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• Police investigate fatal Mifflin Township hit-and-run; neighbors highlight safety concerns

  19-12-2018 23:51
  MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio - The Franklin County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of a Tuesday night hit-and-run crash and they are asking for the public's help in finding the driver responsible.Ricky Wanko, 31, was found dead alongside North Cassady Avenue in Mifflin Township just after 5 p.m. Tuesday.Investigators said the vehicle they are looking for may be a Chevrolet pick-up truck.They don't know the model or color, but say it will have left front-end damage."It's heartbreaking. It co
  
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• Urban Meyer, Ohio State players hand out gifts at Nationwide Children's Hospital

  19-12-2018 23:23
  Ohio State Buckeyes Head Coach Urban Meyer and players from the team carried on a tradition at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.The group visited patients at the hospital Wednesday giving out toys and autographs.“We’ve been doing this for 7 years, and this is one of the crown jewels of Columbus, Ohio,” Meyer said. “We feel like this is part of our family, and so, we’re just honored to be here and it’s great for our players to come out and just be a part of
  
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• Shuffle App Answers the Eternal Question of What Should We Do?

  19-12-2018 22:58
  Whether you’re looking for the best boozy brunches, pre-Jackets game hot spots or the top sushi in town, Shuffle is putting recommendation after recommendation at users’ fingertips. “Shuffle is a platform where you can create and discover Playlists of where to go and what to do,” says CEO Jacqueline Rinehardt. Shuffle differentiates itself from other […]
  
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• 9 men charged with baiting, abusing black bears in Florida

  19-12-2018 22:42
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities have charged nine men with setting out bait for black bears, then steering them toward dogs that chased and mauled them.Attorney General Pam Bondi's office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the arrests Wednesday.Investigators say the men lured bears in four north Florida counties with dog food, doughnuts and peanut butter.According to statements from both state agencies, videos posted on social media showed the
  
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• Authorities investigating fatal crash on Beaver Run Road in Union Township

  19-12-2018 22:16
  
  UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio - The Licking County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash that happened Wednesday afternoon in Union Township, the Newark Advocate reported.Authorities said the single-vehicle crash occurred on Beaver Run Road, just northwest of Hebron, shortly before 2 p.m.The report also said the identity of the victim has not been released. Beaver Run Road is closed between Canyon Road and Ohio 37.
  
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• Kasich vetoes gun bill, bars gender identity discrimination

  19-12-2018 22:15
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. John Kasich has acted as expected to veto a bill broadening access to guns and, in a surprise move, has expanded a years-old anti-discrimination order to include gender identity.Both moves Wednesday are consistent with the two-term Republican's recent shift away from his party's right wing toward policies he characterizes as bipartisan common ground.Among those are "red flag" laws allowing gun rights to be temporarily stripped from people who show warning signs o
  
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• Columbus Region to Grow to 3 Million Residents by 2050

  19-12-2018 21:38
  When the Insight2050 study was first unveiled way back in 2014 by the Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC), local planners projected that the Columbus region was on track to add another 500,000 people to its population by the year 2050. An update today confirms that the original projections were a little too conservative — we’re […]
  
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• Former Franklin Township officer seen kicking suspect pleads guilty in use of excessive force

  19-12-2018 21:27
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Franklin Township police officer has pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law after a video recording showed him kicking a suspect in the head.Robert Wells, 49, of Pataskala was indicted on federal charges in September following an investigation from the incident.Recorded May 1, the video showed a police officer holding a suspect's hands behind him, when Wells approached and kicked the suspect in the head. Wells resigned from his position.
  
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• Fed lifts rates for 4th time this year but sees fewer hikes

  19-12-2018 21:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the fourth time this year to reflect the U.S. economy's continued strength but signaling that it expects to slow hikes next year.The quarter-point hike, to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent, lifted the Fed's benchmark rate to its highest point since 2008. The increase will mean higher borrowing costs for many consumers and businesses.The Fed's move to further raise rates came despite President Donald Trump's re
  
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• Macaulay Culkin is 'Home Alone' again, recreating classic scenes in new Google ad

  19-12-2018 20:50
  
  Kevin McCallister had to fend off two bumbling burglars all alone on Christmas in the iconic 1990 movie "Home Alone." If only he'd had a little help back then. Now, 28 years later, Macaulay Culkin is reprising his role as Kevin McCallister, fending off burglars in a new ad. But this time help has arrived — in the form of his Google Assistant.Google recreated scenes from the holiday classic in a new ad released Wednesday. Culkin, as McCallister, wakes up home alone once again and asks Googl
  
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• Yemeni mom on way to give ill son kiss after getting waiver

  19-12-2018 20:27
  
  All Shaima Swileh wants is to give her son one more kiss before he dies.The Yemeni woman is about to get her wish after winning her fight for a waiver from the Trump administration's travel ban so she can fly to California where her 2-year-old son is on life support.The State Department granted Swileh the waiver on Tuesday after lawyers with the Council on American-Islamic Relations sued this week, ending a year-long battle for the family. Swileh is planning to fly to San Francisco on Wednesday
  
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• Yemeni mom cleared to come to US is on way to see dying son

  19-12-2018 20:27
  
  Shaima Swileh simply wants to give her son one more kiss before he dies.The Yemeni woman is about to get her wish after winning a fight for a waiver from the Trump administration's travel ban, allowing her to fly to California where her 2-year-old son, Abdullah, is on life support.The State Department granted Swileh the waiver Tuesday after lawyers with the Council on American-Islamic Relations sued this week, ending her family's yearlong battle. Swileh is planning to fly to San Francisco on Wed
  
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• Man struck, killed crossing US-33 in Hocking County

  19-12-2018 20:24
  
  LOGAN, Ohio – The Athens Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal pedestrian crash Wednesday.OSHP troopers were called around 6:55 a.m. to US 33 near milepost 9 in Hocking County.Investigators say 58-year-old Timothy Canter was walking north across the westbound lanes of US 33 when he was struck and killed by a Dodge Ram pickup truck.Canter was pronounced dead on the scene by the Hocking County Coroner’s Office.The crash remains under investigation.
  
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• Amid holiday season, delivery workers find gifts left on front porches for them

  19-12-2018 19:27
  
  The arrival of the holiday season also means busier days for delivery workers across the United States.While out on their routes, people have been leaving out baskets of food, drinks, gifts and messages of appreciation for the delivery workers, Business Insider reports.My mom leaves out snacks for all the delivery workers during the holiday season I mean COME ON HOW AMAZING IS SHE?!?!?! pic.twitter.com/R73ug1dW2M— Maura Partridge (@peartreee) November 26, 2018
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• The Top 10 Columbus Artists of 2018

  19-12-2018 19:16
  Art is a difficult thing to quantify and categorize, and artists are in the same boat. When we ask our readers and editors to help identify the local artists that help define the year in our Best Of survey process, it’s less about quantity or quality and more about emotional response to the artwork created. […]
  
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• Ryan uses farewell address to assail politics of 'outrage'

  19-12-2018 19:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan decried the outrage and bitterness that he said now color American politics in a farewell speech that also acknowledged his inability to achieve two top goals: controlling surging federal debt and reining in Medicare and other mammoth benefit programs."Our complex problems are absolutely solvable," Ryan said at the Library of Congress, across the street from the U.S. Capitol, where he's ending two decades in the House. "That is to say our
  
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• In farewell, Ryan sees solutions if 'politics will allow it'

  19-12-2018 19:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing House Speaker Paul Ryan is bemoaning America's "broken politics" in a farewell speech in which he calls Washington's failure to overhaul costly federal benefit programs "our greatest unfinished business.""Our complex problems are solvable," Ryan says in excerpts of remarks he plans to deliver Wednesday at the Library of Congress, across the street from a Capitol where he's served two decades in the House. "That is to say, our problems are solvable if our politics
  
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• Zach Harrison, 5-star defensive end from Olentangy Orange, commits to Ohio State

  19-12-2018 18:51
  
  Defensive end Zach Harrison, the top-ranked prospect in Ohio, gave Ryan Day his first big victory as the Buckeyes' incoming head coach. Harrison, from Olentangy Orange High School, not far from Ohio State State's campus, picked the Buckeyes over Michigan and Penn State.Harrison had played his recruitment relatively quiet and his announcement ceremony only streamed on his high school's website.➡️➡️🅰️⬅️🅱️⬇️э
  
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• Top 10 Thrift/Discount Stores in Columbus in 2018

  19-12-2018 18:39
  For three years running, our readers and editors have selected their favorite thrift stores and discount shopping destinations for this annual list, and even though this was the third year in a row for Flower Child, it’s almost like selecting a brand new store in first place. The Short North staple relocated to East Fifth […]
  
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• Retired veterinarian now spends his days helping disabled dogs

  19-12-2018 17:58
  OXFORD, Md. — After a long, successful career as a veterinarian, Dr. Lincoln Parkes retired 27 years ago — or so he claims. At age 90, he now spends eight to 10 hours a day building carts that transform the lives of disabled dogs.One dog helped by Dr. Parkes is Lester. He has a spinal disorder that owner Ileana Moya said is not uncommon with corgis."I thought I was going to lose him for sure," Moya said.For Parkes, he said he doesn't do this for the money."When I see them run out the
  
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• Ohio State gets first big W for new coach on signing day

  19-12-2018 17:20
  
  Zach Harrison is one of the most highly touted recruits in the country and he goes to high school 15 miles from Ohio State.Yet not until Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period, did the 6-foot-6, 245-pound defensive end commit to become a Buckeye, giving incoming head coach Ryan Day his first victory as Urban Meyer's replacement."Huge," Day said. "This was one of those ones we had to win." Harrison's choice, streamed out over Olentangy Orange High School's website, was maybe the mos
  
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• Latest on the first day of the early college football signing period

  19-12-2018 17:20
  
  Olentangy Orange's Zach Harrison has committed to the Ohio State Buckeyes.The 5-star recruit is the top-ranked player in the state of Ohio, fourth in the nation.Harrison, a defensive end, was choosing between Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State.➡️➡️🅰️⬅️🅱️⬇️⬆️🅰️: B🅾️🅾️🅾️🅾️🅾️M MODE5⭐️ @Zacharrison
  
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• Trump pulling all US troops from Syria, declaring ISIS defeat

  19-12-2018 16:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, officials announced Wednesday as the president suddenly declared victory over the Islamic State, contradicting his own experts' assessments and sparking surprise and outrage from his party's lawmakers who called his action rash and dangerous.The U.S. began airstrikes in Syria in 2014, and ground troops moved in the following year to battle the Islamic State, or ISIS, and train Syrian rebels in a country
  
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• Official says US to withdraw all American troops in Syria

  19-12-2018 16:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will withdraw all of the approximately 2,000 American troops in Syria, according to a U.S. official, as the White House declared victory Wednesday in the mission to defeat Islamic State militants there.Planning for the pullout has begun and troops will begin leaving as soon as possible, said the official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss military planning and spoke on condition of anonymity. President Donald Trump said American forces no
  
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• Restaurant Review: Jiu Thai Asian Cafe

  19-12-2018 16:00
  The path to Jiu Thai Asian Cafe is a well-traveled one. It already has a solid reputation in town for its competence in Asian fare, Chinese to be exact. While its name might suggest a menu that features dishes from the cuisine of Thailand, the options instead lean hard toward Chinese. Situated in an oddly […]
  
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• The Top 10 Lunches of 2018

  19-12-2018 15:50
  They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but we’re willing to bet that most people will prefer a mid-day restaurant outing over a cold bowl of cereal any day of the week. To that end, we’ve surveyed our readers for the first time this year about their favorite lunch destinations […]
  
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• The Confluence Cast: Muralist Adam Hernandez

  19-12-2018 15:08
  
  
  Being a working artist isn’t easy. Thankfully, there are plenty of folks in Columbus to show you the way. Muralist Adam Hernandez talks about how he found his way here, the importance of mentors, and being a “real” person in business. Shownotes for this episode This Confluence Cast episode is sponsored by Art Makes Columbus, Columbus […]
  
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• New Michigan panel to consider Great Lakes pipeline tunnel

  19-12-2018 13:19
  
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A recently established state panel could give final approval to a proposed oil pipeline tunnel beneath a crucial section of the Great Lakes.The Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority is scheduled to meet for the first time Wednesday in St. Ignace, Michigan.The three-member panel is expected to consider recent agreements between Gov. Rick Snyder's administration and Enbridge Inc. The Canadian company wants to drill a tunnel through bedrock under the straits area con
  
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• Air Force to release report into 'active shooter' reaction

  19-12-2018 13:14
  
  An Air Force base in Ohio plans to release its findings into a chaotic "active shooter" false alarm after a 911 call to base security.The base command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton had a review board study the Aug. 2 scare, the response to it, and any lessons to be learned. Officials plan to detail findings Wednesday.During a search after the 911 call, a security team member shot a locked door during a sweep of the base hospital as people on the base with some 27,000 military an
  
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• Air Force: Injured jogger led to 'active shooter' reaction

  19-12-2018 13:14
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Air Force officials say an injured jogger screaming in pain while training exercises were going on began a series of miscommunications that led to a chaotic "active shooter" response at an Ohio air base.A report released Wednesday says the injury during Aug. 2 training that included an active shooter scenario at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base resulted in a mistaken call of a 'real world active shooter event," a lockdown, emergency responders flocking from state, local
  
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• Adam Sandler posts tribute in memory of Chris Farley

  19-12-2018 13:13
  
  Comedian Adam Sandler has posted a video in honor of his late friend, Chris Farley on the 21st anniversary of his friend's death. In the video Sandler performs a song, sharing memories of his time with Farley, who died in 1997.Scenes from "Saturday Night Live" and photos of the actor were projected over the stage.At one point Sandler says, "If we make enough noise, maybe he'll hear us. Give it up for the late Chris Farley.The video comes from Sandler's Netflix special "Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh,"
  
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• Pope accepts resignation of LA bishop accused of misconduct

  19-12-2018 12:52
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Monsignor Alexander Salazar, following allegations of misconduct with a minor in the 1990s.The Vatican announced the resignation in a statement Wednesday. It was the latest in a string of cases of alleged misconduct against bishops to come to light this year, following the scandal of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.The current archbishop of Los Angeles, Most Rev. Jose Gomez, said the archdiocese wa
  
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• Settlement requires 'anti-hate training' for internet troll

  19-12-2018 12:48
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — An internet troll who harassed a black college student with racist messages on social media has agreed to a court settlement requiring him to get "anti-hate training," apologize in writing and on video and publicly renounce white supremacy.Tuesday's settlement agreement would resolve Taylor Dumpson's claims against one of the defendants she sued in April over an online harassment campaign orchestrated by a neo-Nazi website publisher.Her lawsuit says The Daily Storm
  
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• Police: Attentive student stops school shooting plot

  19-12-2018 12:48
  
  MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) — Police say an attentive student helped foil an alleged school shooting plot at a Vermont middle school.Investigators say the principal at Middlebury Union Middle School called police Saturday after a student overheard two other students plotting to shoot a fourth student at the school.Police say the two students were planning to get guns from a relative and bring them to school Tuesday.Prosecutors got an Extreme Risk Order and seized the guns from the relative's home
  
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• Attentive student stops middle school shooting plot

  19-12-2018 12:48
  
  MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) — Police say an attentive student helped foil an alleged school shooting plot at a Vermont middle school.Investigators say the principal at Middlebury Union Middle School called police Saturday after a student overheard two other students plotting to shoot a fourth student at the school.Police say the two students were planning to get guns from a relative and bring them to school Tuesday.Prosecutors got an Extreme Risk Order and seized the guns from the relative's home
  
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• Ohio campaign state's most expensive gubernatorial election

  19-12-2018 12:47
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Campaign finance filings show this year's campaign for Ohio governor was the most expensive gubernatorial race in state history.The reports show that Republican Mike DeWine, the governor-elect, and Democratic challenger Richard Cordray, spent nearly $45 million between their campaigns.Filings submitted Friday show Cordray's fundraising slightly topped that of DeWine, currently Ohio's attorney general, at $16.8 million compared to DeWine's $16.4 million. However, DeWine als
  
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• California doctor accused of prescribing drugs in 5 deaths

  19-12-2018 12:45
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California doctor was arrested Tuesday on charges of doling out drugs to patients he didn't examine and is alleged to have prescribed drugs to five people who died of overdoses as well as an impaired driver who struck and killed a bicyclist, federal prosecutors said.Dr. Dzung Ahn Pham, 57, faces charges of illegally distributing powerful opioids and prosecutors said he prescribed drugs to addicts or people selling them on the street. He prescribed some drugs a
  
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• Skeletal remains ID's as those of woman missing since 2017

  19-12-2018 12:42
  
  MORAINE, Ohio — Authorities say skeletal remains found in southwestern Ohio in September have been identified as those of a woman missing since 2017.The Ohio Attorney General's Office says in a statement released Tuesday that DNA analysis has matched the remains found in Moraine to Michelle Burgan. The news release says the 47-year-old Middletown woman was last seen in May 2017.Moraine is roughly 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Middletown.The release say Burgan's remains were found a
  
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• Doctor's orders: Suggestions to relieve holiday stress

  19-12-2018 12:08
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -Whether it's tight budgets or preparing for guests, the Christmas season can be stressful for just about anyone."It can be a lot," said Dr. Gil Greene, Ph.D. within the OSU College of Social Work. "People often try to control things they cannot control."Greene said top techniques to cope with holiday stress include:• Practice deep breathing• Exercise - Taking a walk is easy and inexpensive• Recall a time(s) when you were able to deal with stress and identify what y
  
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• Report: 53 journalists killed worldwide so far in 2018

  19-12-2018 11:51
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The number of journalists killed worldwide in retaliation for their work nearly doubled this year, according to an annual report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.The New York-based organization found that 34 journalists were killed in retaliation for their work as of Dec. 14, while at least 53 were killed overall. That compares to 18 retaliation killings among the 47 deaths documented by the committee in 2017.The report issued Wednesday includes the killing of Washin
  
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• Ross County Sheriff's Office looking for 14-year-old girl

  19-12-2018 04:31
  
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio - The Ross County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 14-year-old girl.The sheriff's office said Mazirah Thomas ran away from a home in Clarksburg on Monday around 9 p.m.She is described as 5-feet 2-inches tall, weighs 125 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes.If anyone has any information, they are asked to call the sheriff's office at 740-773-1185.
  
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• The Best Columbus Art Galleries of 2018

  19-12-2018 03:58
  When the Blockfort artist space opened in early 2017, it was designed as a replacement for some of the studios that came (and went) before it, including TacocaT and Junctionview Studios. And while Blockfort does provide local artists with production space, it also doubles as a community center where art gallery shows, live music shows […]
  
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• Columbus police investigating city's 100th homicide of 2018

  19-12-2018 03:47
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police are investigating the city's 100th homicide of 2018.Police said officers responded to a report of a shooting in northeast Columbus at a complex on Great Woods Boulevard near Timber Ridge Court around 8:10 p.m. Tuesday.The person was pronounced dead at the scene a little more than 10 minutes later.Police have not identified the person.Police said they do not have suspect information to release.
  
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• Columbus police identify victim in city's 100th homicide of 2018

  19-12-2018 03:47
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police are investigating the city's 100th homicide of 2018.Police said officers responded to a report of a shooting in northeast Columbus at a complex on Great Woods Boulevard near Timber Ridge Court around 8:10 p.m. Tuesday.Clinton Township Fire medics pronounced the person dead at the scene a little more than 10 minutes later. That victim has since been identified as 28-year-old Taylor Brock.Police said they do not have suspect information to release but they are inve
  
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• Trump says he's eager to sign sweeping criminal justice bill

  19-12-2018 03:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A criminal justice bill passed by the Senate would give judges more discretion when sentencing some drug offenders and would boost prisoner rehabilitation efforts and was hailed by scores of conservative and liberal advocacy groups.The sweeping bill addresses concerns that the nation's war on drugs had led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for non-violent crimes without adequately preparing them for their return to society. Its passage in the Senate, by an 87-12 v
  
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• Senate overwhelmingly passes criminal justice overhaul

  19-12-2018 03:30
  
  WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice bill Tuesday that addresses concerns that the nation's war on drugs had led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for non-violent crimes without adequately preparing them for their return to society.Senate passage of the bill by a vote of 87-12 culminates years of negotiations and gives President Donald Trump a signature policy victory, with the outcome hailed by scores of conservative and liberal advocacy groups. The House is
  
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• 2 Browns players, 1 Bengals player make Pro Bowl roster

  19-12-2018 03:03
  
  NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Chargers placed seven players in the Pro Bowl, including safety Derwin James, one of six rookies across the league to make the game.James, a first-round draft choice, will be joined on the AFC squad by veteran quarterback Philip Rivers, wide receiver Keenan Allen, running back Melvin Gordon, defensive end Melvin Ingram, center Mike Pouncey and special-teamer Adrian Phillips for the game, which will be played Jan. 27 in Orlando. James and Phillips are the only sta
  
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• Residents at Courtyard Estates in Clintonville fear they will have to leave their homes

  19-12-2018 02:52
  CLINTONVILLE, Ohio - Les McDonald, 71, and his wife, Eva, 69, have been married 20 years. The last five years have been spent in Courtyard Estates in Clintonville. A home, by all counts they say, was just perfect."Affordable," Les said."You know, as we get older, this is perfect for us," Eva said. "It had a ramp and [it was] ideal for us to grow old and retire in.Janeen Osborn, 78, has lived in the community for 19 years."Ideal," she said."I'm single. I have relatives in town, but you can't expe
  
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• Inmate found in hot tub after escaping custody in Pike County

  19-12-2018 02:01
  
  PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - An inmate escaped while being booked in Pike County on Tuesday and was later found in a hot tub, according to the sheriff's office.Autum Satterfield, 34, was being booked into the county's holding facility around 4 p.m. on charges for possessing heroin when she ran away.The sheriff's office said they found her shoes at a nearby farm. The sheriff's office then asked for help from the Ohio State Highway Patrol for use of their helicopter and thermal cameras.Dispatchers then rec
  
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• 2019 Proposed Operating Budget: Neighborhoods & Technology

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