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• Upper Arlington officer retires as part of guilty plea in solicitation case

  02-04-2018 23:59
  An Upper Arlington police lieutenant who was charged in January with soliciting an undercover officer for sex has retired from the department as part of a guilty plea in the case. Jeffrey W. Conrad, 48, pleaded guilty Monday to a count of loitering to engage in solicitation, reduced from a more-serious misdemeanor charge of solicitation.
  
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• UA police lieutenant retires as part of guilty plea in solicitation case

  02-04-2018 23:59
  An Upper Arlington police lieutenant who was charged in January with soliciting an undercover officer for sex has retired from the department as part of a guilty plea in the case. Jeffrey W. Conrad, 48, pleaded guilty Monday to a count of loitering to engage in solicitation, reduced from a more-serious misdemeanor charge of solicitation.
  
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• Columbus bakery gives people with autism chance at meaningful employment

  02-04-2018 23:56
  When you walk into the Food for Good Thought gluten-free bakery in Clintonville, you are immediately overcome by the sweet aroma of freshly baked goods."We do truffles, cookies, muffins, brownies," said Sarah Duplessis, executive director for the bakery.The sweets are unique, not because of their flavor, but because of the mission behind their recipes."Here at the bakery, we teach a lot of the soft skills, a long with working in food production," said Duplessis.Food for Good Thought hires employ
  
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• Chiropractor accused of sexual misconduct surrenders license, maintains innocence

  02-04-2018 22:48
  A Clintonville chiropractor accused of sexually assaulting patients is no longer able to practice medicine.Doctor Ryan Smith is defending accusations of sexual misconduct on two fronts.Columbus Police have charged him with 35 counts of sexual imposition involving eight patients. They say a total of 28 patients now accuse him of touching them sexually during medical exams.The Ohio State Chiropractic Board also has pending cases against him.In February the Board filed a 10 count complaint, accusin
  
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• Veteran Arizona trooper makes his final call to dispatch before he retires

  02-04-2018 21:49
  A 37-year veteran of the Arizona Department of Public Safety signed off for the last time Thursday and his emotional final radio call is making the rounds.Arizona Trooper Mark Gilberg began his career with the agency on March 11, 1981.An Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman said Gilberg was the agency’s longest-serving trooper.Gilberg’s daughter Rachel shot the video and posted it to social media.
  
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• What's causing central Ohio's wacky weather?

  02-04-2018 21:41
  Ohio weather changes by the minute. After a blast of winter last night, Mother Nature wiped away the fresh coating of snow as quickly as it appeared.The snow started falling before midnight on Monday, apropos for April Fool’s Day and began to stick while we were sleeping meaning most of us had to scrape off our cars this morning.Like it or not, we can't deny it was picturesque as the snow-draped branches which should be covered in buds and blooms this time of year.It is April after all and
  
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• Video shows man attacking Muslim woman at Michigan hospital

  02-04-2018 21:40
  A 19-year-old woman is suing a hospital in Dearborn, Michigan, saying she was physically attacked just for being Muslim.Surveillance video from the emergency room lobby show shows a man punching the woman who was wearing a hijab.After taking a fall on ice, the woman though she’d broken her jaw and attempted to check herself into the ER.Within seconds, her attacker comes from behind, dealing a repeated left hook to her head, knocking her to the ground.Hospital staff immediately rushed to th
  
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• King assassination anniversary to be commemorated

  02-04-2018 21:38
  The 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be commemorated at Ohio's Statehouse this week.
  
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• King assassination anniversary to be commemorated at Ohio Statehouse

  02-04-2018 21:33
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio— The 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be commemorated at Ohio's Statehouse this week.The Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission is holding the public ceremony in the atrium of the Statehouse in Columbus on Wednesday. It will celebrate King's life and legacy.Speakers will include the Rev. Joel L. King, Jr., a first cousin of the late civil rights leader, and David Jehnsen, chair and founding trustee of the Institute fo
  
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• One dead after single-vehicle crash in Licking County

  02-04-2018 21:30
  
  GRANVILLE – One person died as a result of a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 40 in Licking County Monday afternoon.Troopers from the Granville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating the crash which occurred east of Jacksontown around 1 p.m.A 2007 Ford Ranger, driven by David A. Taylor, 66, of Newark began weaving across both lanes of travel when he drove off the right side of the roadway and struck a utility pole, witnesses told the OSHP. He was pronounced dead at the scene.T
  
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• Katalina’s Opening Second Location in Clintonville

  02-04-2018 21:30
  Harrison West’s Katalina’s is getting a second location by next year. Fans of the restaurant’s famous pancake balls will be able to sate their cravings in Clintonville. It’ll be located at 3481 N. High St. First opening on Pennsylvania Avenue in 2010, Katalina’s quickly gained a loyal following. Operating in tight quarters, owner Kathleen Day […]
  
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• Family: Boy who killed brother found gun searching for candy

  02-04-2018 21:28
  
  ST. LOUIS —A spokeswoman for the St. Louis family of a 7-year-old boy who was shot and killed by his brother says the 5-year-old found their father's gun while looking for candy and didn't know the difference between it and a toy gun.Police on Monday identified the victim in Saturday's shooting as Jermon Perry. They say they're still investigating his death and declined to speculate as to the circumstances. No charges have been filed.Erica Jones, a spokeswoman for the family, told the St.
  
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• Forecast: Warm, wet & windy weather ahead.

  02-04-2018 21:15
  This Evening: Increasing clouds.;
  Tonight: Cloudy with showers moving in. Mild. 42 SE 5-10 mph
  Tomorrow: Showers and a chance for thunderstorms. Warm and turning windy. Near 70 S 10-15 mph G 30 mph
  Wednesday: Lingering clouds. Slight chance early. Breezy and cooler. 45
  Thursday: Sun & clouds. Mid 40s.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion: Clouds return tonight with a few showers. Mild & breezy by morning. Tuesday will be unseasonably warm
  
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• Upper Arlington police lieutenant resigns after accepting plea deal

  02-04-2018 19:46
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Upper Arlington Police lieutenant has accepted a plea agreement which included his resignation from the police force.Jeffrey Conrad appeared in Franklin County Municipal Court Monday where he pled guilty to loitering.According to court records, Conrad responded to a decoy ad placed by an undercover Columbus officer on Backpage.com on January 10.Conrad was charged with soliciting and was placed on paid administrative leave by the Upper Arlington Police.Franklin County Ju
  
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• Teens are snorting condoms in dangerous trend

  02-04-2018 19:12
  
  There was the Tide Pod challenge, the "cinnamon challenge," the hot coil challenge and now this.Teenagers are unwrapping condoms and snorting them up their nostrils before pulling it through the pharynx and out of their mouth, according to WOIO.The challenge isn't new but it's resurfacing in popularity. It poses a major health risk because if the condom gets stuck, it could block the airways and cause the participant to choke.“The nose is connected to the back of the mouth – it&rsquo
  
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• Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies

  02-04-2018 18:12
  
  JOHANNESBURG — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, died in a hospital on Monday after a long illness. She was 81."She succumbed peacefully in the early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved ones," Madikizela-Mandela's family said in a statement.Madikizela-Mandela was married to Mandela from 1958 to 1996. Mandela, who died in 2013, was imprisoned throughout most of their marriage and Madikizela-Mandela's own
  
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• Columbus favorite City Barbeque announces opening dates for Northeast Ohio locations

  02-04-2018 16:57
  If you've spent time living in Columbus, or have friends and family from that area, there's a barbeque spot you've likely heard mentioned a few times. Columbus favorite City Barbeque has announced opening dates for two Northeast Ohio locations, starting with a spot in Fairlawn set to open in May. The Akron area location will start serving Northeast Ohioans at 2870 West Market Street.
  
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• You can get free pizza at Little Caesars today thanks to March Madness upset

  02-04-2018 16:51
  
  Little Caesars made a promise on Twitter, and now we all get free pizza.The pizza chain tweeted on the second day of the 2018 NCAA men's basketball tournament that if a No. 16 seed were to beat a No. 1 seed, they would give out free lunch combos.University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), the No. 16 seed out of the South Regional, pulled off a 74-54 victory over the No. 1 overall seed, The University of Virginia.Following that historic upset, the pizza chain confirmed they were serious with
  
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• Old, new drugs creating deadly mixtures to raise Ohio tolls

  02-04-2018 16:22
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — New surges in use of methamphetamine and cocaine mixed with a powerful synthetic opioid are contributing to rising drug overdose death tolls in already hard-hit Ohio.As county coroners have begun releasing their 2017 tallies, a trend has emerged of more deaths involving meth or cocaine mixed with fentanyl, the painkiller blamed for increasing U.S. fatalities in recent years as authorities focused on reducing heroin overdoses.U.S. authorities say illicit fentanyl made in C
  
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• Opinion: Council’s Issue 3 is a Biased Proposal, Ignores Best Practices

  02-04-2018 16:02
  To the Editor, I am disappointed, though not surprised, by the latest bit of political chicanery coming from Columbus City Hall, with respect to the Issue 3/Issue 4 mailing and comparison chart sent by Andrew Ginther and Shannon Hardin last week to the Franklin County Democratic Party Executive Committee as the city sought, and received, […]
  
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• Kremlin: Trump invited Putin to White House, but no date set

  02-04-2018 15:51
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump has invited the Russian leader to the White House, but the two countries haven't started any preparations for such a visit.Trump and Putin had a telephone conversation on March 20 in which Trump congratulated Putin on winning the Russian presidential election two days earlier. The White House and the Kremlin said at the time the two presidents discussed meeting in person.Putin aide Yuri Ushakov told
  
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• Trump calls for border legislation using 'nuclear option'

  02-04-2018 14:24
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump continued to rage over immigration Monday, calling on Congress to pass border legislation using the "Nuclear Option if necessary."Trump tweeted that the U.S. must build a border wall, but argued that "Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!" He also said that a deal to help "Dreamer" immigrants is "dead because the Democrats didn't care or act."Trump has previously called for the "nuclear option" — changing Senate rules to end the filibus
  
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• CDC to review Stark County's recent increase of youth suicides

  02-04-2018 14:19
  
  COLUMBUS -- Health officials responding to youth suicides in a northeastern Ohio county are getting help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Officials say five students and one former student from the Perry Local School District in Stark County killed themselves within a recent six-month period, spurring community meetings, prevention efforts and discussion about a possible contagion effect.CDC representatives were to visit Ohio starting Monday and spend about two weeks studying
  
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• With a blow of whistle, Trump kicks off Easter Egg Roll

  02-04-2018 13:27
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump helped kick off the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday with a "ready," ''set" and the blow of a whistle."You ready kids?" the president said before he and first lady Melania Trump blew whistles to launch a group of kids and their wooden spoons to guide dyed, hard-boiled eggs across a portion of the sloping South Lawn.President Trump hosted the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House:The annual event got off to a damp start, but the skies had largely
  
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• Nearly 30,000 expected at annual White House Easter Egg Roll

  02-04-2018 13:27
  
  The White House is opening the gates for its biggest social event of the year, the annual Easter Egg Roll.President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are hosting Monday's festivities on the South Lawn for a crowd of nearly 30,000 adults and children. That's larger than last year, Trump's first year in office, when the White House said it expected 21,000 attendees.The first lady announced last week that lawn bowling has been added to a roster of festivities that includes the tradition of rollin
  
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• Man dies, officer wounded in shooting in southern Michigan

  02-04-2018 13:01
  
  JACKSON, Mich.— Authorities say a man has died and a police officer was wounded in a leg following an exchange of gunfire in southern Michigan.The shooting happened Sunday afternoon in Jackson after police were called to respond to a report of a domestic assault. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports three officers were on the scene when 34-year-old Christopher Hall opened fire, prompting police to shoot back.A statement from the city of Jackson says a man died at the scene and the officer w
  
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• Pharmacies offer free medication review for senior Ohioans

  02-04-2018 12:58
  Older Ohioans can get free, private reviews of their medications at pharmacies around the state to help them avoid falls caused by dizziness, drowsiness or confusion.The Ohio Department of Aging is partnering with the Ohio Pharmacists Association in the first week of April.Pharmacy staffers will help identify medicines and drug combinations that can increase the risk of falls, which authorities say are a major cause of emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths for older Ohioans. State a
  
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• Data from SUV shows deadly cliff plunge wreck may have been intentional

  02-04-2018 12:36
  
  MENDOCINO, Calif. — An SUV carrying a large, free-spirited family from Washington state accelerated straight off a scenic California cliff and authorities said the deadly wreck may have been intentional.Information pulled from the vehicle's software shows it was stopped at a flat, dirt pull-off area before it sped off the steep rocky face and plunged 100 feet, said Capt. Greg Baarts with the California Highway Patrol Northern Division. Speaking at an evening news conference Sunday night, B
  
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• 3-year-old boy killed in a drive-by shooting near Atlanta

  02-04-2018 11:58
  
  ATLANTA -- Police near Atlanta are investigating after a three-year-old boy was shot and killed late Sunday night, reports CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL-TV. The child's mother said a grey Dodge Charger pulled up to her vehicle at a stop light just before midnight, and the driver showed what she thought was a paintball gun.She told police she heard a pop, but drove on."She heard a real gunshot. She didn't think anything of it," DeKalb County Police Chief James Conroy told the station.The suspect fle
  
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• China raises tariffs on US pork, fruit in trade dispute

  02-04-2018 11:23
  
  BEIJING— China raised import duties on a $3 billion list of U.S. pork, fruit and other products Monday in an escalating tariff dispute with President Donald Trump that companies worry might depress global commerce.The Finance Ministry said it was responding to a U.S. tariff hike on steel and aluminum that took effect March 23. But a bigger clash looms over Trump's approval of possible higher duties on nearly $50 billion of Chinese goods in a separate argument over technology policy.The tar
  
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• What to watch between Michigan, Villanova in NCAA title game

  02-04-2018 11:15
  
  SAN ANTONIO — A wild, entertaining season and one of the maddest Marches in college basketball history has reached its pinnacle.Villanova and Michigan, prolific offense vs. stifling defense, a national title on the line, Monday night in San Antonio.The Wildcats and their horde of long-range shooters are playing for their second title in three years, a chance to establish a mini dynasty. The Wolverines are after their first title since 1989, hoping to grasp the trophy that slipped through c
  
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• Forecast: Expect a cool Monday

  02-04-2018 10:33
  Today: Slick spots early then clouds decrease, a cool day.High 49.Winds: Var. 4-8 mph.
  Tonight: Rain arrives late.Low 44.Winds: SE 4-8 mph.
  Tuesday: Showers and storms arrive through the day.A few storms could be strong with gusty winds.High 69.Winds: SW 15-25 G35 mph.
  Wednesday: Rain moves out then mostly cloudy, cooler.High 46.Winds: W 10-20 G35 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion: Light snow has moved out but there will still be some sli
  
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• Columbus shows its strength in hosting of Women's Final Four

  02-04-2018 04:56
  COLUMBUS -- The Women’s Final Four tournament has come and gone, but the memories will last a lifetime.Thousands of fans from across the country came to central Ohio to watch four of the most dynamic women's teams in college basketball fight for the championship.Notre Dame proved to have the luck of the Irish in heart-stopping, buzzer beater win.Many fans we spoke to were impressed with the host city, the activities and the array of talent who attended the Final Four Festivities.City offic
  
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• China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific

  02-04-2018 04:01
  
  BEIJING — Chinese space authorities say the defunct Tiangong 1 space station mostly burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere over the central South Pacific.The China Manned Space Engineering Office said the experimental space laboratory re-entered around 8:15 a.m. Monday.Scientists monitoring the craft's disintegrating orbit had forecast the craft would mostly burn up and would pose only the slightest of risks to people. Analysis from the Beijing Aerospace Control Center showed it had mos
  
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• Rock Hall to get $4.1M sponsorship; also to join in festival

  02-04-2018 03:52
  
  CLEVELAND — The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland will receive $4.1 million over five years to help expand its youth education programs and community activities.The Rock Hall announced this week that PNC Bank has pledged $3.75 million to support free events, interactive exhibit storytelling and live music. The PNC Foundation pledged another $375,000 to help underwrite the youth education program Toddler Rock."There's no limit to what can be accomplished when the power of rock and r
  
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• Police: Man leads officers on chase ending in river

  02-04-2018 03:42
  
  DAYTON — Police in Ohio say a man fired shots at officers and then led them on a chase ending when the suspect’s vehicle went into a river.Dayton police say the man’s vehicle went off an embankment into the Great Miami River about 1 a.m. Sunday, and officers helped get him out of the water. Authorities say the chase began after the man fired several shots at officers as they tried to pull him over for a traffic stop in a Dayton neighborhood.They say the suspect was taken to a h
  
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• Michigan D faces toughest test yet with ’Nova for NCAA title

  02-04-2018 03:32
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Michigan has shored up the deficiency that always held it back, becoming one of the nation’s best defensive teams, not one of its worst. Out-shooting teams, no longer necessary.This new-found stinginess has the Wolverines within reach of their first national title since Glen Rice and Rumeal Robinson rumbled through the bracket in 1989.But their biggest test yet comes on college basketball’s brightest stage: Villanova and its squadron of long-range shooters wi
  
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• Notre Dame makes another epic comeback to win women's title

  02-04-2018 02:16
  
  COLUMBUS --​ Arike Ogunbowale hit a 3-pointer from the corner with a tenth of a second on the clock to lift Notre Dame to its second women's basketball title, a 61-58 victory over Mississippi State in the NCAA championship game on Sunday night.It was the second straight game that the junior guard hit a shot in the final second to carry the Irish. Her jumper with one second left knocked off previously unbeaten UConn in the semifinals.With the game tied, Ogunbowale took the inbounds pass and
  
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• National campaign to aid the poor to come to Toledo

  02-04-2018 01:21
  A national movement to revive the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to help poor people is coming to Toledo.
  
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