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• Police searching for 2 suspects after armed robbery at Subway in north Columbus

  16-02-2019 22:45
  
  Columbus police are investigating a robbery at a Subway restaurant located in the 5800 block of Karl Road Wednesday.According to police, two men entered the restaurant at approximately 1:16 p.m. and placed an order. While employees worked to fulfill it, the suspects jumped the counter and one of the men pulled a handgun demanding money.Employees tell detectives the suspects took money from the cash register and fled on foot. During the robbery, a customer trying to exit the business was stopped
  
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• $1M bond set for suspect accused of setting Ohio deputy on fire

  16-02-2019 22:22
  
  RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — A judge has set a $1 million bond for a man charged with setting an Ohio sheriff's deputy on fire, causing serious burns when the deputy and other officers tried to arrest him on a felony warrant.Jay Brannon appeared in court Friday afternoon in Ravenna after being charged with attempted aggravated murder and aggravated arson.The Record-Courier reports Portage County Sheriff David Doak says Sgt. James Acklin suffered burns to 20 percent of his body when Brannon ignited
  
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• Open Letter to Governor DeWine on Gas Tax & Transportation Funding

  16-02-2019 22:02
  Dear Governor DeWine, Mobility and Opportunity for a Vibrant Economy in Ohio, or MOVE Ohio, applauds the formation of your Blue-Ribbon committee on funding transportation infrastructure into the future. While your priorities must include funding to maintain safe roads and bridges, Ohio needs more. Ohio must prioritize funding to support the safe, affordable mobility of […]
  
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• Employee at Columbus restaurant confirmed to have hepatitis A

  16-02-2019 20:59
  
  The Columbus health department is working with Eddy’s Chicken and Waffles located at 1808 E. Livingston Ave. after a case of hepatitis A has been confirmed in a restaurant employee.Columbus Public Health says the employee had direct contact with food. They say anyone who has been to the location between Feb. 1 and Feb. 11 is encouraged to get a hepatitis A vaccine as soon as possible and to watch for symptoms.Symptoms include jaundice, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.The healt
  
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• Ballpark mustard maker drops Indians' Chief Wahoo logo

  16-02-2019 16:14
  
  CLEVELAND — The maker of Cleveland's ballpark mustard is removing the Chief Wahoo logo from its branding and packaging to maintain longstanding ties with the Cleveland Indians baseball team.Cleveland.com reports the Indians have told official partners like Bertman Foods Co., the maker of Bertman Original Ballpark Mustard, those relationships can't continue unless they stop using Chief Wahoo. The caricature is widely seen as racist and offensive to Native Americans.The Indians will stop usi
  
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• Trump national emergency declaration faces fights in the courts

  16-02-2019 14:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Let the lawsuits begin.President Donald Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border and predicted his administration would end up defending it all the way to the Supreme Court.That might have been the only thing Trump said Friday that produced near-universal agreement.The American Civil Liberties Union announced its intention to sue less than an hour after the White House released the text of Trump's declaration that the "current situation at the souther
  
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• Dog Walkers Weekly "Furr-cast" | February 16th, 2019

  16-02-2019 14:27
  
  Welcome back, everyone! For you first-time readers, happy to have you here!This blog is dedicated to those dog lovers across central Ohio. Unless you have a large backyard, many of you probably walk your dog, or dogs, on a daily basis, and maybe even multiple times a day.The purpose and goal of this blog is to help those dog walkers and their furry friends make the most out of their walks outside while being safe at the same time.So, let's start things off with a look at what I call the "Comfort
  
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• Judge limits public comments in Trump confidant Stone's case

  16-02-2019 14:04
  
  WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday placed some limits on what President Donald Trump's longtime confidant Roger Stone and his lawyers can say publicly about his criminal case in the special counsel's Russia probe.But U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson stopped short of imposing a broad ban on public comments by the outspoken political operative, issuing a limited gag order she said was necessary to ensure Stone's right to a fair trial and "to maintain the dignity and seriousness of
  
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• Whitehall Narcotics Unit search warrant helps solve several local crimes

  16-02-2019 13:33
  
  WHITEHALL, Ohio-- The Whitehall Police Department Narcotics Unit says it has solved multiple local crimes after issuing a search warrant.The search warrant was issued for a residence at the 200 block of Midcliff Drive on Feb. 14, after a passerby alerted police of a vehicle they believed to have been stolen, according to police.The occupants of the vehicle fled on foot and were located by Whitehall narcotics detectives.Whitehall police say the vehicle was recovered and was reported stolen out of
  
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• Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse

  16-02-2019 11:12
  
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing Confession and sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Holy See said Saturday.The punishment for the once-powerful prelate, who had served as the archbishop of Washington, was announced five days before Francis is to lead an extraordinary gathering of bishops from around the world to help the church grapple with the crisis of se
  
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• Mueller recommends at least 19.5 years in prison for Manafort

  16-02-2019 08:17
  
  Special counsel Robert Mueller issued a sentencing memo on Friday recommending former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort serve at least 19 and a half years to 24 and a half years in prison. The memo also recommends he pay a fine of up to $24 million, restitution of more than $24 million and forfeiture in the amount of more than $4 million.A jury convicted him last year in the eastern district of Virginia on eight counts of bank and tax fraud. He separately pleaded guilty to two additional fel
  
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• Police pursuit of suspected impaired driver ends in crash, kills passenger in Franklin County

  16-02-2019 04:13
  
  The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that resulted from a police pursuit south of Grove City Friday afternoon.The Franklin County Sheriff's Office received a call of a reckless and possibly impaired driver on I-71 near I-270 shortly before 3 p.m. Friday.Sheriff's deputies stopped the vehicle on the highway before it fled, starting a pursuit.The chase went south on I-71 before pulling off onto State Route 62, then Zuber Road. The vehicle crashed into a guardrail at the int
  
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• Former scout leader, postal worker indicted on accusation he was masturbating in mail truck in Delaware County

  16-02-2019 04:00
  
  A Westerville man involved in scouting with the Simon Kenton Council and former employee of the United States Postal Service has been indicted on a fifth-degree felony charge of public indecency.Joseph Rice, 53, is accused of masturbating in his mail truck in Genoa Township on Dec. 4, 2017 according to the Delaware County Prosecutor's Office.A spokesperson for the Simon Kenton Council said it learned today of the accusation and “took immediate action to remove him as a registered member of
  
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• 'Rally for Reagan' raises money for murdered Ohio State student's foundation

  16-02-2019 03:51
  “She would probably laugh and say, 'Are you guys kidding? This is all for me?' But she would be really excited. She knows how much we loved her,” said Jackie Spence.Reagan Tokes' friends smile as they think about the friendly girl with the big smile. It's been two years since their friend was murdered.“She was attacked by a stranger who had recently been released from prison. He was wearing an ankle monitor that was not being actively tracked at the time. There were some failur
  
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• Payless ShoeSource to close all of its remaining US stores

  16-02-2019 00:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Payless ShoeSource is shuttering all of its 2,100 remaining stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, joining a list of iconic names like Toys R Us and Bon-Ton that have been shuttered in the last year.The Topeka, Kansas-based chain said Friday it will hold liquidation sales starting Sunday and wind down its e-commerce operations. All stores will remain open until at least the end of March and the majority will remain open until May.The debt-burdened chain filed for Chapter 11 ba
  
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• Payless ShoeSource Closing All Stores, Filing for Bankruptcy

  16-02-2019 00:09
  If you were waiting for the other shoe to drop over at Payless, that time has come. After struggling with finances for several years, the company will officially be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy later this month, and shuttering all of its stores, according to reports from Reuters. The bankruptcy filing is the second for […]
  
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