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• Ryan Day announces Greg Schiano will not return to Ohio State

  07-01-2019 23:52
  
  Following the announcement of the hiring of two new defensive coaches, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day says Greg Schiano will not return to the team.In a tweet, Day thanked Schiano for his work and dedication to the football program."I want to thank coach Greg Schiano for the example he set every day, for the players and the members of this coaching staff, of what it means to be selfless, committed and dedicated. Our players saw these attributes in Greg and they learned from his example. I, perso
  
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• CCS withholding $100K from contractor over Central Enrollment Center project

  07-01-2019 23:42
  COLUMBUS – A central Ohio attorney alleges Columbus City Schools is “holding money hostage” from his client – Mid-Ohio Paving, a subcontractor that performed paving work on the district’s Central Enrollment Center more than a year ago.And he’s not alone.A CCS spokesman confirms four subcontractors have filed liens against the state’s largest school district related to the project.Scott Varner told 10 Investigates Monday that CCS is withholding $100,000 f
  
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• Dashcam video captures high-speed pursuit in Morrow County involving stolen patrol car

  07-01-2019 23:36
  MORROW COUNTY, Ohio — A woman who told law enforcement she had been raped and needed to get away slipped behind the wheel of an Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser and led authorities on a 10-minute high-speed pursuit through Morrow County.An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper was heard on camera reassuring a distraught woman she was safe moments before she slid behind the wheel of his cruiser and took off.It happened Saturday morning in the area of County Road 121 and State Route 314. Highwa
  
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• Highway Patrol investigating fatal hit-and-run in Muskingum County

  07-01-2019 23:15
  
  MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio — The Ohio State Highway Patrol Zanesville Post is seeking the public’s help in identifying the driver from a fatal hit-and-run in Muskingum County.Authorities say a pedestrian was struck between 6:30 a.m. and 6:50 a.m. Monday in the westbound lanes of State Route 16 in the area of milepost 4 near Frazeysburg. OSHP is looking for a white or light-colored utility-style truck that may have struck the victim and continued west on SR 16 toward Newark.Anyone with in
  
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• White House says tax refunds will be sent out despite shutdown

  07-01-2019 22:41
  
  A Trump administration official says income tax refunds for 2018 will go out on time during the partial government shutdown because rules will be changed to make funding available to pay them.Russell Vought, acting director of the White House budget office, tells reporters: "The refunds will go out as normal. There is an indefinite appropriation to pay tax refunds."The IRS may recall a large number of furloughed employees to process returns — probably without pay — in accordance with
  
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• Investigation underway after Newark police chief caught on camera running school bus stop sign

  07-01-2019 22:15
  Newark's police chief is under investigation after being caught on camera disregarding a school bus stop sign.That bus driver is calling for Chief Barry Connell to be charged.According to Newark Police, the case now sits at city hall.A police spokesperson tells 10TV a review is underway to determine what, if anything, should come of the case.The incident Oct. 10 was caught on school bus camera.Patty Hughes, the bus driver, was stopped and letting a student off of the bus.She says her flashing st
  
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• Larry Householder elected as Ohio House Speaker

  07-01-2019 21:15
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican State Representative Larry Householder has been elected as Ohio House Speaker following a vote from state legislators Monday.Householder received 52 votes, needing 50 to win. His opponent, incumbent Ryan Smith, got 45 votes.The Ohio Republican Party released a statement following Householder’s win:"Congratulations to Speaker Larry Householder! As the 133rd General Assembly begins, I look forward to working with him, President Obhof, our Republican majoriti
  
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• Ryan Day hires Jeff Hafley, Greg Mattison as co-defensive coordinators

  07-01-2019 21:01
  
  The Ohio State Buckeyes football team has announced the hiring of Jeff Hafley and Greg Mattison as co-defensive coordinators.“I love the idea of having two coordinators on defense,” head coach Ryan Day said. “I like having a diversity of opinion, but even more I like the expertise and experience that Jeff has in the secondary coupled with the expertise that Greg brings to the front seven.The two will join Larry Johnson, who has been promoted to associate head coach, on Day&rsqu
  
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• New Speakeasy Music Venue Opens Downtown

  07-01-2019 20:46
  A new speakeasy has landed in town, and unlike most others, it actually has a secret location. The Parlor, started by local musicians and entertainers, will open this month at a former residence on High Street Downtown. There’s no passcode, special knock, or lever to pull for access. Those interested in a membership can apply […]
  
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• Ohio State QB Dwayne Haskins announces he will enter NFL Draft

  07-01-2019 20:38
  
  Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins has announced he will be entering the 2019 NFL Draft.In his only season as a starter for the Buckeyes, Haskins completed 373 passes on 533 attempts (70 percent) for 4,831 yards with 50 touchdowns.They say that dreams come true
  and when they do, that there's a beautiful thing... Scarlet & Gray Forever #BuckeyeNation #ThankYou pic.twitter.com/ngHQfLq8C7— Dwayne Haskins, Jr🌹 (@dh_simba7) January 7, 2019
  Five times during the 2018 season, Haski
  
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• L Brands employee dies after being caught between conveyor belt, boxes at Reynoldsburg facility

  07-01-2019 20:31
  
  An employee at the L Brands facility in Reynoldsburg died last week after getting caught between a conveyor belt and boxes.Larry Johnson with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said the incident happened around 1:45 a.m. on Friday.The man was taken to Mount Carmel East Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.In the incident report, the victim was identified as 56-year-old Harvey Beavers.OHSA is investigating the incident.L Brands released the following statement about the in
  
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• Man charged in killing of California dad who was camping with daughters

  07-01-2019 20:29
  
  A burglary suspect was charged Monday with murdering an Irvine father who was camping with his two young daughters in Malibu Creek State Park. CBS Los Angeles reports that Anthony Rauda, 42, is also accused of trying to kill 10 others in a series of shootings over the past two years.Rauda is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on one count of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and five counts of second-degree burglary. Rauda was first arrested in October on suspicion of burglary.Tristan Beaudett
  
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• Trump to address nation about 'crisis' at U.S.-Mexico border

  07-01-2019 20:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will address the nation Tuesday night about what says is a "crisis" at the U.S.-Mexico border.Trump's prime-time address will come amid a partial government shutdown caused by his insistence that Congress give him more than $5 billion to build a wall on the border. Congressional Democrats are refusing to pay for a wall.Trump also plans a trip Thursday to the southern border to highlight his demands for the wall.Trump tweets that he will addr
  
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• Deputies find dead newborn in cooler left by road

  07-01-2019 18:49
  
  Georgia authorities are investigating after a deceased newborn baby was discovered in a cooler on the side of a road.Deputies from the Troup County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to Boy Scout Road located in western Georgia after 3 p.m. Sunday.According to a Facebook post from the sheriff's office, witnesses in the area told deputies that the cooler had been on the side of the road for several days, possibly a week.An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
  
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• Tennessee governor grants clemency to Cyntoia Brown

  07-01-2019 18:36
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has granted clemency to a woman serving a life sentence for murder who says she was a victim of sex trafficking.Haslam said Monday that he would show mercy to the now 30-year-old Cyntoia Brown by releasing her Aug. 7. She will remain on parole for 10 years.Brown said in a statement that she will do everything to justify Haslam's faith in her and thanked her family for their support.Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities rallied
  
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• Claims of racist behavior, sexual harassment surface ahead of Ohio House speaker vote

  07-01-2019 17:41
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As Ohio lawmakers begin to elect a House speaker, one candidate is being tied to a complaint of sexual harassment and racist behavior.Republican Larry Householder is not accused of any wrongdoing, but an aide claims staffers in his office, along with the offices of two other current Republican lawmakers, forced her to endure "months of unacceptable treatment."In the written complaint, Marissa Reyes also said that she was forced to listen to the representatives' opinions that "p
  
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• Rare air: Goodyear Blimp flying high and into Hall of Fame

  07-01-2019 17:21
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — One of the new college football Hall of Famers has an inflated ego — and more.The Goodyear Blimp, which has become a staple at major sports events for more than 60 years, is being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as an honorary member — the first nonplayer or coach to be inducted.As a nod to its influence and legacy to the game, the iconic airship joins a stellar class that will be enshrined at the National Football Foundation's award banquet in
  
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• Trump, Democrats ramp up pressure as shutdown hits 3rd week

  07-01-2019 16:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is standing firm in his border wall funding demands and newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government.Trump showed no signs of budging on his demand for more than $5 billion for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, though on Sunday he did offer to build it with steel rather than concrete, a conces
  
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• Ginsburg missing Supreme Court arguments for 1st time

  07-01-2019 15:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month.Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Monday the 85-year-old Ginsburg is continuing to recuperate and work from home after doctors removed two cancerous growths from her left lung odn Dec. 21.Ginsburg was discharged from a New York hospital on Christmas day.Ginsburg had two earlier cancer surgeries in 1999 and 200
  
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• Police: Louisiana officers shoot, kill armed man

  07-01-2019 15:40
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Police in Louisiana say officers have shot and killed a man who was suicidal and fired at one of them.New Orleans police Superintendent Michael Harrison tells news outlets that an officer was shot at on Friday night while responding to "what we believe was an attempted suicide." The officer was struck twice in his protective vest.Harrison says that officer and three others then shot the man several times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Authorities say the targeted offi
  
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• Indie Music Website GroundSounds Embraces Columbus

  07-01-2019 15:18
  Dayton-born Jon Berrien started an independent music publication in the mid-2000s as a passion project, and as a way to establish a hosting career. Inspired by music personalities like Carson Daly and Sway Calloway, he moved out to LA after college. He worked at a number of entertainment companies, but mainly behind the scenes. “I […]
  
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• Reynoldsburg Police non-emergency lines are down

  07-01-2019 15:00
  
  REYNOLDSBURG - The Reynoldsburg Division of Police non-emergency phone number is temporarily not working.Officials say around 8:30 a.m. Monday, calls cannot be received or made using the non-emergency lines, but 911 still remains functional and will be answered if called.
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Kendell Wilkerson

  07-01-2019 13:26
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is looking for 29-year-old Kendell Wilkerson.He is wanted on five counts of burglary and four counts of theft.The alleged crime happened in May 2018 at a home in the South Linden neighborhood.Wilkerson is 6'5", 197 lbs.If you know where he is, you are asked to contact the Franklin County Sheriff's SWAT team at (614) 525-SWAT.
  
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• Victims of Poland escape room fire to be buried together

  07-01-2019 13:10
  
  WARSAW, Poland — A city mayor in northern Poland says the five teenage girls who died in a fire at an escape room entertainment site will be buried together in a joint ceremony Thursday.Fire officials said that 26 similar sites have been shut down due to security flaws since the accident Friday.The man who designed the escape room in the city of Koszalin has been charged with intentionally creating a fire danger and unintentionally causing the deaths. The local court is to decide Monday wh
  
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• Hot Yoga in Columbus

  07-01-2019 13:00
  Newcomers to Columbus sometimes voice frustration sussing out the hot yoga scene to find which hot yoga studio is best for them. Bikram Hot Yoga and Melt Hot Fitness are obvious, but there is a wealth of high quality hot yoga happening at GIVE Yoga, Harbor Yoga and so many others that will help you discover […]
  
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• Alabama already among greatest college dynasties

  07-01-2019 12:58
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. — With five national championships in the past nine seasons, Alabama already has accomplished something never done before in the AP poll era that began in 1936.Winning another crown Monday night against Clemson would lift the Crimson Tide even further above other college football dynasties and into the conversation about the best runs in all of college sports.Not that coach Nick Saban is worried about any of that."I'm always looking ahead. I think I'm always sort of foc
  
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• Houston wins praise for handling of girl's drive-by shooting

  07-01-2019 12:57
  
  HOUSTON — Activists praised Houston area law enforcement for pursuing a tip that led to the arrest of an African-American man in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 7-year-old black girl, a turn in the case suggesting the attack was not a hate crime as asserted by the girl's family and some in the community.Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced Sunday that prosecutors had arrested and charged 20-year-old Eric Black Jr. with capital murder in the death of Jazmine Barnes on Dec. 30. Black
  
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• Is body in Florida backyard tied to triple homicide?

  07-01-2019 12:53
  
  TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — A body has been located in the backyard of a Florida home and authorities say it may be connected to a triple homicide.Police arrested 25-year-old Shelby Nealy Friday after they caught him with a car stolen from a Florida home where a couple and their son were found dead. Their daughter — the man's wife — remains missing. Nealy was taken into custody in Lakewood, Ohio. Shelby Svenson, 25, confessed to the slayings
  Investigators identified the victims as 7
  
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• Kevin Spacey's lawyers enter not guilty plea in sex assault

  07-01-2019 12:30
  NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Lawyers for Kevin Spacey entered a not guilty plea on his behalf in Massachusetts court Monday on charges he groped an 18-year-old busboy in 2016.The disgraced actor was arraigned on a charge of felony indecent assault and battery during a hearing at Nantucket District Court. The judge set another hearing for March 4. Spacey does not have to appear, the judge ruled, but said he needs to be available by phone.Spacey must stay away from his accuser and his accuser's f
  
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• Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to groping young man at bar

  07-01-2019 12:30
  NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Lawyers for Kevin Spacey entered a not guilty plea on his behalf in Massachusetts court Monday on charges he groped an 18-year-old busboy in 2016.The disgraced actor was arraigned on a charge of felony indecent assault and battery during a hearing at Nantucket District Court. The judge set another hearing for March 4. Spacey does not have to appear, the judge ruled, but said he needs to be available by phone.Spacey must stay away from his accuser and his accuser's f
  
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• Kevin Spacey plans not-guilty plea in sexual assault case

  07-01-2019 12:30
  
  NANTUCKET, Mass. — Kevin Spacey is due in a Massachusetts courtroom Monday to answer accusations that he groped a young man in a bar on the resort island of Nantucket in 2016.The Oscar-winning actor has said he will plead not guilty to a charge of felony indecent assault and battery.The court appearance by Spacey comes more than a year after former Boston TV anchor Heather Unruh accused the former "House of Cards" star of sexually assaulting her son, then 18, in the crowded bar at the Club
  
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• Democrats plan more pressure on Trump to reopen government

  07-01-2019 12:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is standing firm in his border wall funding demands and newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government.Trump showed no signs of budging on his demand for more than $5 billion for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, though on Sunday he did offer to build it with steel rather than concrete, a conces
  
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• New York City firefighter dies after falling from overpass

  07-01-2019 11:50
  
  MILL BASIN, New York — An FDNY firefighter responding to a car accident in Brooklyn fell from the Mill Basin overpass and later died at a hospital.NYPD Police Commissioner James O'Neill tweeted early Monday that the entire department sends its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the unidentified firefighter who fell Sunday night. "#NYC will never forget your sacrifice," the tweet read.In statement posted on the department's Facebook page Monday morning FDNY Commissioner Da
  
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• Police: Fleeing suspect hit, killed by officer's cruiser

  07-01-2019 11:47
  
  PIMLICO, Md. — Baltimore County police say an officer has hit and killed a suspect fleeing a stolen car.Spokesman Cpl. Shawn Vinson tells news outlets that county police on Sunday were pursuing a car reported stolen earlier that afternoon from a pizza delivery driver. Police say three people jumped out of the car as it moved across a roadway, and one of them was fatally struck by a pursuing officer's cruiser.Vinson says that person was pinned underneath the cruiser. Authorities didn't imme
  
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• Browns interview Colts' Eberflus after wild-card playoff win

  07-01-2019 11:34
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Matt Eberflus has a past with the Browns. Maybe he'll have a future as well.One day after his Indianapolis defense held quarterback Deshaun Watson and Houston's offense to just seven points in an AFC wild-card win, Eberflus became the sixth candidate to interview for Cleveland's open coaching job.The Colts' dominant performance helped Eberflus boost a resume that already included a two-year stint (2009-10) coaching the Browns linebackers on Eric Mangini's staff.The 48-year
  
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• Route changes begin Monday for several COTA lines

  07-01-2019 10:23
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Beginning Monday, The Central Ohio Transit Authority's (COTA) will make changes to some of its routes.The stop, departure and arrival times will change for the following lines:1 Kenny/Livingston
  3 Northwest/Harrisburg
  4 Indianola/Lockbourne
  5 West 5th Ave/Refugee
  9 West Mound/Brentnell
  13 Arlington/1st
  25 Brice
  32 North Broadway
  35 Dublin-Granville
  41 Crosswoods/Polaris
  45 New Albany
  52 Canal WinchesterThe new Canal Winchester Park & Ride at 6600 Trillium Avenue also opens o
  
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• CBS News president steps down, replaced by veteran producer

  07-01-2019 10:03
  
  NEW YORK — CBS said Sunday that its news division president, David Rhodes, is stepping down following a troubled year that saw morning anchor Charlie Rose and the top executive at "60 Minutes" lose their jobs following misconduct reports, and is being replaced by veteran producer Susan Zirinsky.Zirinsky, who started work at CBS in the Washington bureau as a 20-year-old in the early 1970s and is currently the executive producer at "48 Hours," will take over in March."It's a very humbling an
  
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• 'Bohemian Rhapsody' wins at Golden Globes in upset

  07-01-2019 05:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Thunder bolt and lighting rocked the 76th Golden Globes where a string of upsets culminated with the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" winning best picture, drama, over another movie about musicians: Bradley Cooper's much more heavily favored "A Star Is Born.""A Star Is Born" came into Sunday's ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, as the presumed heavyweight and Oscar favorite. But Cooper's remake went home with just one award, for the
  
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• Co-anchors in life: 2 Ohio broadcasters announce engagement

  07-01-2019 04:42
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Two journalists who co-anchor news broadcasts at a television station in Ohio now plan to also co-anchor a life together as husband and wife.The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Sheree Paolello and Mike Dardis of WLWT-TV in Cincinnati announced their Dec. 28 engagement on Friday.Paolello said Friday on Twitter that "the man I was looking for has been sitting next to me the whole time."Dardis told The Enquirer that Cincinnati is a city where people "love the local news team to
  
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• Disneyland raising prices, cheapest daily ticket over $100

  07-01-2019 03:42
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disneyland Resort is raising prices ahead of the scheduled opening of a Star Wars-themed expansion, with the cheapest daily ticket costing more than $100.Less than a year ago, prices were raised by up to 18 percent. The prices that took effect Sunday for tickets, annual passes and parking represent increases of up to 25 percent.The Los Angeles Times reports price increases in recent years haven't thinned the throngs at Disneyland and nearby California Adventure Park.A on
  
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• Michigan family of 5 killed in wrong-way crash in Kentucky

  07-01-2019 02:51
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way on Interstate 75 in Kentucky struck a vehicle carrying five family members from Michigan early Sunday, killing all six people, authorities said.The southbound pickup truck being driven in the northbound lanes struck the family's sport utility vehicle at 2:30 a.m. in Lexington. The SUV caught fire and all five occupants of that vehicle died, along with the pickup's driver, Lexington police said in a statement.The family
  
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