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• Lawsuit filed against Powell Chipotle after hundreds report sickness

  01-08-2018 22:36
  The Delaware General Health District said it has received a total of 518 reports related to a possible foodborne illness outbreak at the Chipotle located at 9733 Sawmill Parkway.A Delaware man has already filed a lawsuit against the restaurant saying he became violently ill after eating chicken tacos at the restaurant on Saturday.The lawsuit claims by Sunday, the customer began experiencing symptoms including diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, and nausea.Kevin White, who ate at the same Chipotle s
  
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• Design Revealed for New Linden Community Center and Park

  01-08-2018 21:57
  Plans for a revamped Linden Park and a new, 50,000-square-foot Linden Community Center were unveiled last night at a community event hosted by the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department (CRPD). The new center, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2020, will replace a 24,000-square-foot facility that was built in 1951. Work on […]
  
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• Coach's ex-wife: People around Urban Meyer knew of 2015 domestic abuse allegations

  01-08-2018 21:56
  
  The ex-wife of former Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith said people close to head coach Urban Meyer knew of a 2015 domestic violence incident against her husband.Zach Smith was fired on July 23 after a court granted a domestic violence protective order to his ex-wife, Courtney Smith.When asked at this year’s Big Ten Media Days, Urban Meyer said he was unaware of the 2015 incident."I got a text last night that something happened in 2015, and there was nothing," Meyer said. "I don't know
  
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• National Night Out 2018: List of celebrations across central Ohio

  01-08-2018 21:43
  
  ; COLUMBUS – Several communities will be celebrating National Night Out to promote safer places for central Ohio on August 7.National Night Out is an annual community-building celebration of community safety and crime prevention held across America. It provides an opportunity to bring police, firefighters, and neighbors together for free food, live music, and community events.Kids will get the chance to watch demonstrations and to meet police officers and firefighters.Check to see what is
  
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• Ohio man breaks window to help dogs in hot car; cited for damage

  01-08-2018 21:19
  
  PARMA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who says he broke a window to rescue two dogs locked in a hot car has been given a citation charging him with criminal damaging.Richard Hill was in a parking lot in the Cleveland suburb of Parma when he saw the dogs and grabbed a hammer from his van to break the car window. Parma police say officers arrived four minutes after receiving a 911 call Saturday about the dogs and two minutes after Hill broke the window.Police Sgt. Dan Ciryak says he believes Hill's
  
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• Man's legs amputated after dog's licks lead to infection

  01-08-2018 19:58
  
  A Wisconsin man has lost both of his legs to a virulent infection after being licked by a dog, according to local reports. Earlier this summer, Greg Manteufel contracted Capnocytophaga canimorsus, a bacteria found in dog saliva that can cause sepsis, his family says.In just a few days, the bacteria spread and Manteufel was fighting for his life."This bacteria caused the sepsis in Greg's body that has completely changed not only Greg's life but his entire family's as well," states a GoFundMe page
  
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• Grocery store employee praised for helping autistic teen

  01-08-2018 18:14
  
  An employee at a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, grocery store took time out of his day to help a teen with special needs. Now, the kind employee is getting praised online for his simple act of kindness, CBS affiliate WAFB reports.Seventeen-year-old Jack Ryan Edwards is autistic. He took a trip to Rouses Market with his dad on Sunday, where he caught an employee's eye. "Something in the back of my mind was just like, 'Ask if he wants to help you,'" Jordan Taylor told the station. Taylor invited the teen
  
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• Woman killed in single-vehicle crash near Marysville

  01-08-2018 17:54
  
  MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- The Marysville Division of Police is investigating a single-vehicle crash that left one woman dead.Officers responded to a report of a crash Tuesday just before 7 p.m. on Raymond Road at the US 33 overpass.According to the investigators, 20-year-old Gabrielle Martin was driving a 2011 Chevy Cruise northbound on Raymond Road when the vehicle went off the right side of the road and struck a concrete bridge support.Martin was pronounced dead by first responders, according to pol
  
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• Woman killed in Marysville crash on US 33 bridge

  01-08-2018 17:54
  
  MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- The Marysville Division of Police is investigating a single-vehicle crash that left one woman dead.Officers responded to a report of a crash Tuesday just before 7 p.m. on Raymond Road at the US 33.According to the investigators, 20-year-old Gabrielle Martin was driving a 2011 Chevy Cruise northbound on Raymond Road when the vehicle went off the right side of the road and struck a concrete bridge support.Martin was pronounced dead by first responders, according to police.Autho
  
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• Local Craft Brewer Partners with Roosevelt Coffee Roasters at Lewis Center Taproom

  01-08-2018 17:52
  With the opening date fast approaching for Olentangy River Brewing Company’s production facility and taproom at Lewis Center, the business has announced the local coffee company they’ll be partnering with. Social enterprise Roosevelt Coffee Roasters will present a full coffee bar alongside Olentangy River’s craft brews. The co-branded space will be familiar to those who’ve visited […]
  
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• Same-sex couple files discrimination suit against Columbus Urban League

  01-08-2018 17:49
  
  Two Columbus women say a local organization aimed at ending discrimination, fired them for being gay.The couple worked at the Columbus Urban League and says shortly after management learned they were dating, they were both fired.Wednesday they filed a federal discrimination lawsuit.The Urban League calls the allegations "bogus" and "absurd."Joselyn Parker andChyna Mitchell say within three weeks of coming out at work as a couple last May, everything changed.Parker was fired, and Mitchell was sus
  
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• Same-sex couple files discrimination lawsuits against Columbus Urban League

  01-08-2018 17:49
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two women are accusing the Columbus Urban League of terminating their employment based on the women's sexual orientation.Joselyn Parker and Chyna Mitchell filed federal discrimination lawsuits Wednesday against the Columbus chapter of the National Urban League.Parker was fired by the CUL in May 2017. Mitchell was suspended without pay on the same day and she was let go in August of that year.The attorney representing the women in the lawsuits says Parker was fired three weeks a
  
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• President Trump calls on Sessions to end Mueller's Russia probe

  01-08-2018 17:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump called Wednesday for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to put an end to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, a day after Trump's former campaign chairman went on trial.Taking to Twitter to complain about the ongoing Russia investigation, Trump said Sessions "should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further."..This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigg
  
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• Remains of Korean War dead arrive in Hawaii

  01-08-2018 17:17
  HONOLULU (AP) — Decades after the end of the Korean War in 1953, the remains of dozens of presumed U.S. war returned Wednesday to Hawaii for analysis and identification. The U.S. military believes the bones are those of U.S. servicemen and potentially servicemen from other United Nations member countries who fought alongside the U.S. on behalf of South Korea during the war.U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke at a ceremony before the flag-draped containers carrying the remains were brought
  
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• Presumed American remains from Korea War head home

  01-08-2018 17:17
  
  PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (AP) — Decades after the end of the Korean War in 1953, the remains of dozens of presumed U.S. war dead were on their way Wednesday to Hawaii for analysis and identification. The U.S. military believes the bones are those of U.S. servicemen and potentially servicemen from other United Nations member countries who fought alongside the U.S. on behalf of South Korea during the war.U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and the commander of U.S. forces in Asia, Adm. Phil Davids
  
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• Columbus Artist to Unveil Large Scale Commission for Westerville’s Towers Park

  01-08-2018 17:00
  In a commission by the City of Westerville, Columbus sculptor Anthony Ball is set to install a large-scale “sculptural canopy” for Towers Park. The commission is set to be unveiled in late August or early September 2018. The sculpture, called “Nature’s First Green,” will be constructed with aluminum and tiled with a colorful mosaic formed by […]
  
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• Trump to hold rally in Delaware County ahead of special election

  01-08-2018 16:48
  President Donald Trump is set to travel to Ohio to hold a campaign rally in support of Republican state Sen. Troy Balderson, who is running for Congress.Trump's campaign says he will appear in Delaware County, Ohio, on Saturday evening, days before the Aug. 7 special election for the state's 12th congressional district. Balderson is running against Democrat Danny O'Connor in a race that is being viewed as a potential harbinger for Republicans' chances in the fall midterm elections.The event webs
  
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• Trump to hold rally at Delaware Co. fairgrounds ahead of special election

  01-08-2018 16:48
  
  President Donald Trump is set to travel to Ohio to hold a campaign rally in support of Republican state Sen. Troy Balderson, who is running for Congress.Trump's campaign says he will appear in Delaware, Ohio, on Saturday evening, days before the Aug. 7 special election for the state's 12th congressional district. Balderson is running against Democrat Danny O'Connor in a race that is being viewed as a potential harbinger for Republicans' chances in the fall midterm elections.The race in the usual
  
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• Ohio’s Own: Pierre’s Ice Cream

  01-08-2018 16:00
  Marc’s is the Ohio Proud destination . . . for the non-artisanal audience. Being Cleveland-based, it has a distinct little network of Ohio producers, and its shelves hold a bevy of lesser-known, but locally-made sauces, condiments, and dairy goods. Which brings us to Pierre’s Ice Cream. It’s not easy to find at Columbus grocers, in […]
  
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• Kroger brings it home, introduces online delivery

  01-08-2018 14:49
  
  CINCINNATI — Kroger is introducing online delivery as convenience becomes an increasingly crucial element in customer loyalty in a hyper-competitive atmosphere.Kroger Ship will launch in Cincinnati, its hometown, as well as Houston, Louisville, and Nashville. It will expand to other markets over the next few months. Kroger is the biggest grocery chain in the country by revenue, running 2,800 stores.Delivery is free for any order with a tab exceeding $35. Smaller deliveries are $4.99 per or
  
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• Ohio Medicaid plan says opioid use down 40 percent

  01-08-2018 13:57
  
  DAYTON, Ohio— Ohio's largest Medicaid plan says the amount of opioids prescribed to its members has decreased 40 percent over the past 18 months.CareSource announced Monday it plans to reduce that number by 50 percent by the end of this year.The Dayton-based organization privately manages 1.8 million Medicaid plans. It says it notifies providers who prescribe a large amount of opioids to members and can identify members at risk for substance misuse.CareSource says it has decreased long-ter
  
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• Deadline nears for requesting Ohio absentee ballots

  01-08-2018 13:48
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio election officials say voters only have a few days left to request an absentee ballot for next week's special elections.The Ohio Secretary of State's Office says noon Saturday is the deadline to request an absentee ballot for the Aug. 7 elections.Voters in the 12th Congressional District contest will be choosing someone to fill the unexpired term of retired U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi. Republican Troy Balderson, a state senator from Zanesville, is running against Democrat Da
  
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• Man working to take down tower dies after fall in southwest Ohio

  01-08-2018 13:42
  
  WEST CHESTER, Ohio — Officials say a man working to take down a tower at a former manufacturing site in southwestern Ohio has fallen and died.West Chester Township spokeswoman Barb Wilson says the worker fell around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday. He died at the scene. His name wasn't released.Officials with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration were called to the site in the township roughly 20 miles north of Cincinnati.OSHA spokeswoman Rhonda Burke said the agency's preliminary infor
  
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• Iowa teen seriously hurt in "Kiki" challenge gone wrong

  01-08-2018 13:37
  
  The summer's explosive dance challenge has recently taken a dangerous turn. It's the "In My Feelings" challenge — also known as the "Kiki" challenge — and one Iowa teen found herself in the hospital after attempting it.The original "In My Feelings" challenge started innocently enough, with people filming themselves dancing to Drake's new song, "In My Feelings." But since the trend took off about a month ago, it's escalated to a new, dangerous level, with some people recording themsel
  
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• Your dreams could be an early clue to Parkinson's disease

  01-08-2018 12:34
  
  Actor Alan Alda revealed that he has Parkinson's disease — and in an interview Tuesday on "CBS This Morning," the award-winning actor said an unusual dream helped lead to his diagnosis. Alda, best known for his portrayal of Army Capt. "Hawkeye" Pierce in the TV series "M*A*S*H, was diagnosed three and a half years ago after experiencing a lesser-known early sign of Parkinson's. He said he asked his doctor to test him for the disease after reading an article about how physically acting out
  
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• Automakers develop new alarm systems meant to prevent deaths in hot cars

  01-08-2018 12:30
  
  This month, a Florida sheriff's deputy's body camera showed the moment after a woman rescued a child from a hot car. You can see her consoling the child's mother, who told police she thought she had dropped her son off at her father's house.But other families aren't as fortunate. So far this year 29 children have died in hot cars, and automakers are taking action to try and prevent more. On average, 37 a year are killed. Last year, 43 died.To try to reduce that number, Nissan is announcing it wi
  
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• More Americans are forced to "reside" in their vehicles

  01-08-2018 12:01
  
  The number of people who live in their vehicles because they can't find affordable housing is on the rise, even though the practice is illegal in many U.S. cities.The number of people residing in campers and other vehicles surged 46 percent over the past year, a recent homeless census in Seattle's King County, Washington found. The problem is "exploding" in cities with expensive housing markets, including Los Angeles, Portland and San Francisco, according to Governing magazine.The problem of veh
  
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• Columbus to host the annual Urban League conference focused on digital revolution

  01-08-2018 11:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The president and CEO of the National Urban League says the organization's annual conference will focus on making the digital revolution as inclusive as possible.Marc Morial says the five-day conference beginning Wednesday in Columbus includes a line-up of all major technology companies and a large career and networking fair.Events include a conversation between Morial and Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg. The conference will also include the U.S. debut of the Google Arts
  
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• Columbus hosts annual Urban League conference focused on digital revolution

  01-08-2018 11:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The president and CEO of the National Urban League says the organization's annual conference will focus on making the digital revolution as inclusive as possible.Marc Morial says the five-day conference beginning Wednesday in Columbus includes a line-up of all major technology companies and a large career and networking fair.Events include a conversation between Morial and Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg. The conference will also include the U.S. debut of the Google Arts
  
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• Columbus host the Annual Urban League conference focused on digital revolution

  01-08-2018 11:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The president and CEO of the National Urban League says the organization's annual conference will focus on making the digital revolution as inclusive as possible.Marc Morial says the five-day conference beginning Wednesday in Columbus includes a line-up of all major technology companies and a large career and networking fair.Events include a conversation between Morial and Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg. The conference will also include the U.S. debut of the Google Arts
  
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• Mexico airliner crashes and burns, but all aboard survive

  01-08-2018 05:10
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — An Aeromexico jetliner crashed while taking off during a severe storm in northern Mexico on Tuesday, smacking down in a field nearly intact then catching fire, but officials said everyone on board escaped alive.Gov. Jose Aispuro, who had initially reported there were no deaths but later said authorities were searching the charred Embraer 190 to make sure, announced late Tuesday that "no person has died."He said the pilot and one other person were in serious but stable co
  
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• Trump at rally makes false claim on photo IDs for groceries

  01-08-2018 05:05
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday wrongly claimed that shoppers need to show photo identification to buy groceries and accused Democrats of obstructing his agenda and his Supreme Court nominee during a raucous rally aimed at bolstering two Florida Republicans ahead of the state's primary.Trump, addressing thousands of supporters in one of the nation's top electoral battlegrounds, also mounted a rigorous defense of his trade agenda, accusing China and others of having "ta
  
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• Promoting voter ID, Trump claims ID needed to buy groceries

  01-08-2018 05:05
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that shoppers need to show photo identification to buy groceries, and he is accusing Democrats of obstructing his agenda and stalling confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee.Trump also is defending his trade agenda and snapping at China and other U.S. competitors for having "targeted our farmers."The president addressed thousands of supporters Tuesday night at an event intended to boost two Republican candidates before the Aug
  
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• Report: President Trump to campaign for Troy Balderson in Delaware County on Saturday

  01-08-2018 04:56
  
  President Donald Trump will visit Delaware County on Saturday to campaign for Republican Troy Balderson, according to the Columbus Dispatch.Balderson is running against Democrat Danny O'Connor in the highly-coveted 12th congressional district.The visit comes the same week Mike Pence visited Newark to campaign for Balderson.White House officials have not confirmed President Trump’s visit.President Trump endorsed Balderson on Twitter.Troy Balderson of Ohio is running for Congress against a N
  
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• President Trump to campaign for Troy Balderson in Delaware County on Saturday

  01-08-2018 04:56
  
  President Donald Trump will visit Delaware County on Saturday to campaign for Republican Troy Balderson, according to Ohio GOP spokesperson. Balderson is running against Democrat Danny O'Connor in the highly-coveted 12th congressional district.The visit comes the same week Mike Pence visited Newark to campaign for Balderson.White House officials have not confirmed President Trump’s visit.President Trump endorsed Balderson on Twitter.Troy Balderson of Ohio is running for Congress against a
  
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• Chuck Kirk leads Summer Rays meeting after residents' relapses, death

  01-08-2018 04:31
  Summer Rays founder, Chuck Kirk is not allowed to be on Summer Rays properties, so he moved Tuesday's meeting elsewhere: to the Church of Christ in Reynoldsburg."I want [residents] to know that, in a lot of ways, we need this for them and to stay the course and hang in there," he said.It's been a difficult few days for residents."We had 16 relapses in 20 days," Scotta Ramsey said.On Sunday, one resident passed away believed to be from a possible drug overdose. Ramsey says it's the first death of
  
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• Tariffs on auto parts could make cars more valuable to thieves

  01-08-2018 03:12
  
  Walk outside one morning and all you may find left of your car is smashed window glass. Insurers say that one consequence of President Trump's proposed tariff on imported automobiles and automotive parts, in addition to increased car prices, could be an upsurge in vehicle thefts -- and hikes in auto insurance premiums.The reason: if car parts become harder and costlier to obtain, then thieves, chop shops and black marketeers will steal more automobiles. Auto thefts have already risen nearly 12 p
  
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• OSHP: Man who left deadly crash found in tent more than 2 weeks later

  01-08-2018 02:01
  
  LICKING COUNTY, Ohio – A 29-year-old man who left a fatal crash in Licking County was found in a tent near Crooksville nearly 3 weeks later, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.Derek Z. Weaver was apprehended shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday.The Ohio State Highway Patrol said he was living in a tent with his girlfriend who owned the vehicle he crashed.OSHP said Weaver, of Zanesville, was driving a pickup truck eastbound on U.S. 40, west of Brownsville when he drove left of center and
  
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• OSHP: Man left deadly crash scene in Licking County, may be severely injured

  01-08-2018 02:01
  
  LICKING COUNTY, Ohio – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is looking for a man who was involved in a deadly crash in Licking County Tuesday afternoon and left the scene.OSHP said 29-year-old Derek Weaver of Zanesville was driving a pickup truck eastbound on US-40, west of Brownsville when he drove left of center and hit a car traveling west just after 2 p.m.The driver in the car, 62-year-old Cathie Clippinger of Mount Perry, was taken to Genesis Hospital in Zanesville where she was pronounced d
  
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• Kroger threatens to ban Visa cards

  01-08-2018 01:50
  
  Kroger, the biggest supermarket chain in the U.S., is threatening to bar the use of Visa cards in a dispute over the "swipe" fees it pays to handle customers' credit and debit card transactions. In a shot across the financial giant's bow, a California' subsidiary of the grocery chain, Foods Co., said that starting in August it will stop accepting Visa credit cards at its 21 stores in the state. That will save on the costs associated with Visa's interchange rates and network fees, according to Fo
  
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