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• "I kind of forgot today was 9/11": Students taught tragedy they don't remember

  11-09-2018 23:57
  Every year the question is asked: "Where were you on September 11?"For many, the answer is a detailed recollection of the chaotic moments just after a plane crashed into the World Trade Centers.For most students, the memory isn't as vivid. In fact, it doesn't exist at all."To be completely honest, I kind of even forgot today was 911," said Daizy Asante, an 11th grader who was born in 2002."You were the first generation that was born after, or maybe right before," Oliver Corrigan said to his hist
  
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• Hilliard teacher resigns after issuing “morality test”

  11-09-2018 23:54
  
  A high school teacher in Hilliard has resigned after she gave a quiz on ethical dilemmas that included questions about sex and violent behavior.The online test asked students to rank certain situations on a sliding scale from "OK" to 'not "OK."It included scenarios such as "a man kills a baby rabbit with a knife" on live TV.Another one said, "a brother and a sister decide that they want to sleep with each other, just once, to see what it would be like."The teacher was placed on administrative le
  
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• Chillicothe police looking for 2 missing teenage girls who may be in Columbus

  11-09-2018 23:16
  
  CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – Chillicothe police are asking for the public’s help in finding two missing teenage girls.The girls may be in the Columbus area, according to Columbus police.Police are looking for 14-year-old Asianaa Fairrow and 15-year-old Quiyanna Anderson.Fairrow is 5-feet 2-inches tall and weighs 125 pounds.She has short brown hair and brown eyes.Anderson is 5-feet 4-inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. She has dark red hair and was last seen wearing a pink Hilton Head shirt and
  
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• Coroner: Cincinnati gunman wanted to kill 'as many people as he could'

  11-09-2018 22:46
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The county coroner on Tuesday described the gunman in the fatal shootings in downtown Cincinnati as determined to kill "as many people" as possible without hesitation and said that she had met one of the victims.Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco reported on autopsy findings from the Fifth Third Bank building shootings last Thursday. She said the gunman who used a 9 mm handgun fired both standard bullets and hollow-point bullets, which often inflict more damage to bodies.A Fifth Third
  
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• 911 Remembrance Ceremony 2018

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• Ohio-Virginia game relocated due to Florence

  11-09-2018 22:29
  
  Virginia is moving its football game against Ohio to Nashville, Tennessee due to Hurricane Florence's approach.Cavaliers athletic director Carla Williams says safety is the top priority in the decision. Relocating the game also will allow emergency personnel in the Charlottesville, Virginia area to focus on regional needs brought by the hurricane.The Cavaliers (1-1) will face Ohio (1-0) on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt Stadium. Admission will be free.
  
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• Hurricane Florence cancels Columbus couple's beach wedding

  11-09-2018 22:19
  Ranesha Wilson had the perfect beach wedding dress, her customized wedding invitations were sent, her flight booked, and 85 guests were ready to watch her walk down the aisle with the man of her dreams.But as the days grew closer to their September 15 wedding date, she and her groom Jeffery Springer began to spend a lot more time looking at the weather apps on their phone.Hurricane Florence, they now knew, was going to crash their wedding.Monday, they began to cancel their wedding plans, call th
  
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• Ohio State student dies after falling from Lane Avenue parking garage

  11-09-2018 21:49
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio State University student has died after authorities say he fell from a parking garage Tuesday morning.Dispatchers said they were called at 7:28 a.m. on a report of a suspicious person on top of the Lane Avenue Parking Garage.Authorities say the student, identified as Joshua Song, fell from the garage.A spokesperson with Ohio State issued the following statement:“On behalf of the Ohio State community, our thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of J
  
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• NEXT: Theocracy in America?

  11-09-2018 20:55
  My undergraduate major was ancient history, which I switched to (from economics) because of a brilliant and charismatic professor. I hung on his every word. Except for one occasion. He made a statement in class once to the effect that “Every society’s form of government eventually becomes a theocracy.” As an ancient historian, he was […]
  
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• Police looking for 12-year-old boy missing from north Columbus

  11-09-2018 20:23
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police are looking for a 12-year-old boy last seen in north Columbus on Tuesday.Police said Manoj Kharel was last seen the school bus stop around 11 a.m. near Minerva Avenue and Northtowne Boulevard.He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a black jumper.He is described as being 4-feet tall and weighs 60 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.If anyone has any information they are asked to call Columbus police at 614-645-4545
  
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• Florence could hit with punch not seen in more than 60 years

  11-09-2018 20:16
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The last time the midsection of the East Coast stared down a hurricane like this, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds.Hurricane Florence could inflict the hardest hurricane punch North Carolina has seen in more than 60 years, with rain and wind of more than 130 mph.North Carolina has been hit by only one other Category 4 storm since reliable record keeping began in the 1850s. That was Hurricane Hazel in 1954. Hurr
  
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• Video shows teens robbing gas station after clerk suffers "major medical issue"

  11-09-2018 19:38
  
  Police in Auburn, Washington, are searching for an adult male and two male teens who they say stole money and merchandise from a gas station clerk who collapsed and suffered a "major medical issue." The incident was captured on surveillance video, which was released by police on Monday.The Auburn Police Department said the group entered the Shell gas station on 201 Auburn Way South around 6 p.m. on Saturday. One of the teens grabbed two pepperoni sticks. He ate one and gave the other to the seco
  
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• Indictment likely for couple accused of taking donations from homeless man, lawyer says

  11-09-2018 18:39
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey couple under investigation after a good Samaritan accused them of dipping into some of the $400,000 in online donations they raised for him is likely to be indicted, their attorney said Monday.Ernest Badway represents Mark D'Amico and Katelyn McClure in a civil case against Johnny Bobbitt. In this Nov. 17, 2017, photo, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., left, Kate McClure, right, and McClure's boyfriend Mark D'Amico pose at a Citgo station in Philadelphia (Elizabeth Robe
  
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• The Pizzuti Collection to Become the Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art

  11-09-2018 18:19
  In celebrating five years of operating the Pizzuti Collection, founders Ron and Ann Pizzuti have announced that as of January 1, 2019, the Pizzuti Collection will be transferred to the Columbus Museum of Art. The Board of Directors of the Pizzuti Collection and the Board of Trustees of the Columbus Museum of Art have put […]
  
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• Medical testimony debate heard in Ohio buried newborn case

  11-09-2018 18:04
  
  MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Ohio appeals court judges will rule later on whether medical staffers should be allowed to testify in the trial of a teen mother accused of killing and burying her newborn baby near her family's house.Defense attorneys and prosecutors debated the issue Tuesday in the 12th District Court of Appeals in Middletown in southwest Ohio.Attorneys for Brooke Skylar Richardson want to bar prosecutors from presenting testimony from an obstetrics-gynecology practice's medical s
  
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• Columbus Rotary: Hot Chicken Takeover

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• Trump hails 'brave patriots' aboard Pennsylvania 9/11 flight

  11-09-2018 17:43
  
  SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday remembered the "band of brave patriots" aboard a Sept. 11 flight that crashed in Pennsylvania, praising passengers and crew members who resisted hijackers and sent a message that the nation would "never, ever submit to tyranny."Trump honored those killed 17 years ago at a rural field where the fourth airliner of the day crashed after those aboard realized what was happening and several passengers tried to storm the cockpit. The pres
  
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• Portion of I-70 downtown to close in both directions this weekend

  11-09-2018 17:38
  In order to install steel beams for the new Grant Avenue bridge this weekend, ODOT crews will close I-70 EB & WB between SR-315 and I-71, beginning Friday, Sept.14 at 9 p.m.Eastbound I-70 will reopen Sunday morning, while I-70 westbound will remain closed until 5 a.m. on Monday.The new Grant Avenue Bridge is expected to open by Dec. 31 of this year, weather permitting. This is one in a series of ODOT projects to improve the I-70/71 corridor through downtown Columbus.10TV talked with ODOT abo
  
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• Local Artist Spotlight: Julie Paulino

  11-09-2018 17:06
  Interior designer and blogger Julie Paulino has a home that could make for a real-life Pinterest board. Dominican Republic-born and New York City raised, Paulino’s life and career have taken her across the world, and in early 2018, she settled into a quiet Dublin neighborhood with her husband and 9-year-old son. Paulino first moved to NYC […]
  
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• Photos: Car Seat Headrest at Newport Music Hall

  11-09-2018 16:30
  Car Seat Headrest came through town on a dismally wet Sunday night to bring their low-fi indie rock to a sold-out Newport Music Hall. Car Seat Headrest spawned from the humble beginnings of home and car seat solo recordings of singer and chief writer, Will Toledo. In recent years they’ve blossomed into a full touring […]
  
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• TV Review: Ladies Take the Reigns in Second Season of “Ozark”

  11-09-2018 16:00
  The Netflix powerhouse Ozark is now in its second season, and moving on to the third. With obvious ties to Breaking Bad, the series follows the life of mild-mannered financial advisor Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) who is laundering money for the Mexican drug cartel. Ozark’s first season was a vicious cycle of catastrophes. The characters […]
  
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• Brewed! A Coffee + Beer Celebration

  11-09-2018 15:44
  Columbus CoffeeFest is excited to announce the first annual Brewed! A Coffee + Beer Celebration, combining two of our favorite craft beverages. Join us in the “Coffee Village” on Saturday, September 29 — the eve of the 2018 CoffeeFest — to enjoy coffee samples, local beers, food trucks, live entertainment and more! Ticket holders will each […]
  
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• The Three Sides of Ohio Issue 1

  11-09-2018 15:09
  Ohio Issue 1 is the only statewide measure on the ballot for the general election this November, and people all over the political spectrum have something to say about it. Aimed at reforming drug and criminal justice policies, it would achieve the following: Felony 4 and 5 crimes related to drug possession or use would […]
  
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• Police: Man falls from Ohio State parking garage; condition unknown

  11-09-2018 14:25
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State University Police is investigating after a person fell from a parking garage Tuesday morning.Dispatchers said they were called at 7:28 a.m. on a report of a suspicious person on top of the Lane Avenue Parking Garage.Authorities say the man fell from the garage. He was transported by first responders to Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. His condition is unknown at this time. The victim's identity has not been released and it is unclear if he has any affiliation wi
  
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• Police investigation at Ohio State parking garage closes roads on campus

  11-09-2018 14:25
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State University Police is investigating an incident on Tuesday at the Lane Avenue Parking Garage.Dispatchers said they were called at 7:28 a.m. on a report of a suspicious person on top of the parking garage located at the corner of Neil Avenue and Tuttle Park Place.Police closed Tuttle Park Place between Woody Hayes Drive and Lane Avenue.Heavy traffic was reported in the area. 10TV’s Molly Brewer said drivers should take High Street as a detour.Stay with 10TV an
  
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• As opioid crisis rages, cost of overdose antidote spikes

  11-09-2018 12:42
  
  As the opioid epidemic continues to kill tens of thousands of Americans each year, the drug naloxone has proved invaluable in preventing overdose-related deaths. Yet a spike in its cost in recent years has constrained access to naloxone, potentially depriving health care professionals, emergency responders and families of a critical treatment than can save lives.Driving that price spike, experts say: An ongoing surge in overdoses that's boosting demand for naloxone; a dearth of federal rules tha
  
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• Coroner to discuss Cincinnati shooting that killed 3 workers

  11-09-2018 12:35
  
  The county coroner plans to discuss her findings from the fatal shootings at a downtown Cincinnati bank building.Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco has scheduled a Tuesday afternoon news conference. A Fifth Third Bancorp employee and two contractors were killed last Friday, and the gunman was also killed. One person remains hospitalized.The coroner has said she had met one of the dead victims at a local Hindu temple. She says she and 25-year-old bank contractor Prudhvi Kandepi also shared the same Indian home
  
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• Group of men force Ohio woman to drive, shoot her with flare gun

  11-09-2018 12:32
  
  Authorities in northwestern Ohio are searching for six men who they say got into a woman's car, directed her to drive and then shot her in the face with a flare gun.WTOL-TV reports the incident happened Monday evening in Toledo. Authorities say the six suspects got into the woman's car while she was stopped at a gas station. Police say the men directed the woman to drive to a location before they got out.Authorities say one of the suspects shot the woman in the face with a flare gun before fleei
  
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• As Trump fumes over leaks, Woodward pushes back on criticism

  11-09-2018 11:24
  
  President Donald Trump vented over White House leaks Monday as a new tell-all book commands attention, an anonymous writer detailing "resistance" in the administration remains at large and a former staffer reveals more private recordings of the commander in chief.But while Trump continues to insist privately that he wants leakers punished — in particular, the author of an unsigned New York Times opinion piece — it remained unclear if his administration would mete out any discipline.
  
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• Discovery of dog saves Oregon man from sex-crime conviction

  11-09-2018 11:21
  
  The discovery of a black Labrador named Lucy led to the unraveling of a criminal case Monday against an Oregon man who had begun serving a 50-year prison sentence.Joshua Horner, a plumber from the central Oregon town of Redmond, was convicted on April 12, 2017, of sexual abuse of a minor.In the trial, the complainant testified Horner had threatened to shoot her animals if she went to the police about the alleged molestation, and said she saw him shoot her dog, killing it, to make his point.Six m
  
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• Amber Alert issued for two children believed to be with their mother following a murder in NE Ohio

  11-09-2018 11:02
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland police issued an Amber Alert early Tuesday for two children believed to be with their mother.Authorities are looking to locate 35-year-old Arriel Bryant who was involved in a fatal shooting in Cleveland around 8:15 p.m. Monday.According to police, Bryant left the scene in a vehicle with her two children.Police are looking for Armani Kelley, 8, and Anijah Kelley, 4.Anyone with information is asked to call 911 right away.
  
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• Amber Alert canceled for 2 Ohio children after fatal shooting; mother in custody

  11-09-2018 11:02
  
  CLEVELAND — An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday for two Cleveland children who authorities say were taken by their mother after a shooting in which their father was killed.The Amber Alert was canceled late Tuesday morning when the children, ages 4 and 8, were found safe. The mother, 28-year-old Arriel Bryant, was taken into custody, according to police.Cleveland Police say Bryant took the children from their home after the fatal shooting of their father Monday night. Richard Kelley, 30, was
  
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• Progress made on construction at the east side split

  11-09-2018 09:34
  One of central Ohio’s most used highway interchanges has seen a lot of construction over the last few years but by the end of this year, motorists will get a taste of what the progress looks like.ODOT tells 10TV that crews are close to completing a milestone at the I-70/I-71 split.That milestone, the Grant Avenue bridge, is the first big step for the current work being done, according to Natina Ariss, ODOT engineer and I-70/I-71 project manager.“The bridge is kind of driving the sche
  
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• Surge, wind, rain, floods: Hurricane Florence could hit hard

  11-09-2018 05:52
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mandatory evacuations were imposed for parts of three East Coast states Tuesday as millions of Americans prepared for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades.Hurricane Florence's size is "staggering," National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham warned."We could cover several states easily with the cloud cover alone," Graham said. "This is not just a coastal event."Florence's top winds dipped to 130 mph (215 kph
  
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• "Monster" Hurricane Florence nears Carolina coast

  11-09-2018 05:52
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Coastal residents fleeing a potentially devastating blow from Hurricane Florence encountered empty gasoline pumps and depleted store shelves as the monster storm neared the Carolina coast with 140 mph (225 kph) winds and drenching rain that could last for days.While some said they planned to stay put despite hurricane watches and warnings that include the homes of more than 5.4 million people on the East Coast, many weren't taking any chances.A steady stream of vehi
  
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• 'Big and vicious': Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas

  11-09-2018 05:52
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way routes Tuesday as more than 1 million people in three states were ordered to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a hair-raising storm taking dead aim at the Carolinas with 130 mph winds and potentially ruinous rains.Florence was expected to blow ashore late Thursday or early Friday, then slow down and wring itself out for days, unloading 1 to 2½ feet of rain that could cause flooding well inland
  
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• US marks 9/11 with somber tributes, new monument to victims

  11-09-2018 05:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring threat of terrorism in the nation's biggest city.Thousands of 9/11 victims' relatives, survivors, rescuers and others are expected at Tuesday's anniversary ceremony at the World Trade Center, while President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will head to the two other places where hijacked planes crashed on
  
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• U.S. marks 9/11 anniversary; Trump to mark it at Pa. memorial

  11-09-2018 05:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring threat of terrorism in the nation's biggest city.Thousands of 9/11 victims' relatives, survivors, rescuers and others are expected at Tuesday's anniversary ceremony at the World Trade Center, while President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will head to the two other places where hijacked planes crashed on
  
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• Parents weigh in on possible school changes for Columbus City Schools

  11-09-2018 04:39
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Officials with Columbus City Schools held a community meeting on Monday to discuss possible proposals for closing or adjusting school and administrative buildings, plus changes in attendance boundaries, enrollment, feeder patterns or grade configurations.The proposed recommendations include converting Linden McKinley STEM Academy into a middle school, and transferring the 9th-12th graders to East High School."I don’t want my kids going to East," said Nara Abercrombie, mom
  
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• Fighter jets to fly to central Ohio as Florence blows toward coast

  11-09-2018 04:17
  
  HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard are moving jets from Virginia's coast to Ohio as Hurricane Florence careens toward the Eastern Seaboard.Officials from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton said the base's F-22 Raptors and T-38 Talon training jets will begin flying out on Tuesday. They'll be headed for Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in central Ohio.The base in Virginia sits near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and not far from the Atlantic Ocean.U.S. A
  
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• Fighter jets fly to central Ohio as Florence blows toward coast

  11-09-2018 04:17
  
  HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard are moving jets from Virginia's coast to Ohio as Hurricane Florence careens toward the Eastern Seaboard.Officials from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton said the base's F-22 Raptors and T-38 Talon training jets began flying out on Tuesday for Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in central Ohio.The base in Virginia sits near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and not far from the Atlantic Ocean.U.S. Air Force Col. Jason Hind
  
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• Ohio State study uncovers top sources of distracted driving

  11-09-2018 03:57
  There are more distractions than just cellphone use that can cause drivers to take their eyes off the road.The Risk Institute at the Ohio State University has been doing research on distracted driving for more than a year now.The top distractions may not be what you think.Researchers found the number one behavior behind the wheel that steals a driver’s attention is the radio.People will adjust the volume or change the station.Risk Institute Director Phil Renaud said some of today’s n
  
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• Officials: Rabid bat found in Arena District

  11-09-2018 01:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – A rabid bat was found in the Arena District of Columbus according to Columbus Public Health.The live bat was found around 9 p.m. on August 19 on the sidewalk at the corner of John H. McConnell Boulevard and Nationwide Boulevard.The person who found the bat took it to the Ohio Wildlife Center.The bat was tested for rabies and the tests came back positive on September 10.Columbus Public Health said anyone who touched a bat in that location on August 19 before the bat was fou
  
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• Dallas officer who killed neighbor in wrong apartment says he ignored verbal commands

  11-09-2018 01:48
  DALLAS (AP) — The case against a Dallas police officer who shot and killed a neighbor will be presented to a grand jury, which could decide on more serious charges than manslaughter, the district attorney said Monday as an affidavit provided a fuller description of the officer's account.Lawyers for the victim's family questioned why it took three days for officer Amber Guyger to be charged and why she was so quick to use deadly force in her encounter with 26-year-old Botham Jean, who lived
  
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• Genoa Township will vote on development for 64 homes

  11-09-2018 01:30
  The owner of a42-acre site in Genoa Township has promised to build homes on the site before only to have the plan scratched.Then he proposed a plan to build a hog farm. That didn't fly either.Now he's back again with another plan to build homes, but homeowners are fighting in all the way to the ballot box.For the first time in recent memory, the Genoa TownshipsDevelopment Department can't remember when a proposed housing project was the subject of a referendum. But that's exactly what's happenin
  
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