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• Columbus man who beat leukemia gets third chance at life with heart transplant

  06-03-2019 23:28
  Tyler Cummins was forced to fight for life almost from the start.Diagnosed with Leukemia at 16 months old, it would take more than a year of treatment to bring him into remission."We thought we'd won the lottery," said Tyler's father, Jim Cummins."The next 20 years, he just kind of grew up as a regular kid. Never thought anything about it. it just became history."Five years ago, his parents had to relive that painful history."Then we get this phone call from (his partner) Adam one night that sai
  
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• R. Kelly, jailed over failure to pay child support, says he's got about $350,000 left

  06-03-2019 23:27
  Hours after his explosive interview with Gayle King aired on "CBS This Morning" R. Kelly found himself back behind bars Wednesday where authorities said he'll remain until he comes up with the more than $161,000 he owes in child support payments. Kelly told King he has just around $350,000 left in his bank account."So many people have been stealin' my money. People was connected to my account. I went into – I went by myself for the first time to a Bank of America. Didn't know what I was do
  
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• Official: R. Kelly to be jailed until he pays $161K

  06-03-2019 23:27
  
  A Cook County Sheriff's Office official says singer R. Kelly won't be released from jail until he pays $161,000 in back child support he owes.Sheriff's office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari says Kelly was taken into custody Wednesday during a hearing over the child support and that his next hearing is scheduled for next Wednesday.Kelly's publicist, Darryll Johnson, says Kelly came to the hearing prepared to pay $50,000 to $60,000, but the judge wanted the whole amount. He says Kelly didn't have the w
  
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• 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer

  06-03-2019 23:05
  
  Jeopardy host Alex Trebek has announced he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.Below is a statement from Trebek including a video posted to Jeopardy's Youtube page:"Hi everyone, I have some news to share with all of you and it’s in keeping with my longtime policy of being open and transparent with our Jeopardy! fan base. I also wanted to prevent you from reading or hearing some overblown or inaccurate reports regarding my health. So therefore, I wanted to be the one to pass a
  
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• Madison County official: Gas tax hike necessary to fix area's infrastructure

  06-03-2019 22:54
  In many of Ohio's rural counties, the gas tax is relied on heavily to pay for road and bridge repairs because there are not enough car registration funds to help out.Such is the case in Madison County, where County Engineer Bryan Dhume is in charge of 344 miles.He brought 10TV to Taylor Blair Road, where much of the pavement's side is crumbling for miles."It's been a problem road for about 4.5 years because we don't have the funds to fix it," he says.In the county, 98 percent of the income deriv
  
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• Hilliard, Dublin schools team up to tackle mental health issues

  06-03-2019 22:48
  Hilliard and Dublin City Schools are teaming up to tackle mental health issues and well-being by bringing parents into the conversation.The schools will hold an all-day “Be Well: A Parent University Event" between the two campuses focusing on anxiety, stress, depression, substance abuse, social media and bullying.Almost 800 parents have already signed up.Students want parents to know their challenges.“Kind of the struggles that we go through in school and the expectations that we&rsq
  
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• Gut-wrenching day as Ohio GM plant closes

  06-03-2019 21:44
  
  LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A sprawling General Motors assembly plant near Youngstown will be idled on Wednesday after more than 50 years producing cars and other vehicles, a move that will eliminate nearly 1,700 hourly positions by month's end.GM announced late last year that Lordstown along with three plants in the U.S. and one in Canada would close by early next year.The Cruze, once a popular and well-reviewed compact car made in Lordstown since 2011, has become the victim of consumer tastes
  
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• Press Conference: Complete Count Committee and 2020 Census Action Plan

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• Ohio lawmakers propose raising state's minimum wage to $15 per hour

  06-03-2019 20:09
  
  Two Democratic senators have introduced legislation to raise Ohio’s minimum wage to $15 per hour.State Senators Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) and Hearcel Craig (D-Columbus) introduced the legislation Wednesday.“We have an obligation to make life better for the people in our state and that includes providing living wages,” said Sen. Thomas. “This increase to the minimum wage will help workers and their families have a better life. And when people have more money, it also ben
  
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• House finance committee approves smaller gas tax increase; full vote expected Thursday

  06-03-2019 19:33
  Ohio House Republicans have proposed cutting Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's 18-cents-per-gallon recommended gas-tax increase to maintain roads and bridges to 10.7 cents.Republicans unveiled their plan Tuesday in a substitute version of the state transportation budget. The House finance committee approved the substitution Wednesday and it now goes to the rules and reference Committee.A full House vote is expected Thursday.DeWine proposes raising Ohio's current tax of 28 cents per gallon by 18 cent
  
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• Police: Man accused of taking upskirt pictures at Grove City Target turns himself in

  06-03-2019 19:32
  Grove City police say a man accused of taking upskirt photos at a business last week has turned himself in.Police said the man was taking the photos at the Target located on Buckeye Parkway on Feb. 28.According to police records, a female customer told an employee that a man took a photo underneath her skirt.The employee told police they were able to check surveillance video and see the suspect taking photos of several women inside the store.The victim told police she was in the shoe section whe
  
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• Police: Man accused of taking upskirt pictures at Grove City Target

  06-03-2019 19:32
  
  Grove City police are attempting to locate a man accused of taking upskirt photos at a business last week.Police said the man was taking the photos at the Target located on Buckeye Parkway on February 28.According to police records, a female customer contacted told an employee a man took a photo underneath her skirt.The employee told police they were able to check surveillance video and see the suspect taking photos of several women inside the store.The victim told police she was in the shoe sec
  
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• Ph.D. Professor Trades Lectures for Cultural Cooking Classes

  06-03-2019 18:35
  Dr. Bidisha Nag’s Indian cooking classes started off as a way to build a network in Columbus. A Ph.D. in cultural geography, she moved to Ohio looking for work after teaching classes at the University of Nebraska and Rutgers University. Nag was born in India, and whenever she would meet locals, they would rave about […]
  
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• Craft Beer and Short Films Come Together at Suds & Cinema Fest

  06-03-2019 18:00
  For a lot of us, movies and beer are a magical pairing. Filmmaker Nic White wants to share that magic through the CinemaSlice Suds & Cinema Film Festival. White and his Cinema Slice team bring the program of short and micro-short films to Grove City’s HopYard 62 on Saturday, March 9, from 8-10 p.m. What […]
  
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• Photos: Inside the Historic Hoster Brewery Complex

  06-03-2019 17:35
  The McCabe Companies’ plan to redevelop the former Hoster Brewing Company complex in the Brewery District is proceeding full steam ahead, according to Principal Dwight McCabe. Despite the complexity of the project and a recent setback – it was not one of the projects awarded state historic preservation tax credits in December – McCabe said […]
  
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• Nate’s Steamed Bagels Sees Rapid Expansion Throughout Columbus

  06-03-2019 17:35
  One of Columbus’ newest food trucks will set up shop at several new locations this year. Nate’s Steamed Bagels, founded in 2017 by Nate Schott and launched in food truck format last summer, has partnered with Antiques on High, and will soon be available from the Brewery District to Franklinton, to the South Side. The […]
  
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• Dollar Tree to close up to 390 Family Dollar stores

  06-03-2019 16:57
  
  CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Dollar Tree is closing up to 390 Family Dollar stores this year and rebranding about 200 others under the Dollar Tree name.The company closed 84 Family Dollar stores in the fourth quarter, 37 more than originally planned. The company has said that it will renovate at least 1,000 stores this year.Dollar Tree Inc., based in Chesapeake, Virginia, acquired Family Dollar in 2015 for almost $9 billion.The company said Wednesday that it's seeking rent concessions from landl
  
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• WATCH: Ryan Day press conference | Spring football practice begins

  06-03-2019 16:36
  
  Ohio State head coach Ryan Day spoke to the media Wednesday after the team's first practice of spring football.The 2019 LifeSports Spring Game, presented by Nationwide, is scheduled for Saturday, April 13.In February, Ryan and his wife Nina spoke with 10TV's Dom Tiberi about his new job and how their family is embracing the big change in their lives. You can see the complete interview here.
  
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• Ryan Day kicks off tenure with many new faces

  06-03-2019 16:36
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ryan Day began his tenure as Ohio State’s head coach with lots of new faces on the indoor field at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.Day, who took over after Urban Meyer retired in January, began his inaugural season running the show on Wednesday when he convened the first of 15 spring practices he hopes will give him a better idea of what he’s got to work with.The workouts will culminate in the annual spring game, which is April 13.Justin Fields, a much-her
  
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• Short Order: Portia’s Lasagna

  06-03-2019 16:00
  Lasagna is a perennial popular favorite in the entree scene. Meat sauce, cheese, what’s not to love? With this in mind, Portia’s has been offering a version in which all those lovable items are absent. There’s no dairy, there’s no meat. It’s part of the ideology that governs Portia’s Cafe, a joint with a long dedication […]
  
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• Monster twister takes 10 relatives from 1 Alabama family

  06-03-2019 15:51
  
  BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — Cousins Cordarrly Jones and Demetria Jones have a hard time counting all the relatives they lost to a monster tornado that wiped out a rural community in Alabama.Their grandparents, 89-year-old Jimmy Jones and 83-year-old Mary Louise Jones, were killed in their home on a two-lane road where most everyone shares family ties.The couple's son Emmanuel Jones, a 53-year-old uncle to the cousins, is gone too. Also dead, they said, were seven cousins by both blood and marr
  
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• R. Kelly cries, calls accusers 'liars' in sex abuse case

  06-03-2019 15:14
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — R&B star R. Kelly cried, stood up and ranted about being "assassinated" during his first interview since being charged with sexual abuse, calling his accusers "liars" and saying people are going after him for his money.Kelly, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, told Gayle King of "CBS This Morning" that he never sexually abused women or controlled their lives. The 52-year-old singer was charged last month with sexually abusing four females dating back to 1
  
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• Hilliard man killed in west Columbus crash

  06-03-2019 14:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred in west Columbus.The crash happened at 7:22 a.m. Wednesday near Phillipi Road and Fisher Road in western Franklin County.According to the sheriff's office, the crash happened when a GMC Yukon driving north on Phillipi Road drove under the trailer of a semi-truck turning out of a business parking lot.The driver of the SUV, 36-year-old Billy Miller, was pronounced dead at the scene.The p
  
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• FSCO: 1 dead, 1 injured after west Columbus crash

  06-03-2019 14:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on Phillipi Road in west Columbus.The crash happened at 7:22 a.m. Wednesday near Phillipi Road and Fisher Road in west Franklin County.According to the Sheriff's Office,the crash happened when a car driving north on Phillipi Road drove under the trailer of a semi-truck turning out of a business parking lot.One person was pronounced dead at the scene and another was transported by first
  
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• Man's dying wish fulfilled with call from President Trump

  06-03-2019 13:23
  
  A terminally ill Connecticut man who's a big supporter of President Donald Trump is getting a bucket list wish fulfilled, with help from his Democratic sister.Jay Barrett, of West Haven, who has cystic fibrosis, left the hospital to begin palliative care at his sister's home last weekend and asked for some sort of contact with the president before he dies.His sister, West Haven City Councilwoman Bridgette Hoskie, who describes herself as "100 percent Democrat," went on social media to help make
  
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• Teen, baby shot while riding inside car

  06-03-2019 12:28
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I.— Police in Rhode Island say an 18-year-old and a toddler were shot while riding inside a car.Providence Police Maj. David Lapatin says the two were shot Tuesday evening while they were inside a car driving on Pleasant Valley Parkway. Both the teenager and the 2½-year-old toddler were rushed to area hospitals for treatment.Police say the teenager suffered serious injuries and was rushed into surgery but the teen's condition is improving . Authorities say the toddler
  
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• 11 adults, one child displaced after apartment fire in east Columbus

  06-03-2019 12:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -The Columbus Division of Fire is investigating an apartment fire that left several residents displaced from their apartment Wednesday morning.The calls of a report of a fire came in at 5:42 AM to an apartment building at 45 Governors Place.When fire crews arrived they found a fire inside a unit of a three-story structure.Authorities say the building was evacuated while firefighters worked to put out the fire.A fire investigator was called to the scene along with additional medics
  
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• Tulane student killed by flying tires at highway rest stop

  06-03-2019 12:15
  
  GAUTIER, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a Tulane University student was killed at an Interstate 10 rest stop in Mississippi when two tires came loose from a passing tractor-trailer and struck her.News outlets report officials with the New Orleans school have identified the student as 21-year-old Margaret Maurer, of Forest Lake, Minnesota. Gautier police say the tractor-trailer was traveling westbound when it lost the wheels, which then crossed the eastbound lanes and entered the rest stop.Au
  
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• Hawaii opens medical marijuana registration to visitors

  06-03-2019 12:14
  
  HONOLULU— Hawaii is allowing visitors who are qualified to receive medical marijuana elsewhere in the U.S. to register and buy it from dispensaries in the state.The state Department of Health announced Tuesday that it is also rolling out an online registration system for medical marijuana, allowing qualified patients to quickly obtain an electronic registration card.The department says the new system allows out-of-state patients to register before arriving in Hawaii, so they can purchase f
  
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• Trump to battle investigations with condemnation and lawyers

  06-03-2019 12:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has beefed up its legal team. Its political team is ready to distract and disparage. And President Donald Trump is venting against Democratic prying.Trump's plan for responding to the multiplying congressional probes into his campaign, White House and personal affairs is coming into focus as newly empowered Democrats intensify their efforts. Deploying a mix of legal legwork and political posturing, the administration is trying to minimize its exposure whil
  
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• First lady prods media to cover opioids as much as 'gossip'

  06-03-2019 12:05
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — First lady Melania Trump prodded the news media on Tuesday to spend as much time highlighting the opioid epidemic at it devotes to "idle gossip or trivial stories."Mrs. Trump said she wished the media would talk about the epidemic more "and educate more children, also adults, parents, about the opioid crisis that we have in United States." She spoke during a town hall-style discussion in Las Vegas about the epidemic that claimed nearly 48,000 American lives in 2017. "They
  
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• Clash of 'Jeopardy!' titans ends with $1 million runaway win

  06-03-2019 12:00
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first-ever "Jeopardy!" team championship came down to a clash of the titans, Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter.With $1 million at stake, a big Daily Double bet by Rutter positioned his team for a runaway victory as the quiz show's "All-Star Games" ended Tuesday.Rutter and teammates Larissa Kelly and David Madden split the top prize, with Jennings, Matt Jackson and Monica Thieu sharing $300,000. Colby Burnett, Pam Mueller and Alan Lin took third place and $100,000 on the s
  
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• Columbus police investigating shooting that injured teen near South Linden

  06-03-2019 08:52
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A 16-year-old is recovering after being shot in the South Linden neighborhood.The teen and another man were standing outside a residence on Kohr Place on Tuesday night when, according to investigators, someone fired multiple shots at them.One of the bullets struck the 16-year-old in the hand. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment.Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Columbus Police Assault Unit at 614-645-4141 or Central Ohio Crime
  
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• Ohio GOP lawmakers propose smaller gas tax increase

  06-03-2019 02:57
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – A substitute bill regarding the proposed gas tax was read at the Ohio House Finance Committee hearing Tuesday night.The bill by GOP lawmakers has a proposed increase of 10.7 cents per gallon and 20 cents per gallon for diesel.The gas tax would be implanted in phases – by five cents on October 1, 2019, by three cents in 2020 and 2.7 cents in 2021.The diesel fuel plan would be phased in by 10 cents, six cents, and four cents.The proposed bill also adds an additional $2
  
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• Escrow fraud nearly leaves Columbus woman homeless

  06-03-2019 02:41
  Tanisha Lay nearly lost everything including her savings and her home.She was in the process of selling her home and buying a new one when she found out the $27,000 she put down on the new home never arrived at the bank."I was devastated. I was absolutely devastated," she said.Lay would quickly learn she was the victim of a scam.It started with an email from what she thought was her realtor on behalf of her title company.It instructed her to wire her money to a Wells Fargo Bank in Minnesota. Joh
  
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• FDA warns of asbestos in Claire's makeup; company disputes

  06-03-2019 02:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators on Tuesday warned people not to use certain Claire's makeup products after samples tested positive for asbestos, but the retailer disputed the findings.The Food and Drug Administraiton said it issued the warning because it said Claire's refused to comply with its request for a recall, and that the agency doesn't have the power to force one.In a statement, Claire's noted that it removed the three products identified by the FDA from its stores "out of an abund
  
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• R. Kelly tells CBS 'I didn't do this stuff' in interview

  06-03-2019 02:14
  CHICAGO (AP) — In his first interview since being charged with sexually abusing four people, including three underage girls, R. Kelly says he "didn't do this stuff" and he's fighting for his life.The R&B singer, out on bail after his Feb. 22 arrest in Chicago, gave the interview to Gayle King of "CBS This Morning," with excerpts airing Tuesday night. More of the interview will air Wednesday and Thursday on "CBS This Morning."In an excerpt, Kelly tells King that rumors of him having sex
  
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• Man reporting missing from Morgan County

  06-03-2019 00:17
  
  MORGAN COUNTY, Ohio – The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a man with mental health issues who was reported missing.The sheriff’s office said 36-year-old Joshua Little was last seen March 3 in McConnelsville.He may be driving a silver 2006 Subaru Forester with Ohio license plates GXP8530.Little is 6-feet 1-inch tall and weighs approximately 300 pounds.He has brown hair and blue eyes.If anyone has any information, they are asked to
  
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