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• Argument over electric scooter leads to shooting in north Columbus

  01-10-2018 23:40
  
  COLUMBUS – A 15-year-old boy was shot four times after an argument over an electric scooter got out of hand Monday afternoon.The shooting happened at about 4:35 p.m. on 23rd Avenue and Gladstone Avenue.According to a press release from Columbus police, an argument over renting a scooter led the suspect to leave and return in a gray car, opening fire at the victims.Police said the victim ended up in 1000 block of 20th Avenue.​The boy was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital a
  
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• 1 taken to Nationwide Children's after shooting in north Columbus

  01-10-2018 23:40
  
  COLUMBUS – One person was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital after a shooting in north Columbus on Monday.According to Columbus police, the shooting happened at about 4:35 p.m. on 20th Avenue near St. Clair Avenue.The victim's condition has not been released at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com as this story develops.
  
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• 11-year-old girl says man exposed himself at the Mall at Tuttle Crossing

  01-10-2018 23:06
  An 11-year-old girl claims a man exposed himself to her at the Mall at Tuttle Crossing over the weekend.The girl's mother told 10TV the girl was in a busy part of the mall Saturday, sitting in the food court when she turned around and saw the man exposing himself under a table next to her.The girl says it looked like the man's shorts were pulled up and she could see his genitals. She was with a friend, they got up immediately and walked away then watched him walk off in a different direction a s
  
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• Crestline mayor caught on camera using racial slur

  01-10-2018 22:33
  Crestline Mayor Allen Moore has issued a public apology for language he admits was "hurtful."The mayor was caught on police body camera repeatedly using the "N word." His statements came during a conversation with Crestline's Chief of Police. Chief Joe Butler filed a complaint July 23.He alleged Moore had repeatedly used the "N word" in his presence, and that he had captured the mayor's slurs on his police body camera.He wrote:"I'm very disgusted and highly offended by Mayor Moore's choice of wo
  
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• Crestline council calls for mayor's resignation after caught using racial slur

  01-10-2018 22:33
  Crestline Mayor Allen Moore has issued a public apology for language he admits was "hurtful."The mayor was caught on police body camera repeatedly using the "N word." His statements came during a conversation with Crestline's Chief of Police. Chief Joe Butler filed a complaint July 23.He alleged Moore had repeatedly used the "N word" in his presence, and that he had captured the mayor's slurs on his police body camera.He wrote:"I'm very disgusted and highly offended by Mayor Moore's choice of wo
  
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• Attorney General Jeff Sessions to speak in Columbus Tuesday

  01-10-2018 22:25
  
  COLUMBUS – United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions is stumping in Columbus Tuesday.According to a press release, Sessions will make a law enforcement announcement and discuss the positive impact that Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) has had to reduce violent crime across communities in America.He will be speaking at 3:15 p.m. at the U.S. Attorney’s Office.In 2017, PSN was reintroduced by the Attorney General as a “program that has been historically successful in bringing t
  
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• 2018 could end up in the record books when it comes to precipitation

  01-10-2018 22:10
  There's no way to sugarcoat it: 2018 has been a wet year. So far we've gotten 43.31 inches of precipitation out at the John Glenn Columbus International Airport which is where the climate records are kept.That's more than a foot of surplus for the year. If we got no more rain for the rest of 2018 we'd still be more than six inches above average for a typical year.This is only the third time in recorded history that we've had this much year-to-date precipitation in Columbus.The last time the rain
  
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• ATF: About 400 Guns stolen from UPS facility in Tennessee

  01-10-2018 22:08
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — About 400 guns have been stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Memphis, Tennessee, and authorities are concerned about the theft's potential effect on public safety in this city and elsewhere.Two people driving a U-Haul truck stole the weapons from a UPS facility in Memphis on Sunday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday. The agency is asking for the public's help in the case: It offered a $5,000 reward for information leading
  
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• Pizza delivery driver credited with thwarting kidnapping

  01-10-2018 22:05
  
  WALDO, Wis. (AP) — A pizza delivery driver in southeastern Wisconsin who saw a woman with a black eye mouthing "help me" at a delivery address is credited with alerting police to a kidnapping.The sheriff's office says a man was paying for the pizza Thursday at the home in Waldo, when the woman in the background also mouthed for the driver to call the police.The Sheboygan Press reports that the driver dialed 911, leading to the arrest of a 55-year-old man at the home.Authorities say the man
  
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• With stakes high, Ohio State WR Victor has defining moment

  01-10-2018 22:01
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer spotted signs in practice recently of a breakout moment coming for Binjimen Victor.Quarterback Dwayne Haskins agreed with Meyer, saying Victor makes plenty of eye-popping plays during the week. Offensive coordinator Ryan Day said the junior receiver's blocking was excellent against TCU two weeks ago and that alone made him worthy of continued opportunities at a deep position for the Buckeyes.Victor, a former four-star recruit from Flor
  
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• Woman found not guilty because insane in child drownings

  01-10-2018 21:48
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware woman charged with drowning her infant son and his 5-year-old half brother has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.The judge entered the verdict Monday after 30-year-old Kula Pelima waived a jury trial and prosecutors said three experts who had examined her all concluded she was legally insane when she killed the children last year.Pelima will remain at Delaware's state-run psychiatric hospital.Authorities say Pelima, a Liberian who entered the U.
  
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• Report: 1000s of DNA profiles in Ohio missing from databases

  01-10-2018 21:38
  
  LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — Thousands of DNA profiles legally required to be collected from adults arrested for felonies or convicted of some misdemeanors in Ohio are missing from state and national crime databases, according to a newspaper network's investigation.The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette reports that the missing profiles include those for people accused of rape and other violent offenses in Ohio. Some police agencies and courts are failing to collect the DNA, according to the newspaper, whi
  
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• US flag shredded by Florence sells for $10,900 on eBay

  01-10-2018 20:51
  
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. flag captured on a live camera as it was being torn to shreds by Hurricane Florence has brought $10,900 at auction.News outlets report viewers watched the flag flying on the Frying Pan Tower get ripped apart as the storm reached the North Carolina coast last month.EBay Inc. said 25 people bid 96 times for the flag. It's not known who made the winning bid.Proceeds will go to the American Red Cross and its relief efforts.Richard Neal bought Frying Pan Tower i
  
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• Tattered flag famous from Florence auctioned for Red Cross

  01-10-2018 20:51
  
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A tattered U.S. flag that captured attention nationwide as it whipped in the wind on the North Carolina coast during Hurricane Florence is being auctioned to raise money for the American Red Cross.The flag was flying over a light station called Frying Pan Tower as Florence made its final approach earlier this month.The tower's owner, Richard Neal, tells The StarNews of Wilmington a live camera feed of the flag blowing in the storm averaged 100,000 viewers an hour on
  
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• First lady Melania Trump departs for Africa on first solo trip abroad

  01-10-2018 19:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump heads for Africa on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour that will take her to every corner of the vast and impoverished continent.Departing on Monday, she opens her first-ever visit to Africa on Tuesday in Ghana in the West, followed by stops in Malawi in the South, Kenya in the East and Egypt in the Northeast.Her first extended turn on the world stage outside the shadow
  
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• Ohio State's Haskins, Young earn Big Ten Player of the Week honors 

  01-10-2018 19:35
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State football has two Big Ten Conference players of the week honorees this week.Quarterback Dwayne Haskins was named the offensive player of the week for the third time and second consecutive week, and sophomore defensive end Chase Young was named the league’s co-defensive player of the week.Haskins struggled at times during the white out at Beaver Stadium but delivered when needed in the 27-26 comeback win over Penn State. He threw for 270 yards and three touc
  
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• Authorities confirm that body found was missing 6-year-old Maddox Ritch

  01-10-2018 19:17
  
  GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are confirming that the body found last week in a North Carolina creek was a 6-year-old boy who went missing days earlier.Gastonia police announced in a statement Monday that the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the body found last week was Maddox Ritch. Police say it's not clear when autopsy results will be complete.Police Chief Robert Helton says "work continues to answer every question we can about his tragic death."Ian Ritch says
  
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• Ohio governor candidates to meet for town hall-style debate

  01-10-2018 18:41
  
  MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's major party governor candidates are ready to meet for another televised debate.Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray, the former federal consumer watchdog, were feisty in their first debate in Dayton Sept. 19. They traded jabs, rapid-fire exchanges and one-liners.Monday's faceoff at Marietta College in southern Ohio will be a town hall-style forum for the candidates to discuss their policy positions and differing visions for the s
  
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• DeWine, Cordray spar, but align against right-to-work

  01-10-2018 18:41
  
  MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's major party governor candidates both say they'd veto right-to-work legislation and foster a civil, bipartisan spirit in Ohio government — and that's about where their agreements ended.Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray, the former federal consumer watchdog, appeared in a policy-heavy second debate Monday at Marietta College. The two sparred over health care issues, guns, opioids and oversight of e-schools.Scott Light and
  
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• More Changes Coming to Parsons Avenue

  01-10-2018 18:30
  Work will continue through the fall on the latest round of streetscape improvements for Parsons Avenue. The scope of the project runs from Livingston Avenue to Hosack Street, and includes a resurfacing of the street and reconfigured travel lanes. “The Department of Public Service believes that this project will improve the traffic flow in this […]
  
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• New Yoga Studio Opens in Victorian Village

  01-10-2018 17:27
  “This is to be a center not only for yoga, but also for meditation and many other wellness offerings,” says Sipra Pimputkar, yoga and mediation teacher in Columbus, Ohio since the 1990s and owner of Yoga-Well-Being. “This space will be a wonderful place for the community.” After being in Grandview since 2011, Yoga-Well-Being is moving […]
  
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• WATCH: Urban Meyer press conference | Ohio State vs. Indiana week

  01-10-2018 17:13
  
  COLUMBUS -- Ohio State head football Urban Meyer is addressing the media Monday from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.Meyer will recap the Buckeyes' comeback win in Happy Valley and discuss this weekend's homecoming game against Indiana.Monday's press conference is expected to begin at 11:45 a.m. Watch live in the video player below or on the 10TV Facebook page.
  ---Latest Ohio State News: Buckeyes move up to No. 3 in AP pollNo. 4 Ohio St rallies in 4th to beat No. 9 Penn State, 27-26WATCH: Urban
  
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• Trump: Trade deal returns U.S. to 'manufacturing powerhouse'

  01-10-2018 17:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated a revised North American trade deal with Canada and Mexico as a return of the United States to a "manufacturing powerhouse," vowing to sign the agreement by late November.But the president noted that the deal would need to be ratified by Congress, a step that could be complicated by the outcome of the fall congressional elections. When told he seemed confident of congressional approval, he said he was "not at all confident" but
  
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• Canada-US reach deal to stay in trade pact with Mexico

  01-10-2018 17:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada is back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline.In a joint statement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said the late Sunday agreement "will strengthen the middle class, and create good, well-paying jobs and new opportunities for the nearly half billion people who call
  
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• Royale Cigar Lounge Celebrates Opening Long in the Making

  01-10-2018 16:30
  Ammar Karmi’s dream has long been to open a cigar lounge, at least since the early 1990s. He says he’s never been a club kind of guy, and he enjoys smoking a good cigar every once in a while. But he couldn’t find anywhere, sans bigger markets like South Beach or Las Vegas, to smoke […]
  
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• Photos: Columbus Crew SC Play Philadelphia Union in Goalless Game

  01-10-2018 15:49
  A half-time reunion of the Columbus Crew’s 2008 MLS Cup winning team was the highlight of the evening, as Crew SC were held to a fairly lacklustre, goalless draw by Philadelphia Union as the push continues towards this years MLS play-offs. Crew SC could’ve put some breathing room between themselves and the visiting Union with […]
  
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• 'Tragedy of grand scale': Vegas shooting victims remembered

  01-10-2018 15:28
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — It has been a year since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, and a woman set to talk at a sunrise ceremony commemorating the lives lost says that although hearts are still healing, she hopes people can move forward from the enormous tragedy with "love and light."Among survivors, victims' family members, first-responders and elected officials offering prayers, songs and speeches on Monday, Mynda Smith will remember her sister. You can watch the one year anni
  
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• Georgia high school football player dies after being injured in game

  01-10-2018 14:13
  
  ZEBULON, Ga. (AP) — A football player at a Georgia high school has died from a severe brain injury.News outlets report Pike County High School student Dylan Thomas was hurt during a game Friday night and flown to a hospital in critical condition. Thomas' uncle, Nick Burgess, says Thomas was hit in the second quarter of the game and later collapsed on the sidelines when an arm and leg went numb.The mayor of Williamson, Steve Fry, tells WAGA-TV Thomas underwent surgery to relieve brain swell
  
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• Iran Guard launches missiles into Syria over parade attack

  01-10-2018 13:41
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched six ballistic missiles early Monday toward eastern Syria, targeting militants it blamed for an attack on a military parade in Iran last month while also threatening regional adversaries as Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers unravels.The launch saw the Guard fire missiles with enough range to strike regional U.S. military bases and targets inside both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.Iran's supreme leader has
  
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• $10,000 wedding ring found by 6-year-old girl who learned to "do the right thing"

  01-10-2018 13:38
  DUBLIN, Ohio - Imagine losing the most special item you own and it's worth more than $10,000. That's what happened to one local mom who lost her diamond rings at a park in Dublin. There are some things in life that are priceless."The fact that he was able to get his money together and get these rings, there's a sentimental value to them and I wanted to pass them down to my kids one day," Caitlin Adkins explains about her wedding and engagement rings.That was the plan for Caitlin Adkins and her h
  
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• Yale classmate recalls Kavanaugh as frequent, heavy drinker

  01-10-2018 12:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents interviewed one of the three women who have accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as Republicans and Democrats quarreled over whether the bureau would have enough time and freedom to conduct a thorough investigation before a high-stakes vote on his nomination to the nation's highest court.The White House insisted it was not "micromanaging" the new one-week review of Kavanaugh's background but some Democratic lawmakers claimed the Wh
  
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• Boy Scout, 12, dies in sand dune collapse in Michigan

  01-10-2018 12:35
  
  Police say a 12-year-old Boy Scout has died after being buried by sand in southwestern Michigan.South Haven police say Gage Wilson dug into the side of a sand dune Saturday and crawled into the small space. The sand collapsed. The incident occurred at a Van Buren County park near Lake Michigan.Police say two boys who were with Gage didn't notice his disappearance for up to 30 minutes. Rescuers were able to get a pulse and rush him to a hospital but he died.The Michigan Crossroads Council of the
  
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• 2 Koreas begin removing DMZ mines to ease military tensions

  01-10-2018 12:31
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korean troops began removing some of the land mines planted at their heavily fortified border on Monday, Seoul officials said, in the first implementation of recent agreements aimed at easing their decades-long military standoff.The demining comes amid resumed diplomacy over North Korea's nuclear weapons program after weeks of stalemated negotiations. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, this month to tr
  
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• Off limits: Report on state college abuse kept from public

  01-10-2018 12:28
  
  Even as top Pennsylvania officials assail the Catholic Church over its cover-up of clergy sexual abuse, a state agency is refusing to release a report on allegations of sexual abuse by a high-ranking state university administrator despite lingering questions about how the accusers' complaints were handled.In a case that bears some broad similarities to — and contains important differences with — the Pennsylvania church scandal that exploded in August, Pennsylvania's higher education
  
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• Man at center of Nobel Literature scandal convicted of rape

  01-10-2018 12:25
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The man at the center of a sex-abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature was convicted of rape and sentenced to two years in prison on Monday.Jean-Claude Arnault, a major cultural figure in Sweden, had faced two counts of rape of a woman in 2011.He was found guilty of one rape, but was acquitted of the other because the victim said she was asleep and judges said her account wasn't reliable.Stockhol
  
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• Florida K-9 dog killed by carjacking suspect

  01-10-2018 12:24
  
  Authorities in Florida say a police dog was shot and killed while chasing an armed carjacking suspect.The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said in social media posts that the K-9 dog named Fang died early Sunday.The sheriff's office said the suspect was apprehended by another K-9 dog at the scene and arrested. The suspect's name was not immediately released.According to a report by The Florida Times-Union, the dogs' human partners were not injured and did not return fire.Fang was a 3-year-old Germa
  
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• Surfer dies from brain eating amoeba after visiting Texas resort

  01-10-2018 12:12
  
  A 29-year-old surfer, Fabrizio Stabile, who recently visited a Waco, Texas, resort has died from what is commonly referred to as a "brain-eating amoeba." BSR Cable Park's Surf Resort is closed while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tests for Naegleria fowleri, a rare but highly deadly amoeba, CBS affiliate KBTX-TV reports."The CDC collected water samples and are currently investigating to find the source. We hope to have results by the end of the week," said Kelly Craine, a s
  
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• First responders' valor recognized at Cincinnati ceremony

  01-10-2018 12:09
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Hundreds of people applauded Monday as police officers and civilians who helped save lives during a gunman's deadly downtown Cincinnati attack were recognized for valor and distinguished service.Police killed the gunman inside the Fifth Third building's lobby along Fountain Square Sept. 6. He had killed three civilians and wounded two more. Mayor John Cranley said the gunman had hundreds of rounds of ammunition that could've killed "many, many more people."He said the res
  
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• Cincinnati Police to commend responders to Fifth Third Bank Center shooting where 3 killed

  01-10-2018 12:09
  
  Police officers and citizens who helped protect others and save lives when a man fatally shot three people and injured two in a bank lobby will be recognized at an event in Cincinnati.The Sept. 6 shooting occurred inside the lobby of the Fifth Third Center on Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati. The shooter was killed by police.Police Chief Eliot Isaac is hosting the recognition event Monday on Fountain Square. Isaac said in a statement that the dedication and quick action of responders ultim
  
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• Cincinnati police to commend responders to bank shooting where 3 killed

  01-10-2018 12:09
  
  CINCINNATI -- Police officers and citizens who helped protect others and save lives when a man fatally shot three people and injured two in a bank lobby will be recognized at an event in Cincinnati.The Sept. 6 shooting occurred inside the lobby of the Fifth Third Center on Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati. The shooter was killed by police.Police Chief Eliot Isaac is hosting the recognition event Monday on Fountain Square. Isaac said in a statement that the dedication and quick action of re
  
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• Non-credible threat closes Licking Heights High School Monday

  01-10-2018 11:18
  
  PATASKALA, OHIO -School officials closed Licking Heights High School out of precaution after a non-credible threat was reported to the district.The district contacted 10TVearly Monday morning to notify parents and will send out other means of communication about the closure.The closure only impacts the high school. All other schools will have a normal school day.This incident remains under investigation.
  
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• Licking Heights High School to resume classes Tuesday after threat

  01-10-2018 11:18
  The Licking Heights Local School District canceled classes at the high school Monday after police say a student intercepted a threat on social media.Pataskala police said the threat was discovered after 11 p.m. Sunday and the decision was made to air on the side of caution and cancel school."It was 11 or 11:30 at night. It didn't really give us enough time to start an investigation, to determine the credibility, and still feel comfortable with school being open," explained Pataskala Police Deput
  
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• Missing adult alert issued for Licking County man

  01-10-2018 09:56
  
  LICKING COUNTY, Ohio -The Licking County Sheriff's Office has issued a missing adult alert. John J. Deering, age 60 of Newark, left his home on September 29 at noon and didn't return.Deering is driving a black 2002 Silverado 2500HD and has a license number of GUF5780. Officials say Deering is on dialysis treatments and does not have his medication with him. According to the Licking County Sheriff's Office, Deering is 5'1", 145 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. Call or dial 911 if you see th
  
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• New CCS board member could be decided Tuesday

  01-10-2018 05:46
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Less than 10 days after Columbus Board of Education member Dominic Paretti submitted his letter of resignation, board president Gary Baker says his colleagues are on track to fill the vacancy in the next couple of days.“Tuesday night the board will meet in executive session during its regularly scheduled meeting to contemplate the applicants,” Baker said.“It is my anticipation that the board will name someone to fill the vacancy on Tuesday.”The vacancy co
  
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• Canadian official: U.S., Canada reach basis of free trade deal

  01-10-2018 04:59
  
  TORONTO — The U.S. and Canada reached the basis of a free trade deal Sunday night, a senior Canadian government official said.The agreement preserved a NAFTA dispute-resolution process that the U.S. wanted to jettison, the official told The Associated Press ahead of an official announcement. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.The agreement also exempts tariffs on 2.6 million cars. On dairy Canada essentially gave the U.S. the same access it offered in
  
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• UMass suspends coach for "rape" comment in officiating rant after loss to Ohio

  01-10-2018 03:55
  
  AMHERST, Mass. — Massachusetts suspended football coach Mark Whipple for one game Sunday after he said one of his players had been "raped" while complaining about the officiating Saturday in a loss to Ohio.Athletic director Ryan Bamford announced the suspension of Whipple without pay for the Minutemen's home game against South Florida on Saturday, and all team activities leading up to it. Defensive Coordinator Ed Pinkham will serve as acting head coach.On behalf of our department, I deeply
  
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• Raiders rally past Browns 45-42 in OT

  01-10-2018 02:35
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. — Derek Carr threw four TD passes and a game-tying 2-point conversion with 30 seconds left in regulation to set up Matt McGrane's 29-yard field goal in overtime that gave the Oakland Raiders their first win since Jon Gruden's return as coach, 45-42 over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.McGrane missed a 50-yard field goal on the opening possession of overtime before Carr drove the Raiders (1-3) back down the field again after a defensive stop for the game winner with 1:46 left
  
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• Christine Blasey Ford hasn't heard from FBI agents investigating Kavanaugh claims, lawyer says

  01-10-2018 01:49
  
  Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to step forward with allegations of sexual assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, has not heard from FBI investigators examining claims made by Ford and others, a member of her legal team said Sunday.The attorney said neither Ford nor her lawyers have been contacted by the FBI despite multiple attempts to reach investigators since President Trump ordered the bureau to conduct a "supplemental" investigation on Friday. Kavanaugh has denied ever sexually assau
  
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• Columbus Dispatch endorses Cordray for Ohio governor

  01-10-2018 01:25
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Dispatch endorsed Democrat Richard Cordray in the race to be Ohio’s next governor in a Sunday editorial.“True, it is rare for this newspaper to favor a Democrat over a Republican for the governor’s office. Since 1962, the Dispatch recommended a Democrat just once in that 56-year span: Ted Strickland won the Dispatch endorsement in 2006 and went on to defeat Republican J. Kenneth Blackwell for the seat previously held by Bob Taft,” the e
  
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