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• Zoning fight over Mount Vernon recovery house could pose threat to recovering addicts

  25-01-2019 23:36
  
  MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — One priority identified to fight the drug epidemic in Ohio is the need for more beds at treatment centers, but one local recovery house is at the center of controversy that could put addicts in need on the street.The Riverside Recovery Services in Mount Vernon is home to 11 men who are addicts in recovery.They say this home and program has helped them get there."I currently have 11 guys who live here. Many of them have not been in treatment before, so they are getting
  
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• From snow to brutal wind chills, what you need to know about next week's forecast

  25-01-2019 23:24
  
  You've probably heard the term "polar vortex" -- but what does it mean?Certain weather terms will go viral and, in many cases, are misused. The polar vortex had its 15 minutes of fame years back and now it seems like every time there's a big cooldown that word gets thrown around.Before we dive deep into the upcoming polar plunge, let's define polar vortex. Image courtesy: NOAA
  According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air surroundi
  
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• Columbus restaurant employee diagnosed with hepatitis A

  25-01-2019 22:09
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus Public Health is investigating after a person who has direct contact with food at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop at 479 North High Street was diagnosed with Hepatitis A.The health department said anyone who ate at the restaurant between Jan. 1 and Jan. 16, 2019 is encouraged to get a hepatitis A vaccine as soon as possible and watch for symptoms of hepatitis A.Symptoms include jaundice, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue.The health department said employees at
  
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• Two Columbus men arrested for alleged roles in counterfeit manufacturing scheme

  25-01-2019 22:08
  
  COLMBUS, Ohio — Two Columbus men have been arrested after authorities found counterfeit money and materials to manufacture it at their residence, according to the United States Secret Service.Brian Keith Kiser, 38, and Alan Curtis Jarrell, 37, are accused of leading an organized group that allegedly began passing counterfeit money through the area.Members of the Secret Service Southern District of Ohio Electronic and Financial Crimes Task Force executed a search warrant on the residence an
  
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• Family of WWII veteran Milton Mapou remembers his service, time in Pearl Harbor

  25-01-2019 21:49
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sit down with Ken Branscome and ask him about his grandfather. It'll take him a second to come up with an answer."That's pretty difficult because he meant so much to so many people," he said. "Personally, he's a hero of mine."His hero is 97-year-old Milton Mapou, who was a Pearl Harbor survivor and a World War II veteran who served in the U. S. Navy.He was an American hero."Yeah," Branscome said. "Oh, yeah. Absolutely."Mapou passed away January 17.Featured on 10TV in 2016,
  
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• Study: Ohio drivers among the worst in US

  25-01-2019 21:34
  
  A recent study ranks Ohio drivers among the worst in the United States.The study, conducted by QuoteWizard, released a list of all 50 states ranking them from worst to best.Ohio came in at number eight on the list.To determine their rankings, QuoteWizard used the number of total accident, speeding tickets, DUIs, citations and fatalities in each state.Michigan came in as the best state followed by Mississippi, Oklahoma, Arizona and Illinois.The top five worst states were Maine, South Carolina, Ne
  
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• Gov. DeWine delays execution of Columbus man, orders look at other drugs

  25-01-2019 21:26
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine has delayed next month's execution of a condemned Ohio man and ordered the prison system to look at alternative lethal injection drugs.The announcement by the Republican governor Friday followed a federal judge's ruling earlier this month that said Ohio's current execution protocol would cause the inmate needless suffering.Warren Keith Henness was scheduled to die by lethal injection Feb. 13 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.Henness
  
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• Trump signs bill to end government shutdown

  25-01-2019 20:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a bill that temporarily opens the federal government for three weeks, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history at 35 days.The White House says Trump signed the measure after the Senate and House each passed it Friday.The shutdown was ending as Democratic leaders had insisted it must — reopen the government first, then talk border security. "The president thought he could crack Democrats and he didn't and I hope it's a lesson for
  
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• Trump expected to sign off on bill to reopen government

  25-01-2019 20:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill to end the 35-day government shutdown, sending it to President Trump for his signature.Submitting to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump agreed to a deal Friday to reopen the government for three weeks, backing down from his demand that Congress give him money for his border wall before federal agencies get back to work.Standing alone in the Rose Garden, Trump said he would sign legislation funding shuttered agencie
  
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• Trump announces deal to end record-long shutdown

  25-01-2019 20:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president's demands for money to build his long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.Trump announced the agreement to break the 35-day impasse as intensifying delays at the nation's airports and widespread disruptions brought new urgency to efforts to reso
  
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• Anne Hathaway confirms 'Princess Diaries 3' is in the works

  25-01-2019 19:48
  
  Anne Hathaway says "The Princess Diaries 3" is in the works, the actress revealed on "Watch What Happens Live" with Andy Cohen on Thursday.A fan called into the show, which is currently taping in Los Angeles, and had a question for Hathaway."Have you heard of anything about 'Princess Diaries 3,' since the author of the book said there's a script for the third movie?" the caller asked."There is a script for the third movie," Hathaway said. The actress heard a gasp from the audience. "That was so
  
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• Responsible Recycling Can Keep Tons of Reusables Out of Landfills

  25-01-2019 19:41
  As we propel into the new year, many people are aiming to make (and maybe even keep!) new year’s resolutions. While improving yourself or your career or your home life always seem like the first things on the list, some folks are starting to think of how they could possibly even better the environment.  After […]
  
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• Firm Building Modern Home in Linden Hopes it’s the First of Many

  25-01-2019 19:20
  What started as one company’s desire to do something more tangible with a share of its annual corporate giving has turned into a modern, 750-square-foot home, now under construction in Linden. In February, a soon-to-be-selected family will be given the keys to the home. And, later that month, the firm behind the house giveaway plans […]
  
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• Trump expected to back a move to reopen government for a few weeks

  25-01-2019 19:10
  
  President Trump is expected to announce Friday he'll back a move to reopen the government for a few weeks. He's slated to make a statement on this development at the White House Friday afternoon, amid a tumultuous day with the federal government shutdown affecting staffing at airports. Earlier Friday, his former campaign adviser and associate Roger Stone appeared in federal court. Trump is expected to meet with mayors and pastors later in the day.
  CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Ga
  
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• Imagine Productions Takes on Sondheim’s Much-Loved Into the Woods

  25-01-2019 18:24
  Imagine Productions present a production of Stephen Sondheim’s most accessible musical Into the Woods (with book by James Lapine), directed by Brandon Boring. I caught a dress rehearsal early in the week and spoke with the director. It’s not fair to fully review a performance the point of which is to work through technical issues, […]
  
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• Comedy Duos and Feminist Docs in CBUS Theaters

  25-01-2019 17:36
  It’s a light week in cinemas as a lot of theaters bring back new Oscar nominations. Indeed, Gateway is screening 10-time nominee Roma in 70mm. Still, there are a couple of new flicks worth checking out. Stan & Ollie Wouldn’t it be nutty to peek behind the curtain of one of cinema’s most famous pairs […]
  
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• State suspends provider agreement, medical license of Mount Carmel doctor accused of fatal overdoses

  25-01-2019 17:22
  
  COLUMBUS (WBNS) – The Ohio Department of Medicaid has suspended the provider agreement of Dr. William Husel after it found a credible allegation of fraud.Spokesman Tom Betti told 10 Investigates that the alleged fraud involved providing “medically unnecessary services involving grossly inappropriate doses of fentanyl.”Betti says the Ohio Department of Medicaid also referred these allegations to the Ohio Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.“The health and
  
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• Deep freeze grips Upper Midwest, more bitter cold to come

  25-01-2019 17:18
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An arctic wave has wrapped parts of the Midwest in numbing cold, sending temperatures plunging and prompting officials to close dozens of schools Friday, but forecasters say the worst may be yet to come.Cold weather advisories were in effect from North Dakota to Ohio, with dangerously cold wind chills that could dip to as low as 45 below zero in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota and to 35 below in parts of northern Illinois and Iowa.The bitter cold caused administrators i
  
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• FAA says an increase in sick leave causes flight delays

  25-01-2019 16:44
  
  Travelers endured widespread flight delays in the Northeast as federal officials grappled with a shortage of air traffic controllers, who missed paychecks Friday because of the partial government shutdown.LaGuardia Airport in New York and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey were the hardest hit, but delays rippled across the nation's air-travel system.The disruptions are the strongest evidence yet that the 35-day government shutdown threatens to snarl the nation's air travel syste
  
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• FAA: Increase in "sick leave" causing flight delays

  25-01-2019 16:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is reporting delays in air travel because of a "slight increase in sick leave" at two East Coast air traffic control facilities.FAA spokesman Gregory Martin said Friday that it had augmented staffing, rerouted traffic and increased spacing between planes as needed.The staffing problems were at air traffic centers in Jacksonville, Florida and a Washington D.C. center that controls high-altitude air traffic over seven states.Martin says saf
  
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• Mom: 3-year-old found after 2 days missing is doing well

  25-01-2019 15:05
  
  ERNUL, N.C. (AP) — The mother of a 3-year-old boy who was missing for two days before he was found alive in North Carolina says he's doing well and "already asked to watch Netflix."At a news conference Thursday night, Brittany Hathaway thanked the nearly 600 volunteers who turned out to search for Casey Lynn Hathaway after he went missing from his grandmother's backyard Tuesday.A search and rescue professional, Shane Grier, described finding the boy to news outlets. Searchers responding to
  
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• Face the State with Scott Light | January 27, 2019

  25-01-2019 14:50
  This week on Face The State:Imagine missing two paychecks - and still being expected to work. It's a reality for thousands of Americans - some in Ohio. The deepening struggles facing federal workers and their families. (Note: This conversation was recorded before the government shutdown ended late Friday night.)Senator Sherrod Brown weighs a White House bid as powerhouse politician Senator Kamala Harris makes her run official. What does the Democratic partyneed in 2020?Central Ohio is a hot plac
  
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• Video shows brutality of knife attack on helpless inmates

  25-01-2019 14:22
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A newly released video shows the brutality of an Ohio inmate's knife attack on four other prisoners who were handcuffed to a table and unable to defend themselves.The video obtained by The Associated Press reveals for the first time the extent of the victims' injuries and raises questions about how the bloody attack happened inside the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, one of Ohio's most secure prisons. Additional security concerns were raised months later
  
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• Suspect in Florida bank attack dreamed of hurting classmates

  25-01-2019 13:24
  
  A man accused of fatally shooting five women at a small-town bank in Florida had dreamed of hurting classmates in high school and had long been fascinated with killing, police and a former girlfriend said Thursday.The slayings did not appear to be part of a robbery, and Zephen Xaver had no apparent connection to the SunTrust branch or the four employees and one customer who were killed Wednesday, police said."We believe it was a random act," Sebring Police Chief Karl Hoglund said Thursday at a n
  
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• Government shutdown may delay probe of fatal plane crash

  25-01-2019 12:51
  
  APPLE CREEK, Ohio — Authorities say the full investigation into a plane crash that killed two pilots in Ohio likely will be delayed by the federal government shutdown.The Daily Record in Wooster reports a statement this week from a National Transportation Safety Board spokeswoman said the majority of NTSB employees are furloughed. The spokeswoman says the board won't be able to begin its investigation of Monday's crash until the shutdown ends.The State Highway Patrol's initial investigatio
  
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• Trump associate Stone arrested, faces obstruction charge

  25-01-2019 12:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday morning on several criminal charges stemming from the special counsel's Russia investigation.Stone is charged in a seven-count indictment with witness tampering, obstruction and false statements about his interactions related to the release by WikiLeaks of hacked emails during the 2016 presidential election. Some of those false statements were made to the House intelligence committee, according to the indi
  
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• 10-year-old attempts to prove Tom Brady is a "cheater" in winning science fair project

  25-01-2019 12:36
  
  Some students strive to get "A's" on their science fair projects, but this 10-year-old boy from Kentucky had bigger plans. He wanted to take down Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.Ace Davis from Lexington, Kentucky, entered his project titled, "Is Tom Brady a Cheater?" into his elementary school's science fair to prove that deflated footballs give players an advantage.Brady and the Patriots were famously accused of deflating footballs in 2015 during the AFC title game by the Indianapolis Colts. The
  
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• Stranger holds umbrella for deputy saluting fallen officer in the rain

  25-01-2019 12:31
  
  As the body of Sgt. Wytasha Carter made its way through a rainy Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, a sheriff's deputy named Tiffany Dial stood and saluted the casket. Carter was gunned down while on duty."It was a tough day for everyone here in Birmingham and Alabama and Jefferson County. It was a tough day," Dial said.Dial said she was representing her shift, and was the only one available."I was representing everybody," she said.In a city mourning the worst, came a reminder of our best. A man name
  
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• Digital lottery for tickets to see "Hamilton" in Columbus opens Sunday

  25-01-2019 09:37
  
  Theater fans have a chance to see Broadway's hit musical "Hamilton" for as low as $10 a ticket.A digital lottery for tickets starts Sunday, Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. Winners can get tickets to see performances on Tuesday, Jan. 29 for just $10 each.Subsequent lotteries will begin two days prior to each performance.Here is how to enter the digital lottery:Download the official Hamilton musical app through iOS and Android devices, in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store (http://hamiltonmusical.co
  
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• Shootings in northern Georgia leave 4 dead, 1 wounded

  25-01-2019 04:24
  
  ROCKMART, Ga.— Authorities say four people have been killed and one wounded in two shootings in northern Georgia.News outlets report the Polk County Sheriff's Office says the shootings occurred Thursday night in Rockmart. The sheriff says there are two crime scenes.WXIA-TV reports that authorities initially said six people had been shot but later corrected that information.No additional details were immediately available.
  
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• Federal government workers still required to pay support bills without paychecks

  25-01-2019 04:12
  The partial government shutdown is affecting federal employees across the country, meaning money is becoming an issue for many.“I wish this was over.I love my job, but this is ridiculous,” said federal government employee, John.Because of the partial government shutdown, he has not been paid in a month.John is divorced, and owes $700 a month in spousal support.That money is usually taken directly from his paycheck. That bill is now past due.“I get this lovely note that says we
  
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• Formerly conjoined twins thriving after rare, complex surgery separated their brains

  25-01-2019 04:08
  
  Erin and Abby Delaney's parents are grateful their twin daughters are thriving. Born as conjoined twins, their condition was among the rarest of the rare. Now, doctors are providing an update on the girls' extraordinary journey."They're just growing and changing and amazing little people and I can say they are really my heroes for what they have been through," Heather Delaney told CBS News.The sisters were born joined at the head, and even rarer, totally fused with their connection deep into the
  
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• ODOT working to patch potholes, used more than 2,500 tons of asphalt

  25-01-2019 03:35
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - You know the headaches you get from potholes? The Ohio Department of Transportation gets them, too."We knew this was going to be a bad week for potholes," ODOT Spokesman, Matt Bruning said.Bruning says the extreme swing in temperatures this week has kept crews busy."A lot of people don't realize the same folks that are in the plow trucks plowing snow and ice are the same folks that then go out and put [patching] material on the highway," he said.In the winter of 2018, Bruning sa
  
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• Loyal customer gives McDonald's employee free car after hearing about her struggles

  25-01-2019 02:51
  
  A McDonald's employee in South Hutchinson, Kansas, received a life-changing gift from a customer earlier this month and her priceless reaction was caught on camera. Vicki Anderson, who works at the McDonald's drive-thru, told regular customer Chris Ellis that her car had broken down, CBS affiliate KWCH reported. After hearing that Anderson didn't have a way to and from work, Ellis devised a plan to help her.Ellis and his son, Josh, had been planning to sell Josh's car but decided to give it to A
  
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