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• Civitan Badge of Honor Awards

  27-09-2018 23:50 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Kavanaugh denies Ford accusation, sees 'disgrace'

  27-09-2018 23:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defiant and emotional bid to rescue his Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday denied allegations that he sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford when both were high school students and angrily told Congress that Democrats were engaged in "a calculated and orchestrated political hit.""You have replaced 'advice and consent' with 'search and destroy," he told the Senate Judiciary Committee, referring to the Constitution's charge to senators' duties in c
  
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• Columbus police officer under investigation after deadly shooting relieved of duty

  27-09-2018 23:38
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus police officer who shot and killed a woman after she reportedly stabbed him has been relieved of duty.10TV has learned Andrew Mitchell handed in his gun and badge but is still with the Columbus Division of Police.Mitchell, a 30-year veteran of the Columbus Division of Police, killed 23-year-old Donna Castleberry on August 23.A Columbus police spokesperson said Mitchell being relieved of duty was not solely related to the shooting but a “culmination of thin
  
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• Sheriff’s Office: Burglary ring broken up in Fairfield County

  27-09-2018 22:20
  
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio – Six people have been arrested in connection to an alleged burglary ring in Fairfield County.The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office said they have seen a trend of residential break-ins and burglary reports in the Fairfield Beach area since mid-August.The investigation focused on burglary, theft, and drug trafficking, the sheriff’s said.More people could be arrested as the investigation is ongoing, according to the sheriff’s office.The sheriff’
  
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• More U.S. corporate giants warn tariffs will mean price hikes

  27-09-2018 22:06
  
  DETROIT (AP) — From Ford to Walmart to Procter & Gamble, a growing number of iconic American companies are warning that President Donald Trump's tariffs on U.S. imports are raising their costs and prices.Jim Hackett, CEO of Ford, the second-largest U.S.-based automaker, said Wednesday that Trump's taxes on imported steel and aluminum will cost Ford $1 billion through 2019.Likewise, Walmart, America's largest retailer, has told the administration that Trump's latest round of taxes &mdas
  
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• Restaurant Roundup: News From Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, Challah!, and more

  27-09-2018 21:50
  Columbus has so many new restaurants, expansions, menu updates and other changes, sometimes it’s hard to keep up with everything. That’s why our Restaurant Roundup series was designed to keep you informed with the latest and greatest updates. Here’s what’s new in the local dining scene: Preston’s & Challah! Preston’s: A Burger Joint is now […]
  
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• Generosity Inspires Greatness: My Special Word Fund

  27-09-2018 21:45
  There’s a saying that hangs on the wall of Dwight Smith’s home office: “Our children’s lives are in our hands. Our future is in their hands.” Not far from that is a map of the world with pins where Dwight’s program, My Special Word, is changing children’s lives. Read more about how he’s using words […]
  
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• Correction officers suspended after mistaken release of inmate from Richland County Jail

  27-09-2018 21:37
  
  Richland County Sheriff J. Steve Sheldon suspended three correction officers for mistakenly releasing an inmate early this month.A sergeant and two correctional officers exhibited gross neglect of duty resulting in the escape of inmate Cornelius Phillips.Phillips was released from the Richland County Jail on September 4 prompting a nationwide manhunt to locate him. He was later arrested in Huntsville, Alabama on September 18.Sheriff Sheldon says his office takes this incident very seriously and
  
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• AEP Ohio customers to receive millions in bill credits, rate reductions through settlement

  27-09-2018 21:08
  
  AEP Ohio has filed a settlement with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that will give $607 million in customer benefits.The settlement outlines customer benefits from tax savings created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.“Since Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, AEP Ohio has been committed to seeing that our customers benefit from these savings. This settlement provides customers with $263 million in immediate rate reductions.” said Julie Sloat, AEP Ohio president and chief
  
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• Central Ohio Columbus Civitan Club: Badge of Honor awards

  27-09-2018 21:01 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Why no warning was issued for Wednesday’s EF1 tornado in east Columbus

  27-09-2018 20:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Many across East Columbus are still asking the same question about Wednesday morning’s confirmed EF1 tornado.Why was there no warning?Tornado sirens in the area did not go off because the National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio did not issue a warning. As these storms ripped through Midwest Monday afternoon and evening, the Storm Prediction Center(SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma had issued a marginal risk for much of central Ohio and a slight risk in NW Ohio.A small tornado
  
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• Police find body they believe to be missing 6-year-old boy with autism

  27-09-2018 20:26
  
  GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Search crews have found a body they believe to be that of a 6-year-old boy who ran off from his father at a park, a North Carolina police department said Thursday.A statement from Gastonia police said the body was found around 1 p.m. Thursday at a location approximately 4 miles (6 kilometers) from the park where he was last seen. Identification of the body will be done by the medical examiner's office.Last Saturday, his father said Maddox Ritch ran off from him and a
  
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• Mega Weekend – Top Things to Do This Weekend in Columbus

  27-09-2018 20:00
  A beautiful fall weekend ahead of us! Thank you, Columbus! CoffeeFest is sold out. Brewed, the Saturday night event has tickets left. Take a look at some top picks for the weekend and find links to daily lists below. FESTIVALS –Cartoon Crossroads Columbus –Columbus Open Studio and Stage -Head to theCreative Control Fest -Enjoy Chalk […]
  
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• Columbus police chief requests FBI task force to assist in Vice Unit investigation

  27-09-2018 19:53
  
  The Columbus Division of Police has requested the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Public Corruption Task Force in their investigation of its Vice unit.The Task Force includes the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Ohio Auditor of State, and the FBI.Earlier this month, Columbus police announced they would be conducting a 28-day review of the unit, following two high-profile cases.The arrest of porn star Stormy Daniels in a Columbus strip club and the fatal shooting o
  
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• 'They were laughing:' Ford says her attacker was Kavanaugh

  27-09-2018 19:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Indelible.That's the way Christine Blasey Ford described the details of what she says was a sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on a summer evening three decades ago. Asked for the most vivid memory from that night, she did not name a physical violation. Rather, it was a specific sound she heard Kavanaugh and the other boy she says was in the room, Mark Judge."Laughter — the uproarious laughter between the two," Ford, her voice wavering, told th
  
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• Ford recounts 'laughter' in alleged Kavanaugh sexual attack

  27-09-2018 19:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Christine Blasey Ford declared Thursday that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her as he and a friend shared "uproarious laughter" in a locked room at a 1980s high school gathering, recounting her allegations to the Senate Judiciary Committee and a riveted nation in a drama that threatens to derail Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.Her account, delivered in a soft and sometimes-halting voice, came as the Judiciary panel began an extraordinary session that Republicans
  
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• First Look: New State-of-the-Art Animation Center Unveiled at CCAD

  27-09-2018 19:00
  The $1.75 million Cloyd Family Animation Center has opened at the Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD), featuring a stop-motion lab, virtual reality drawing stations, and a digital drawing lab with touch-screen Cintiq displays. The new center is located in CCAD’s Design Studios at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and East Broad Street. The Cloyd Family […]
  
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• Included in House FAA bill: Minimum size for airline seats

  27-09-2018 18:43
  
  The House voted Wednesday to direct the federal government to set a minimum size for airline seats, bar passengers from being kicked off overbooked planes, and consider whether to restrict animals on planes.Those and other passenger-related provisions were included in a bill to authorize Federal Aviation Administration programs for five years. The House approved the measure by a 398-23 vote, sending it to the Senate, which faces a Sunday deadline.The FAA bill is also notable for what is not incl
  
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• Hitch on Film all through October at Gateway Film Center

  27-09-2018 18:00
  Halloween is now only weeks away. How to prepare? You can binge watch every Addams Family and Munsters episode ever recorded (I know I plan to), but there are classier ways to gear up for the holiday. Gateway Film Center (GFC) launches its month-long celebration of Alfred Hitchcock as it prepares for Halloween. Every day […]
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: The Future of Central Ohio

  27-09-2018 18:00 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents: Hartley Lin Comes to Cartoon Crossroads

  27-09-2018 16:39
  Under the pseudonym Ethan Rilly, Montreal-based cartoonist Hartley Lin debuted the series Pope Hats in 2009. Its main serial was about two young women, Frances and Vickie, and how they maintain their friendship amid the chaos of early adulthood. Fast forward to 2018. The pseudonym has been dropped and that serial story from Pope Hats […]
  
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• LA-Based AEG Presents Acquires PromoWest Productions

  27-09-2018 16:38
  Los Angeles-based live entertainment company AEG Presents has announced that it has acquired PromoWest Productions. AEG Presents operates in North America, Europe and Asia through 16 regional offices, produces iconic festivals like Coachella, Electric Forest, and Firefly, and owns, books or manages more than 80 clubs and theaters. Founded in 1983 by Scott Stienecker, PromoWest has grown […]
  
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• Kings Island to close Firehawk roller coaster

  27-09-2018 16:29
  
  Kings Island announced Thursday it will close one of its 16 roller coasters.Firehawk, a steel roller coaster located in the Coney Mall area of the park, will end its run at the conclusion of Kings Island's Halloween Haunt weekends.Park officials say the ride is still popular with many guests but it has reached the end of its service life.Final rides will begin Friday, Sept. 28, with its last days of operation occurring the final weekend of Halloween Haunt and The Great Pumpkin Fest, Oct. 26&ndas
  
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• Local Candle Maker Opening Locations at Polaris, Tuttle

  27-09-2018 16:08
  Just in time for the holiday shopping season, local social enterprise Eleventh Candle Co. will open two new retail locations. The candle maker will set up shop in a free-standing retail kiosk at Polaris Fashion Place and at a temporary pop-up shop at the Mall at Tuttle Crossing. The new retail locations come on the […]
  
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• Restaurant Review: Plank’s Bier Garten

  27-09-2018 16:00
  Befitting its German Village address, Plank’s Bier Garten is a proper bier garten. That is, the corner location features local foods, outdoor community seating, and bier (beer), plus an inside dining space and bar for refuge from the elements. You’ll find guests of all ages settled in, looking perfectly comfortable, and they’re hosted by equally […]
  
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• 911 caller doesn't believe 6-year-old boy with autism was ever at park where he went missing

  27-09-2018 15:20
  
  The father of a missing 6-year-old boy with autism says his son ran away from him in a park last Saturday in North Carolina and he couldn't catch him. The FBI and over 300 officers are searching the more than 240-acre park, including a lake.Investigators say they need more people who were at Rankin Lake Park last weekend to come forward. Maddox's father Ian Ritch was the last person to see him while walking with him and his girlfriend.Police released the 911 call Wednesday that was made nearly a
  
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• Company seeks to build Ohio's largest solar power plant

  27-09-2018 14:34
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Chicago-based company has announced plans to build what would be Ohio's largest solar power plant.The Columbus Dispatch reports Hecate Energy is seeking to build a 300-megawatt power plant on 2,500 acres of land near Mowrystown.The area is located about 90 miles southwest of Columbus and apparently receives the most sun in the state.It is unclear which utility or company would use the power generated from the plant.Patti Shorr, Hecate vice president of project devel
  
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• CBS' 'Murphy Brown' is back, ready to 'make some noise'

  27-09-2018 14:33
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Last season's short-lived "Roseanne" revival blew an air kiss to President Donald Trump in its debut episode before it reverted to finding laughs in family and working-class woes, not politics. Expect "Murphy Brown," another reborn 20th-century sitcom, to be consistently faithful to its own roots.Washington tumult, social issues and the role of journalism will be central when the sitcom starring Candice Bergen as a tough TV reporter returns 9:30 p.m. EDT Thursday on CBS,
  
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• Firefighters investigate air conditioning unit fire on roof of Columbus hotel

  27-09-2018 13:01
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Firefighters are investigating what caused an air conditioning unit to catch fire on the roof of a hotel.Investigators say it happened sometime after 6 a.m. on Thursday at the Hyatt Place on Goodale Boulevard.Firefighters say it was a small fire that was quickly put out with a couple gallons of water.Firefighters say it was contained to the roof only, and nobody suffered any injuries.Now, they are just checking for hotspots.We will continue to update this story as more informat
  
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• Ohio college to host final US Senate debate Oct. 26

  27-09-2018 12:41
  
  OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — A southwest Ohio college campus will host the third and final planned debate of the U.S. senate campaign.A Miami University spokeswoman says details will be announced later on the Oct. 26 debate between two-term Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci. The election is Nov. 6.Officials earlier announced the first debate is Oct. 14 in Cleveland. Another debate is planned in Columbus, but no details have been made public.Renacci has aligned himse
  
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• Live Coverage: Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford testify at Senate hearing

  27-09-2018 12:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It'll be a snapshot of the state of the union.The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday turns on the credibility of its two star witnesses, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says he sexually assaulted her.But there is much more electrifying the atmosphere in the cramped hearing room and the nation beyond the cameras. Allegations by other women. Death threats against the witnesses' families and lawmakers considering the te
  
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• High drama in Senate as Kavanaugh-Ford hearing nears

  27-09-2018 12:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With high drama in the making, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emphatically fended off new accusations of sexual misconduct ahead of a charged public Senate hearing that could determine whether Republicans can salvage his nomination and enshrine a high court conservative majority.The Senate Judiciary Committee — 11 Republicans, all men, and 10 Democrats — was to hear from just two witnesses on Thursday: Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge who has lo
  
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• Trump says he prefers to keep Rosenstein, may delay meeting

  27-09-2018 12:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he would "certainly prefer not" to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and that he may delay a highly anticipated meeting with the Justice Department's No. 2 official.Trump said Rosenstein denied making remarks first attributed to him in a New York Times report, including that he had discussed possibly secretly recording the president and using the Constitution's 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office."I would much prefer keeping Ro
  
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• ACLU asks Chillicothe to repeal panhandling law

  27-09-2018 12:11
  
  CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is asking another Ohio city to repeal a law that makes panhandling a minor criminal offense.At issue is an ordinance in Chillicothe in southern Ohio that addresses "suspicious persons" and which prohibits soliciting donations by an individual.The Chillicothe Gazette reported Wednesday that the ACLU asked the city in a letter last month to overturn the law. The civil rights group pointed to U.S. Supreme Court rulings that say reque
  
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• ACLU asks another Ohio city to repeal panhandling law

  27-09-2018 12:11
  
  CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is asking another Ohio city to repeal a law that makes panhandling a minor criminal offense.At issue is an ordinance in Chillicothe in southern Ohio that addresses "suspicious persons" and which prohibits soliciting donations by an individual.The Chillicothe Gazette reported Wednesday that the ACLU asked the city in a letter last month to overturn the law. The civil rights group pointed to U.S. Supreme Court rulings that say reque
  
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• WhatsApp co-founder: "I sold my users' privacy" to Facebook

  27-09-2018 11:51
  
  Brian Acton, one of the co-founders of the popular messaging app WhatsApp, said he "sold my users' privacy" when Facebook acquired the company. Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock in 2014, its biggest acquisition ever. "I sold my users' privacy to a larger benefit," Acton told Forbes. "I made a choice and a compromise. And I live with that every day."This isn't the first time Acton has criticized Facebook: Earlier this year, he tweeted "#deleteFacebook" in the fallout fr
  
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• Living with fear: Vegas shooting survivor, wife march on

  27-09-2018 11:46
  
  Every time Chris Gilman leaves her home at the foot of Washington's Mount Rainier, she fights the gnawing urge to turn around and check that someone isn't about to shoot her.Sometimes she wins the battle. Sometimes she loses.In the year since the 48-year-old was nearly killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, Gilman has had to get used to living with fear: She has nightmares about family members getting shot, she only sits in spots in restaurants where she can see the exits, and
  
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• 2nd Texas inmate set for execution this week wants it halted

  27-09-2018 11:43
  
  A Texas inmate scheduled to be executed Thursday evening has insisted he didn't fatally run over his girlfriend in a jealous rage more than 18 years ago.Daniel Acker was condemned for the March 2000 slaying of Marquetta George of Sulphur Springs. Prosecutors said he ran over George with his truck in rural northeast Texas because he believed she had been unfaithful to him.Acker's attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution, arguing he is innocent of capital murder because hi
  
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• Woman shot while walking down street in West Columbus

  27-09-2018 09:07
  
  COLUMBUS - Police are investigating a shooting that landed a woman in the hospital.Patrol officers were called to Mt. Carmel West Hospital just before 8 p.m. on Thursday for a report of a gunshot victim.The 46-year-old victim told police she was walking in the 800-block of Regina Court when she heard a gunshot. A bullet hit her in the chest. The victim ran to her apartment for help. A relative drove her to the hospital. The victim told police she did not see who fired the shot. Anyone with infor
  
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• Ross County experiencing issues with 911 system

  27-09-2018 08:23
  
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio - The Ross County Sheriff's Office is making the public aware of issues with the 911 systems.In a release, the office said 911 calls are not coming through. The problem affects calls to the Ross County Sheriff's Office and the Chillicothe Police Department.The department says employees are working to resolve the issue.The community is asked to make emergency calls to the Ross County Sheriff at 740-773-1185 and the Chillicothe Police at 740-773-1191 until further notice.
  
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• 1 person killed in Richland County crash

  27-09-2018 03:26
  
  RICHLAND COUNTY, Ohio – One person is dead after a crash in Richland County on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.OSHP said 41-year-old Earl Daniel, of Mansfield, was driving south on Trimble Road near SR-39 when he hit another car that was turning left from northbound Trimble Road onto SR-39.Daniel’s vehicle then spun and hit an SUV which was waiting to turn left as well.Daniel was taken to Ohio Health Mansfield where he was pronounced dead.The driver of
  
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• Trump says his past accusers influence thinking on Kavanaugh

  27-09-2018 02:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An agitated President Donald Trump acknowledged Wednesday that past accusations of sexual misconduct against him have influenced the way he views similar allegations against other men, including his Supreme Court nominee.Wading into the #MeToo moment, Trump said he views such accusations "differently" because he's "had a lot of false charges made against me." He made the comments at a news conference in New York a day before Judge Brett Kavanaugh was set to testify before
  
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• People in east Columbus shocked by tornado, say there was no warning

  27-09-2018 01:38
  The sounds of chainsaws echoed, Wednesday, in an east Columbus neighborhood.It was a reminder of what happened.Michelle Miller says there was no warning."[I] got woke up to what sounded like a jet plane getting ready to fly through my house and then I hear trees falling everywhere," she said.A quick tornado damaged her house causing eight holes in her roof. She says it took a few minutes to walk outside because of downed trees at the front and back doors."It looked pretty bad, initially, and the
  
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