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• Cedar Point offering first-ride tickets for new coaster

  13-03-2018 22:32
  
  Cedar Point and the LeBron James Family Foundation are teaming up to give coaster enthusiasts the chance to be the first riders on Steel Vengeance.Tickets for the Steel Vengeance First Rider Benefit are $75 per person and will go on sale Monday, March 19.The event will take place on Friday, April 27 from 6-10 p.m.For those who want additional bragging rights, tickets for the event and the coveted first public train are $250 each.Steel Vengeance is the world’s first “hyper-hybrid&rdqu
  
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• Electric bill shock: Galion residents see sudden spike in utility bills

  13-03-2018 22:25
  Hundreds of utility customers say the bills they got in their mailboxes last week were double what they should have been.It happened in the Crawford County city of Galion."I get paid bi-weekly. I get paid the same every two weeks, so I pretty much know what I have to spend, and what I have to save," said 23-year-old homeowner Ashley Church.Last week her household budget took a hit with the arrival of her utility bill."It was over $400 when normally it's just a little over $200. So it was double
  
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• How much snow accumulates in North America each year? More than scientists thought

  13-03-2018 22:17
  COLUMBUS, Ohio-There's a lot more snow piling up in the mountains of North America than anyone knew, according to a first-of-its-kind study. Scientists have revised an estimate of snow volume for the entire continent, and they've discovered that snow accumulation in a typical year is 50 percent higher than previously thought.
  
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• Trump examines prototypes for border wall amid protests

  13-03-2018 22:11
  
  SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump on Tuesday eagerly inspected prototypes on display in California for his "big beautiful border wall" amid peaceful protests but growing tensions between his administration and the state over immigration enforcement.Chanting "No ban! No wall!" demonstrators were cheered on by honking cars and buses at the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego, the nation's busiest border crossing.Trump appeared engaged as he was briefed on eight towering prototypes, includ
  
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• Fairfield County Jail move reveals historic records & stories

  13-03-2018 21:40
  
  The move into the new Fairfield County Jail unearthed an historic treasure; jail logs and court documents more than 100 years old.The records were pulled out of the old jail when the first steps of demolition began.The roof needed to be ripped off.Chief Deputy Alex Lape knew records had been stored in the attic that needed to come out before the work started.He removed about 50 old logs, dating back to the 1850s.The script they are written in is priceless and many of the charges are obscure.&ldq
  
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• Highway reopens after about 81 vehicles involved in crashes on I-71 east of Mount Gilead

  13-03-2018 21:39
  MORROW COUNTY -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to crashes involving 81 vehicles on Interstate 71 east of Mount Gilead.I-71 north was shut down in the area of mile marker 154-155, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.There was a heavy snow front in this area at the time causing limited to no visibility.Southbound lanes were closed for a while and northbound lanes were closed for several hours.All lanes have since reopened.Traffic was diverted onto State Route 95 to bypass
  
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• Highway reopens after about 70 vehicles involved in crashes on I-71 east of Mount Gilead

  13-03-2018 21:39
  MORROW COUNTY -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to reports of about 70 vehicles involved in crashes on Interstate 71 east of Mount Gilead.I-71 north was shut down in the area of mile marker 154-155, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.Southbound lanes were closed for a while and northbound lanes were closed for several hours.All lanes have since reopened.According to OSHP about 15 tractor-trailers needed to be towed. There is an estimated total of 70 vehicles involved.Tra
  
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• Columbus students pledge the "Sandy Hook Promise"

  13-03-2018 21:39
  Students at Champion Middle School crowded the school's gym wearing matching shirts Tuesday.The gray and green tees read, "Start with Hello," a national campaign started by the family members of children and faculty murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut."Start with Hello is going to talk to you about social isolation and what do you do when you see someone isolated," said Tyrrea Byrd, who presented the Sandy Hook Promise to the student body.Sandy Hook Promise is a nati
  
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• At least 40 vehicles involved in crashes, I-71 closed east of Mount Gilead

  13-03-2018 21:39
  MORROW COUNTY -- The Delaware Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is responding to reports of a 40-to 60-car crash on Interstate 71 east of Mount Gilead.I-71 north is shut down in the area of mile marker 154-155, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. The southbound lanes have reopened. Northbound is expected to be closed for several hours.The Patrol and the Ohio Department of Transportation are on the scene and traffic is currently being diverted diverting traffic onto State Rout
  
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• About 70 vehicles involved in crashes, I-71 closed east of Mount Gilead

  13-03-2018 21:39
  MORROW COUNTY -- The Delaware Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is responding to reports of a 40-to 60-car crash on Interstate 71 east of Mount Gilead.I-71 north is shut down in the area of mile marker 154-155, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. The southbound lanes have reopened. Northbound is expected to be closed for several hours.According to OSHP about 15 tractor-trailers need to be towed. There is an estimated total of 70 vehicles involvedThe Patrol and the Ohio Depart
  
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• Continuing a Legacy

  13-03-2018 20:18
  Isabelle Ridgway’s life revolved around kindness. Her love and commitment to elderly African Americans in Columbus came from her belief that everyone—especially our elders—deserved respect, companionship, and care. Now, her legacy lives on. Read more. The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people […]
  
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• Forecast: Any snow or isolated squalls end early, then chilly

  13-03-2018 20:12
  This Evening: Light Snow showers and isolated squalls ending. Chilly & breezy.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy and chilly. 23 N 5-10 mph
  Tomorrow: Lingering clouds and cool. 39 NW 10-15 mph
  Thursday: Mostly sunny and a bit milder. Mid 40s. NW 10-15 mph
  Friday: Mostly sunny and near 40.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Information: Most of the light snow will come to an end early, but re-freeze could be an issue for the morning commut
  
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• Woman charged with stealing from donation box for fallen Westerville officers

  13-03-2018 20:07
  
  Columbus police have arrested a woman accused of stealing from a donation box for two Westerville officers killed in the line of duty.An employee at Average Joe’s on West Henderson Road on March 10 noticed their donation box to raise money for Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering had a few dollars inside. There was previously around $300.The employee noticed on surveillance video that a woman who was playing Keno took the cash. The woman left before anyone could confront her.An investigation b
  
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• Red Giraffe Designs & Three Buds Flower Market Partner on Space in German Village

  13-03-2018 19:35
  A growing pocket of local businesses in German Village will see the addition of two new operations with Red Giraffe Designs and Three Buds Flower Market opening a joint space at 1147 Jaeger St. It’s the third Columbus retail location for Red Giraffe and the first for Three Buds which is also owned by Red […]
  
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• Students plan walkout in support of Parkland Florida shooting victims

  13-03-2018 19:18
  
  COLUMBUS- Students across the country, including in central Ohio, are coming together to support the Parkland, Florida shooting victims through a walkout on March 14.It's been almost a month since investigators say Nikolas Cruz stormed into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 students and staff members.The walkout is supposed to last 17 minutes outside of the classroom. Each minute will honor of the victims killed in the shooting.List of local schools and districts where 10TV has le
  
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• Florida prosecutors seeking death penalty in school shooting

  13-03-2018 18:39
  
  MIAMI — The former student charged with killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month will face the death penalty, prosecutors said Tuesday.Nikolas Cruz, 19, is scheduled for formal arraignment Wednesday on a 34-count indictment, including 17 first-degree murder charges. Cruz's attorneys have said he would plead guilty if the death penalty was not pursued in the Valentine's Day massacre.The office of Broward County State Attorney Michael Satz filed the formal notice
  
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• Bobby Layman Chevrolet to sell to Michigan buyer

  13-03-2018 18:27
  
  COLUMBUS -- A Michigan automotive holding company is in contract to purchase Bobby Layman Chevrolet, according to documents sent to the state.Feldman GM Holdings plans to purchase Bobby Layman Chevrolet sometime this spring, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter sent by representatives of Bobby Layman Chevrolet to the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services.According to the letter: “There is no more specific date of the closure at this time. Because w
  
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• Around Columbus: Fresh Market Opening

  13-03-2018 18:15 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Photo of Joe Biden with homeless man outside theater goes viral

  13-03-2018 18:01
  
  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden's office is not commenting about a candid photo of the Democrat speaking with a homeless man outside a Washington movie theater.The photo was taken Thursday evening by Caleb Baca. He tells WTTG-TV he's not sure what Biden gave the homeless man, but he appeared to write something down on a piece of paper inside the movie theater, which he then proceeded to give the homeless man outside.The photo was shared on social media by public affairs consul
  
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• Ohio metro, county jobless rates rise as holiday jobs end

  13-03-2018 17:41
  Jobless rates for every metropolitan area in the state and all 88 counties climbed in January as holiday jobs came to an end. The unemployment rate for central Ohio rose to 4 percent in January from 3.7 percent in December, according to data released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
  
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• Prescription Medicine Disposal

  13-03-2018 16:52 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Districtwide Student Walkouts Planned as Part of Safer Together Day

  13-03-2018 16:00
  On March 6, 2018, the Columbus City Schools Board of Education voted on a resolution declaring Wednesday, March 14, 2018 as Safer Together Day. March 14 marks one month after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead. Walkouts and events are being planned by students and […]
  
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• Power restored to thousands after outage in Worthington, northwest Columbus

  13-03-2018 15:47
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Power is back on for more than 13,000 American Electric Power customers and several schools that were in the dark Tuesday in northwest Columbus.Worthington Hills, McCord, Worthington Academy, Phoenix Middle, Granby, Liberty, Brookside and Worthington Kilborne schools were impacted by the outage, according to AEP.AEP said the outage was a result of a mechanical issue at a substation in the area.AEP said the power was restored around noon. Media Folder: Media Root
  
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• Nor'easter, blizzard conditions sock winter-weary Northeast

  13-03-2018 15:13
  
  BOSTON — A nor'easter that could deliver up to 2 feet of snow to some areas socked New England on Tuesday, bringing blizzard conditions to parts of coastal Massachusetts, covering highways with snow and knocking out power to tens of thousands.A blizzard was confirmed in Boston, as well as parts of Massachusetts' South Shore and Cape Cod. Blizzard warnings were issued for the entire coast of Maine, New Hampshire and most of Massachusetts.The rest of New England was under a winter storm warn
  
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• Driver killed, Texas students hurt in Disney trip bus crash

  13-03-2018 15:03
  
  LOXLEY, Ala. — ​Lulled asleep by the humming of their Texas-bound charter bus following a trip to Disney World, members of a high school band were jarred awake before dawn Tuesday when the rig ran off a highway and plunged into a ravine more than 50 feet (15 meters) deep.One person died, the driver, and about three dozen others were hurt, mostly teenagers, authorities said. Interstate 10 was blocked for hours where the accident occurred between Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida
  
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• Driver killed, several students hurt in Disney trip bus crash

  13-03-2018 15:03
  
  LOXLEY, Ala. -- A charter bus carrying students home to Texas from a high school band trip to Disney World plunged into an Alabama ravine early Tuesday, and numerous children were being carried by helicopters to emergency rooms. According to CBS News affiliate WKRG-TV, one passenger was killed in the crash, and 12 to 20 others sustained injuries.The bus was reportedly carrying at least 52 people."We have multiple injuries; the bus went down into a ravine," said Chris Elliott, a Baldwin County co
  
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• Ohio school shooting survivor: Honor Parkland victims nonpolitically

  13-03-2018 14:49
  
  WEST LIBERTY, Ohio — An Ohio teenager wounded in a school shooting last year says he thinks it's disrespectful to victims of the February massacre in Parkland, Florida, to use that tragedy to further a particular political agenda.In a Facebook video, West Liberty-Salem student Logan Cole says he won't participate in the Wednesday student walkouts promoted by organizers of the Women's March, which he says is oversimplifying the problem of school violence by advocating more gun control as t
  
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• Best Buy Closing 257 “Mobile” Locations, Including Tuttle Mall Store

  13-03-2018 14:00
  According to a report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Best Buy announced intentions to close all 257 of its “Best Buy Mobile” stores across the U.S., effective May 31. The “Mobile” store format was originally launched in 2006 as a way to sell mobile phones and accessories in something smaller than their […]
  
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• Trump replaces Tillerson with Pompeo in dramatic shakeup

  13-03-2018 13:51
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unceremoniously dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet on Tuesday and picked CIA Director Mike Pompeo to take his place, abruptly ending Tillerson's turbulent tenure as America's top diplomat and escalating the administration's chaotic second-year shake-up.Tillerson was ousted barely four hours after he returned from an Africa mission and with no face-to-face conversation with the president, the latest casualty of an unruly White House that has
  
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• Tillerson out as secretary of state, to be replaced by CIA chief Pompeo

  13-03-2018 13:51
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him, putting an ardent foe of the Iran nuclear deal in charge of U.S. diplomacy as Trump also dives into high-stakes talks with North Korea."We disagreed on things," Trump said of Tillerson just after announcing the firing on Twitter. He mentioned differences over how to handle the Iran-nuclear deal, which Trump wanted to withdraw from. "So we
  
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• WWE star Jeff Hardy charged with DWI in North Carolina

  13-03-2018 13:17
  
  CONCORD, N.C. — Professional wrestler Jeff Hardy has been charged with DWI in North Carolina.WSOC-TV reports that the WWE star was charged in Cabarrus County after being in a single-vehicle crash Saturday. An arrest report says Hardy registered a 0.25 blood alcohol level on a Breathalyzer test. North Carolina's limit is 0.08 percent.Hardy and his brother, Matt Hardy, are known as the wrestling duo The Hardy Boyz. The Cameron natives won the WWE Raw tag team championships at WrestleMania in
  
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• The “All Things Brunch Festival” Arrives on April 20th!

  13-03-2018 13:00
  Columbus’ biggest breakfast-for-dinner party is back again, even better than ever. Columbus Underground’s All Things Brunch Festival brings together brunch lovers and brunch makers for one night only! The 2018 festival will take place on Friday, April 20 at the Valley Dale Ballroom. The event will be jam-packed with food samples, experiences by local business, live […]
  
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• ColumbusRotary: March Madness Basketball - iHeartMedia

  13-03-2018 12:56 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 3/12/18

  13-03-2018 12:52 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Students, bus driver throw fists in fight caught on video

  13-03-2018 12:51
  Several students have been captured on video fighting a school bus driver in Ohio and knocking him to the ground. WBNS-TV reports the fight happened Friday at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center in Columbus just after its 2:30 p.m. dismissal.
  
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• Ohio school bus driver hurt in fight with students: Video

  13-03-2018 12:51
  Several students have been captured on video fighting a school bus driver in Ohio and knocking him to the ground. WBNS-TV reports the fight happened Friday at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center in Columbus just after its 2:30 p.m. dismissal.
  
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• Clinton blames "backwards" voters for loss to Trump

  13-03-2018 12:47
  
  Hillary Clinton has blamed her election loss to President Donald Trump on the "middle" of America, which she accused of "looking backward." Her remarks, which have been seized upon by conservative commentators as "dismissing America's Heartland," were made to an audience in Mumbai, India, on Saturday.Describing election maps from November 2016, which showed most of the central United States, with the exception of big cities, voting for Mr. Trump, Clinton said: "All that red in the middle, where
  
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• Immigrants sue US over end to temporary protected status

  13-03-2018 11:13
  
  The Trump administration's decision to end a program that lets immigrants from four countries live and work legally in the U.S. was motivated by racism and leaves the immigrants' American born children with an "impossible choice," according to a federal lawsuit filed on Monday.Nine immigrants and five children filed the suit in federal court in San Francisco to reinstate temporary protected status for people from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan.The status is granted to countries ravaged
  
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• US Defense Secretary Mattis arrives in Afghan capital

  13-03-2018 11:06
  
  U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday he believes victory in Afghanistan is still possible — not necessarily on the battlefield but in facilitating a Taliban reconciliation with the Afghan government.Mattis spoke shortly before arriving in Kabul, where security concerns were so high that reporters traveling with him were not allowed to publish stories until his party had moved from the Kabul airport to the U.S.-led military coalition's headquarters. That was the first such restric
  
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• Minnesota sheriff: 8 injured when school van, semi collide

  13-03-2018 11:05
  BENSON, Minn. — A sheriff says eight people have been injured in a crash involving a school van and a semitrailer in western Minnesota.Swift County Sheriff John Holtz says seven schoolchildren have been injured along with the woman who was driving the van they were in. He says all eight have been taken to hospitals but details about their injuries are not clear.He says the children are ages 8 to 16.Holtz says the man driving the semitrailer was evaluated at the scene and released.The crash
  
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• Study finds asbestos in Claire's makeup products marketed to teens

  13-03-2018 11:01
  
  NEW YORK -- Tests performed by a consumer watchdog group found asbestos in three products marketed to children by the makeup company Claire's, several weeks after the company pulled products from shelves following customer complaints.The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), a non-profit group, says it commissioned tests of 15 makeup products containing talc from an "accredited laboratory," including four from Claire's. Three of the Claire's products were found to contain "high levels of a
  
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• Jim Beam fills 15 millionth barrel of bourbon since Prohibition

  13-03-2018 10:37
  
  Bourbon barrel No. 15 million has taken its place in a Jim Beam warehouse in Kentucky.Beam on Monday filled its 15 millionth barrel of bourbon since the end of Prohibition. The company says it's a first for a Kentucky distillery. It was filled and sealed by seventh-generation Master Distiller Fred Noe and his son, Freddie, at Beam's flagship distillery in Clermont.Employees at the company's Clermont, Boston and Frankfort plants signed the barrel, which will be stored in a nine-story warehouse re
  
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• Joe Blundo: Retiring tux merchant suited Columbus for decades

  13-03-2018 10:31
  A fraternity at Ohio State University once rented a bunch of white tuxedos for a party that ended with the participants jumping into a swimming pool. He had a customer who insisted on driving all the tuxedos for his wedding to Pittsburgh, where the ceremony was planned, to make sure they would arrive safely.
  
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• Military bases unprepared for childhood sex assault

  13-03-2018 10:30
  
  When the children of U.S. service members sexually assault one another on a military base there often is no justice.That's because federal law governs civilians on many U.S. military installations, and federal prosecutors have little interest in pursuing juvenile sex assault cases. As a result, both victims seeking closure and young offenders needing treatment often receive neither, an Associated Press investigation found.One solution, known as "retrocession," offers some hope.___WHAT IS THAT?It
  
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• Forecast: Watch for snow squalls Tuesday

  13-03-2018 09:31
  Today: Snow squalls possible by midday and into the afternoon.Slick spots possible, chilly & breezy.High 38.Winds: NW 5-15 mph.
  Tonight: Light snow at times, more slick spots possible.Low 24.Winds: NW 8-12 mph.
  Wednesday: Light flurries early then mostly cloudy, chilly and breezy.High 38.Winds: WNW 10-15 G25 mph.
  Thursday: Sunshine returns, warmer but windy.High 45.Winds: NW 10-20 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Inform
  
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• Dublin police shut down roadway several hours after truck overturns

  13-03-2018 08:44
  
  DUBLIN - Dublin Police and Fire crews responded to the scene of the crash that has blocked part of a roadway just before 4 a.m.According to police, the accident happened on US 33 eastbound, just south of Post Road involved a large truck overturned.Police closed US 33 eastbound between Post Road and Avery-Muirfield Drive several hours.The road was reopened at 5:45 a.m.No information immediately available on any injuries from the crash.33EB just past Post Rd. is now back open.— Dublin Police
  
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• Dublin police shut down roadway for several hours after truck overturns

  13-03-2018 08:44
  
  DUBLIN - Dublin Police and Fire crews responded to the scene of the crash that has blocked part of a roadway just before 4 a.m.According to police, the accident happened on US 33 eastbound, just south of Post Road involved a large truck overturned.Police closed US 33 eastbound between Post Road and Avery-Muirfield Drive several hours.The road was reopened at 5:45 a.m.No information immediately available on any injuries from the crash.33EB just past Post Rd. is now back open.— Dublin Police
  
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• Critics of Stonewall Columbus rally on eve of #BlackPride4 sentencings

  13-03-2018 06:02
  About 100 people gathered outside Columbus City Hall Monday afternoon to protest the pending sentences of three of four black transgender and queer people convicted for blocking the annual Stonewall Columbus Pride Parade last year. The #ColumbusIsGuilty National Day of Action event was held as City Council met inside and was organized by Black Queer & Intersectional Columbus, a group dedicating to helping black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and related people through community s
  
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• Gahanna-Jefferson school leaders talk to community about school safety

  13-03-2018 02:49
  
  Officials with Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools say they want to take a proactive approach on school security.School leaders and first responders held a community conversation Monday night with parents about school safety.In the audience of about 100 or so, mom Stephanie Dietz is sitting with her 5-year-old Natalie.Little Natalie is a kindergartner in the Gahanna-Jefferson School District.Dietz, like the other parents in the middle school auditorium, came to talk about the safety of their studen
  
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• Closing arguments in the trial of Brian Golsby

  13-03-2018 02:33
  
  COLUMBUS -- The prosecution and defense will be delivering closing arguments in the trial of Brian Golsby Tuesday morning.Golsby is accused of raping and killing Ohio State student Reagan Tokes in February 2017.The prosecution rested its case on Monday. The defense said they would not put up any evidence.After closing arguments, the jury will then deliberate the charges against Golsby.Closing arguments are expected around 9 a.m. Watch live in the video player below:---Brian Golsby Trial Updates:
  
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