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• Police: 3 children found after Amber Alert issued, suspect arrested

  03-03-2018 22:41
  
  CINCINNATI (WKRC) -- Police arrested a man who allegedly stole an SUV with three young children inside Saturday afternoon in Colerain Township.It happened just before 2 p.m. at the Pit Stop convenience store at Pippin and Galbraith.Police said three young children, two 4-year-olds and a 1-year-old, were in the back of a silver Volkswagen Touareg SUV when it was taken from the store while the father was inside.The children were missing for nearly three hours before they were found in the car at W
  
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• Police: 3 children found after Amber Alert issued in southwest Ohio

  03-03-2018 22:41
  
  CINCINNATI (WCPO) -- An Amber Alert has been canceled after three young children were found after a man allegedly stole an SUV with the children inside, according to police.Police said this happened while their father was in a convenience store Saturday afternoon.Dispatchers identified the suspect as 33-year-old Howard Mullis. Police said the vehicle was a silver 2004 Volkswagen Touareg.The theft occurred around 3 p.m. outside Pit Stop, a convenience store on West Galbraith Road.Anyone with info
  
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• "Avalanche!": 5 caught in "cloud of snow" after snowboarder dies during blizzard

  03-03-2018 21:25
  
  LOS ANGELES — Heather Turping was snowboarding with her boyfriend when she heard someone scream "Avalanche!"Then Turping, 39, saw "a cloud of snow coming down."The avalanche that hit Friday at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort caught five people — one day after a snowboarder died there during a blizzard as a winter storm rolled through California.The storm that steamrollered through the Sierra Nevada still threatened rain and snow through Saturday afternoon in Southern California, a few hu
  
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• Forecast: Sunny and seasonable Sunday

  03-03-2018 21:17
  This Evening: A tad brisk with mostly clear skies. Temps will drop out of the 40s and winds stay out of the north.
  Tonight: Cold with clear skies. Low 25. N wind 5-10 mph.
  Sunday: Sunny and seasonable. High 44. NE wind 5-10 mph.
  Monday: Clouds build ahead of showers returning at night. High 48. SE wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Information: Looking at a dry weekend thanks to high pressure. Clear skies tonight wi
  
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• Ohio man convicted of indecent exposure for 6th time

  03-03-2018 20:06
  
  CINCINNATI — An Ohio man has been convicted for at least the sixth time for publicly exposing himself.The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a Hamilton County jury deliberated several hours Friday before convicting 50-year-old Gerald Fornshell of felony public indecency.Prosecutors say the Lebanon man exposed himself last July to a 21-year-old woman at a Cincinnati Half Price Books store after spotting him earlier that day at a bookstore in Mason. The woman says she pities Fornshell but thinks th
  
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• Franklin County prosecutor: Death row inmate Alva Campbell has died

  03-03-2018 18:28
  
  COLUMBUS -- Death row inmate Alva Campbell has died, according to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien.Campbell was scheduled to be executed in November but the execution was halted after a medical team spent 20 minutes searching for an accessible vein to administer the lethal drugs.Lawyers for Campbell and fellow death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts announced an appeal to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in November.They appealed a judge's decision upholding the state's lethal injection sys
  
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• U.S. Secret Service responding to reports of a person who allegedly shot himself near the White House

  03-03-2018 18:23
  
  U.S. Secret Service on Saturday responded to reports of a person who "allegedly suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound" near the north fence line surrounding the White House, the U.S. Secret Service said. President Trump is currently in West Palm Beach.The incident increased security at the White House, and reporters were temporarily sent down to the basement. The Secret Service tweeted that there were no other injuries.The security scare came a little more than a week after a vehicle hit a sec
  
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• Authorities say man shoots himself to death near White House

  03-03-2018 18:23
  
  WASHINGTON — Authorities said a man shot himself to death outside the White House on Saturday.The District of Columbia Police Department says in a tweet that "adult male has been declared deceased. We are working to notify next of kin."Update: Adult male has been declared deceased. We are working to notify next of kin. No further updates.— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) March 3, 2018
  That tweet comes about two hours after the Secret Service first reported that it was responding
  
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• Muslim officer works with immigrants in Ohio capital city

  03-03-2018 17:48
  In this Feb. 23, 2018, photo, New American Diversity and Inclusion Officer Khaled Bhagat, with the Columbus Police Department, sits for a portrait at the Masjid Ibnu Taymiyah Islamic Center after Friday prayer in Columbus, Ohio. Bhagat has been tapped in Ohio's capital to bridge gaps between police and the city's growing immigrant population.
  
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• Fromagerie Brings World-Class Cheeses to Central Ohio Area

  03-03-2018 16:00
  With a name taken from the french word for “cheese shop,” Fromagerie already sets high standards for the quality of cheeses offered to customers. Leaving a “cushy” life in aorporate America to start Fromagerie was no small feat for its owner, Kim Hendrix. But with the help of 1400 Food Lab, and a familiarity with the process of starting a […]
  
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• Bloom-Carroll HS student dies after Fairfield County crash

  03-03-2018 13:14
  
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio -- A Bloom-Carroll High School student is dead and another was treated for injuries after a crash in Fairfield County on Friday.Sophomore Leah Jackson, 15, died after being injured in a single-car accident Friday night, according to Bloom-Carroll Local Schools Superintendent Shawn Haughn. Another student, a 16-year-old girl, was also injured but is expected to recover.The Ohio State Highway Patrol said troopers responded to Plum Road near Havensport Road in Greenfield Town
  
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• American Heart Association reports Breast Cancer Treatments may increase the risk of Heart Disease

  03-03-2018 13:14
  Breast cancer patients may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and may benefit from a treatment approach that weighs the benefits of specific therapies against potential damage to the heart, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circulation. The statement is an overview of what we currently know about risk factors common to both heart disease and breast cancer, the potential heart damage from so
  
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• 15-year-old girl dies after Fairfield County crash

  03-03-2018 13:14
  
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio - A 15-year-old girl is dead and a 16-year-old girl was treated for injuries after a crash in Fairfield County on Friday.The Ohio State Highway Patrol said troopers responded to Plum Road near Havensport Road in Greenfield Township around 11:10 p.m.OSHP said the 16-year-old girl was driving a car west on Plum Road when she went off the right side of the road and hit a tree.She was taken to Fairfield Medical Center.A 15-year-old girl was in the front passenger seat.OSHP sai
  
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• Michigan House to explore arming teachers, "red flag" laws

  03-03-2018 12:16
  
  LANSING, Mich. — Michigan legislators and the governor's office are roiling over two gun-control measures: arming trained teachers and removing guns from individuals with mental health symptoms.State capitols across America are revisiting gun legislation after the deadliest U.S. school shooting in the last five years ripped through Parkland, Florida. In Lansing, one bill under development would permit teachers and staff to carry firearms inside schools, an idea seeing national resurgence s
  
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• Malaysia says search for missing plane to end in June

  03-03-2018 11:34
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian official says the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 by a U.S. company will likely end in June, as families of passengers marked the fourth anniversary of the plane's disappearance with renewed hope that the world's biggest aviation mystery will be solved.Malaysia in January inked a "no cure, no fee" deal with Houston, Texas-based Ocean Infinity to resume the hunt for the plane, a year after the official search by Malaysia, Australia and China in t
  
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• Hunt for missing Malaysian plane likely to end in June

  03-03-2018 11:34
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 by a U.S. company will likely end in June, a Malaysian official said, as families of passengers marked the fourth anniversary of the plane's disappearance with renewed hope that the world's biggest aviation mystery will be solved.Malaysia inked a "no cure, no fee" deal with Houston, Texas-based Ocean Infinity in January to resume the hunt for the plane, a year after the official search in the southern Indian Ocean by Mala
  
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• Plans under way for Taste of the Arts -

  03-03-2018 11:04
  The time is nigh for downtown Piqua's annual festival of arts, music, food and fun. In just two months, Mainstreet Piqua's 24th annual Taste of the Arts celebration will take over the 300 and 400 blocks of North Main Street, offering live entertainment, demonstrations by local artists and an array of edibles from more than a dozen area restaurants and caterers.
  
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• Forecast: Frosty start, plentiful sunshine

  03-03-2018 10:43
  Today: Sunny to mostly sunny and brisk.High 43. Winds: N 7-11 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly clear & cold.Low 22. Winds: N 3-6 mph
  Tomorrow: Sunny skies, touch warmer.High 46. NE 4-8 mph.
  Monday: Partly sunny, chance rain late.Mild.High 49.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Information: Waking up to a cold start to the day under mostly clear skies.Skies will remain clear through the day as high pressure controls the weather for us this
  
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• Police identify victim in Lancaster house fire

  03-03-2018 09:50
  
  LANCASTER, Ohio - A man is dead after a house fire in Lancaster Saturday morning.The Lancaster Fire Department said the fire happened just before 3 a.m. on the 600 block of McKinley Avenue.Fire officials said there were other people in the home and they were able to get out.Police identified the victim as 64-year-old Carl R. Fauble.The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  
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• Man killed in Lancaster house fire

  03-03-2018 09:50
  
  LANCASTER -- One man is dead after a house fire in Lancaster Saturday morning.Officials with the Lancaster Division of Fire say the fire happened just before 3 a.m. on the 600 block of McKinley Avenue.Fire officials say there were other people in the home and they were able to get out.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com as this story develops.
  
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• 2 Democrats for Ohio offices want open redistricting process

  03-03-2018 06:43
  By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two Democrats seeking statewide offices in Ohio released a proposal Friday that they say would guarantee the state's process for drawing congressional district maps is transparent to the public. Former U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach, a candidate for attorney general, and state Rep. Kathleen Clyde, a candidate for secretary of state, told The Associated Press their plan adds accountability and openness requirements to the new, bipartisan red
  
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• Police: Son charged with attempted murder after beating, stabbing father in Newark

  03-03-2018 05:13
  
  NEWARK, Ohio - A man is charged with attempted murder after Newark police said he stabbed and beat his father.Police said they responded to the 500 block of Seroco Avenue around 5:20 p.m. Friday after they were notified about a possible assault.Officers forced entry into the home when no one answered the door.Police said they were familiar with the home because they had responded there over the past couple of weeks.65-year-old Walter McClintock was found inside suffering from injuries from a bea
  
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• Ohio cyber crimes agents say it isn't hard to catch the person behind a threatening post

  03-03-2018 03:41
  
  LONDON, Ohio - Special agents with Ohio Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation Cyber Crimes Unit say social media threats have skyrocketed since the Parkland, Florida school shooting.Their analysts are using hi-tech ways to help local police catch the person behind threatening posts."We're looking for web history of them getting on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, wherever these threats could have been coming from," computer forensic specialist Dylan Waggy said.Fighting crime from behi
  
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• Late basket leads Penn State over No. 13 Ohio State

  03-03-2018 02:40
  
  NEW YORK — Tony Carr found Josh Reaves for a game-winning layup with 3.1 seconds to play and Penn State may have punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with a 69-68 victory over second-seeded Ohio State in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday night.Carr had 25 points for the second straight night and the seventh-seeded Nittany Lions scored the final five points in beating the 13th-ranked Buckeyes for the third time this season.Penn State (21-12) will face the winner of
  
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• Arnold's Highland Games bring taste of Scotland to central Ohio

  03-03-2018 02:18
  "We actually go out in the woods, cut us down a tree and make our own cabers," the 46-year-old Kentucky man said shortly after tossing a 42-pound sack about 50 feet across a section of the Greater Columbus Convention Center. That plus "a lot of time in the weight room, getting stronger and more explosive."
  
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• Officer Anthony Morelli honored in Westerville North High School gym

  03-03-2018 01:09
  
  WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The family of fallen Westerville police officer Anthony Morelli helped honor him before the start of the Westerville North basketball game Friday night.Officers Morelli and Eric Joering were killed in the line of duty in February.A sticker with Officer Morelli’s badge was placed in the southwest corner of the gym, where he stood when he was on duty.It recognizes all the time Morelli spent in the gym as the special duty officer, athletic director Wes Elifritz said.
  
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• Beloved Short North artist attacked after helping bartender

  03-03-2018 00:07
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sixty-three-year-old Malcolm Jones has made his mark with his art, much of it documenting the changing streetscapes of the Short North.It's made him a popular fixture in the neighborhood. But now he's in the hospital following a violent attack in a Short North bar.The art of Malcolm Jones hangs on the walls of Short North businesses. Over the years, his talent has earned him television time on 10TV and WOSU. Media Folder: Media Root
  He says the ability to create has been t
  
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