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• Police looking for missing teen last seen in southeast Franklin County

  26-06-2018 23:58
  
  MADISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Madison Township police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 17-year-old girl.Police said Lindsay Trosper was last seen walking from her home on June 18.She is 5’4” tall, weighs 115 pounds, has blue eyes, and dark hair.She was last seen wearing Eeyore pajamas and a gray tank top.If anyone has any information, they are asked to call the Madison Township Police Department at 614-836-5355.
  
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• Father: Teen missing nearly 2 months found safe; now in local hospital

  26-06-2018 23:58
  
  MADISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio – A local teen missing from Madison Township for nearly two months has been found and is in a local hospital, according to her father.Police said Lindsay Trosper was last seen walking from her home on June 18. Her father, Andrew Trosper said she was found in north Columbus.Friends and family posted signs throughout the community looking for the 17-year-old.
  
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• Officials respond to "very large" explosion near Texas hospital

  26-06-2018 23:34
  
  GATESVILLE, Texas -- Authorities are responding to a large explosion near a hospital in Gatesville, Texas, local officials said. Gatesville police said the department was dealing with a major emergency at Coryell Memorial Healthcare System, CBS affiliate KWTV reports.A dispatch official with the Coryell County Sheriff's Office tells CBS News that a "very large" blast occurred in an area adjacent to the hospital where there had recently been construction. Gatesville is about 75 miles north of Aus
  
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• 1 dead, 12 injured in explosion at Texas hospital

  26-06-2018 23:34
  
  GATESVILLE, Texas -- One person was killed and 12 others were injured during an explosion at a hospital in Gatesville, Texas, authorities said Tuesday. First responders and emergency crews swarmed the area trying to reach the injured at Coryell Memorial Healthcare System.David Byrom, the hospital's CEO, confirmed the number of those injured Tuesday. In a news conference, he said the hospital had been shut down and patients were being transported other facilities in the area.An eyewitness recorde
  
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• Ohio lawmakers consider giving schools option to arm teachers

  26-06-2018 22:49
  Ohio school districts have always had the power to arm teachers if they so choose and a school board approves.Mad River Local Schools paid to have 32 teachers armed with handguns last year. They also have bullet-proof vests.The district said it doesn't have the money to pay for school resource officers so it chose to pay to have teachers trained through the Ohio Peace Officer Academy.The cost: $5,000 compared to $100,000 for school resource officers at all of its eight buildings. All the guns ar
  
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• Local man first in drug trial for spinal cord injuries

  26-06-2018 22:49
  A terrible bike accident caused local triathlete, Allen Frye, to suffer a severe spinal cord injury.He's the first in the world to try a medication to lessen the damage done and he is making remarkable progress at OSU Wexner Medical Center.Allen hit a tree across a bike path at about 20 miles an hour while he was on a training ride six weeks ago. He received a severe injury, fracturing his cervical spine and suffering bruising, bleeding and swelling to his spinal cord.The neurosurgeon team reali
  
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• The Confluence Cast: Save the Crew

  26-06-2018 22:36
  
  
  In the fall of 2017, the owner of the Columbus Crew SC announced their intention to move to Austin, Texas. Almost immediately, a grassroots movement was born; aptly named, Save the Crew. Since then, lots of things have been said, proposals floated, and actions taken. This week, we get a primer on the whole situation […]
  
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• 2 veterans diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease in Columbus

  26-06-2018 22:35
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two veterans in Columbus have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease according to a spokesperson with the Columbus VA Ambulatory Care Center.A total of five patients have presented with symptoms consistent with Legionella. The source of the bacteria is still being investigated, according to Carl Higginbotham, a public affairs specialist with the VA.Out of an abundance of caution, Columbus VA leadership has taken measures to ensure the safety of its patients and st
  
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• Zipcar Officially Launches Car-Sharing Service in Columbus

  26-06-2018 21:44
  Officials with the City of Columbus and private car-sharing company Zipcar gathered this morning at Columbus Commons to celebrate the launch of the service in Columbus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The program debuts with eight vehicles stationed at specific on-street pickup/drop-off points in the Short North, German Village, Weinland Park and Downtown neighborhoods. “The City […]
  
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• DesignGroup Announces Groundbreaking of Culinary Arts Building at Columbus State

  26-06-2018 21:40
  Architecture and design firm DesignGroup has announced the groundbreaking of a state-of-the-art development to house Columbus State Community College’s School of Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts. The $33 million project is set to be complete in 2019 and will be named after Columbus native and restaurant developer Cameron Mitchell, who has given $2.5 million in […]
  
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• DesignGroup Announces Culinary Arts Building at Columbus State

  26-06-2018 21:40
  Architecture and design firm DesignGroup has announced the groundbreaking of a state-of-the-art development to house Columbus State Community College’s School of Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts. The $33 million project is set to be complete in 2019 and will be named after Columbus native and restaurant developer Cameron Mitchell, who has given $2.5 million in […]
  
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• 17 states sue Trump administration over family separations

  26-06-2018 20:57
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Seventeen states, including Washington, New York and California, are suing to force the Trump administration to reunite migrant families who have been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.The states, all led by Democratic attorneys general, joined Washington, D.C., in filing the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Tuesday. It's the first legal challenge by states over the practice.Immigration authorities have separated about 2,300 children from their parents in recen
  
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• New-Build and Renovation on North Third Street Downtown Approved

  26-06-2018 20:12
  The latest proposal for a collection of parcels near the corner of North Third and East Long Streets was approved this morning by the Downtown Commission. The new plan, like the previous one, calls for the renovation of the five-story Westwater Supply building at 154 N. Third St. It also calls for a five-story building […]
  
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• Around Columbus: Zipcar Announcement

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• Short North Original Philco to Open Second Location in German Village

  26-06-2018 19:30
  After putting out a slew of unique restaurants and bars, including Club 185, The Rossi, Little Palace and El Camino Inn, local restauranteurs Tina and Randy Corbin are ready for their first duplicate restaurant. Philco, which first opened in the Short North in 2013, will open a second location this fall in the former Happy […]
  
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• Second person identified in east Columbus building explosion

  26-06-2018 19:17
  
  COLUMBUS -- The Columbus Division of Fire has released the identity of the second victim in the east Columbus building explosion last Friday.The man, Dontaye D. Conner, 33, of Columbus, remains in critical but stable condition as of 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.The woman, Vernice Hill, is listed serious but stable.The investigation is still ongoing.Both victims were taken to the hospital Friday with broken bones and burns. The apartment units were supposed to be vacant when the blast occurred Friday morni
  
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• Cincinnati newspaper gives $5K of Pulitzer Prize money to child featured in story

  26-06-2018 18:35
  
  CINCINNATI— The Cincinnati Enquirer is donating $5,000 of its 2018 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting to benefit a little girl featured in the newspaper's winning report on heroin.The Enquirer reports the money will be the first deposit in a fund to assist Elliana Russ. The then-8-month-old child and her mother, Stephanie Gaffney, were featured in the newspaper's "Seven Days of Heroin" report in July.Twenty-eight-year-old Gaffney died of an overdose of a fentanyl combination 10 days after
  
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• Officials call off search for man reported missing in Hocking River

  26-06-2018 18:14
  
  ATHENS, Ohio — Authorities say they have called off their search for a man reported missing in the Hocking River in southeast Ohio.The Athens County Fire Department called off the search Monday night after crews had spent days searching a two-mile stretch of the river.The fire department was dispatched Saturday night on a call that a man described in reports as 29 years old and wearing black shorts and no shirt or shoes entered the river around 8 p.m.Officials with the Athens County Emerge
  
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• Interview: Plain White T’s

  26-06-2018 18:00
  The two new tracks the Plain White T’s have chosen to tease their first studio album since 2015’s American Nights are a fascinating, and purposeful, contrast. The first, “Your Body,” is an R&B-infused ballad that’s in line with much of what audiences might expect from a T’s single of yore: a simple, guitar-strummed melody with lead […]
  
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• Concert Preview & Interview: Plain White T’s

  26-06-2018 18:00
  The two new tracks the Plain White T’s have chosen to tease their first studio album since 2015’s American Nights are a fascinating, and purposeful, contrast. The first, “Your Body,” is an R&B-infused ballad that’s in line with much of what audiences might expect from a T’s single of yore: a simple, guitar-strummed melody with lead […]
  
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• Search for hit-and-run victim called off when owner comes to pick up his bike

  26-06-2018 17:57
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus police and fire responded Tuesday morning to a report of a bicyclist who was hit by a semi-truck in south Columbus. It turns out, though, that it was a misunderstanding.Columbus Division of Fire personnel says two women thought they witnessed a crash near the intersection of London-Groveport Road and Parsons Avenue. The women told authorities a semi-truck hit a bicyclist and then drove away from the scene.However, according to Columbus Police Public Information officer
  
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• Seven-Story Development Approved for Long Street Downtown

  26-06-2018 17:51
  Another large surface parking lot Downtown will be going away soon. A seven-story, 234-unit mixed-use project to be built at 230 E. Long St. was approved by the Downtown Commission this morning. The development, from Denver-based Charles Street Investment Partners and designed by NBBJ and Architectural Alliance, had been before the commission twice previously. It […]
  
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• Zipcar officially launches in Columbus

  26-06-2018 17:13
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Zipcar is now available to drivers in Columbus.The car-sharing network has teamed up with the City of Columbus to provide people the opportunity to drive at their convenience.Eight Zipcars are now available in on-street parking spots downtown, the Short North, German Village and Weinland Park.“The City of Columbus is committed to exploring mobility options to move residents and visitors,” said Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “Zipcar gives people the flexibility of us
  
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• Nationwide Children's Hospital ranked 7th best children's hospital in U.S.

  26-06-2018 16:38
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When it comes to children's hospitals, Columbus is home to one of the best in the country. That's according to the U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll.Nationwide Children's Hospital came in at number seven in this year's report.The 2018-19 Honor Roll designation marks the fifth consecutive year NCH has received this recognition.Nationwide Children's U.S. News & World Report's 2018-19 Best Children's Hospitals specialty rankings include:Cancer
  
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• One juvenile killed in single-car crash in Pike County

  26-06-2018 16:24
  
  PIKE COUNTY- One juvenile was killed in a single-car crash in Seal Township in Pike County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.It happened just before 3 p.m. on Monday. Troopers say a 22-year-old man was driving a 2006 Kia Sorento with two passengers, one of which was a juvenile.The vehicle was traveling northwest on State Route 220 near Marcus Run Road when it traveled off the left side of the roadway hitting a tree overturning landing in a creek, according to OSHP.The two passengers we
  
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• Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban, rejects discrimination claim

  26-06-2018 16:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority.The 5-4 decision Tuesday is the court's first substantive ruling on a Trump administration policy.Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by his four conservative colleagues.Roberts wrote that presidents have substantial power to regulate immigration. He
  
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• Top Ways to Die in Columbus

  26-06-2018 15:32
  Clickbait headlines always mention lists. Perhaps, if the 2017 Community Health Assessment had called itself “The Book of Top Tens,” it would have gotten more widespread attention when it was released. The project documents trends in public health in Columbus, Worthington and Franklin County. Its 122 pages are thoroughly reader-friendly. You can learn about income […]
  
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• Gym & Training Center Designed for Individuals with Disabilities Opens in Dublin

  26-06-2018 14:30
  A new gym in Dublin is making sure everyone has the opportunity to incorporate fitness into their lifestyle. Launching earlier this spring at 6631 Commerce Parkway in Dublin, Unique Fitness & Independence Training (UFIT) is designed to meet the needs of those with special physical, neurological and developmental challenges. As an adaptive physical education teacher with […]
  
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• Former President George H.W. Bush welcomes service dog, named "Sully"

  26-06-2018 14:04
  
  The Bush family welcomed a furry face Monday: a yellow Labrador retriever named Sully H.W. Bush.The lab will assist former President George H.W. Bush in his day-to-day life. "More than anything else, the dog will be a wonderful companion," aide Evan Sisley told The Associated Press.Mr. Bush, who celebrated his 94th birthday in June, has used a wheelchair since developing a form of Parkinson's disease, reports the AP. He's also been hospitalized several times recently for various conditions.Sully
  
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• "Call Girl Killer" breaks her silence on Google exec's death

  26-06-2018 14:02
  
  MONTEREY, Calif. – The woman convicted of killing a Google executive is telling her side of the story. Alix Tichelman was known as the "Call Girl Killer," and convicted in the heroin overdose death of Google executive Forrest Hayes, CBS San Francisco reports. He died aboard his yacht 'The Escape' in the Santa Cruz harbor in 2013."When he fell unconscious, I did try to revive him to no avail, and I was very upset," she said in an interview via Skype.
  　
  Tichelman pleaded guilty to inv
  
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• Immigrant parents await word about children's fate

  26-06-2018 12:58
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — They came from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, with children in tow. Some were fleeing violence. Others were looking for a better life.They didn't know they would be separated from their children after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border due to a zero-tolerance policy that called for prosecuting every adult who entered the country illegally.Five parents out of a group of more than 30 who were recently released from federal custody pending the outcome of their immigra
  
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• One man hospitalized from crash in Ross County

  26-06-2018 12:50
  
  ROSS COUNTY - One man was airlifted to the hospital after crashing his car in Ross County Monday evening.It happened just before 8 p.m. in Union Township.The Ohio State Highway Patrol said 74-year-old Marlin Long was traveling northwest on CR-550 near Gullette Road in Ross County when he went off the right side of the roadway. He drove his 1988 Cadillac Deville into two mailboxes and a culvert before overturning.Long was partially ejected from the car. He was flown to Ohio State University Wexne
  
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• President says Iran in 'economic fight' with US

  26-06-2018 12:30
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday his country is in a "fight" with the U.S., a day after protesters angered by Iran's tanking economy confronted police in front of parliament.In a televised speech, Rouhani blamed the U.S. for Iran's woes and said the U.S. is trying to damage the country by creating "an economic war.""The U.S. cannot defeat our nation, our enemies are not able to get us to their knees," he said.Rouhani's comments came after protesters angered
  
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• Environmental group sues Ohio for records on deicing product

  26-06-2018 12:22
  
  An environmental group researching a chemical made from oil and gas waste that Ohio is using to deice its roads has filed a lawsuit alleging the state has illegally withheld public records related to its inquiry.The Buckeye Environmental Network, based in Athens, sued the Ohio Department of Natural Resources last week. At issue is a chemical called Nature's Own Sources/AquaSalina that the group contends is dangerous and harmful to the environment.The Columbus Dispatch reports the lawsuit alleges
  
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• Columbus teen mom sentenced 20 years in prison for stabbing daughter to death

  26-06-2018 12:14
  
  A Columbus teen who was charged with stabbing her 1-year-old daughter to death has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.A judge sentenced 18-year-old LaChelle Anderson Monday after she pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, felony assault and child endangering.Prosecutors say Anderson was 17 when she called 911 to her Columbus home last September because her child Lalanna Sharpe was not moving.Police and paramedics arrived to find the baby with several stab wounds and Anderson covered in bl
  
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• Harley, stung by tariffs, shifts some production overseas

  26-06-2018 12:12
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Production of Harley-Davidson motorcycles sold in Europe will move from U.S. factories to facilities overseas, the Milwaukee-based company announced Monday, a consequence of the retaliatory tariffs the EU is imposing on American exports in an escalating trade war with the Trump administration.President Donald Trump has used the iconic American motorcycle maker as an example of a U.S. business harmed by trade barriers in other countries, but Harley had warned that tariffs c
  
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• Oscar Robertson wonders: 'Where are the white athletes?'

  26-06-2018 11:51
  
  SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Oscar Robertson commends the off-court activism of today's NBA players, although the Hall of Famer wonders why more white athletes aren't speaking out, too.Robertson received the Lifetime Achievement Award from presenters Charles Barkley and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the NBA Awards on Monday night.Robertson is the career leader in triple-doubles and was the first player to average one for a season. His antitrust case against the NBA also ushered in free agency for
  
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• First-of-its-kind ODOT project to bring relief to major east side roadway

  26-06-2018 11:24
  
  One of our busiest roadways on the east side is about to see some relief.ODOT is unveiling the SmartLane project, a first of its kind for the State of Ohio.The SmartLane is a pretty basic concept. It’s an extra lane open only during high traffic times to give drivers a little relief.Once completed next year, the $58 million project will rebuild the shoulder of eastbound I-670 from I-71 to I-270.For drivers who live, work or travel to John Glenn International Airport off I-670, the SmartLan
  
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• Prince William kicks off busy day in Israel at Yad Vashem

  26-06-2018 09:58
  
  Prince William is starting his busy Israel tour with a visit to Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.The Duke is set Tuesday to meet two survivors who escaped Nazi Germany for the safety of Britain. The memorial has recognized Prince William's great-grandmother, Princess Alice, as part of the Righteous Among the Nations for her role in rescuing Jews during the Holocaust.William arrived Monday night in the first-ever official visit by a member of the British royal family to the tumultuous re
  
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• Former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer developing TV show

  26-06-2018 09:57
  
  Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is working on a television interview show in which he banters with guests about a variety of topics.A spokesman for TV syndication company Debmar-Mercury said Monday that a pilot episode of the series, titled "Sean Spicer's Common Ground," is in the works.No other details about the episode were released. The plans were first reported by The New York Times.The Times reported the show would feature Spicer interviewing public figures and have respectfu
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting, June 25th, 2018

  26-06-2018 03:54 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Board approves armed resource officers in Worthington high schools

  26-06-2018 03:45
  
  WORTHINGTON, Ohio – The Worthington City School District Board of Education passed a resolution Monday night to have armed school resource officers at the district’s high schools.The resolution passed on a vote of 3-2 to “approve the Superintendent’s recommendation to enter into agreements with the City of Worthington and the City of Columbus to provide school resource officers for each of the district’s traditional high schools for the 2018-2019 school year.”
  
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• Authorities abandon 'zero-tolerance' for immigrant families

  26-06-2018 03:14
  
  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration has scaled back a key element of its zero-tolerance immigration policy amid a global uproar over the separation of more than 2,300 migrant families, halting the practice of turning over parents to prosecutors for charges of illegally entering the country.Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said Monday that President Donald Trump's order last week to stop splitting immigrant families at the border required a temporary hal
  
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• Temporary restraining order granted while groups sue Columbus over gun laws

  26-06-2018 00:37
  
  A judge has temporarily blocked the City of Columbus from enforcing its new gun laws.The Ohioans for Concealed Carry and the Buckeye Firearms Foundation are suing over what the city has called 'common sense' gun laws.The organizations say the new laws, which include the ban of bump stocks, are unconstitutional.The restraining order is in effect until July 9 which is when a judge will hear the lawsuit.
  
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