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• Police investigating possible attempted abduction in Marion

  06-12-2018 23:23
  
  MARION, Ohio - Police in Marion are investigating a report of a possible attempted abduction.Police said a white man in a black SUV approached two elementary aged students in the area of Bradford and Franklin Streets around 8 a.m. Thursday.When he pulled up, he motioned for the students to come over to the SUV.One of the children ran away while the other continued to back up while the man walked toward the child.The second child eventually ran away.Police said both children are safe and the man
  
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• Rose Bowl game tickets in Ohio State sections available 

  06-12-2018 22:47
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Tickets are now available for the Ohio State sections for the 105th Rose Bowl Game.The game will be head coach Urban Meyer's final game with the Buckeyes.Fans interested in purchasing tickets for the Rose Bowl Game through the Athletic Department website at https://am.ticketmaster.com/buckeyes/RoseBowl#/.Ticket prices are $180 including service charge. Ohio State receives approximately 22,000 tickets for the game.Those who purchase tickets through the above link are guaran
  
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• Columbus City Schools board member submits harsh letter of resignation

  06-12-2018 22:31
  After serving on the Columbus Board of Education for five years, Mary Jo Hudson said sometimes the best catalysts for change come from outside a system."I feel like I can be much more effective outside the board at this point than in," said Hudson, citing what she called a "tight culture" that's inappropriate for a community board serving Ohio's largest school district."We have this bare majority rule and it's not a healthy governing environment," said Hudson.Her decision to walk away comes on t
  
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• 11-year-old accused of creating "hit list" of students, teachers at Pickerington school

  06-12-2018 21:44
  An 11-year-old is accused of creating a hit list of classmates and teachers he wanted to kill.It happened at Toll Gate Middle School in Pickerington Tuesday.Students at the school became aware of the so-called "hit list" Tuesday and did the right thing, bringing it to the attention of administrators."It's the 'see something, say something' kind of mindset. That was successful in this instance," said Fairfield County Chief Deputy Alex Lape.When questioned by his principal, the 11-year-old told he
  
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• Statewide advisory issued for missing 2-month-old from Hamilton County

  06-12-2018 21:08
  
  A statewide advisory has been issued for a missing 2-month-old from Hamilton County.Cobain Reidmiller was taken by his non-custodial parents, Clint Reidmiller and Kelly Schmid, in the city of Harrison around 11 a.m. Wednesday.Clint is described as a white male, 5 feet 5 inches, 140 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.Schmid is described as a white female, 5 feet 9 inches, 150 pounds, blonde or strawberry hair and blue eyes.Though this is not an amber alert, law enforcement is concerned for his
  
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• Ohio State University issues safety alert following crime trend in residence halls

  06-12-2018 20:42
  
  COLUMBUS - The Ohio State University Police issued a safety alert following a recent crime trend.According to a statement from the university, there have been four burglaries reported between November 19 and November 28.The burglaries happened in unlocked, unattended residence hall rooms in Morrill and Lincoln Towers.A Public Safety Notice has been issued by OSU POLICE https://t.co/5a79aE9HJb— OSU Emergency Mngmnt (@OSU_EMFP) December 6, 2018
  The incidents occurred at various times.The ite
  
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• Zaftig Brewing Heads to Italian Village for Second Location

  06-12-2018 20:32
  Zaftig Brewing Co., a Worthington operation for the last four years, is bringing a second location to Italian Village. They’re one of the first tenants announced for the Beeker building at 115 E. Fifth Ave., along with DiCarlo’s Pizza. Zaftig is known for their big, heavy, high ABV beers. They just released a raspberry chocolate […]
  
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• 10TV, NBC4, ABC6 come together in honor of Chris Bradley

  06-12-2018 19:22
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – 10TV (WBNS-TV) and NBC4 (WCMH-TV) and ABC6 (WSYX) are coming together to honor the life of Chris Bradley.All 3 broadcasters are partnering with Be The Match to air a special raising awareness for bone marrow donation and remembering friend and colleague Chris Bradley. On Monday, December 10, 10TV, NBC4, and ABC6 will air “Standing with Chris” an evening of programming promoting the importance of bone marrow donation and show Central Ohio viewers how they can he
  
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• Plans revealed for new Crew SC Stadium near Arena District

  06-12-2018 19:13
  
  Plans were revealed Thursday for a new Columbus Crew SC stadium to be developed near the Arena District neighborhood.The proposed Confluence Village is planned on 33 acres west of Huntington Park with 13 acres for the $230 million, 20,000 seat stadium.Ground would break in August of 2019. Completion is expected by March of 2021.“This is the next step in what some may have thought was an impossible dream,” said Alex Fischer, President and CEO of the Columbus Partnership. “Today&
  
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• Around Columbus: Franklinton.org Launch Celebration

  06-12-2018 19:00 via youtube.com
  
  
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• New Crew SC Stadium and Mixed-Use Development Proposed for Downtown

  06-12-2018 18:44
  The Columbus Partnership and the prospective ownership group of Columbus Crew SC unveiled a plan today to build a $230 million soccer stadium and adjacent mixed-use development at the western edge of the Arena District. The long-awaited announcement calls for the new stadium to be built on 13 acres of land on the north side […]
  
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• Short North Basil Closes, Making Way for New Restaurant by Basil and Bodega Owners

  06-12-2018 18:19
  Basil’s Short North location has closed to make way for a new restaurant from Basil owner Rhome Ruanphae and Bodega owner Brian Swanson. The name and concept are still up in the air, but the team says new details will emerge in January 2019. “I think the area has just grown so much that after […]
  
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• Two Former Barcelona Chefs Will Open a New Restaurant in the University District

  06-12-2018 17:18
  Two former Barcelona chefs are striking out on their own to open a new restaurant in the University District. Alqueria, offering traditional American dishes with a twist, will open in the former Angry Baker space at 247 King Ave. in early 2019. At the helm are Jacob Hough and Patrick Marker, who served as executive […]
  
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• Baby elephant born at Columbus Zoo

  06-12-2018 16:40
  
  POWELL, OH –The first baby elephant to be born at the Columbus Zoo as a result of artificial insemination was announced Thursday.Officials say the mother, Phoebe, is a 31-year-old Asian elephant who came to the Zoo in January 2002 and gave birth to the calf at 3:09 a.m.The calf will remain behind the scenes to allow bonding time between Phoebe and her new baby.The baby joins the herd of six Asian elephants in the Asia Quest region: males, Hank and Beco, and females, Phoebe, Connie, Sundara
  
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• Thousands salute Bush funeral train 4141 on final Texas ride

  06-12-2018 16:36
  HOUSTON (AP) — Thousands waved and cheered along the route as funeral train No. 4141 — for the 41st president — carried George H.W. Bush's remains to their final resting place on Thursday, his last journey as a week of national remembrance took on a decidedly personal feel in an emotional home state farewell.Some people laid coins along the tracks that wound through small town Texas so a 420,000-pound locomotive pulling the nation's first funeral train in nearly half a century
  
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• Texas bids Bush farewell with country music, funeral train

  06-12-2018 16:36
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — George H.W. Bush, who shaped history as 41st president and patriarch of a family that occupied the White House for a dozen years, is going to his final rest Thursday in Texas.
  More than 11,000 people paid their respects to Bush as his casket lay in repose all night at a Houston church where his family worshipped. Some visitors waited for hours to pay tribute to Bush, who will be buried Thursday following a funeral at St. Martin's Episcopal Church.The country said goodbye to
  
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• Bush, president and patriarch, is home for Texas burial

  06-12-2018 16:36
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — George H.W. Bush, who shaped history as 41st president and patriarch of a family that occupied the White House for a dozen years, is going to his final rest Thursday in Texas.
  More than 11,000 people paid their respects to Bush as his casket lay in repose all night at a Houston church where his family worshipped. Some visitors waited for hours to pay tribute to Bush, who will be buried Thursday following a funeral at St. Martin's Episcopal Church.The country said goodbye to
  
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• Asian Elephant Born at Columbus Zoo

  06-12-2018 16:26
  Early this morning, at 3:09 am, an Asian elephant was born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to mother Phoebe, a 31-year-old elephant. At this time, the baby’s sex is unknown. Elephants have the longest gestational period of all mammals, lasting approximately 22 months. The calf is a result of artificial insemination and is the […]
  
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• School Board Member Pens Resignation, Cites “Completely Inadequate Model of Governance”

  06-12-2018 16:19
  Editor’s note: Mary Jo Hudson joined the Columbus Board of Education in 2014. She’ll leave her position by year’s end, aiming to work outside the system to facilitate change. Read her full letter of resignation below. Dear Treasurer Bahorek and Board Colleagues: With the clear conviction that I can best help affect change from outside […]
  
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• Newark High School closes due to water main break

  06-12-2018 16:11
  
  NEWARK - Newark City Schools has closed the Newark High School Thursday due to a water main break.It was announced on their Twitter page just after 9 a.m.Newark High School classes are canceled today due to a water main break— Newark City Schools (@Newark_Schools) December 6, 2018
  They have not said yet when school will reopen.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• George W. Bush and Michelle Obama's friendship on display at George H.W. Bush funeral

  06-12-2018 14:44
  
  When President George W. Bush greeted former presidents and their spouses at the funeral for his father, George H.W. Bush, he offered more than a handshake to former first lady Michelle Obama. He appeared to slip her a piece of candy, causing Obama to break out in a wide smile.It was a oddly lighthearted moment in the midst of a funeral proceeding, a microcosm of the unusual friendship between the 43rd president and the former first lady. Bush also snuck a cough drop to Obama during former Sen.
  
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• 2019 Proposed Budget: Housing, Economic Development & Small Business

  06-12-2018 14:30 via youtube.com
  
  
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• George W. Bush's emotional eulogy for his father marks a first in U.S. history

  06-12-2018 14:08
  WASHINGTON — Never before has one president eulogized another who was also his father. In 1826, President John Quincy Adams did not learn his father, John Adams, the second president, had died until after he had been buried."Through our tears, let us know the blessings of knowing and loving you, a great and noble man. The best father a son or daughter could have," said former President George W. Bush as he eulogized his father Wednesday.For a moment, through a choked back sob, the son soun
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents Glass Artist Alexandra Fresch

  06-12-2018 14:00
  This Dec. 7-9, Glass Axis will host its annual Holiday Glass Art Sale in the Franklinton Arts District. The art sale will feature the work of over two dozen local glass artists, one of those artists is Alexandra Fresch. We caught up with Alex to learn about what she’s been making and what she’ll be […]
  
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• 5 Tips to Keep Your Holidays Festive and Fraud-Free

  06-12-2018 14:00
  The holidays should be a time of giving, not getting scammed. This year the National Retail Federation expects consumers to spend roughly $720.89 billion during the holiday season, which includes a 15 percent increase in e-commerce sales. With all of this hustle and bustle, it is very easy to become a victim of fraud or […]
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Zero Waste - Thought for Food

  06-12-2018 13:57 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Border agent said he killed to "clean up the streets," DA says

  06-12-2018 13:36
  
  LAREDO, Texas -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been charged with capital murder after telling investigators he killed four female sex workers because he considered them worthless and that he thought he was doing something good for his Texas border city, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said he will seek the death penalty if Juan David Ortiz is found guilty in the September slayings."The scheme in this case, from Ortiz's own words, was to clean up the stre
  
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• Arizona state rep. told to resign after saying African-Americans "don't blend in"

  06-12-2018 13:30
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona city council voted Tuesday to demand the resignation of a Republican state lawmaker whose remarks on race and immigration have led to a growing backlash of criticism and the loss of his chairmanship on a key committee. Tuesday's 6-1 vote by the Prescott City Council comes just days after the Phoenix New Times published Rep. David Stringer's latest remarks.Stringer recently told Arizona State University students that African-Americans "don't blend in" and that Somali im
  
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• Mother denied transplant four times gets new heart, goes home in time for the holidays

  06-12-2018 13:23
  
  Cherron Gilmore, a mother of three from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, received devastating news after giving birth to her youngest child eight years ago. The mother had developed a potentially fatal heart condition, peripartum cardiomyopathy, which affects postpartum women."It was extreme. Like walking to the bathroom was like walking a marathon," Gilmore said in an interview with VCU Health. Her daughter was born three months early, weighing just three pounds. And while baby Khori grew into a
  
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• Charges: Woman shot ex's girlfriend after drawing him away

  06-12-2018 13:11
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman drew her ex-husband outside his apartment with a message about dropping off cold medicine for their 3-year-old twins, then sneaked inside and fatally shot his girlfriend while she and the children were decorating a Christmas tree, a Utah prosecutor said Wednesday.Chelsea Watrous Cook is charged with aggravated murder, burglary and violence in the presence of a child in the killing of Lisa Vilate Williams. No attorney was immediately listed in court records for
  
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• USA Gymnastics files for bankruptcy after sex-abuse scandal

  06-12-2018 12:58
  
  USA Gymnastics is turning to bankruptcy in an attempt to ensure its survival.The embattled organization filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on Wednesday in an effort to reach settlements in the dozens of sex-abuse lawsuits it faces and to avoid its potential demise at the hands of the U.S. Olympic Committee.USA Gymnastics filed the petition in Indianapolis, where it is based. It faces 100 lawsuits representing over 350 athletes in various courts across the country who blame the group for fail
  
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• Ohio jail officer investigated after inmate's death is fired

  06-12-2018 12:57
  
  A veteran officer at the Cleveland-area county jail has been fired amid an investigation into his actions on the day an inmate died after an apparent drug overdose in August.A Cuyahoga County spokeswoman says the officer was fired Tuesday for failure to perform his duty and for falsifying records the day 47-year-old Joseph Arquillo died.Cleveland.com reports the officer logged that he'd made his required rounds but later acknowledged the log was inaccurate and he'd been distracted by other tasks
  
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• F-35 program expected to bring 400 new jobs to Ohio air base

  06-12-2018 12:53
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — Congress members representing southwestern Ohio say Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton will get at least 400 new jobs as it adds a mission related to managing versions of the F-35 strike fighter.The Pentagon's decision to base the F-35 Hybrid Product Support Integrator Organization at Wright-Patterson was announced this week by Ohio's senators, Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Sherrod Brown, and GOP Rep. Mike Turner.The Dayton Daily News reports the mission has t
  
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• Philippines arrests US priest accused of abusing altar boys

  06-12-2018 12:52
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine immigration authorities say they have arrested an American Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting altar boys in a remote central town in a case one official described as "shocking and appalling."Bureau of Immigration spokeswoman Dana Sandoval said Thursday the Rev. Kenneth Bernard Hendricks, who has been indicted in Ohio for alleged illicit sexual conduct in the Philippines, was arrested in a church in Naval town on the island province of
  
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• 1 student killed when truck collides with Indiana school bus

  06-12-2018 12:51
  
  ARGOS, Ind. (AP) — A teenage boy was killed and another student was injured when a flatbed truck collided Wednesday in northern Indiana with a school bus carrying students on a field trip to see a Christmas musical, police said.The boy, who was seated in the left rear of the bus, died after the truck rear-ended the bus along U.S. 31, near the Marshall County town of Argos, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of South Bend, said Indiana State Police Sgt. Ted Bohner.A 14-year-old boy who wa
  
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• Ohio election regulators to hear Libertarians' debate claims

  06-12-2018 12:47
  
  The Libertarian Party of Ohio contends it was unfairly excluded from a fledgling debate series in Ohio's 2018 governor's race, and is scheduled Thursday to air its claims before state election regulators.The Ohio Elections Commission must decide whether three face-offs that the new Ohio Debate Commission arranged this year between two major-party gubernatorial candidates, Republican Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray, constituted illegal corporate contributions by the debate sponsors.It's
  
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• Jury set to deliberate murder case in 2017 fatal car ramming

  06-12-2018 12:47
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A prosecutor told a jury Thursday that James Alex Fields Jr. had hate and violence in his mind when he deliberately drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally, killing one woman, injuring dozens and leaving bodies strewn on the ground.As prosecutors urged jurors to find Fields guilty of first-degree murder and other felonies for the deadly August 2017 crash, his lawyers made a final attempt to convince them that Fields had plowe
  
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• Closing arguments expected in white nationalist trial

  06-12-2018 12:47
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of a man accused of killing a woman and injuring dozens at a white nationalist rally are expected to hear closing arguments in the case after testimony from final defense witnesses.James Alex Fields Jr. is charged with first-degree murder and other counts for driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017.Closing arguments are expected Thursday afternoon after the defense calls its last witnesses.Fields'
  
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• Son of slain Ohio couple indicted on aggravated murder charge

  06-12-2018 12:43
  
  NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio (AP) — The adult son of a couple found fatally shot in their suburban Cleveland home has been indicted on aggravated murder charges.Authorities say 44-year-old Michael Brewer, who also goes by Michael Lucak, was indicted Wednesday on burglary and theft charges.Court records indicate he's being represented by a public defender. A message seeking comment was left at that office.Police in North Royalton found the bodies of Dennis and Helen Lucak on Nov. 11 after a relativ
  
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• Presidential funeral train will be first in nearly 50 years

  06-12-2018 12:43
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — The locomotive was painted to resemble Air Force One, but George H.W. Bush joked that if it had been around during his presidency, he may have preferred to ride the rails rather than take to the skies."I might have left Air Force One behind," Bush quipped during the 2005 unveiling of 4141, a blue and gray locomotive commissioned in honor of the 41st president and unveiled at Texas A&M University.On Thursday, that same 4,300-horsepower machine will carry Bush's casket, a
  
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• Infant ibuprofen sold at Walmart, CVS, Family Dollar recalled

  06-12-2018 11:51
  
  Tris Pharma Inc. has issued a nationwide recall for three lots of infants' ibuprofen concentrated oral suspension.Tris Pharma Inc. recalled the infants' ibuprofen Wednesday due to higher levels of ibuprofen found in the product.The recall states that some infants who may be more susceptible to a higher potency level of drug, may be more vulnerable to permanent NSAID-associated renal injury.Symptoms of high exposure to ibuprofen in infants include nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, or more rarely
  
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• Alert issued for missing 88-year-old man in Marion County

  06-12-2018 04:43
  
  MARION COUNTY, Ohio -The Marion County Sheriff's Office is looking for a missing man who has Alzheimer's.A statewide alert was issued for 88-year-old John Pierron after he was last seen Wednesday around 1 p.m. on Forest Lawn Drive in Marion.Pierron is 5-feet 8-inches tall, weighs 140 pounds, and has gray hair and brown eyes.He was seen driving a black 2013 Honda CRV with Ohio license plate AN30MT.If anyone has any information or they see Pierron or the vehicle, they are asked to call 911.
  
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• Police: Suspect shot by officer during undercover operation in southeast Columbus

  06-12-2018 03:54
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Division of Police said they are investigating an officer-involved shooting Wednesday night.Police said it happened in the 2800 block of Duvall Lane in southeast Columbus around 8 p.m.Columbus police said a SWAT officer was undercover to do an exchange set up on LetGo.com, a site used to buy and sell mainly used items.Police said the suspect, 18-year-old Kyler Collier, robbed the officer and another officer involved in the operation shot Collier.Collier was ta
  
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• Police looking for missing 12-year-old girl last seen in west Columbus

  06-12-2018 02:56
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing 12-year-old girl.Police said Ikran A. Sheakue was last seen around 4:15 p.m. Wednesday getting off the school bus on Red Forest Lane in west Columbus.She was seen walking toward the door of her apartment.She was wearing a yellow burka along with a dress with tiny green flowers on it, police said.She had on a gray coat with a hooded sweatshirt and black shoes.Officers checked the immediate area, are checking vi
  
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• Remembering Chris Bradley: A look at his career and community service

  06-12-2018 00:18
  Chris Bradley had been our Chief Meteorologist for the past 12 years.Respected for his work and loved for his personality, Chris quickly developed a strong following on 10TV and on social media.Chris connected with the community on many levels and many ways.When Chris took the air on July 1, 2006, he brought sunshine, even when the forecast called for rain.His booming voice and effortless knack for connecting with viewers made him number one in the market.He was an unabashed “weather geek,
  
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• Remembering Chris Bradley: Cancer community, local survivors give thanks

  06-12-2018 00:11
  Chris Bradley was active in the fight against cancer long before his diagnosis.For years, he and his family rode and raised money in Pelotonia, the annual bike ride that raises money for cancer research.But from the moment of his diagnosis, he became a personal and public champion to many- those who knew him, and those who didn't.They are the words no one is prepared to hear:"You have cancer.""It just takes your breath away. And so many things just flash through. Not only your own life, but your
  
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• Remembering Chris Bradley: Caregivers call him gracious and grateful, even through illness

  06-12-2018 00:10
  Chris' walk with cancer was long and arduous.It meant months in the hospital, countless tests and trials and procedures.With his family's permission, some of the people who guided him through his treatment spoke with 10TV about Chris.Before March of 2017, they only knew him as the guy from TV."I knew he was a meteorologist, but I didn't really know him,” said Danielle Dunnington, one of Chris’ primary nurses at the OSU James Cancer Hospital.Chris Bradley wasn't the first, or last, hi
  
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• Remembering Chris Bradley: Until the end, a man of faith

  06-12-2018 00:09
  Chris's guiding force, through good times and bad, has been his faith.It is what sustained him and his family through his final hours.Those who knew him best say Chris stood firm, that death was not the end.In what he chose as one of his final public statements, Chris spoke of his unshakable faith, in a video produced by the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church."Knowing that God loves you and that you're saved, and that you have eternal life. And when you realize that, it's not re
  
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• Remembering Chris Bradley: A proud leader in the LGBTQ community

  06-12-2018 00:09
  At the center of Chris' life and heart was his family: his husband Jason, and his beautiful children Spencer and Maria.For Chris that meant sharing his love for them with you at home.And for the local LGBT community, that made him a role model.Chris announced the end of his fight with cancer with a Facebook post and a photo from what he called the happiest day of his life:The day he married his husband Jason, their two children at their side.Pastor Don Wallick knew the Bradley-Krausses when they
  
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• Remembering Chris Bradley: Leave your condolences for the family

  06-12-2018 00:06
  
  10TV Meteorologist Chris Bradley passed away Wednesday afternoon after a battle with Leukemia.Please feel free to leave your condolences to the Bradley family or your share your memories of Chris.Your messages will be passed along to the Bradley family. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
  
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