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• Federal health agency will not be terminating Mount Carmel West from Medicare on Friday

  21-02-2019 22:48
  COLUMBUS – An official with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirms to 10 Investigates that Mount Carmel West will not be terminated from participating in the Medicare program on Feb. 22 - as originally stated in a letter to the hospital. An initial letter from CMS in January said if plans of correction were not accepted, the feds would terminate Medicare funding payments for Mount Carmel on Feb. 22.A CMS official says the agency is still investigating and reviewing the res
  
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• Federal health agency will not be terminating Mount Carmel West from Medicare

  21-02-2019 22:48
  
  COLUMBUS – An official with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirms to 10 Investigates that Mount Carmel West will not be terminated from participating in the Medicare program.Both Mount Carmel West and Mount Carmel St. Ann’s hospitals had been placed on “immediate jeopardy” status by CMS in wake of the scandal in which 34 patients are believed to have received excessive doses of pain medications. Thirty-three of the patients who died were at Mount Carmel
  
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• Local law enforcement offers advice to keep your kids safe from online predators

  21-02-2019 22:15
  It's estimated young people can spend up to nine hours a day online, whether it's a laptop or phone. Those likely to spend even more time on the internet are online predators.10TV went inside a department of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office whose sole mission is tracking those predators who are reaching out to kids in ways you never thought possible.Not too long ago, Theresa Boyce got a Facebook friend request from a man she didn't know. It happened before, but this one was different."It had
  
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• Enticed Online: Keeping your kids safe from online predators

  21-02-2019 22:15
  
  It's estimated young people can spend up to nine hours a day online, whether it's a laptop or phone. Those likely to spend even more time on the internet are online predators.10TV’s Scott Light talked to the lead detective in the Franklin County Sheriff's Office who tracks these predators every day.Whether it's on social media sites like Facebook, online games like Fortnight and everything in between, these predators are out there.Law enforcement says they can come from anywhere and can po
  
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• Shawn Mendes to perform at Nationwide Arena in August

  21-02-2019 21:19
  
  Nationwide Arena announced that singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes has added more than a dozen more shows to his global tour called “Shawn Mendes: The Tour,” including a stop in Columbus.Mendes will perform at Nationwide Arena on Aug. 26.Alessia Cara is also joining as a special guest on most of Mendes’ U.S., U.K. and European tour stops, Columbus included.Tickets go on sale to the public on March 2 at 10 a.m.FirstAccess Fan Presales begin Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. local time and Gene
  
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• What the proposed gas tax increase in Ohio means for drivers

  21-02-2019 21:11
  Governor Mike DeWine is supporting an 18-cent per gallon gas tax to provide sufficient funding for maintenance of roads and bridges.Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jack Marchbanks introduced the tax as part of the governor's transportation budget proposal to the House Finance Committee.According to ODOT, you would pay an average of around $2 a week. They say if you drive 13,000 miles per year, the proposed 18-cent per gallon tax would impact you in the following way:If you drive a For
  
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• ODOT breaks down what proposed gas tax increase could look like for drivers

  21-02-2019 21:11
  Governor Mike DeWine is supporting an 18-cent per gallon gas tax to provide sufficient funding for maintenance of roads and bridges.Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jack Marchbanks introduced the tax as part of the governor's transportation budget proposal to the House Finance Committee.According to ODOT, you would pay more than $2 a week. They say if you drive 13,000 miles per year, the proposed 18-cent per gallon tax would impact you in the following way:If you drive a Ford F-150, yo
  
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• Trial of Bellefontaine mom accused of killing sons delayed for testing

  21-02-2019 20:47
  
  BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — The trial of an Ohio woman accused of suffocating her three sons has been delayed again after the judge agreed to a defense request for more testing and evaluation of the woman.The Bellefontaine Examiner reports Judge Mark O'Connor of Logan County Common Pleas Court granted the request Tuesday in the case of Brittany Pilkington. The judge said the delay was necessary to assess whether Pilkington has mental disabilities.She has pleaded not guilty to aggravated mur
  
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• Mega Weekend – Top Things to Do This Weekend in Columbus: Melted Music Festival and More

  21-02-2019 20:24
  Here’s to the weekend! Here’s a rundown of things for you to do to make the most of your weekend. Win tickets to: Check back this weekend for contests. Short North Goody Boy is getting a new look and we want you to be the first to see it. Local Cantina on the cap is now open. Take […]
  
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• Trump calls on 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett to apologize

  21-02-2019 19:51
  
  President Donald Trump says "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett insulted millions with his "racist and dangerous comments."Chicago police said Thursday that Smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack against him last month because he was unhappy with his salary and wanted publicity. Smollett, who is black and gay, plays a gay character on the hit Fox television show. He reported Jan. 29 that he was attacked while walking home from a sandwich shop.Smollett claimed masked men beat him, made derogat
  
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• Officials: 2 Clark County deaths related to hepatitis A

  21-02-2019 19:23
  
  The Clark County Combined Health District has confirmed two deaths in the county are related to hepatitis A.“The heartbreaking loss of these lives illustrates the seriousness of this outbreak, and we urge Clark County residents to practice good handwashing and to get vaccinated, especially if they fall into a high-risk population,” said Charles Patterson, Clark County Health Commissioner. “We are working with our local and state partners to slow the spread of hepatitis A, but t
  
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• Restaurant Review: Newfangled Kitchen

  21-02-2019 18:59
  The Newfangled Kitchen set up shop in Bexley next to the Drexel Theater with an exemplary commitment to meatloaf. More specifically: meatloaf sandwiches. The sandwiches come in a breathtaking array and demand further discussion, but a little context is helpful first. It’s a counter-service joint with a lot of different options on its menu, including […]
  
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• Former Leone’s Pizza Owner Finds New Home at the Osteria at Camelot Cellars

  21-02-2019 18:37
  Leone’s Pizza fans can end their mourning. The Salem Village shop may have shuttered in October, but its owner and head chef have found new digs at the Osteria at Camelot, in Olde Towne East.  Since his first kitchen position, chef Ryan LaRose has cultivated a craft for pie-making, bouncing from Florida to New York […]
  
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• Syracuse coach Boeheim strikes, kills pedestrian on highway

  21-02-2019 17:04
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man walking on an interstate late Wednesday night as he tried to avoid hitting the man's disabled vehicle, police say.Syracuse police say 51-year-old Jorge Jimenez was in a car with three others before midnight Wednesday when their vehicle crashed into a guardrail on I-690 in Syracuse.Boeheim struck Jimenez while trying to avoid the vehicle. Jimenez was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced d
  
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• Gov. DeWine's administration proposes 18-cent gas tax increase

  21-02-2019 16:57
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's administration on Thursday recommended increasing the state gas tax by 18 cents a gallon beginning July 1 and annually adjusting that tax for inflation to provide sufficient funding for maintenance of roads and bridges.Ohio's Department of Transportation director, Jack Marchbanks, introduced the governor's $7.43 billion transportation budget proposal to the House Finance Committee. The gas tax included in the two-year budget would be adjusted annua
  
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• Gov. DeWine proposes 18-cent gas tax increase

  21-02-2019 16:57
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's administration has recommended increasing the state gas tax by 18 cents a gallon beginning July 1 and annually adjusting that tax for inflation to maintain roads and bridges.Ohio's Department of Transportation director introduced the governor's $7.43 billion transportation budget proposal on Thursday to the House Finance Committee. Director Jack Marchbanks said the tax included in the two-year budget would be adjusted annually with the consumer pri
  
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• Police say staged attack by 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett was meant to further his career

  21-02-2019 16:33
  CHICAGO (AP) — "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted to promote his career, Chicago's police superintendent said Thursday.Before the attack, Smollett also sent a letter that threatened him to the studio in Chicago where "Empire" is shot, Superintendent Eddie Johnson said.Smollett, who is black and gay, turned himself in Thursday to face accusations that he filed a false police report last month when he
  
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• Police: 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett faked attack to 'promote his career'

  21-02-2019 16:33
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett "took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career" when he made a false police report about an attack in Chicago, the city's police superintendent said Thursday.Smollett also sent a racist and homophobic threatening letter to the Fox studio lot where he works in Chicago before the attack, Supt. Eddie Johnson said. He said Smollett was dissatisfied with his salary.Smollett turned himself in and was arrested early Thursday to
  
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• Special task force of criminal analysts aims to fight crime behind the scenes

  21-02-2019 16:19
  
  There’s a crime-fighting group that you probably didn't know existed, but it's making a big dent when it comes to getting drugs out of your neighborhood. It's the Ohio National Guard Counterdrug Task Force (CDTF), which utilizes special criminal analysts to assist law enforcement agencies around the state.“That training that is provided to us by the military, training in teamwork, being held accountable, interpersonal tact, communication skills… those translate really well int
  
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• Coworking spaces becoming popular option for Central Ohio business owners

  21-02-2019 14:59
  
  WORTHINGTON, Ohio - Coworking spaces are popping up all over Central Ohio. "I worked for five years in corporate America in large, mundane office buildings and old cruddy buildings you don't want to go into every day," Samantha Nolan explained. Nolan, who's a personal branding specialist and owner of Nolan Branding, didn't want to work in that kind of environment.For her, COhatch was the answer. It's not your typical workplace. The Worthington location is a renovated 200-year-old building, that
  
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• Ale from 1886 shipwreck yields new brew and conflict

  21-02-2019 12:47
  
  ALBANY, N.Y.— News that an upstate New York brewer planned to recreate ale from a bottle salvaged from a 133-year-old shipwreck took the wind out of the sails of a scuba-diving Long Island brewer who has already done it.Jamie Adams, owner of Saint James Brewery in Holbrook, said Wednesday he plans to release his new ale next month. He created it from yeast he painstakingly cultured from bottles of English ale he salvaged in 2017 from the wreck of the SS Oregon, which sank off Fire Island i
  
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• Florida school shooting suspect due back in court

  21-02-2019 12:40
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is due back in court for a status hearing on his death penalty case.The hearing is set Thursday afternoon in Broward County Circuit Court. A number of matters could come up ranging from the pace of defense interviews of witnesses to a potential setting of a tentative trial date.The 20-year-old Cruz is accused of killing 17 people and wounding 17 others in last year's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He is
  
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• A transgender inmate denied move to women's prison

  21-02-2019 12:38
  
  LILLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A transgender woman convicted of insurance fraud is serving time at a men's prison in North Carolina despite her repeated requests to transfer to women's housing.The News and Observer reports 37-year-old Kanautica Zayre-Brown is believed to be the state's only post-operative transgender prisoner. But the state recognizes her as a man and by her birth name, which was legally changed.Imprisoned as a habitual felon in 2017, Zayre-Brown is serving up to 9 years and 11 m
  
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• Louisiana woman charged in shooting of her pet llama, Earl

  21-02-2019 12:37
  
  OPELOUSAS, La.— A Louisiana woman is accused of shooting her pet llama named Earl who she says attacked her.News outlets report 67-year-old Madeline Bourgeois told St. Landry Parish Sheriff's deputies that Earl had attacked her last week while she was working in her pasture. A sheriff's office statement says Bourgeois told deputies she hit Earl and escaped the pasture, but returned with a gun and repeatedly shot him.The St. Landry Parish Animal Control & Rescue says Earl was treated fo
  
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• Advocates say US still separates migrant families needlessly

  21-02-2019 12:31
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Months after the Trump administration announced an end to its widescale separation of migrant parents and children, the policy remains a heated issue in the courts and at the border as critics contend the government is still needlessly breaking up immigrant families.The Texas Civil Rights Project released a report Thursday that counts 272 separations at a single Texas courthouse since June, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending widespread separations a
  
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• Feds: Coast Guard lieutenant compiled hit list of lawmakers

  21-02-2019 12:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Coast Guard lieutenant who was arrested last week is a "domestic terrorist" who drafted an email discussing biological attacks and had what appeared to be a hit list that included prominent Democrats and media figures, prosecutors said in court papers.Christopher Paul Hasson is due to appear Thursday in federal court in Maryland after his arrest on gun and drug offenses, but prosecutors say those charges are the "proverbial tip of the iceberg.""The defendant is a domest
  
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• USA Football unveils council to oversee developmental model

  21-02-2019 12:23
  
  USA Football has introduced the council that will oversee the implementation of its Football Development Model for the sport.The FDM, part of the overall American Development Model for athletes backed by the U.S. Olympic Committee, is a first of its kind framework to help parents, coaches and program leaders provide what players need to develop and grow as athletes and people through football participation. Basically, the FDM is a roadmap for how football is presented, practiced and coached from
  
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• Prosecutors: Man had more than 56,000 child porn files

  21-02-2019 12:22
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia man who worked at a suburban pediatric center has admitted collecting thousands of child pornography videos and images.Federal prosecutors say 27-year-old Cameron Carlucci pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing and distributing child porn. He now faces at least five years in prison and could receive a life term when he's sentenced this year.Prosecutors say that from 2015 until his arrest last year, Carlucci amassed more than 56,000 images and videos of main
  
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• Climate threat doubter is leading effort to advise Trump

  21-02-2019 12:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is exploring the idea of forming a special committee to look at climate change and security risks, with the effort being coordinated by a 79-year-old physicist who rejects mainstream climate science.A "discussion paper" obtained by The Associated Press asks federal officials from an array of government agencies to weigh in on a proposed executive order that President Donald Trump would sign establishing the "Presidential Committee on Climate Secur
  
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• 2 killed after head-on crash in Fairfield County

  21-02-2019 11:20
  
  HOCKING TOWNSHIP, Ohio (10TV) -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirms two people have died and three others are injured after a three-vehicle crash in Fairfield County.It happened just after 8 p.m. on Wednesday on US 22.Troopers say 72-year-old John T. Doe, of Lancaster, was driving eastbound on US 22 when his car went left of center, side swiping one vehicle, sending them into a guardrail, and Doe's car then hit another vehicle head-on.Troopers say Doe and his passenger, identified by OSHP as
  
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• 'Empire' actor turns self in to face charge

  21-02-2019 11:09
  
  CHICAGO (AP) —The Latest on the attack reported by Jussie Smollett (all times local):5:50 a.m.Chicago police say "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has turned himself in to face a charge of making a false police report when he said he was attacked in downtown Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck.Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tells The Associated Press that Smollett turned himself in early Thursday at central booking. Police Superintende
  
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• 'Empire' actor goes from victim to accused felon in 3 weeks

  21-02-2019 11:09
  
  CHICAGO — The whispers about "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett started with reports that he had not fully cooperated with police after telling authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist, anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck.Then detectives in a city bristling with surveillance cameras could not find video of the beating. Later, two brothers were taken into custody for questioning but were released after two days, with police saying they were no longer susp
  
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• Investigation underway after body found inside burning truck in Canal Winchester

  21-02-2019 10:10
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio -The Fairfield County Sheriff's Office is conducting a death investigation.Deputies received a report of a body found in a burned car on Gender Road in Canal Winchester just after 11 on Wednesday night.When investigators arrived on the scene, they found a pickup truck on fire. The body inside was badly burned.An autopsy is being performed to make a positive identification.The state fire marshal's office is assisting in the investigation.
  
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• Death investigation underway after body found in burning truck in Fairfield Co.

  21-02-2019 10:10
  
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio -The Fairfield County Sheriff's Office is conducting a death investigation.Deputies received a report of a body found in a burned car on Gender Road in Canal Winchester just after 11:00 on Wednesday night. When investigators arrived on the scene, they found a pickup truck on fire. The body inside was badly burned. An autopsy is being performed to make a positive identification. The state fire marshal's office is assisting in the investigation.
  
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• City of Columbus looking to the future of self-driving vehicles

  21-02-2019 09:31
  
  COLUMBUS – Roadways around central Ohio and the cars that drive on them are forever changing but new developments in self-driving vehicle technology could affect communities beyond the roads.A study by CBRE shows self-driving vehicles may have the greatest impact on U.S. real estate markets since the mass adoption of the car and expansion of the federal highway system in the 1950s.The connection between autonomous vehicles and real estate is simple; it’s in the commute.For example, C
  
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• Crash in Vinton County leaves man with critical injuries

  21-02-2019 08:27
  
  VINTON COUNTY, Ohio - Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle crash that sent a man to the hospital.Investigators say a man driving a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am failed to negotiate a curve on State Route 327. The car crossed the center line and went off the roadway. It eventually struck a ditch, became airborne, and hit several trees.OSHP says the driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was partially ejected, sustaining serious injuries.Vinton County EMS transported the victim to a
  
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• Perry County K9 Argo hospitalized after exposure to meth

  21-02-2019 04:46
  
  PERRY COUNTY, Ohio - K9 Argo with the Perry County Sheriff's Office is being treated after he was exposed to methamphetamine while at work on Wednesday.The sheriff's office said Argo's handler noticed uncharacteristic signs and rushed him to MedVet's emergency room in Columbus.Doctors will observe Argo and continue his treatment in the critical care unit due to the nature of the incident and elevated vital signs.The sheriff's office said Argo's handler will spend the night in the hospital and th
  
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• Pataskala reminds drivers to park off the streets during snow removal

  21-02-2019 03:29
  
  When it's snowing outside and it's slushy, the last thing you want to do is go out there and move your car off the street, but you should.If you don't, you're making it difficult for those who plow your street. In Pataskala, crews have been out all day clearing roads."Since 3 a.m., right when our guys went out," Mayor Michael Compton said.When Compton isn't sitting behind the mayor's desk, his personal business is helping to remove the snow from the roadways.He doesn't clean city streets, but pe
  
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• OSHP: Prison inmates planned possible escape, riot

  21-02-2019 03:01
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The State Highway Patrol says inmates at an Ohio maximum security prison were plotting "a possible escape attempt and possible riot" when the plan was interrupted.The patrol is investigating the Feb. 12 incident in which authorities confiscated three fake handguns, drawings of handguns, and a fake explosive device.Prison officials have described the plot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville as "a very serious and unique situation."The patrol referr
  
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• 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett charged with making false police report

  21-02-2019 02:09
  
  CHICAGO — "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was charged Wednesday with making a false police report when he said he was attacked in downtown Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said.Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said prosecutors charged Smollett with felony disorder conduct, an offense that could bring one to three years in prison and force the actor to pay for the cost of the investigation into the Jan. 29 beating.The charges
  
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• Ohio trooper passes away after complications with childbirth

  21-02-2019 01:33
  
  ASHTABULA, Ohio – A trooper with the Ashtabula Patrol Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol has passed away following complications with childbirth, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirees’ Association website.The website said 38-year-old Alison Holmgren, an active trooper with the post, passed after the birth of her second child on Feb. 15.Her daughter was born healthy and has no issues, according to the website.Funeral arrangements are pending
  
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• "Steady the boat": Ryan & Nina Day discuss being the 'first family' of Ohio State football

  21-02-2019 00:51
  A lot has changed for Ryan Day and his wife Nina in a short amount of time.Ryan took over as the head coach of the Ohio State football team following the Rose Bowl.And that means Nina is now the First Lady of Buckeye football. She said she’s ready for the role.“The last two years I started to understand the intensity and the love for the team [and] for Ohio State,” she said. “It is something that I am embracing and learning as I go.”Ryan and Nina are taking it all i
  
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• Gov. DeWine to propose 18-cent gas tax increase

  21-02-2019 00:04
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is proposing an increase in the gas tax.In an interview with WTAM in Cleveland, DeWine said he is proposing an increase of 18 cents per gallon.The transportation budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year is on the agenda for the House Finance Committee for a fourth hearing.At a forum sponsored by the Associated Press on Tuesday, the governor said the proposed increase is to address the shortfall in spending on road renovations."This is only status
  
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