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• Morning traffic, freezing temps caused issues in plowing Friday snow

  01-02-2019 23:20
  State and city snow plows battled to keep freeways and main thoroughfares clear of snow, but morning traffic and freezing temperatures caused issues.Below freezing temperatures the night before the snow storm prevented both ODOT and the City of Columbus from pre-treating the roads because the chemicals were not effective, officials said.Adding to that, the snow fell just as people were driving to work in the morning, making it harder for plows to do their job as they were stuck in the same traff
  
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• Ohio State College of Dentistry providing free dental care to kids Saturday

  01-02-2019 23:18
  
  The Ohio State College of Dentistry is providing free dental exams, cleanings, extractions, fillings and crowns for kids in need Saturday.The event, located at Postle Hall in the first-floor clinics, is free for kids under 18 years of age and each child must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian who will remain with the child throughout the event.Appointments will be scheduled on a first-come, first serve basis and can be made by calling (614) 688-3763. Complimentary parking will be offer
  
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• National Veterans Memorial and Museum free to active duty military through end of 2019

  01-02-2019 22:46
  
  Three Ohio Veteran Service organizations have come together to help active military members visit the National Veterans Memorial and Museum by offering free admission.The Ohio Department of AMVETS Service Foundation, the American Legion Department of Ohio Charities and Veterans of Foreign Wars Ohio charities will fund the admission and parking costs for all active military personnel starting Feb. 1 through the end of 2019, the museum announced Friday."We thank the leaders of AMVETS, American Leg
  
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• Trump: "Good chance" I'll declare emergency for border wall money

  01-02-2019 22:28
  
  President Trump signaled he could declare a national emergency in order to unilaterally obtain funding for a southern border wall, suggesting that that declaration could come as soon as next week. Asked by reporters during a human trafficking event whether he was prepared to make such an announcement at the State of the Union address Tuesday, Trump said, "I'm saying, listen closely to the State of the Union. I think you'll find it very exciting." When a reporter asked whether he expected to make
  
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• 3 additional Mount Carmel patients identified

  01-02-2019 22:11
  
  COLUMBUS — Three more Mount Carmel patients believed to have been given potentially lethal doses of fentanyl were identified Friday by their attorneys – including two who are alleged to have died on the same day – Oct. 9, 2017.Medical records provided by their family’s attorneys show Timothy Fitzpatrick received 500 micrograms of fentanyl around 8: 24 p.m. on Oct. 9, 2017. Hours later, around 11:21 p.m., Beverlee Schirtzinger received a dose of 500 micrograms of fentanyl.
  
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• Woman dies of injuries following SUV crash into mobile home

  01-02-2019 22:01
  
  COLUMBUS — A woman taken to the hospital in critical condition after an SUV crashed into a mobile home has died, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.Shortly after 1 a.m. Jan. 17, an unknown driver was traveling westbound on Greenlawn Avenue west of Harmon Avenue in a black 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer.Officials say the driver appears to have lost control, went off the right side of the roadway and then crossed back over and went off the left side of the roadway. The vehic
  
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• CAPA Launches New Look, Community Events for 50th Anniversary

  01-02-2019 22:00
  The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a new look and year-long community celebration. CAPA was established in 1969 to save the Ohio Theatre from demolition. The non-profit performing arts organization now manages 10 central Ohio entertainment venues, including the Palace, and the Southern and Lincoln Theatres. The […]
  
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• Columbus Alternative High School Seeks District Support for Facility Improvements

  01-02-2019 21:03
  Last week, students, staff, families, community members, and media were invited to Columbus Alternative High School (CAHS) to discuss ongoing concerns regarding the physical integrity of its aging North Linden campus buildings. Working with the WORTH Foundation, a local leadership and civic engagement organization, the facilitated conversations aimed to provide a first-hand look at the […]
  
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• I Am Columbus

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• CelebrateOne - Mobility

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• Girls can now officially join the Boy Scouts

  01-02-2019 20:24
  
  Girls can now officially join what once was the Boy Scouts.As of Friday, girls between the ages of 11 and 17 will be permitted to become part of what’s now being called Scouts BSA.The Boy Scouts of America also says it will recognize its first class of female Eagle Scouts in 2020.Eagle Scout is the highest rank in the Scouts BSA and can offer lifelong academic and professional benefits.More than 77,000 girls have joined Cub Scouts, a program for younger children, since it began welcoming g
  
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• Smart Columbus - The Columbus Way

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• Columbus Zoo announces first new births of 2019

  01-02-2019 20:01
  
  The Columbus Zoo and & Aquarium has announced the first two births of 2019: a dama gazelle and a silvered leaf langur.The female dama gazelle calf was born January 7 to mom, Layla, and dad, Zultan, making her the first birth of the new year.The calf has not yet been named but the zoo says she continued to bond with her mother and her one-year-old sister, Raisin.The dama is the largest of all gazelles with adults weighing up to 165 pounds. In as little as a week after birth, calves can run as
  
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• Columbus police officer passes away after battle with cancer

  01-02-2019 19:32
  
  The Columbus Division of Police said Officer Jason Jackson has passed away after a battle against cancer. He was 47.“We are extremely saddened to share with you that one of our kindest, most gentle, big-hearted officers lost his battle with cancer this morning,” police wrote in a Facebook post.He leaves behind a wife and four children.Officer Jackson spent more than 20 years with Columbus police.“Officer Jackson had a love of life, a love of community, a love of educating teens
  
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• Smash Hit “Hand to God” Returns to Short North Stage

  01-02-2019 19:30
  Robert Askins’ brilliantly funny and scabrous comedy about demonic possession set in a church’s puppet class, Hand to God, had its regional premiere — after acclaimed Off-Broadway and Broadway runs — at Short North Stage in 2017, directed by Edward Carignan. In my rave review for this site, I said, “Hand to God never goes […]
  
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• Local Music Spotlight: After-Death Plan

  01-02-2019 18:56
  Columbus duo After-Death Plan is the enmeshed talents of Lesley Ann Fogle (Mal VU) and Constantine Hondroulis (Earwig, Our Flesh Party, Salt Horse), which they’ve poured into their recently released sophomore album, Psycho Social Sexual, a follow-up to their 2016 debut, Literature. Described by its creators as ‘American Gothic nous rock,’ Psycho Social Sexual is rife with delicious textures, weaving […]
  
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• Read Mayor Andrew Ginther’s Full State of the City Address

  01-02-2019 18:38
  Editor’s note: On Thursday, Jan. 31, Mayor Andrew Ginther delivered the annual State of the City Address. Read the full text here: I am constantly amazed at the diversity of the residents of this great city. Almost 250,000 residents are African-American, 103,000 are foreign born, 53,000 are Latinos, 41,000 are veterans and 38,000 identify as […]
  
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• Walmart to start offering bonuses to employees for good attendance

  01-02-2019 18:18
  
  Walmart employees will soon have a new way to boost their paychecks.The company plans to give bonuses to its employees who don’t call out often.Officials with Walmart say the goal is to reward those who come to work every day.Currently, employees can have up to nine absences per every six-month period. The new police will trim that to five days.In addition, employees will get six “protected PTO” days every year, which can be used for sicknesses and emergencies. Those days don&r
  
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• PromoWest Announces 2019 Bunbury Music Festival Lineup

  01-02-2019 18:01
  PromoWest Productions has announced the lineup for Bunbury Music Festival, from May 31 to June 2, 2019. The annual festival takes place along the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati. Performances this year include Fall Out Boy, Greta Van Fleet, The 1975, Run The Jewels, Girl Talk, Machine Gun Kelly, and more. Forty acts will perform […]
  
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• 2019 State of the City Address

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• Theatre Review: Hamilton Worth the Wait

  01-02-2019 16:05
  If you weren’t aware, a little musical by the name of Hamilton opened in Columbus this week. Columbus has only been waiting, oh, about two years for this! And, dayum, Hamilton is definitely worth the wait! Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s Founding Fathers in a modern, contemporary way […]
  
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• 'Tidying Up' Netflix series inspires people to clean up and clear out homes

  01-02-2019 13:59
  You might have been inspired to do some organizing lately after watching the popular Netflix show called "Tidying Up".In the show, renowned tidying up expert Marie Kondo helps people clear out clutter and organize their homes. In Upper Arlington, one mom of four is getting things in order, with some help from a local professional. The show "Tidying Up" is has Elizabeth Doolittle doing some organizing in her home after watching the popular Netflix series. "I love watching a show when someone's li
  
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• New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker launches 2020 bid

  01-02-2019 13:16
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker on Friday declared his bid for the presidency in 2020 with a sweeping call to unite a deeply polarized nation around a "common purpose."The New Jersey Democrat, who is the second black candidate in a primary field that's already historically diverse, delivered his message of unity amid an era marked by bitter political division."I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind; where parents can put food on the table;
  
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• Facebook removes 783 fake pages, accounts tied to Iran

  01-02-2019 12:37
  
  NEW YORK — Facebook says it has removed 783 Iran-linked pages, accounts and groups from its service for what it calls "coordinated inauthentic behavior." That's the social network's term for fake accounts run with the intent of disrupting politics and elections.Facebook has been disclosing such purges more regularly in recent months, including ones linked to groups in Myanmar , Bangladesh and Russia .The accounts on Facebook and Instagram typically misrepresented themselves as locals in mo
  
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• Student admits bringing loaded handgun to city school

  01-02-2019 12:31
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio — An Ohio high school student has admitted bringing a loaded gun to school.The 16-year-old boy appeared in Butler County Juvenile Court this week on felony charges of illegal conveyance of a deadly weapon at school and receiving stolen property. The Dayton Daily News reports Hamilton police say he brought a loaded .25-caliber handgun to a city school Dec. 19.The juvenile court administrator said the boy pleaded true to the illegal conveyance charge and the receiving stolen p
  
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• Schultz faces hometown protests as he eyes 2020 bid

  01-02-2019 12:30
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — "Grande ego. Venti mistake": That was the message protesters had for former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz as he returned to his hometown of Seattle on Thursday after announcing that he's mulling an independent run for president.Several dozen protesters gathered outside a downtown theater before Schultz appeared to promote his new book. They included Democrats who fret his candidacy would hand President Donald Trump another term, and green-and-gold-bedecked basketball fans who
  
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• Police arrest man who crashed into house, caused explosion

  01-02-2019 12:23
  
  VERMILION, Ohio — Police have arrested a man who they say crashed his car into a gas meter and set off a house explosion in Ohio.Erie County Sheriff Paul Sigsworth says authorities located the 56-year-old man Thursday afternoon in a vacant house about one mile from the explosion in Vermilion.Sigsworth says the man drove his SUV off the road around 3:30 a.m. Thursday and struck a home's gas meter, breaking the gas line and causing the home to explode.The family living in the home was able t
  
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• Opioid maker considered profiting off addiction treatment

  01-02-2019 12:22
  
  BOSTON (AP) — As the nation's opioid crisis was deepening, the company that makes a powerful prescription painkiller considered marketing an anti-addiction drug to "an attractive market" of people with addictions, according to allegations in court documents made public Thursday.The attorney general's office in Massachusetts is suing Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, along with some company executives and members of the family that owns it in an effort to hold them accountable for the toll o
  
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• Volunteers brave Minnesota's cold to honor veterans buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery

  01-02-2019 03:39
  
  Across the Midwest, historic cold weather has closed schools and businesses. But as CBS Minneapolis' John Lauritsen reports, a group of American heroes are still hard at work.A volunteer rifle squad and color guard at Minnesota's Fort Snelling hasn't missed a funeral in 40 years. Not even when it's 28 degrees below."No matter what the conditions are, rain, snow, sleet, this 25-below weather, we'll be out here," said veteran Mike Hanzal.On Wednesday, with a wind chill of negative 36 degrees, memb
  
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• Firefighters salute Brad Haynes in procession held in his honor

  01-02-2019 03:18
  
  Firefighters saluted their fallen comrade as the procession paused in front of the West Jefferson Fire Department. Brad Haynes' gear was placed on the ground in front of them. Many were overcome with emotions.The procession for Brad Haynes is about to come through West Jefferson. pic.twitter.com/7PhcfppPKD— Lacey Crisp (@LaceyCrisp) January 31, 2019
  “He's like my brother, he really is,” said Amanda Jones. She grew up with Haynes and says he was a kind, softhearted person who wo
  
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• Experts warn of hidden dangers when vehicles with keyless ignitions are left running

  01-02-2019 02:53
  Keyless ignitions have become a favorite feature on new vehicles. At the push of a button, you can remotely start your car or truck. In frigid winter weather, it’s a comfort to be able to warm up your vehicle without getting into it.More than half of the 17 million new vehicles sold annually in the U.S. have keyless ignitions. But that feature can turn into a hazard if you’re not careful. According to the New York Times, 28 people have died and 45 others have been injured since 2006
  
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• Video of Ohio multi-vehicle crash shows dangers of icy overpasses, bridges

  01-02-2019 01:55
  
  A video shared between the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Ohio Department of Transportation is showing the dangers of frozen overpasses and bridges.According to OSHP, a pickup truck was traveling north on I-75 Nov. 27 in northwest Ohio when the driver lost control, hit a guardrail and bounced back into traffic. The truck was then hit by a semi, which jackknifed and pushed the pickup truck into a car on the side of the highway.
  The driver of the pickup truck was transported to a local hospital wit
  
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• First Culinary Partners Announced for Budd Dairy Food Hall

  01-02-2019 00:56
  Two local businesses have been tapped to serve Cameron Mitchell Restaurants’ Budd Dairy Food Hall, opening later this year. Borgata Pizza Café and Darista are the first of eight chef-driven concepts to be announced for the new food hall coming to Italian Village. Borgata, owned by Ed Bisconti and Roz Auddino, offers New York-style pizza […]
  
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