• GoFundMe "Trump Wall" campaign to refund all donors

    GoFundMe "Trump Wall" campaign to refund all donors
    A GoFundMe campaign to subsidize what it called "the Trump Wall" will refund all money to donors because it did not meet its $1 billion goal, said Bobby Whithorne, director of North America Communications for GoFundMe. Donors will receive their money on April 11, unless they choose to donate their contribution to the campaign creator's new venture, GoFundMe said in an email to the campaign's participants.Brian Kolfage, a triple-amputee Air Force veteran, raised more than $20 million on the crowd
  • Porn video being shared at central Ohio schools spurring false rumors

    The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, or ICAC, confirmed a sex video is being shared on social media at multiple high schools across central Ohio.Investigators said students at several schools have reported the video to their respective school resource officer.ICAC is refuting rampant rumors that a female depicted in the video is an underage, Central Ohio High School student.Investigators said, on the contrary, the person in the video appears to be an adult, and investigators said the
  • Alabama man dies weeks after wedding dance with daughter

    Alabama man dies weeks after wedding dance with daughter
    DAPHNE, Ala. (AP) — A terminally ill Alabama man who was captured on video dancing with his newlywed daughter at her wedding reception has died.News outlets report Gulf Coast attorney Jim Roberts died Thursday, less than two weeks after he used a wheelchair to dance with daughter Mary Bourne Roberts at the reception.The video shows the woman dancing and twirling around her seated father to the tune of Lee Ann Womack's hit song "I Hope You Dance."Roberts was diagnosed with an aggressive for
  • Judge: Women could lose birth control coverage under rule

    Judge: Women could lose birth control coverage under rule
    OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. judge said Friday that a "substantial number" of women would lose free birth control coverage under new rules by the Trump administration that allow more employers to opt out of providing the benefit on religious and moral grounds.Judge Haywood Gilliam made the comment at a continuing hearing over California's attempt to block the rules.The changes set to go into effect on Monday would allow more employers, including publicly traded companies, to opt out of pr
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  • Newark police chief charged with running school bus stop sign

    A local chief of police is now charged with failing to stop for a school bus stop sign.An outside agency charged Newark Police Chief Barry Connell, three months after the incident was caught on camera.But there are still questions about the handling of the investigation.School bus camera video captured the incident from October 10. Bus driver Patty Hughes slowed to a stop, activated her flashing yellow lights, then her flashing red lights and stop sign, as the door opened and a little girl began
  • Cornerback Damon Arnette says he’ll return to Ohio State for senior year

    Cornerback Damon Arnette says he’ll return to Ohio State for senior year
    Damon Arnette announced he will return for his senior season with Ohio State.​In his junior year, Arnette had 40 tackles with one interception and six pass breakups."I am ready for the journey and anxious to get back to work as we prepare to win another national championship."View this post on Instagram Let’s get it🤝🙏🏽A post shared byDamon Arnette (@da_3way) on Jan 11, 2019 at 1:10pm PST
  • Coroner: Surge in overdose deaths in Franklin County over 24-hours period

    Coroner: Surge in overdose deaths in Franklin County over 24-hours period
    The Franklin County Coroner’s Office says they have seen a surge in overdose deaths within a 24-hour period.The office reports there have been five apparent overdose deaths between 5:21 p.m. Thursday and 9:59 a.m. Friday.The coroner urges Franklin County residents with family or friends that might be at risk for an overdose, please take the necessary steps to have Naloxone available for them.The general public can obtain naloxone at any pharmacy without a prescription at a cost or with hea
  • Chillicothe man paralyzed in sledding accident warns of dangers

    January 24, 2007 is a day Jeremy Pauley will never forget."When my friends came over I said I think I broke my neck," he recalls.He was right. He was laying in the snow unable to breathe and motionless. He had gone down a hill on his plastic sled head first."I laid down stomach first and went down and instantly stopped abruptly and thought I thought a friend had thrown a snowball or something and when I opened my eyes and couldn't move my body was numb," he said.His neck was broken, his spinal c
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  • New software can track shared Netflix accounts

    New software can track shared Netflix accounts
    Lots of people are comfortable sharing their Netflix and other streaming service passwords with others.But new software unveiled at the Computer Electronics Show in Las Vegas could crack down on such account sharing.Software maker Synamedia says the artificial intelligence system looks for potentially fraudulent activity.When it find it, in some cases it would ask you to upgrade to a premium account that includes sharing.If passwords are being sold through for-profit operations, accounts could b
  • Driver who crashed while blindfolded was participating in ‘Bird Box Challenge’

    Driver who crashed while blindfolded was participating in ‘Bird Box Challenge’
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a Utah teenager crashed into another car when she covered her eyes as part of the so-called "Bird Box Challenge."Layton police Lt. Travis Lyman said Friday that the 17-year-old drifted into oncoming traffic and hit another car after she pulled a hat over her eyes to emulate "Bird Box," a Sandra Bullock movie on Netflix where characters must be constantly blindfolded to avoid visions that urge them to die.Videos of people trying to do things while blindfolde
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  • Man sentenced to 5 years of probation for inappropriately touching girl in pool at Zoombezi Bay

    Man sentenced to 5 years of probation for inappropriately touching girl in pool at Zoombezi Bay
    A man has been sentenced to five years of probation for inappropriately touching a girl in the wave pool at Zoombezi Bay.Thirty-four-year-old Philip Lohbauer had entered an Alford plea to one count of gross sexual imposition. In an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit guilt but admits the evidence against them would likely result in a guilty verdict.On June 18, 2018, a girl notified Zoombezi Bay staff that a man was touching her inappropriately in the wave pool. The staff called the Delaware
  • Police find body of 8-month-old child reported abducted inside backpack

    Police find body of 8-month-old child reported abducted inside backpack
    SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A 34-year-old man who initially told San Antonio authorities that his infant son was abducted has led investigators to the child's body.The body of 8-month-old King Jay Davila was found in a buried backpack less than a mile from his home, according to a police affidavit.Police Chief William McManus told reporters Thursday, before the discovery of the body, that the infant's grandmother participated in the cover-up and the boy's cousin was part of the staged kidnapping.Bo
  • WWII vet who got degree delayed by nearly 7 decades has died

    WWII vet who got degree delayed by nearly 7 decades has died
    TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A World War II veteran who flew planes for the Navy and received his college degree last spring nearly 70 years after he last sat in a classroom has died, his family said. He was 97.Bob Barger died Wednesday at a Toledo retirement community where he lived, according to Newcomer Funeral Home and a family friend.He graduated from the University of Toledo in May after a review of his transcripts from the late 1940s showed he completed enough courses to qualify for an assoc
  • First Look: Gravity

    With events already scheduled, multiple office tenants secured, and the first residents set to move in some time this spring, the impact of Kaufman Development’s Gravity project is already being felt in Franklinton. The six-story building at 500 W. Broad St. will hold a total of 236 residential units. Commercial space will fill the ground […]
  • Federal workers get $0 pay stubs as shutdown drags on

    Federal workers get $0 pay stubs as shutdown drags on
    OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Federal workers received pay stubs Friday with nothing but zeroes on them as the effects of the government shutdown hit home, deepening anxieties about mortgage payments and unpaid bills.All told, an estimated 800,000 government employees missed their paychecks for first time since the shutdown began three weeks ago.Fuming employees posted pictures of the $0 pay stubs on Twitter and vented their frustration as the standoff entered its 21st day. This weekend, it will beco
  • US approved thousands of child bride requests

    US approved thousands of child bride requests
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press. In one case, a 49-year-old man applied for admission for a 15-year-old girl.The approvals are legal: The Immigration and Nationality Act does not set minimum age requirements. And in weighing petitions for spouses or fiancees, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services goes by wh
  • "Criminal Minds" will come to an end after 15 seasons

    "Criminal Minds" will come to an end after 15 seasons
    "Criminal Minds" will be coming to an end after one more season, Entertainment Tonight reports. One of television's longest-running procedurals was renewed for a 15th season and final season, which will be 10 episodes long. The cast of the of the CBS crime drama is currently working on their 14th season, which will be 15 episodes long. "It is the quintessential CBS hit. We are so proud to have aired it," CBS' EVP of current programs, Amy Reisenbach, said. "It speaks to everything we do best, whi
  • Shutdown Latest: Trump closer to declaring emergency; 800,000 won't get paid

    Shutdown Latest: Trump closer to declaring emergency; 800,000 won't get paid
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is edging closer to declaring a national emergency to pay for his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall as pressure mounts to end the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government and deprived hundreds of thousands of workers of their salaries.Some 800,000 federal employees, more than half still on the job, were due to miss their first paycheck Friday under a stoppage that neared a record for the longest government shutdown. With the cl
  • Good Guys, Bad Guys and Kickass Ladies in Theaters

    The Oscar nominations are fast approaching, so we’ll see a handful of hopefuls squeak out in the next couple of weeks. Otherwise, we’ll see some stuff that probably has little chance of making a buck, unless it comes out in the winter wasteland. Bit of both this week. The Upside by Matt Weiner The man […]
  • Wisconsin man arrested in teen's abduction, parents' deaths

    BARRON, Wis. (AP) — A 21-year-old man shot a Wisconsin couple to death at their home in a scheme to kidnap their teenage daughter, then held the girl captive for three months in an isolated north woods town before she managed to escape, authorities said Friday.Jayme Closs, 13, was skinny, disheveled and wearing shoes too big for her when she approached a stranger and pleaded for help Thursday in the small town of Gordon, where Jake Thomas Patterson lives.Patterson was apparently out lookin
  • Police ID suspect in Wisconsin teen's abduction, parents' murders

    BARRON, Wis. (AP) — A 21-year-old man is jailed in the deaths of a Wisconsin couple he killed because he wanted to kidnap their teenage daughter, investigators said Friday, a day after the girl approached a stranger along a rural road saying she'd been abducted in October and held against her will.Jake Thomas Patterson was taken into custody shortly after 13-year-old Jayme Closs sought help from a woman walking her dog in a rural, heavily wooded neighborhood near the small town of Gordon,
  • Former Blue Jackets star Rick Nash retires due to 'unresolved' concussion issues

    Former Blue Jackets star Rick Nash retires due to 'unresolved' concussion issues
    (CBS Sports) -- After 15 seasons in the NHL, two Olympic gold medals and one World Championship, Rick Nash has called it a career.As TSN's Darren Dreger reported Friday, the longtime Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers star has announced his retirement via Top Shelf Sports Management, citing "unresolved issues" from a concussion sustained in March 2018."Due to unresolved issues/symptoms from the concussion sustained last March," Top Shelf's Joe Resnick told Dreger, "Rick Nash will be forc
  • Police investigating after one person was stabbed to death in east Columbus

    Police investigating after one person was stabbed to death in east Columbus
    COLUMBUS – Police are investigating after one person was stabbed to death and another was hospitalized in east Columbus.It happened Friday just before 8 a.m. in the 3700 block of Noam Court at the Kimberly Meadows Apartments. Police told 10TV one person was pronounced dead on the scene and another person was taken to Mount Carmel East where they are currently having surgery.Authorities are working to determine a motive. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
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  • Face the State with Scott Light | January 13, 2019

    This week on Face The State:Ohio's New Speaker - Larry Householder was named house speaker this week, beating Ryan Smith 52-46.Our panel looks at the friction some of those votes will cause.Shutdown Hits Ohio - Ohio lawmakers weigh in on the historically long government shutdown and how it's impacting the Buckeye State.The Next Step - Governor-elect Mike DeWine will be sworn in on Monday.Our panel looks at the similarities and differences between he and Gov. Kasich.Guest this week:Laura Bischoff
  • Good Samaritans step up to help federal workers going without paychecks

    Good Samaritans step up to help federal workers going without paychecks
    As the government shutdown drags on, furloughed workers have been sharing their struggles, including John Siciliano, a federal corrections officer in New Jersey.He told CBS News' Anna Werner he hasn't gotten a paycheck since Dec. 29 and is about to miss a mortgage payment. The bank told him and his wife if they miss a second one, it will start foreclosure proceedings."We're still working. I'm going to work every day and I'm not getting paid. I have to work extra hours and not get paid," he said.
  • Bud Light debuts bigger nutrition labels

    Bud Light debuts bigger nutrition labels
    DETROIT — Beer drinkers can't claim blissful ignorance for much longer.Starting next month, packages of Bud Light will have prominent labels showing the beer's calories and ingredients as well as the amount of fat, carbohydrates and protein in a serving.Bud Light is likely the first of many to make the move. The labels aren't legally required, but major beer makers agreed in 2016 to voluntarily disclose nutrition facts on their products by 2020.Many brands, including Corona Light, Guinness
  • Friday kicks off inaugurals for new Ohio officeholders

    Friday kicks off inaugurals for new Ohio officeholders
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The swearing-in of Ohio's next state treasurer kicks off a long weekend of inaugural events for new statewide officeholders.All five of the state's executive offices opened up this year as a result of term limits. Republicans maintained control of all five.State Rep. Robert Sprague has the first inaugural of the group, a swearing-in in Findlay Friday evening. He replaces Republican Josh Mandel.State Sen. Frank LaRose is sworn in as secretary of state at noon Saturday
  • Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.6M vehicles to fix Takata air bags

    Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.6M vehicles to fix Takata air bags
    DETROIT— Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 1.6 million vehicles worldwide to replace Takata front passenger air bag inflators that can be dangerous.Takata inflators can explode with too much force, hurling shrapnel into drivers and passengers. At least 23 people have died from the problem worldwide and hundreds injured.The recall covers the 2010 through 2016 Jeep Wrangler SUV, the 2010 Ram 3500 pickup and 4500/5500 Chassis Cab trucks, the 2010 and 2011 Dodge Dakota pickup, the 2010 thro
  • Search for endangered teen missing from west Columbus

    Search for endangered teen missing from west Columbus
    COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Division of Police is seeking the public's help in finding a missing child.17-year-old Alexis Spann is missing from Wyndham Ridge on Ashberry Village Drive. She was last seen on Thursday wearing a black leather jacket with grey on the inside, jeans, and brown boots.According to police, Spann is developmentally disabled and was diagnosed with having the mentality of a 10 to 12-year-old child.Spann is 5'3 and weighs 100-pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.
  • Torts' 600th win: Panarin scores in OT, Blue Jackets beat Predators 4-3

    Torts' 600th win: Panarin scores in OT, Blue Jackets beat Predators 4-3
    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Artemi Panarin scored his second goal of the night 1:22 into overtime to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Nashville Predators, 4-3 on Thursday night.The Blue Jackets went up 3-1 with two quick goals in the third period and appeared as if they might cruise from there. But the Predators answered with two scores in a 38-second span to tie it and set up the overtime goal for Panarin on a 4-on-3 power play.Boone Jenner also had two goals, and Zach Werenski had a pair of
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  • Local federal government employees filing for unemployment benefits

    Most government employees would get paid Friday, but with the partial government shutdown, those checks won't be delivered.“Moral is down a bit. Earnings statements came out today. It's demoralizing to see zero in an earnings statement,” said Mike Weekley.Weekley is an air traffic controller in Columbus and the head of the local branch of National Air Traffic Controllers Association.“You could feel the somber moment.It was a distraction, a lot of talk,” Weekley described
  • Trump administration eyes disaster money to fund border wall

    Trump administration eyes disaster money to fund border wall
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is considering using billions in unspent disaster relief funds earmarked for areas including hurricane-pounded Puerto Rico and Texas and more than a dozen other states to pay for President Donald Trump's border wall as he weighs signing a national emergency declaration to get it built without Congress.The White House has directed the Army Corps of Engineers to comb through its budget, including $13.9 billion in emergency funds that Congress earmar
  • Wisconsin teenager missing since October found alive, suspect in custody

    Wisconsin teenager missing since October found alive, suspect in custody
    BARRON, Wis. (AP) — A 13-year-old northwest Wisconsin girl who went missing in October after her parents were killed has been found alive, authorities said Thursday.The Barron County Sheriff's Department said on its Facebook page that Jayme Closs has been located and that a suspect was taken into custody.Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said the sheriff's office in Douglas County, about 70 miles north of Barron County, located the girl. A suspect was apprehended a short time later. The statement d
  • Bill to legalize weed introduced in U.S. Congress is numbered 420

    Bill to legalize weed introduced in U.S. Congress is numbered 420
    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat from Oregon, seeks to regulate marijuana like alcohol.The bill introduced Wednesday would take marijuana off the federal controlled substances list and establish a nationally regulated industry overseen by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.Blumenauer has long advocated legalizing marijuana at the federal level.He authored a blueprint last year for his like-minded congress members on how t
  • Local orthopedic surgeon faces jail time after pleading guilty to OVI, vehicular assault

    DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio - A local doctor has learned he could spend the next few years in prison after he pleaded guilty to an OVI from last June.Dr. David Crawford, 37, was not answering to an indictment, Thursday. His three charges of vehicular assault and one count of OVI were never taken to a grand jury. Instead, he was answering to a "Bill of Information." Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney Carol O'Brien says Crawford's attorneys contacted her office months ago to start negotiations.In cour
  • Police: Missing 12-year-old boy last seen in west Columbus

    Police: Missing 12-year-old boy last seen in west Columbus
    COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police are looking for a missing 12-year-old boy.Police said Brandon Bridges was last seen in the area of Galloway Ridge Intermediate School in west Columbus on Thursday afternoon.He was last seen wearing black pants with red knee patches, an orange hooded sweatshirt, a black parka with fur around the hood, and blue and white tennis shoes.Bridges was also carrying a backpack.He is 5-feet, 1-inch tall and weighs 130 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.If anyon
  • Two men arrested after multi-county high-speed chase

    Two men have been arrested in Pike County after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase.Ohio State Highway Patrol said the suspects were reportedly driving a stolen BMW. When troopers tried to pull them over in Ross County, they fled.A team of deputies and troopers launched a manhunt in Waverly after they ditched the car and took off on foot.“They're local so they probably do know the area and thought they could get away on foot,” Tim Karwatske with OSHP said.But within 10 minu
  • Ryan Day names Matt Barnes as special team’s coordinator, assistant secondary coach

    Ryan Day names Matt Barnes as special team’s coordinator, assistant secondary coach
    Ohio State has announced Matt Barnes has been hired as the football program’s special team’s coordinator and assistant secondary coach by head coach Ryan Day.Barnes spent the last three seasons at the University of Maryland. This past season, he served as linebacker coach and specials team’s coordinator.“Matt is young coach who has really done a great job at Maryland,” Day said. “He’s an energy guy who has considerable knowledge of the Big Ten Conference
  • ODOT preparing roads ahead of snow coming to central Ohio this weekend

    Heading into this weekend’s it’s becoming more and more likely that snow will cover the roads, with many seeing a few inches by the end of the day Saturday.10TV spoke with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) on Thursday about their plans for this weekend.“My staff will put together a plan ‪Friday afternoon,” said Shawn Anverse, administrator for ODOT Franklin County. Leading up to the event, Anverse said they will continue to pretreat the roads. “All

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