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• Police investigating more reports of sexual assault at Ohio University

  07-09-2018 23:56
  Ohio University confirms law enforcement is now investigating five reports of sexual assault on or near campus.Police said a woman told them on August 25, she was walking home from Mill Street when a man grabbed her, forced her inside a residence hall, and raped her. On Wednesday, police in Athens learned of the second attack on August 25.Police said they were notified by a mandatory reporter that a woman was sexually assaulted by a man known to her on the east side of the city.Police said it do
  
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• Video shows terror, takedown from downtown Cincinnati shooting

  07-09-2018 23:41
  Video released Friday shows the terror of the downtown Cincinnati mass shooting one day earlier.The video shows the gunman marching through the lobby of the Fifth Third Center shooting to kill. Another officer's body camera video shows officers approaching the building and gunfire is exchanged.Police photos show the killer's 9-millimeter semiautomatic handgun and the contents of his briefcase giving a sickening sense of what might have been.Police say he fired 35 rounds but had 250 more rounds w
  
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• Family of woman shot by officer react to Columbus police vice unit review

  07-09-2018 23:18
  The family of the woman shot and killed by a Columbus police officer during a prostitution sting reacts after learning the Columbus Police Vice Unit is undergoing a review.Two high profile cases were named as spurring the review, the death of 23-year-old Donna Castleberry being one of them.Castleberry was in a car with Officer Andrew Mitchell August 23.She stabbed him in the hand and he shot her eight times.It was later revealed that a complaint was filed against Mitchell two weeks prior.Police
  
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• Ohio State seeks dismissal of suits alleging sexual abuse

  07-09-2018 23:10
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University asked a judge on Friday to dismiss three federal lawsuits filed by former students alleging sexual misconduct by a team doctor.The lawsuits claim that university officials turned a blind eye to rampant sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss, who worked at Ohio State for 20 years until he retired in 1998. Strauss killed himself in 2005.In legal motions, the university said the former students' claims are decades old and are thus barred by the statute
  
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• Coroner: 29 overdose deaths in Franklin County in 10 days

  07-09-2018 22:40
  
  FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio – There have been four more overdose deaths in less than a 24 hour period in Franklin County according to Franklin County coroner Dr. Anahi Ortiz.Ortiz said on Friday there have been four more overdose deaths in the county since 2:30 p.m. Thursday.Two of the deaths were on the east side and two were on the west side of the county. The ages of the people who died range from their 20s to 50s.Ortiz said there have been 29 overdose deaths since Aug. 29.Last week, the coro
  
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• Rock on the Range being replaced by new music festival in 2019

  07-09-2018 22:25
  
  There will be a music festival at MAPFRE Stadium next May, but it won’t be known as Rock on the Range.Promoter Danny Wimmer Presents announced that the Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival will replace Rock on the Range.Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival will run May 17-19, 2019.According to a press release, the festival will feature a “premium food and beverage selection, art installations, plus expanded onsite experiences like never before to accompany a spectacular and diverse music l
  
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• DeWine warns Ohioans of grandparent scams

  07-09-2018 22:07
  
  Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning Ohioans to beware of the “grandparent scam,” which has been reported by dozens of people in recent weeks.The scam begins with a grandparent receiving a call from a person claiming to be a grandchild in trouble and in need of money.The caller may claim the grandchild was in an accident, caught with drugs or put in jail as an example.The grandparent is asked to send money to pay a fine or fees using gift cards, wire transfer or cash.Grandpar
  
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• Suspect wanted for pickpocketing blind man in Linden area

  07-09-2018 21:42
  
  COLUMBUS, Police – Police are looking for the man they say took the wallet from a man who is blind in the Linden area of Columbus.Columbus police said the 79-year-old victim was dropped off by a taxi at the Sunoco in the 1900 block of Cleveland Avenue on Sept. 4 around 8:45 a.m.The suspect approached the victim and helped guide him to the business.Police said as the victim was buying something, the suspect took the man’s wallet with $100 cash, a credit card and ID.The suspect can be
  
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• Trump: Russia investigation 'really unfair for our midterms'

  07-09-2018 21:09
  
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential is not only bad for the country, "it's really unfair for our midterms."Trump also said special counsel Robert Mueller should have wrapped up the inquiry a "long time ago."Asked about the investigation, which he has repeatedly denounced as a "witch hunt," Trump reiterated to reporters that there was no collusion between anyone one his presidential campaign
  
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• Police: Officer mistakes apartment for her own; kills neighbor

  07-09-2018 20:44
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas police officer who shot and killed her neighbor and later explained she had mistaken his apartment for her own will be charged with manslaughter, the police chief said Friday.It's not clear what the off-duty officer may have said to 26-year-old Botham Jean late Thursday or whether there was any interaction between the two before Jean was shot, police Chief U. Renee Hall said during a news conference."Right now there are more questions than there are answers," Hall sa
  
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• Ohio State seeing significant increase in counterfeit football tickets

  07-09-2018 20:34
  The Ohio State Athletics ticket office said they are seeing a significant increase in counterfeit tickets.They said the increase involves the print-at-home format from non-authorized sources for home football games this season.The Department of Athletics is advising fans to only purchase tickets through authorized sources: Ohio State Athletics Ticket Office, Ticketmaster, and Buckeyes Ticket Exchange.Fans should review the university’s Ticket Protection Tips and also #coverthecode when sha
  
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• World's biggest bounce house in central Ohio this weekend

  07-09-2018 20:15
  
  GROVE CITY -- The world's biggest bounce house has arrived in central Ohio.The Big Bounce America 2018 tour had made a stop at LVL UP Sports Paintball Park in Grove City. It will be setup Friday through Sunday.The bounce house holds the Guinness World Record and is 10,000 square feet and is four times bigger than the average home, according to a release.People of all ages are invited to play on the basketball court, compete in an obstacle course and glide down a giant slide.Tickets are sold per
  
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• Move With the Mayor

  07-09-2018 19:54 via youtube.com
  
  
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• What to watch for as Ohio State opens Big Ten play against Rutgers

  07-09-2018 19:26
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — No. 4 Ohio State scored 77 points in rolling over out-manned Oregon State last week, while suspended coach Urban Meyer watched the game on TV from home.The Buckeyes probably will do OK without him this week, too, when Big Ten bottom-dweller Rutgers comes to town.The coach also will miss Saturday's clash at Ohio Stadium. He's serving the second of a three-game suspension for mismanaging domestic-abuse allegations and other misconduct by former assistant Zach Smith.Co-o
  
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• Ohio History Connection Hosts “Monsters, Mysteries and Mayhem”

  07-09-2018 19:16
  She was a model student at the Ohio State University. She was an athlete, cheerleader, beloved friend, neighbor and wife, and the top saleswoman at the Hobart Electric Manufacturing Company. By all accounts she was brilliant and charming, and on February 19, 1926, they found Frances Nesbitt murdered in her bathtub in Troy, Ohio. Nesbitt’s […]
  
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• Obama says Trump is 'the symptom, not the cause' of division

  07-09-2018 19:08
  
  URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama said Friday his successor, President Donald Trump, is "the symptom, not the cause" of division and polarization in the U.S.Trump, the former president said, is "just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years."His comments came during a speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he accepted an ethics in government award. The remarks served as Obama's first steps into the political fray ahea
  
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• Obama issues scathing critique of Trump, 'politics of fear'

  07-09-2018 19:08
  
  URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama issued a scorching critique of his successor Friday, blasting President Donald Trump's pattern of pressuring the Justice Department, his policies and reminding voters that the economic recovery — one of Trump's favorite talking points — began on his watch.Obama's speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was delivered less than two months before midterm elections that could determine the course of Trump's presiden
  
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• Country artist Luke Combs to perform at Schottenstein Center Feb. 22

  07-09-2018 19:00
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Luke Combs will kick off his “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour” in 2019—his first ever headline arena tour.The tour—which will feature special guests LANCO and Jameson Rodgers—will stop at the Schottenstein Center on Feb. 22.Tickets will go on sale Friday, Sept. 14 at noon. In an effort to combat scalping, fan club tickets will be sold through the Ticketmaster Verify Fan™ program and all tickets will have fan-focused pricing offered between $25
  
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• Concert Preview: Anne-Marie

  07-09-2018 18:49
  Just days after her debut album, Speak Your Mind (Asylum/Atlantic), was certified gold in the U.S., British singer-songwriter Anne-Marie and I connected to preview her show at A&R Music Bar on September 10 – one of just a handful of Stateside solo headlining dates that will divert her from the stadium tour bill she’s sharing […]
  
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• Police trying to determine why Cincinnati gunman opened fire

  07-09-2018 18:20
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Police say they're trying to learn why a gunman carrying a large amount of ammunition began shooting in a downtown Cincinnati high-rise building, killing three people and wounding two others before four officers all opened fire on him.Police Chief Eliot Isaac says they will study footage from the officers' body cameras and security from the 30-story building that headquarters Fifth Third Bancorp. Police say the suspect had never worked at Fifth Third and don't have any in
  
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• Police say shooter's gun jammed during office rampage

  07-09-2018 18:20
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The shooter who killed three people in the lobby of a downtown Cincinnati office high-rise could have killed many more if his gun hadn't jammed during the four-minute rampage, city leaders said Friday.Newly released security footage from inside the lobby showed the gunman firing randomly while carrying a briefcase with hundreds of rounds of ammunition over his shoulder.The footage also showed 29-year-old Omar Enrique Santa Perez walking quickly past a security turnstile T
  
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• Prayers, Paperbacks and Payback in Theaters this Weekend

  07-09-2018 18:00
  Badass women, disregarding the desires of others and following their own (often bloody, sometimes bookish) paths—that’s the theme for this week in movies. It’s an off week, sure, but it’s crammed to bursting with splashy, trashy time-wasters, and that’s always fun. Well, I mean, The Nun is not exactly fun… The Nun by Hope Madden […]
  
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• The List: Top 10 Dangerous Intersections in Central Ohio

  07-09-2018 17:11
  If you’re going to be involved in a car crash in Columbus, it’s most likely to happen on a high-capacity arterial road. Streets includingCleveland Avenue, Morse Road, Broad Street, James Road and Dublin-Granville Road have continued to dominate the annual chart released by the Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) of high-crash intersections. Many of […]
  
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• US adds a strong 201K jobs; unemployment stays at 3.9 pct.

  07-09-2018 16:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring in the United States picked up in August as employers added a strong 201,000 jobs, a sign of confidence that consumers and businesses will keep spending despite the Trump administration's ongoing conflicts with its trading partners.The unemployment rate remained at 3.9 percent, near an 18-year low.Friday's August jobs report from the government also showed that paychecks are growing faster. Average hourly wages are now 2.9 percent above where they were a year earli
  
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• 14-year-old arrested after emailing threat to shoot up Reynoldsburg school

  07-09-2018 16:21
  
  REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Police responded to the Reynoldsburg High School Summit Campus Thursday after school officials received a threatening email.School officials said the threat came around 3 p.m. from an unknown person stating they were going to shoot up one of the Reynoldsburg schools.Reynoldsburg Police say they were able to identify that a 14-year-old student sent the threatening email. He was arrested Friday and taken to Licking County Juvenile Court.The 14-year-old was charged with teleco
  
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• Cher to perform in Columbus; "Here We Go Again" tour stops at Nationwide Arena in February

  07-09-2018 15:34
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Cher is bringing her "Here We Go Again" tour to Columbus next year.She'll perform at Nationwide Arena on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019.Tickets for the Columbus stop go on sale Friday, Sept. 13.Anyone who purchases tickets online will be able to redeem a physical or digital copy of Cher’s new album “Dancing Queen”.Cher is expected to perform many of her hits along with some new songs from the Dancing Queen album – Cher’s tribute to the music of ABBA –
  
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• NCAA accused of failing to protect football players from head injuries

  07-09-2018 14:29
  
  The NCAA is facing four wrongful death lawsuits over football head injuries. Former college football players and their families claim the organization failed to protect them from injuries and resulting brain damage, including the degenerative disease, CTE. For five years, Diantha Stensrud watched her husband, Rod, disappear into the fog of Alzheimer's."It was horrible. The worst nightmare," Stensrud told "CBS This Morning," adding, "To see him suffer was – it was just terrible."Old photos
  
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• 2 OVI checkpoints planned tonight in Delaware County

  07-09-2018 14:23
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY --The Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Delaware County Sheriff's Office will conduct two OVI checkpoints Friday night to combat impaired driving.This first will be held from 8 P.M. to 10 P.M. on Sawmill Parkway, in Delaware County.The second OVI checkpoint will be held from 11 P.M. to 1 A.M. on US 23.Law enforcement in the area is also operating saturation patrols to aggressively combat alcohol-related injury and fatal crashes, according to OSHP.---EDITOR’S NOTE: Why are t
  
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• News anchor shares personal story of loss to opioids

  07-09-2018 14:16
  
  The number of Americans dying from drug overdoses is dramatically increasing. The CDC estimates overdoses killed more than 72,000 people last year and it has become the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50. News anchor Angela Kennecke of CBS affiliate KELO in South Dakota has covered the overdose crisis for about 10 years. Four months ago, Angela lost her own daughter to the epidemic when she overdosed on the opioid fentanyl. When Angela returned to work this week, she shared
  
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• News anchor goes on air to share story of her daughter's fatal overdose

  07-09-2018 14:16
  The day that news anchor Angela Kennecke found out her daughter died from a fentanyl overdose, she was working on a story about the opioid epidemic. "I got a frantic call from her dad, saying, 'I think Emily's OD'd. You need to get over here right now.' I can't even describe to you what it's like to hear those words," Kennecke said. Kennecke, an investigative reporter with South Dakota CBS affiliate KELO, has covered the opioid crisis for about 10 years. She lost her daughter to the epidemic abo
  
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• British Airways travelers' credit card details hacked

  07-09-2018 13:24
  
  Hackers obtained the credit card details of some 380,000 British Airways travelers during a two-week data breach this summer that leaves the customers vulnerable to financial fraud, the airline says.BA's CEO, Alex Cruz, said Friday that enough data was stolen to allow criminals to use credit card information for illicit purposes, and that police are investigating."We know that the information that has been stolen is name, address, email address, credit card information; that would be credit card
  
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• Woman sunbathing in Cincinnati-area parking lot run over, killed

  07-09-2018 13:21
  
  Police in suburban Cincinnati say a woman who was accidentally run over by a vehicle while she tanned in a parking lot has died.Authorities say the woman was sunbathing behind a Cheviot home Thursday when a vehicle pulled into the driveway. Investigators say the driver didn't see the woman and drove over her. Bystanders heard screaming and rushed to the lot to lift the vehicle off of the woman.The woman was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. Police ha
  
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• Program lets Hilliard students earn college credits in high school

  07-09-2018 13:16
  HILLIARD, Ohio— One Ohio school system is giving its students a head start when it comes to college.The College Jumpstart Network is a partnership between Hilliard City Schools and Columbus State Community College. It offers juniors and seniors the chance to experience college education during their high school career. A student is able to enroll in college-level courses, participate in dual enrollment courses on Hilliard school’s campus, and earn college credits prior to graduation.
  
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• Trial begins for man charged in 'Gyspy Hill' serial killings

  07-09-2018 11:38
  
  REDWOOD CITY, Calif.- A career criminal who authorities believe is the Gypsy Hill Killer faces trial Friday in Northern California for the murders of two young women four decades ago.Law enforcement officials believe Rodney Halbower, 69, is the man who raped and killed six young women during a five-month period in 1976.The serial killer was given his nickname when one of the bodies was found in the Gypsy Hills section of Pacifica, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of San Francisco.Opening sta
  
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• Police suspect alcohol or drugs played role in deadly Licking Co. motorcycle crash

  07-09-2018 08:51
  
  LICKING COUNTY, Ohio - The Granville post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash in Madison Township that happened just before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.According to police, Jesse Allen Gillispie, 39 of Newark, was heading west onMarne Road NE near Licking Valley Road NE when he attempted to pass a vehicle in front of him. That car was in the process of making a left turn into a driveway. Police say Gillispie struck that car, went off the road, and was ejected from the moto
  
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• Emotions run high in disciplinary hearing for Judge accused of sexual harassment

  07-09-2018 04:36
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - There were explosive and emotional moments at the Ohio Supreme Court Thursday, as a judge accused of sexual harassment faces possible removal from the bench.Two women accuse Court of Appeals Judge Tim Horton of sexually harassing them.Thursday, Horton broke down while trying to defend himself.It the fifth and final day of testimony in the case of the Ohio Disciplinary Counsel versus Judge Timothy Horton.Three members of the Board of Professional Conduct have heard two women weep
  
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• Press Conference: CPD Vice Policies & Procedure Review

  07-09-2018 02:47 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Suit seeks payout for immigrant families separated at border

  07-09-2018 01:51
  
  BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration should be held accountable for emotional trauma inflicted on children who were separated from their parents at the U.S. border, lawyers say in a lawsuit that could result in compensation for more than 2,000 immigrant families.The federal class-action lawsuit filed late Wednesday seeks unspecified monetary damages and the creation of a fund to pay for mental health treatment for children who were taken away from their parents after the R
  
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• Columbus police looking for missing veteran last seen in west Columbus

  07-09-2018 00:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police said they are looking for a missing 68-year-old veteran last seen in west Columbus.Charles Bible was last seen driving a 2002 green Jeep Liberty Renegade in the area of Gladstone Avenue and Fisher Road on Wednesday around 6:30 p.m.The vehicle has Ohio license plates with the number GRS8870.He is 5-feet 8-inches tall, weighs about 180 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes.If anyone has any information, they are asked to call Columbus police at 614-645-46
  
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• MORPC releases top 100 high crash intersections in central Ohio

  07-09-2018 00:44
  
  The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) released its Top 100 Regional High-Crash Intersections list for the years 2015-2017.MORPC said the make the annual list to help better understand crash patterns that occur and help prioritize transportation safety investments.This year's top 10:1. Dublin Granville Road/SR 161 @ Maple Canyon Drive (2017 Ranking: 14)
  2. Broad Street/SR 16 @ James Road (2017 Ranking: 2)
  3. E. Livingston Avenue @ Hamilton Road/SR 317 (2017 Ranking: 1)
  4. Morse Road @
  
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