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• New Plan Calls for Preserving Four Apartment Buildings Across from Library

  28-08-2018 23:14
  The developer behind a plan to demolish the Grant Oak Apartment buildings downtown presented a new plan today that calls for renovating four of the seven buildings. When the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Board of Trustees voted in January to approve the sale of the 1.25-acre site, which sits across the street from the Main Library, the […]
  
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• Goofy Throwback Fun in Short North Stage’s Toxic Avenger: The Musical

  28-08-2018 22:41
  For those of us who love ‘80s B-movies, no company name evokes nostalgia like Troma Pictures. Of the Troma catalog, no franchise had the same staying power and broad appeal – through four films, comic books, and a Saturday morning cartoon – as the weirdly sweet superhero spoof The Toxic Avenger. Short North Stage launches […]
  
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• Gahanna Native and Tony Nominee Mike Faist Brings Inaugural Ohio Artists Gathering to Short North Stage

  28-08-2018 22:34
  Gahanna native Mike Faist lit out for New York soon after graduating High School and within three years was on Broadway in Newsies. In 2016 he originated the role of Connor Murphy in Broadway sensation Dear Evan Hansen which won Best Musical at the 2017 Tonys and earned Faist a Tony nomination for Best Featured […]
  
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• Warehouse Presents Inaugural Sam Shepard Festival August 31 Through September 22

  28-08-2018 22:24
  Few American playwrights leave as long a shadow Sam Shepard. When he passed away late last year, the New York Times called him, “one of the theater’s most original and prolific portraitists of what was once the American frontier.” The Guardian dubbed him “one of the visionaries of US theatre [who] created a fresh vernacular […]
  
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• Ohio State plans to eliminate hundreds of fees to enhance affordability

  28-08-2018 21:22
  
  COLUMBUS — The Ohio State University is proposing to eliminate 278-course fees; provide discounts on digital textbooks; waive costs when students take additional credit hours to complete their degrees, accept internships or conduct research; and extend in-state tuition to more military families.The four affordability proposals will benefit thousands of students, saving them an estimated $1.9 million in total per year. The plan will be presented to Ohio State’s Board of Trustees this
  
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• Report: Nearly 3,000 deaths in Puerto Rico linked to Hurricane Maria

  28-08-2018 21:14
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria killed nearly 3,000 people in Puerto Rico in the desperate, sweltering months after the storm — almost double the previous government estimate — with the elderly and impoverished most affected, according to an independent study ordered by the U.S. territory.The new estimate of 2,975 dead in the six months after Maria devastated the island in September 2017 and knocked out the entire electrical grid was made by researchers with the Milken
  
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• Columbus City Schools dismissing early on Wednesday due to heat

  28-08-2018 20:33
  Columbus City Schools have announced they will be dismissing students early on Wednesday, August 29 due to prolonged high temperatures.All high school and middle school students will be dismissed at noon. Students in elementary, K-6 and K-8 schools will be dismissed at 1 p.m.The district says custodians will report an hour earlier to open windows and turn on fans. Students will also receive bottles of water when they arrive.Families seeking additional information can contact their child's school
  
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• Columbus City Schools dismissing early on Tuesday due to heat

  28-08-2018 20:33
  
  Columbus City Schools have announced they will be dismissing students early on Tuesday, September 4 due to the heat.It is unclear if after-school activities are impacted at this time.This district is asking parents to plan accordingly.ALERT: Beat the Heat. All Columbus City Schools will dismiss 2.5 hours early on Tuesday (9/4) due to persistent high temperatures and humidity. Please plan accordingly.— ColumbusCitySchools (@ColsCitySchools) September 3, 2018
  
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• Advil recall sparked by overdose fears from mislabeling

  28-08-2018 20:20
  
  Pfizer is recalling some children's Advil because instructions on its label don't match the product's measuring cup, raising concerns the mislabeling could potentially cause an overdose.Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, a division of the pharmaceutical giant, is voluntarily recalling one lot of Children's Advil Suspension bubble-gum-flavored four-fluid ounce bottles distributed nationwide in May and June. The bottles have a November 2020 expiration date and are marked R51129 with the UPC number 3-0573
  
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• 6-year-old girl drowns at Ohio campground after driving golf cart into pond

  28-08-2018 20:10
  
  ALLEN COUNTY - A 6-year-old girl drowned Sunday evening at Sun Valley Campground near Lima after driving a golf cart into a pond, according to Allen County Sheriff Office.Limaohio.com is reporting crews were called around 8:10 p.m. of a possible drowning at the campground located on Faulkner Road in Harrod.Crews arrived to find a girl submerged in water after driving her parent's golf cart into the water.First responders transported the girl to Lima Memorial Health System, where she was later pr
  
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• Former President Jimmy Carter: Trump "is very careless with the truth"

  28-08-2018 20:04
  In an interview with "CBS This Morning" co-host John Dickerson, former President Jimmy Carter called out President Trump for being "very careless with the truth.""You said that you thought telling the truth was important when you were president, but you seem to suggest it might not be so important to the presidency," Dickerson asked Mr. Carter."Well, that seems to be the case now. I think it's well-known that the incumbent president is very careless with the truth. Telling the truth has been pre
  
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• Jacksonville shooting suspect was able to buy guns despite mental illness

  28-08-2018 19:52
  
  BALTIMORE — ​ Even though the suspect in a shooting at a Florida video game tournament had been hospitalized for mental illness, authorities say he was able to legally purchase the two handguns he was carrying at the time of the attack.David Katz had a 9mm handgun and .45-caliber handgun when he opened fire Sunday at a gaming bar inside a collection of restaurants and shops in Jacksonville. He killed two people and wounded 10 others before fatally shooting himself during the "Madden
  
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• 41-Year-Old Mama’s Pasta and Brew to Close in November

  28-08-2018 19:51
  Though it didn’t come as a surprise, many were disappointed yesterday, when Mama’s Pasta & Brew announced that they’d close their doors on November 30. Located at 23 Campus Pl., the restaurant has changed names and hands many times over the years, and was purchased by Campus Partners affiliate Redstone Realty Company, LLC for redevelopment. […]
  
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• A look inside BrewDog's Doghouse hotel and brewery

  28-08-2018 19:43
  
  BrewDog is getting ready to let you sleep over ... in a manner of speaking. But you'll be staying in the DogHouse.The hotel features 32 rooms, including eight deluxe suites, a workout facility, views of the brewery throughout so guests can watch the brewers work, a lobby bar with games and activities, a marketplace for takeaway food, international continental breakfast daily, select dog-friendly rooms.All rooms include in-room refrigerators stocked with BrewDog beers, in-shower fridges, in-room
  
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• Worldwide gun deaths reach 250,000 yearly; US ranks high

  28-08-2018 19:04
  
  CHICAGO — Gun deaths worldwide total about 250,000 yearly and the United States is among just six countries that make up half of those fatalities, a study found.The results from one of the most comprehensive analyses of firearm deaths reveal "a major public health problem for humanity," according to an editorial published with the study Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Although recent headlines make it seem like gun killings are surging globally, the new figures t
  
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• 5 Insights Into Ohio’s Race for Governor

  28-08-2018 18:50
  With midterm elections just 10 weeks away, campaign season is finally heating up. Election forecasters are predicting an overturn of power in the House and Senate from Republicans to Democrats, with several using the close-call election in Ohio’s District 12 as an indicator of extreme enthusiasm on the left. For the governor’s seat, Democrat Richard […]
  
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• Ohio State: Urban Meyer met with team after suspension announced

  28-08-2018 17:58
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer's current suspension and previous paid leave have restricted him from talking football with his staff and athletes during August with one exception — a team meeting the day after the suspension was announced.Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith were allowed to meet with the players and coaches for about 45 minutes last Thursday, according to emails sent to Meyer by the senior vice president for human resources, Susan Basso.The emai
  
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• Ohio teen, missing since witnessing father’s 2017 murder, found safe near Dayton

  28-08-2018 17:47
  
  A teen missing since witnessing his father’s 2017 shooting death has been located in southwest Ohio, Dayton CBS affiliate WHIO reports.Jacob Caldwell disappeared two days after he and two of his younger brothers witnessed the shooting death of their father, Robert Caldwell, in a Riverside parking lot in August 2017.WHIO reports investigators received several tips that helped police locate Jacob after donated digital billboards were placed in multiple locations in the Dayton-area. He was fo
  
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• Columbus begins placing restrictions on shared scooters and bicycles

  28-08-2018 17:22
  COLUMBUS -- The city of Columbus on Tuesday began regulating shared mobility devices, most commonly known as shared scooters and bicycles.The rules took effect immediately.The city of Columbus tells 10TV the regulations include:Companies seeking to offer shared mobility devices for public use must obtain permits from the department to operate in the city. A maximum of eight companies at any one time may offer their products in the city.The devices must be parked in an upright position and cannot
  
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• City of Columbus begins placing restrictions on shared scooters and bicycles

  28-08-2018 17:22
  
  COLUMBUS -- The city of Columbus on Tuesday began regulating shared mobility devices, most commonly known as shared scooters and bicycles.The rules took effect immediately.The city of Columbus tells 10TV the regulations include:Companies seeking to offer shared mobility devices for public use must obtain permits from the department to operate in the city. A maximum of eight companies at any one time may offer their products in the city.The devices must be parked in an upright position and cannot
  
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• Ohio launches strategic plan for education: Each Child, Our Future

  28-08-2018 17:16
  Today the State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Public Instruction joined key partners to unveil Each Child, Our Future, Ohio's five-year strategic plan for education.The program was designed over the last year by parents, educators, employers, philanthropic leaders, policymakers and students.Its goal is to lift aspirations, guide development of state-level policies and promote quality education practices across the state."Each Child, Our Future aims to ensure every child is chall
  
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• Trump says news on Google is "rigged" against him

  28-08-2018 16:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised Tuesday to address what he says is the "very serious situation" of social media companies "suppressing" conservative voices and "hiding information" and good news.Trump recently has made similar complaints about the issue, which has been making the rounds in conservative media. But on Tuesday he targeted Google.Asked whether Trump thinks Google should be subject to some regulation, Larry Kudlow, the president's top economic adviser, told re
  
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• Large European hornets' nest removed from car in Ohio

  28-08-2018 16:19
  
  ALLIANCE, Ohio (AP) — European Hornets have been removed after building a large nest in a car in Ohio, in a scene that looked like a horror movie.Travis Watson, who owns The Bee Man, was called into action after the nest was found inside the El Camino on Sunday.Watson tells WJW-TV the queens emerge from hibernation in April and it takes a long time to get workers in the nest. Once the queen starts to only lay eggs the nest starts growing quite rapidly in July.Watson says the hornets aggres
  
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• Attorney: Police panel concluded Baltimore detective killed himself day before he was set to testify

  28-08-2018 15:58
  
  BALTIMORE -- An attorney representing the widow of a Baltimore detective who died the day before he was to testify in a police corruption trial said Monday that a panel reviewing the case has concluded that he most likely killed himself.Detective Sean Suiter was shot in the head with his own gun in November 2017 the day before he was to testify before a grand jury investigating police corruption. Baltimore police authorities said Suiter had been attacked.Paul Siegrist, a Pennsylvania-based lawye
  
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• Our Community in Conversation—Tomorrow!

  28-08-2018 15:33
  The Big Table is tomorrow! The Columbus Foundation is excited to see you listen, learn, and lead our community in a day of engaging conversations all over central Ohio! Creating a strong and connected community isn’t possible without YOU—so thank you. For those last-minute planners, there’s still time to join a conversation. Take a look […]
  
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• Goodman guessing he's 'mopey' widower in 'Roseanne' spinoff

  28-08-2018 14:44
  
  LOS ANGELES— John Goodman is speculating that this fall's "Roseanne" spinoff will mean curtains for the matriarch played by Roseanne Barr.In an interview with the Sunday Times of London, Goodman said he wasn't sure how the new series, titled "The Conners," will be structured.But he guessed that his character will be "mopey and sad" because his wife has died.Goodman played husband Dan Conner to Barr's character on ABC's original "Roseanne" and last season's revival.The network fired Barr af
  
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• Hundreds line up to pay respects to Aretha Franklin

  28-08-2018 14:34
  
  Hundreds of people are lining up to pay their final respects to Aretha Franklin.Fans outside Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History have been talking about their memories of the Queen of Soul as they wait before dawn Tuesday for the start of public viewing. Occasionally the crowd bursts into song.Many of those in line are from Detroit, but others traveled from as far as Las Vegas and Miami.Paula Marie Seniors says the setting for the public viewings Tuesday and Wednesday
  
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• Fans mourn Aretha Franklin at gospel-infused public viewing

  28-08-2018 14:34
  
  DETROIT — The regal presence Aretha Franklin exuded in life was captured at her viewing on Tuesday, with the late Queen of Soul in a gold-plated casket dressed completely in red, including high-heeled pumps, proving, as one person put it, that she was a "diva to the end."Hundreds of mourners poured into Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History to pay their final respects to Franklin, who died Aug. 16 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. The two-day viewing was part
  
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• Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter to speak in Cincinnati

  28-08-2018 14:15
  
  CINCINNATI — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter is speaking in Cincinnati as part of a series of community talks.The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the Rev. Bernice King will join seven other panelists Tuesday night as the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change begins its tour of Beloved Community Talks. She says the intent of the talks is to have "courageous conversations" about topics that have been "brushed under the rug."Martin Luther King Jr. described the Bel
  
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• 11-year-old girl gets heart transplant after visit by Drake

  28-08-2018 14:09
  
  CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago girl has received a heart transplant just days after she danced her way into a hospital visit from Drake.Surgeons performed the transplant on 11-year-old Sofia Sanchez on Monday at Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital. The Canadian rapper visited Sofia there after seeing a video of her dancing in a hospital hallway to his song, "In My Feelings." The video inspired a viral dance craze.Cardiovascular surgeon Carl Backer says Sofia's nine-hour surgery went extremel
  
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• Ramps to I-71 south closed after truck fire in south Columbus

  28-08-2018 13:40
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio –Crews are working to clean up the damage left from an early morning trash truck fire in south Columbus.Firefighters contained the fire just around 5:30 a.m. on I-71 south near Frank Road.Two southbound lanes were closed as a result of the damage left behind from the truck.ODOT closed the ramps from State Route 315 and I-70to I-71 south. Drivers should take I-270, US-62 or US-23 as alternative routes.It is unclear how long the ramps will be closed.Southside: this is why it i
  
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• Armed suspect wanted for Dollar General robbery in southwest Columbus

  28-08-2018 13:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio --The Columbus Division of Police need help to identify an armed suspect in a Dollar General store robbery.On Monday, just before 10:00 a.m. the suspect entered the Dollar General in the 1200 block of Demorest Road. The suspect walked directly to the front counter and told an employee to open the register and then displayed a handgun, according to police.Investigators say the employee complied and the suspect took an unknown amount of money from the register and then fled on foot.
  
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• German police criticized after violent far-right protest

  28-08-2018 12:58
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German police and security officials faced criticism Tuesday following violence during a far-right protest in the eastern city of Chemnitz that left at least six people injured.The protest late Monday, sparked by the killing of a 35-year-old German man in an altercation with migrants over the weekend, erupted into clashes between neo-Nazis and left-wing counter-protesters.The German news agency dpa reported that Chemnitz police acknowledged having mobilized too few officers f
  
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• Police find 4 northwest Ohio children who they say were taken by mom

  28-08-2018 12:22
  
  Authorities searching for an Ohio woman who they say took her four children have found all of the children safe and unharmed.Police in Lima say the four children, ages 8-13, were taken early Tuesday and authorities had warned they could be in danger.Police say the children were found Tuesday afternoon in a house in Kenton and that the mother is in custody. The woman's boyfriend also was arrested on a warrant.Police say the mother who didn't have custody of the children tried to flee with her boy
  
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• Endangered Missing Child Advisory Issued for 4 children in northwest Ohio

  28-08-2018 12:22
  
  LIMA, Ohio - An endangered missing child advisory has been issued for four kids who could be in danger. They were taken by their non-custodial mother, according to the Lima Police Department.Authorities say the kids were taken by Marianne Merritt and last seen on North Main Street in Lima early Tuesday morning.Law enforcement is asking for your help to help locate 13-year-oldDamara Croley, 12-year-old Benjamin Croley, 9-year-old Patience Wilson, and 8-year-old Damien Wilson. DAMIEN WILSON
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• 4 children considered endangered in northwest Ohio have been found safe

  28-08-2018 12:22
  UPDATE: According to a Facebook post from the Lima Police, the four children were found safe in a home in Kenton, Ohio.They were unharmed and are now in the temporary custody of Allen County Children's Services.Charles Perkins and Marianne Merritt, who attempted to flee when law enforcement converged on the residence, were taken into custody without incident.This is a developing story.--ORIGINAL STORY:Authorities are searching for an Ohio woman who they say took her four children and may be trav
  
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• After criticism, Trump honors McCain's service to country

  28-08-2018 11:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Glowering in public and near-silent for two days, President Donald Trump relented under pressure by tersely recognizing Sen. John McCain's "service to our country" and re-lowering the White House flag.While much of the nation remembered McCain's record as a war hero, longtime senator and presidential nominee over the weekend, Trump had nursed his grievances. McCain had been an infuriating foil in a long-running feud over style and policy that did not end with the senator'
  
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• Ohio man pleads guilty to murder charge in missing wife's death

  28-08-2018 02:57
  
  CANTON, Ohio — An Ohio man who initially said his wife died of natural causes during their trip to Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and other charges in her death.Seventy-three-year-old Philip Snider, of Hartville, pleaded guilty Monday in Canton. A plea agreement calls for him to disclose where he put 70-year-old Roberta Snider's body. In return, prosecutors have agreed to recommend a sentence of 20 years to life in prison.No motive has been release
  
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• Columbus Rotary Club: Are you Ready for Some Football? 8/27/2018

  28-08-2018 00:47 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus City Schools to dismiss early Tuesday due to heat

  28-08-2018 00:02
  
  Due to expected "extreme heat conditions" on Tuesday, Columbus City Schools is initiating an early dismissal for all students on August 28.Below is additional information about this precautionary step and what it will mean for families:All high school and middle school students will be dismissed starting at noon.Students in elementary, K-6, and K-8 schools will be dismissed starting at 1 p.m.All students will be served lunch before they are dismissed.Afternoon buses will run approximately 2.5 ho
  
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