fiery freeway crash that killed a family of three, police said. The officer, Edgar Verduzco, was driving at a "high rate of speed" along Interstate 605 in Whittier Tuesday night when his vehicle slammed into the back of two cars, the California Highway Patrol said. One of the cars burst into flames, killing a mother, father and their teenage son, Sgt. Saul Gomez said. Two p
  
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• Democrats' bill requires sleep apnea testing for train engineers

  28-09-2017 15:07
  
  Democratic lawmakers from New York and New Jersey are introducing legislation Thursday to force federal transportation officials to implement a rule to test train engineers for sleep apnea.Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and New Jersey U.S. Sen. Cory Booker announced the legislation a week after the National Transportation Safety Board said that the engineers involved in crashes in Hoboken and Brooklyn were suffering from undiagnosed sleep apnea.It also comes ahead of Friday's annivers
  
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• New Affordable Homes Going up in Milo-Grogan, City-Owned Lots for Sale

  28-09-2017 15:00
  Affordable housing nonprofit Homeport has broken ground on the first of what will eventually be 33 new homes in Milo-Grogan. The single-family houses are being constructed on scattered lots east of I-71, on either side of East Fifth Avenue. Meanwhile, the City of Columbus has issued a Request for Proposals for 23 city-owned parcels located […]
  
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• Colorado theater shooter transferred to Pennsylvania prison

  28-09-2017 14:57
  
  DENVER -- The man who opened fire on a crowded movie theater in Aurora, in suburban Denver in 2012, killing 12 people and wounding 70 others, is being housed at a facility in Pennsylvania, the Federal Bureau of Prisons disclosed Thursday.James Holmes' new location in the United States Penitentiary in Allenwood, a high-security prison, the Bureau's records show.Holmes' location had been a tightly held secret after he was moved out of Colorado last year because he was attacked by another inmate. C
  
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• Ohio officials plan to reinstall Confederate monument

  28-09-2017 14:56
  
  Officials in an Ohio township say a marker honoring Confederate General Robert E. Lee will be reinstalled and re-dedicated.Some Franklin Township residents became angry when they learned the 90-year-old marker had been removed in August after deadly violence during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over a statue honoring Lee.The marker was removed by a city crew in neighboring Franklin, which controlled the location near an intersection. The city subsequently returned the m
  
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• 4 injured in car crash, after car flips and hits structure near Worthington

  28-09-2017 14:44
  
  Columbus Police and Fire are on the scene of an injury crash on Park Road near Flint Road.Authorities say two vehicles collided on the roadway; one vehicle flipped landing upside down. The second vehicle crashed into a home in the 100 block of Park Road.A total of 4 victims from the crash are being treated for injuries, according to officials.No other information was immediately available.Drivers are asked to avoid the area while police and fire crews investigate the crash.This is a developing s
  
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• 3 children, 3 adults injured in north Columbus crash

  28-09-2017 14:44
  Several people, including children, were injured in a crash near Worthington Thursday morning.Columbus Police and Fire responded to a crash on Park Road near Flint Road - six people were injured. Police say that both cars were heading in the same direction and it is unclear what caused them to lose control. Police also reported that the drivers knew each other.One car flipped and the other crashed into Flint Animal Hospital, which is run out of a house on Park Road. According to police, the flip
  
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• 3 children, 3 adults injured in crash near Worthington

  28-09-2017 14:44
  
  Several people, including children, were injured in a crash near Worthington Thursday morning.Columbus Police and Fire responded to a crash on Park Road near Flint Road.Authorities say two vehicles collided on the roadway; one vehicle flipped, landing upside down. The second vehicle crashed into the Flint Animal Hospital, which is run out of a house on Park Road. Park Rd Crash - 10TV Tino RamosMedia Folder: Media Root
  Police say six people, including three children, were injured in the cras
  
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• Tiger Woods may never play competitive golf again

  28-09-2017 14:17
  Golfer Tiger Woods said he could be done with competitive golf.Woods is recovering from his fourth back surgery.“…The pain’s gone, but I don’t know what my golfing body is going to be like, because I haven’t hit a golf shot yet,” Woods said on Wednesday.Woods added that his timetable is based on what his surgeon says, and that he’s “very optimistic” about how he’s progressing.
  
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• Tiger Woods back on the course in a cart, uncertain about future

  28-09-2017 14:17
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Tiger Woods made it back from his fourth surgery in time for the Presidents Cup.Just not to play.Not even Woods knows when or even if he can return. He even acknowledged Wednesday a scenario that he doesn't return to competition because he's at a stage where he's only hitting 60-yard shots.This was all about driving a cart as an assistant captain at Liberty National.Woods is back on a golf course for the first time since the Dubai Desert Classic, where he shot 77 in the
  
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• Airline aims to make electric commercial flights reality in 10 years

  28-09-2017 13:19
  CBS NEWS - Budget airline easyJet will collaborate with an American company to develop a battery-powered plane it can use within a decade.The airline says it's partnering with Wright Electric, which is developing a plane that will fly for under two hours, cutting emissions and noise.The airline's CEO, Carolyn McCall, says "it is now more a matter of when, not if, a short-haul electric plane will fly."Wright Electric is working with several airlines and believes its planes will be 50 percent quie
  
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• Audrey Hepburn mementoes fetch $6.2 million at auction

  28-09-2017 12:49
  
  Fans of Hollywood glamour have snapped up mementoes from the collection of the late Audrey Hepburn at a London auction.The star's personal shooting script for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold for 632,750 pounds ($846,619) at Christie's on Wednesday — seven times its pre-sale estimate and one of many lots that smashed expectations.A Tiffany bangle that was a gift to Hepburn from director Steven Spielberg — inscribed "you are my 'inspiration'" — sold for 332,750 pounds.Hepburn's war
  
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• AC Hotel Columbus Dublin Opens in Ohio

  28-09-2017 12:41
  Located in the upscale Bridge Park neighborhood, just 20 minutes from downtown Columbus, Ohio, AC Hotel Columbus Dublin opened its doors today, welcoming the first guests. The hotel, developed by Crawford Hoying and managed by Shaner Hotels, caters to design-savvy business and leisure travelers.
  
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• First lady to host discussion on opioid crisis

  28-09-2017 12:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump has invited experts and people affected by addiction to opioids to the White House for a listening session and discussion about the epidemic.The first lady is hosting Thursday's event in the State Dining Room and has invited journalists to attend a portion of the meeting to help raise awareness. She joined President Donald Trump at a briefing on the crisis during the president's vacation last month at his New Jersey golf club.Stephanie Grisham, a spokeswoman
  
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• Twitter to talk to House, Senate in Russia probe

  28-09-2017 12:39
  
  Social media giant Twitter will visit Capitol Hill Thursday as part of the House and Senate investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.Twitter's closed-door meetings with staff follow similar briefings from Facebook earlier this month, and the House and Senate panels have invited both tech giants, along with Google, to appear at public hearings this fall. The committees are scrutinizing the spread of false news stories and propaganda on social media, to what extent Russia was
  
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• Bill tightens control on violent offenders

  28-09-2017 10:27
  Ohio Republicans and Democrats are working on bills in the Ohio House and Senate that would give judges more discretion with sentences and create a new policy for ankle bracelet monitoring. The bills were proposed in response to the February killing and rape of a student at The Ohio State University.
  
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• Doppler 10: Fall's Big Comeback

  28-09-2017 10:14
  This Evening: Mainly clear and cooling.
  Tonight: Mostly clear and cooler. Near 50 N 5-10 mph
  Tomorrow: Morning sun, then sun & clouds with a slight chance PM. 73 SW 5-15 mph
  Saturday: Sunny and cool. 67 N 5-10 mph
  Sunday: Sunny and pleasant after a cool morning. 72Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: High pressure will continue to bring fair skies and cooler temperatures to the region for the next few days. A weak upper level system will sp
  
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• Doppler 10: Fall finally returns

  28-09-2017 10:14
  Today: Mostly sunny and much cooler. High 73. N wind 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly clear and seasonably cool. Low 50. N wind around 10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Sunny and seasonable. Much like Thursday. High 73. NW wind 5-10 mph.
  Saturday: Sunny and below average. High 68. NE wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Big changes today in temperatures. High pressure will result in dry conditions, sunshine and more seasonable weather today. Highs only
  
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• Woman in life threatening condition after hit and run accident

  28-09-2017 09:33
  
  Columbus police are investigating a hit and run in east Columbus.Investigators say a woman crossing the road was hit by a vehicle on East Livingston Avenue near Barnett Road around 3:00 a.m. Thursday.According to police, a 43-year-old Charlene Daniel was taken to Grant Medical Center in life-threatening condition after being struck by a car.The driver of the vehicle left the scene of the accident.Authorities closed Livingston Avenue in both directions for several hours while police conducted the
  
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• Hit and run leaves one person in life-threatening condition

  28-09-2017 09:33
  
  Columbus police are investigating a hit and run in east Columbus.Investigators say a pedestrian crossing the road was hit by a vehicle on East Livingston Avenue near Barnett Road around 3:00 a.m. Thursday.According to police, a woman was taken to Grant Medical Center in life-threatening condition and the driver of the vehicle left the scene of the accident. Authorities sayLivingston Avenue is closed in both directions while they investigate.Police tell 10TV the vehicle they are looking for is an
  
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• Reforms offered in response to Tokes murder

  28-09-2017 06:14
  Lisa McCrary-Tokes and her husband, Toby Tokes, formerly of Monclova Township, voice support for proposed sentencing and parole reforms that they hope may prevent a future murder like that which claimed their daughter, Reagan, in February. From left, Reagan Tokes, with her mother Lisa, sister Makenzie Tokes, and father Toby Tokes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.
  
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• Program focused on treating veterans is heading to the Wilds

  28-09-2017 05:45
  A program focused on healing our nation’s veterans is heading to the Midwest.The program Mighty Oaks, is focused on addressing the psychological and social issues veterans can face when returning to civilian life.“I came home from my eighth deployment and was diagnosed with post traumatic stress,” program founder Chad Robichaux said.Robichaux says the key to the one week program is the group setting with sessions led by Mighty Oaks graduates.He says with the help of donations t
  
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• Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies at age 91

  28-09-2017 05:31
  
  LOS ANGELES — Playboy magazine founder and sexual revolution symbol Hugh Hefner has died. He was 91.The magazine released a statement saying Hefner died at his home of natural causes Wednesday night surrounded by family.Founding the magazine in 1953, Hefner built a brand that defined the sexual culture of the second half of the 20th century.Playboy's buxom models were the objects of millions of men's fantasies as Hefner challenged what he derided as America's "Puritanical" attitudes toward
  
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• Police: Shelby Senior High student charged after social media post with alleged threat

  28-09-2017 04:18
  
  SHELBY, Ohio - A Shelby Senior High School student is charged after the Shelby Police Department said he posted on social media about a possible threat at the school.Police said they received information about a social media post made by the student indicating he heard rumors of a threat at the school.Police said the post also included a possible threat made by the student.Police then contacted the Richland County Prosecutor’s Office and the student was charged.The student is awaiting a he
  
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• Fairfield Area Humane Society seizes 11 horses from home in Bloom Township

  28-09-2017 03:53
  The Fairfield Area Humane Society says it found horses in a collapsing barn with little water in Bloom Township.With help from the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office and volunteers from Home of Joy Farm, humane officers seized 11 horses from a home on Monday.Executive Director of the Fairfield Area Humane Society says horses like “Sir-vivor” are now getting clean food and water and being nursed back to health."When you don't have the means to take care of them, you're going to g
  
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• Hilliard police searching for missing man in his 50s

  28-09-2017 03:44
  
  Hilliard police are looking for a missing man and they are asking for the public’s help.Police said the man was last seen in the area of Westbriar Drive and Frazell Rd.He is described as white, in his 50s, and has a goatee and glasses.He was last seen wearing cargo shorts, a gray shirt, and a black hat.Police ask if you see him that you call 911 because he is a danger to himself.Police said they are not releasing his name at this time.
  
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• Missing Chillicothe woman believed to be in Columbus

  28-09-2017 03:32
  
  The Chillicothe Police are looking a 43-year-old woman who has been missing since September 22.Authorities say Danielle Dunn has a medical condition and they are working to find her.Dunn’s family told investigators they have not been able to reach her after she was last seen on Black Water Road.Dunn was last seen wearing a red shift with black shorts and stands 5'6 inches tall with blond hair and green eyes.Chillicothe Police Captain Ron Meyers says detectives believe Dunn could be in the
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: The Future of Education

  28-09-2017 03:00 via youtube.com
  
  
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• NFL targets entire Ezekiel Elliott suit in bid to restore 6-game ban

  28-09-2017 02:56
  
  The NFL has asked a federal appeals court to dismiss Ezekiel Elliott's entire lawsuit in its bid to lift an injunction that blocked the star Dallas Cowboys running back's six-game suspension over a domestic violence case in Ohio.The league wrote in a filing Wednesday to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans that the players' union case filed on behalf of Elliott had resulted in "hopelessly doomed proceedings."The three-judge panel requested arguments from both sides over U.S. Dist
  
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