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• Reaching Out has purchased its own place

  15-05-2018 23:33
  "I was born very poor and I know, I've been there," Reaching Out founder Angie Henke said. "I know what's it's like."
  
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• “Come and take it”: Kent State graduate's gun photo goes viral

  15-05-2018 23:14
  
  A recent Kent State graduate went viral over the weekend after posting a photo of herself on campus with a rifle.In the photos, Kaitlin Bennett is shown with the rifle on her back with a graduation cap which reads “come and take it.” “Now that I graduated from @KentState, I can finally arm myself on campus. I should have been able to do so as a student- especially since 4 unarmed students were shot and killed by the government on this campus. #CampusCarryNow”Now that I gr
  
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• Honda launches production of new Acura at East Liberty plant

  15-05-2018 23:10
  Honda announced mass production of its 2019 Acura RDX. The company says it sold 50,000 of the 2018 version and hopes to sell even more of the newer sleeker RDX.The new version features a panoramic moonroof, 10-speed automatic transmission, and its super-handling all-wheel drive, making this the quickest and best-handling RDX yet.Honda is following the lead of Ford and recognizing today's car drivers are ditching the sedan and looking for an SUV with style.Buckeye built, the SUV is also one of th
  
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• Gambling addiction a major concern in sports betting debate

  15-05-2018 22:45
  Now that the Supreme Court has given states the go-ahead to allow gambling on sports nationwide, Ohio legislators are faced with deciding how to move forward with local legislation."There are a tremendous amount of options," said Senator Bill Coley, who represents the 4th Ohio Senate District, and is the Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Government Oversight and Reform.He says the legislature will consider things like anti-money laundering, match-integrity, and problem gaming."If the
  
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• Fallen Whitehall officer's locker serves as reminder of job's danger

  15-05-2018 22:30
  Tuesday is National Peace Officers Memorial Day.In 2001, Whitehall Officer Terry McDowell was killed while serving a citation to a woman at a home. He was shot through the door by her husband.Tucked away in the locker room of the Whitehall Police Department, officers still pay tribute to McDowell.His locker was never cleared out. It was preserved and since has filled up with notes, pictures and mementos.The locker is directly next to the door officers go through as they start their shift, a remi
  
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• South Korea news agency: North Korea threatens to cancel U.S. summit

  15-05-2018 21:24
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Yonhap News Agency says North Korea is canceling a high-level meeting between the two countries and is threatening also to cancel a summit with the United States due to ongoing military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea.The two Koreas were set to hold a meeting Wednesday at a border village to discuss setting up military and Red Cross talks to reduce border tension and restart reunions between families separated by the Korean War.Yonhap says Nort
  
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• Fortin Ironworks Showcases Capabilities with Vintage Marketplace

  15-05-2018 21:23
  Most Columbusites have heard of Fortin Ironworks, but many aren’t familiar with the extensive capabilities of the 70 plus year-old family business. That craftsmanship is now on display at the Fortin Ironworks Vintage Marketplace and Custom Fabrication Department at 944 W. Fifth Ave. in Fifth by Northwest. “We hear it all too often, literally every […]
  
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• Precourt Sports Ventures announces stadium concept in Austin

  15-05-2018 21:07
  
  AUSTIN -- It appears Precourt Sports Ventures has been working hard towards its new site in the Austin, Texas area, releasing an image of what the layout may look like on Tuesday afternoon.The stadium would be onMcKalla Place, close to a metro rail, and appears to be at the major intersection of Braker Lane and Burnet Road.According to a google map of the area, there is nothing on the land at this time that would interfere with the building of the stadium.The twitter Account @MLS2ATX put the ima
  
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• Mostly cloudy & warm; isolated showers or storms possible

  15-05-2018 21:03
  This Evening: Mostly cloudy & warm. Isolated showers or storms possible, mainly early.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy, chance for a stray shower/storm. 62 NE 5-10 mph
  Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. Lesser chance for a shower or storm. Near 80 NE 5-10 mph
  Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance for pop-ups. 78
  Friday: Showers and storms likely. 75Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion: A frontal boundary will remain stalled out in the region through the ne
  
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• Continued warm with scattered showers & storms.

  15-05-2018 21:03
  This Evening: Mostly cloudy & warm. Isolated showers or storms possible, mainly early.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy, chance for a stray shower/storm. 62 NE 5-10 mph
  Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. Lesser chance for a shower or storm. Near 80 NE 5-10 mph
  Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance for pop-ups. 78
  Friday: Showers and storms likely. 75Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion: A frontal boundary will remain stalled out in the region through the ne
  
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• Southwest Airlines offering fares as low as $49 out of Columbus

  15-05-2018 20:46
  
  Southwest Airlines has launched a 96-hour sale nationwide offering travelers fares as low as $49.The sale started Tuesday and ends Friday. Discounts are available for travel dates between June 5 and October 31 of this year.Here's a list of Southwest Airlines 4-day sale for flights out of Columbus:Atlanta, GA starting at $79 one-wayBaltimore/Washington, MD starting at $49 one-wayBoston Logan, MA starting at $79 one-wayChicago (Midway), IL starting at $79 one-wayDallas (Love Field), TX starting at
  
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• Columbus Rotary: Student Service Above Self Fair

  15-05-2018 19:47 via youtube.com
  
  
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• CTV News Briefs: Columbus Symphony Grove Dedication

  15-05-2018 19:11 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Small-plane pilot flown to hospital after crash in southwest Ohio

  15-05-2018 19:05
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio — A single-engine plane has crashed in southwest Ohio during takeoff, injuring the pilot, who has been flown by helicopter to a Cincinnati hospital for treatment.The crash occurred around 10 a.m. Tuesday at Butler County Regional Airport.The pilot had to be removed from the plane by firefighters. Authorities have not released his identity.Hamilton Fire Chief Mark Mercer says the plane's engine quit during takeoff and the pilot wasn't able to land on the runway. Mercer said t
  
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• Columbus Passes 'Common Sense' Gun Law, Legal Fight Begins

  15-05-2018 18:52
  Columbus City Council passes their version of "common sense" gun law Monday which will ban bump stocks and bridge the gap between federal and state laws. "We've already been in touch with our attorneys and we believe there may be numerous actionable violations of state law," said Chuck LaRosa with Ohioans for Concealed Carry.
  
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• Books That Inspire, Girl Power, Co-op Biking

  15-05-2018 18:20
  In the latest newsletter, NEXUS, The Columbus Foundation is talking girl power with Girls on the Run, books that inspire us, and how Franklinton Cycle Works is on a roll inspiring and connecting bicyclists in our community. Read these stories and more here!   Better Together, The Columbus Foundation‘s crowdfunding platform, rallies individuals to work together […]
  
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• Steamy and stormy Tuesday

  15-05-2018 18:14
  Today: Hot and humid. Partly sunny with another chance of an afternoon shower or storm. High 87. SW wind 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Cloudy and muggy. Low 62. NE wind 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow:Mostly cloudy with a slim chance of a pop up shower or storm. High 79. NE wind around 5 mph.
  Thursday:Mostly cloudy again with a chance of an afternoon shower or storm. High 78. NE wind around 5 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion: Partly sunny and steamy with a chan
  
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• Tom Wolfe, pioneering 'New Journalist,' dead at 88

  15-05-2018 17:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Wolfe, the white-suited wizard of "New Journalism" who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race before turning his satiric wit to such novels as "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "A Man in Full," has died. He was 88.Wolfe's literary agent, Lynn Nesbit, told The Associated Press that he died of an infection Monday in a New York City hospital. Further details were not immediately available.An acolyte of French novelist Emile
  
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• 7 governors sign letter backing President Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

  15-05-2018 17:28
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and a group of fellow governors are backing President Donald Trump's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.McMaster and six fellow governors wrote to Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Berit Reiss-Andersen this week, citing what they called President Trump's "transformative efforts to bring peace to the Korean peninsula."Earlier this month, 18 U.S. House Republicans formally nominated President Trump, who is preparing for a historic summit
  
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• Top 10 Things to do in the Arena District

  15-05-2018 17:17
  The Arena District is home to the Blue Jackets, the Columbus Clippers, and live music that brings in visitors from all over Ohio. With that in mind, these are the top 10 things to do in the Arena District before and after the concert or game, including sharing a bike with CoGo, bar hopping at […]
  
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• 5-year-old boy gets police escort to school after dad dies in line of duty

  15-05-2018 16:42
  
  Five-year-old Dakota Pitts returned to school for the first time on Monday after losing his father about a week ago. Dakota's dad, Rob Pitts, was Indiana police officer for the Terre Haute and Sullivan police departments. Pitts was killed in the line of duty. The 16-year police vet was fatally shot by a 21-year-old suspect while responding to a call last week. When Dakota arrived back at school this week, he received a special welcome that gave him the support he needed. CBS affiliate WTHI repor
  
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• Ex-doctor convicted of drug trafficking accused of advertising services

  15-05-2018 16:39
  
  COLUMBUS -- A former doctor whose medical license was revoked is behind bars after allegedly advertising medical services in Columbus.Ads obtained by 10TV suggest 52-year-old David Velasquez worked at Gilead Primary Care North on Karl Road.The state medical board revoked his license after he was convicted of trafficking drugs in 2015.Court documents show he failed to report to his probation officer last week, so we he was arrested.Velasquez is set to appear in court on Thursday on a probation vi
  
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• President Trump says first lady to leave hospital in '2 or 3 days'

  15-05-2018 15:37
  
  WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his wife, Melania, will come home from the hospital in a few days, after receiving medical treatment this week for a kidney condition the White House said is noncancerous."Our great First Lady is doing really well. Will be leaving hospital in 2 or 3 days. Thank you for so much love and support!" Trump tweeted.Our great First Lady is doing really well. Will be leaving hospital in 2 or 3 days. Thank you for so much love and support!—
  
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• Police: Mom stabs 11-year-old daughter, abducts 7-year-old sister

  15-05-2018 15:17
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police in Oklahoma are searching for a woman who they say bound and gagged her three daughters, stabbed the eldest repeatedly, and set their house on fire.A 7-year-old girl is missing along with the mother, identified by Tulsa police as 39-year-old Taheerah Ahmad.Tulsa Police Officer Jeanne MacKenzie says the 7-year-old girl, Hafsa Hayle, helped her 9-year-old sister escape, and the 9-year-old ran to a nearby house for help. MacKenzie tells the Tulsa World that when aut
  
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• Suspected carjackers dead after being ejected from SUV in Madison County crash

  15-05-2018 14:15
  
  Troopers from the West Jefferson Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Madison County.The crash happened about 10:39 p.m. Monday on State Route 56 south of Moorman Road.The incident began as a deputy from Madison County Sheriff's Office responded to the village of Mount Sterling to investigate a carjacking.While en route, a second deputy saw a vehicle that matched the description of the stolen vehicle -- a maroon 2008 Chevy Equinox -- driving nor
  
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• 2 dead after being ejected from SUV in Madison County crash

  15-05-2018 14:15
  
  Troopers from the West Jefferson Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Madison County.The crash happened Monday on State Route 56 south of Moorman Road just before midnight.According to investigators, a maroon 2008 Chevrolet Equinox was traveling northbound on SR-56 at a high rate of speed, drove off the left side of the roadway and struck a utility pole and a tree.Two people were ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.Authorit
  
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• Columbus students tout yearlong service projects for scholarships Updated at

  15-05-2018 14:12
  At the beginning of the academic year, when four seniors at Centennial High School began discussing what their school was missing, they ultimately landed on something intangible: unity. Seeking to bridge that gap, DeVol and three of her classmates - Emily Boyer, Farah Hersi and Nathan Ford, all also 18 - introduced All Stars Shine, a service project aimed at building relationships through art.
  
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• Small fire at Cincinnati Zoo causes $75,000 in damages; no one injured

  15-05-2018 13:44
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A small fire in a concession stand at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens caused thousands of dollars in damage, but no humans or animals have been injured.Fire department officials say the blaze broke out shortly after the zoo closed Monday evening. It started in a food smoker at the Safari Grill restaurant.Firefighters controlled the flames in about 15 minutes. The cost of the damage was estimated at $75,000.The zoo is expected to open at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
  
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• College student wins job building Lego models at Easton

  15-05-2018 13:29
  
  A college student has won the job of master builder at a Lego center opening in central Ohio later this year.University of Akron student Maxx Davidson beat more than 70 other contestants in a Lego building competition in Columbus in early May. Ladies and gentlemen: I am now the 22nd LEGO Master Model Builder in the ENTIRE WORLD. This has been my dream job my entire life, and I made it. It’s truly surreal. . . . #LEGO #MasterBuilder #MasterModelBuilder #LegolandDiscoveryCenter #22 #DreamJob
  
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• Gov. Kasich to share Ohio plan to help legal immigrants

  15-05-2018 13:23
  
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich is announcing an initiative aimed at helping legal immigrants successfully integrate in the state.The Republican governor planned a Tuesday morning announcement in Columbus.Kasich has taken a conciliatory approach to immigrant issues in the past, joining a bipartisan group of governors calling for the preservation of a program that protects immigrants brought to the U.S. as young children from deportation.Kasich has called on those immigrants, known as Dreamers, to come to
  
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• Gov. Kasich announces new office to help legal immigrants in Ohio

  15-05-2018 13:23
  COLUMBUS, Ohio— Ohio Gov. John Kasich has announced the creation of an office and advisory committee aimed at helping legal immigrants successfully integrate in the state.The Republican governor says the Office of Opportunities for New Americans and the 12-person New Americans Advisory Committee will help break down state government barriers to finding jobs.Kasich said Tuesday that immigrants bring vitality and energy to Ohio and the state needs to help however it can. The governor's initi
  
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• Hawaii volcano eruption costs tourism industry millions

  15-05-2018 12:35
  
  People nixing vacations to Hawaii's Big island has cost the tourism industry millions of dollars as the top attraction, Kilauea volcano, keeps spewing lava.Cancellations from May through July have hit at least $5 million, said Ross Birch, executive director of the island's tourism board.The booking pace for hotels and other activities, such as tours for lava viewing, zip lines and glass bottom boats have fallen 50 percent. A handful of cruise ships have also decided not to come into port even in
  
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• Ohio transit bus driver accident-free over 1 million miles

  15-05-2018 12:27
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — If you need to ride a public transit bus in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, there's no better person behind the wheel than Godwin McNeal.Cleveland.com reports the 64-year-old McNeal has been a driver for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority for 40 years, logging an estimated 1.2 million miles (1.9 million kilometers) without causing an accident. Officials say it's the longest preventable accident-free streak in the RTA's history.McNeal has been driving a 63-foot
  
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• Retailer Gap says 'sorry' for T-shirt's incorrect China map

  15-05-2018 12:24
  
  The U.S. clothing retailer Gap apologized Tuesday for selling T-shirts with what it says is an incorrect map of China that didn't include self-ruled Taiwan, in the latest example of corporate kowtowing to Beijing."Upon the realization that one of our T-shirts sold in some overseas markets mistakenly failed to reflect the incorrect map of China, we urgently launched an internal investigation across the group and have decided to immediately pull back this T-shirt from all the concerned global mark
  
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• Desperate man offers up his truck and his own kidney to anyone who can help save his dying wife

  15-05-2018 12:13
  
  When Verlon Robinson found out that his wife of 25 years needed a liver transplant, he decided he would do anything to help her get one. In a plea on Facebook, Robinson offered his 2004 Dodge pickup truck to anyone who could donate part of their liver to his wife, Marie.Marie was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver three years ago, Robinson told CBS News. "It was irreversible at that time," he said of his wife's diagnosis. "She's only been plummeting down hill the past few years."Every few mon
  
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• South Carolina couple wakes up to 7-foot hissing alligator on their front porch

  15-05-2018 12:01
  
  A South Carolina couple woke up to a cold-blooded guest on their front porch early Monday morning. Charles and Louis Monteith were sleeping when they heard loud banging from an alligator outside, CBS affiliate WCSC-TV reports.The couple, who lives in The Lakes in North Charleston, started their week in 5 a.m. standoff with the reptilian menace. Charles first realized it was a gator when he went to check on his dogs and cats. One of his cats was looking out the window and there it was: a seven-fo
  
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• 1st appeals court to weigh Trump's decision to end DACA

  15-05-2018 11:28
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration will try to convince a U.S. appeals court Tuesday that it was justified in ending an Obama-era immigration policy that shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be the first federal appeals court to hear arguments about President Donald Trump's decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.DACA has protected some 700,000 people who were brought to the U.S
  
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• Fire damages home just east of downtown Columbus

  15-05-2018 11:03
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Firefighters are investigating what caused a house fire early Tuesday morning.Crews responded at 4:24 a.m. to Gilbert Street and Stanley Avenue on a report of a fire.Officials say when firefighters arrived they found smoke and flames coming from the home.Firefighters were able to put the fire out a short time later and an investigator has been called to the scene to investigate, according to the fire chief on the scene.No injuries were immediately reported and it is unclea
  
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• 10 kids removed from California home; mom, dad deny torture

  15-05-2018 10:38
  
  FAIRFIELD, Calif. — A Northern California woman denied that she or her husband abused their 10 children after authorities said the kids suffered puncture wounds, burns, bruising and injuries consistent with being shot with a pellet gun.The children, ages 4 months to 12 years, were removed from their home March 31 after Ina Rogers contacted authorities to report that her oldest child was missing, police in Fairfield said Monday.Officers went to the home 46 miles northeast of San Francisco a
  
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• Markle seeks respect for dad after report he'll skip wedding

  15-05-2018 10:18
  
  LONDON — Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are requesting "understanding and respect" for Markle's father after a celebrity news site reported he would not attend the royal wedding to walk his daughter down the aisle, Kensington Palace said Monday night.A palace statement on "this difficult situation" did not confirm the TMZ report that Thomas Markle had decided not to attend Saturday's wedding at St. George's Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle. The palace said earlier it would
  
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• Muggy Tuesday morning, stormy afternoon

  15-05-2018 10:09
  Today:Hot and humid. Partly sunny with another chance of an afternoon shower or storm. High 84. SW wind 5-10 mph.
  Tonight:Cloudy and muggy. Low 62. NE wind 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow:Mostly cloudy with a slim chance of a pop up shower or storm. High 79. NE wind around 5 mph.
  Thursday:Mostly cloudy again with a chance of an afternoon shower or storm. High 78. NE wind around 5 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion:A muggy morning is on tap then a hot a
  
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• Teen who died in van could not communicate properly with 911

  15-05-2018 09:18
  Cincinnati officials expect to review a plan for improving the city's e... . In a Tuesday, April 17, 2018 photo, Cincinatti Mayor John Cranley hugs a member of Kyle Plush's family before council's Law and Public Safety Committee meeting where Kyle Plush's death after he accidentally g... .
  
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• Ohioans Join the Kick Off of the National "Poor People's Campaign" in Columbus

  15-05-2018 04:35
  Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for Americans living in poverty in what was called the "Poor People's Campaign." Advocates for poor Ohioans todaysay the problems that existed are still common.
  
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• Columbus passes "common sense" gun laws; organizations look at possible legal action

  15-05-2018 04:03
  
  After Columbus City Council approved what members call "common sense" gun laws, Monday, President Shannon Hardin gave this statement:"This package was about keeping our community safe. It's about doing what we can do as a city to make sure that we are abating gun violence in Columbus."Monday evening, Chuck LaRosa with Ohioans for Concealed Carry gave this statement:"We've already been in touch with our attorneys and we believe there may be numerous actionable violations of state law."LaRosa says
  
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• Life after overdose: Support for families impacted by death of a loved one

  15-05-2018 03:28
  
  “My kids didn't deserve what they went through. Nobody wants to see anybody fall apart, and when you're an addict that's what you do, you fall apart in front of everybody.” Suzanne Stone is talking about her ex-husband. She says he fell into a downward spiral after getting addicted to prescription medications.Kevin Stone joined the military after high school. After his military career ended, he went to nursing school and became a registered nurse.Suzanne says he was very health-consc
  
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• Ohio State Fair announces 3 additional performances for 2018 concert series

  15-05-2018 02:50
  
  The Ohio State Fair has announced three additional concerts for this summer.The Beach Boys will perform on July 25, TLC & En Vogue will take the stage on July 27 and The Daily Show host Trevor Noah will perform his stand-up on July 29.All concerts take place in the WCOL Celeste Center. Tickets purchased before arriving at the Fair include Fair admission.Tickets for these three events will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com or by phone, 1-800-745-3000.Th
  
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• Authorities: Driver shoots deputy, dies amid police gunfire

  15-05-2018 02:22
  An Ohio sheriff's office says a deputy who tried to make a traffic stop was shot in the lower abdomen by a driver who was then killed amid gunfire from other officers responding to the scene. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Columbus says the wounded deputy, Jacob Heaberlin, underwent surgery after the Saturday evening shooting and was recovering Monday at a hospital.
  
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• Browns coach keeping his promise and plans to jump into Lake Erie

  15-05-2018 01:38
  
  Hue Jackson's shuddering season with the Cleveland Browns will include one last chill.The coach is keeping his promise and plans to jump into Lake Erie on June 1 in an event for charity and hopefully wash away two long, losing seasons.Jackson announced Monday on the team's Twitter account that he will take a dip into the chilly waters in a few weeks. As the Browns were staggering toward a winless 2017 season, Jackson vowed that if the team didn't improve on its 1-15 record from the previous year
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 5/14/18

  15-05-2018 01:03 via youtube.com
  
  
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