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• Columbus elementary teacher shows students how to properly dispose of American flag

  15-03-2019 23:23
  You see the American flag flying high at most businesses, schools and some homes.But what happens when those flags get taken down?Mr. Freeman's class got to put their studies into action after the flag that was flying over the athletic field at Eastgate Elementary became tattered and torn.
  
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• Health Department Forces Downtown Restaurant to Close

  15-03-2019 21:38
  Criollo, the Peruvian restaurant that opened on East Gay Street in October 2018, has been shut down by the Health Department for operating without a food service operation license.  The restaurant had been open intermittently for several weeks, but an “emergency notice of violation and order to correct” was posted on Criollo’s door as of […]
  
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• Local faith leaders urge unified stand against bigotry after New Zealand mosque attacks

  15-03-2019 21:20
  The pain and fear of the New Zealand attacks are being felt across the ocean in central Ohio as local Muslims gathered Friday for prayer.They joined with other faith leaders to urge a united stand against hate and bigotry.In the Muslim faith, Friday is a day of prayer.Seventeen hours ahead and half a world away from Columbus, Muslims in New Zealand were gathering for the same prayers when the attacks happened at two mosques, leaving at least 49 dead."It's our day of prayer. It's our day to be wh
  
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• Restaurant Roundup: News from The Keep, Jeni’s and more

  15-03-2019 21:19
  The Keep This Easter, The Keep will host a brunch buffet featuring omelets, french toast, traditional Easter entrees, carving and seafood stations, seasonal salads and desserts. A complimentary photo booth will be available for family photos as well. Reservations are required for the event, with adult tickets priced at $39.95 and children’s tickets priced at […]
  
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• Trump issues first veto to protect border emergency declaration

  15-03-2019 20:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding.Flanked by law enforcement officials as well as the parents of children killed by people in the country illegally, Trump maintained that he is not through fighting for his signature campaign promise, which stands largely unfulfilled 18 months before voters decide whether to grant him another term.Trump said: "It is a tr
  
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• College admissions experts: What to look for before hiring them to help your child

  15-03-2019 20:38
  As a college admissions expert, Bethany Schweitzer says there's something she hears it all the time from parents who hire her to help their kids get into college."A lot of parents ask me, 'What can you guarantee me?' I tell them, 'At the end, I can guarantee you exactly nothing,'" she says.She's the owner of College Ready of Worthington, where parents pay a fee to help their child become better test takers, essay writers and help them select the right college."We are definitely helping them take
  
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• Winston, Loyer lead No. 6 Michigan St. over Ohio St., 77-70

  15-03-2019 20:29
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Cassius Winston scored 18 points, Foster Loyer provided a lift off the bench with a career-high 14 points, and No. 6 Michigan State gave Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo his 600th career win, a 77-70 victory over Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday.With their sights set on a sixth conference tournament title and a deep NCAA run, the Spartans (26-6) pulled away in the second half for their third win over the Buckeyes (19-14) this season. They will meet the
  
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• Ohio Parole Board recommends clemency for Columbus man convicted of crimes 30 years ago

  15-03-2019 19:45
  
  The Ohio Parole Board has recommended clemency from Governor Mike DeWine for a Columbus man who was convicted of charges 30 years ago.The board voted six to one to recommend clemency in the form of a pardon for 62-year-old Mickey Tate.In 1989, Tate was convicted of attempted drug abuse and concealed weapon charges. Since then, he has completed drug treatment and probation and has been described by others as a model citizen.According to Tate, the convictions have prevented him from getting securi
  
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• Columbus Community Safety Advisory Commission 3/14/19

  15-03-2019 19:23 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Golden Bear Redevelopment to be Heard by Board

  15-03-2019 19:12
  Arcadia Development will present its plan to redevelop the Golden Bear shopping center to the Upper Arlington Board of Zoning and Planning on March 25. The proposal, which is similar to one that was presented conceptually to the board last fall, calls for a six-story, mixed-use building to replace the one-story shopping center. The existing […]
  
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• Police: 8 human trafficking predators arrested in northeast Ohio

  15-03-2019 18:30
  
  An undercover operation targeting human trafficking predators has led to the arrest of eight men in northeast Ohio.Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Liberty Township Police Chief Toby Meloro announced the arrests on Friday.The suspects were taken into custody Thursday as part of the investigation by the Liberty Township Police Department and Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force.The following were arrested on charges of possession of criminal tools and solicitation:Brian Evans III, 47,
  
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• Can Any New Movie Unseat Captain Marvel?

  15-03-2019 18:22
  Damn, a lot of movies come out this week. Is any one of them strong enough to take over the coveted #1 slot at the box office? Oh, hell no. Not a single chance of it. The national releases are poor to middling in quality, although there are some really worthwhile indie gems for you […]
  
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• OSHP trooper conducting traffic stop injured after semi crash near Marietta

  15-03-2019 17:24
  
  WASHINGTON COUNTY — An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper was injured following a crash early Friday morning.According to a post by OSHP on Facebook, the trooper was conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 77 near Marietta before being struck by a semi.The trooper was taken by air to Grant Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.Two other people were taken to a local hospital in Marietta.In a Facebook post, OSHP says, "Ohio law requires drivers to move over or slow down and procee
  
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• Nurses, pharmacists being dismissed from Mount Carmel lawsuits

  15-03-2019 16:56
  
  COLUMBUS – 10 Investigates has learned that several nurses and pharmacists previously named in wrongful death lawsuits against Mount Carmel are now seeing their names dismissed.A 10 Investigates’ review found that this has occurred in 14 of the 25 wrongful death lawsuits filed against Mount Carmel and its former doctor, William Husel. The lawsuits allege that dozens of patients between 2014 and 2018 were given “grossly inappropriate” or “excessive” doses of pa
  
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• Man indicted following garage break-ins in Delaware County

  15-03-2019 16:41
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio - A man has been indicted following multiple burglaries in Sunbury.A Delaware County grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Cody Marquette, according to the Delaware County Prosecutor's Office.Marquette was taken into custody following three to four garage break-ins on Carters Corner Road Dec. 11.Authorities say that morning, several residents reported stolen items from vehicles. During another attempted burglary, a homeowner fired shots at a male in a black hoo
  
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• Short North Goody Boy Reopens This Weekend

  15-03-2019 16:35
  After three months of renovations, Short North Goody Boy will reopen to the public on Friday, March 15.  A neighborhood staple since 1947, Goody Boy has changed hands, closed and reopened several times, most recently closing for a full interior and exterior makeover under the co-ownership of Jimmy Velio (Goody Boy owner since 2009) and […]
  
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• Sobriety checkpoint scheduled for Friday night in Columbus

  15-03-2019 15:40
  
  The Franklin County DUI Task Force will hold a sobriety checkpoint tonight to combat impaired driving.The checkpoint will be located on Refugee Road west of Hamilton Road.The Franklin County DUI Task Force members will conduct the sobriety check between 9 p.m. and 1:30 a.m.The task force says it wants to impress upon those who will be consuming alcohol to plan for a designated driver or make other arrangements.---EDITOR’S NOTE: Why are the locations and times of a sobriety checkpoint relea
  
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• Browns RB Kareem Hunt suspended 8 games by the NFL

  15-03-2019 15:28
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The NFL has suspended Browns running back Kareem Hunt for eight games after a video showed him kicking a woman and he was later involved in a fight at a resort.The league on Friday cited a violation of its personal conduct policy "for physical altercations at his residence in Cleveland last February and at a resort in Ohio last June." Hunt will not be paid during the half-season suspension, which he will not appeal.The league recently completed an investigation that includ
  
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• Local Music Spotlight: Ghost Soul Trio

  15-03-2019 15:00
  I’m always happy to hear from local artists like Ghost Soul Trio who are tirelessly working to shape Columbus’ diversifying musical palette. My first taste of their material was the thick vintage R&B thump of their recent singles “Pantherland” and “Potassitorium,” both of which spotlight the obviously adept chops of bassist Nate Gelfand and drummer […]
  
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• St. Patrick's Day festivities around central Ohio

  15-03-2019 14:18
  
  Whether your Irish or just Irish for the weekend, central Ohio has plenty of festivities celebrating this year’s St. Patrick’s Day.FRIDAY, MARCH 15DUBLIN:Longshore Street between Bridge Park Avenue and Tuller Ridge Drive will be closed Friday, March 15, 6 a.m. through Monday, March 18, 12 p.m. for the Fado Pub and Kitchen St. Patrick’s Day Block Party.SATURDAY, MARCH 16Saturday, March 16, 2019 begins with the Lion’s Club Pancake Breakfast, gains momentum with the Inflatio
  
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• Ohio board: Give teens more ways to prove skills for diploma

  15-03-2019 13:20
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state school board is recommending that Ohio lawmakers give high school students more flexibility to earn a diploma through options not relying on standardized tests.The latest recommendation would give students more ways to prove their skills in five categories, including math, English, and leadership and social development.The state previously provided flexibility for the classes of 2019 and 2020 after educators warned that too many students were at risk of not
  
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• Judge orders city police department to promote 2 officers

  15-03-2019 12:43
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge in Ohio has sided with two police officers who say their department skipped over their promotions due to the death of a fellow police officer.Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Steven Gall on Thursday sided with Zina Martinez and Sean Smith, ordering the Cleveland Police Department to immediately begin the process of promoting them from the rank of sergeant to lieutenant. Cleveland.com reportsthe two had promotion hearings that ended up being cancelled after the he
  
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• Ethiopian Airlines says analysis of flight recorders begins

  15-03-2019 11:43
  
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Analysis of the flight recorders of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane has begun, the airline said Friday, and The New York Times reported that the pilot requested permission "in a panicky voice" to return to the airport shortly after takeoff as the plane dipped up and down sharply and appeared to gain startling speed.The report cited "a person who reviewed air traffic communications" from Sunday's flight saying controllers noticed the plane was moving up and down
  
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• Ohio Gov. DeWine to outline his full state budget proposal

  15-03-2019 11:36
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Children's services and water quality are among Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's funding priorities as he outlines his proposed state operating budget Friday.The Republican already revealed he wants to nearly double state funding for family and children services, including $90 million annually in child-protection funding to counties. He's also proposing a significant increase for evidence-based home visiting programs that provide free support and resources for low-income families r
  
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• Gov. DeWine's budget plan targets funding for kids, workforce, water

  15-03-2019 11:36
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Efforts to support Ohio's vulnerable children and adults, prepare more skilled workers, and address water-quality concerns would get targeted funding increases under Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's first state operating budget proposal.Officials say the spending plan unveiled Friday doesn't raise taxes, instead relying on anticipated slow, steady economic growth from existing revenue sources.DeWine proposes nearly doubling state funding for family and children services
  
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• FAA's close ties to Boeing questioned after 2 deadly crashes

  15-03-2019 11:30
  
  For more than six decades, the Federal Aviation Administration has relied on employees of airplane manufacturers to do government-required safety inspections as planes are being designed or assembled.But critics say the system, dubbed the "designee program," is too cozy as company employees do work for an agency charged with keeping the skies safe while being paid by an industry that the FAA is regulating."There is a potential conflict of interest," said Todd Curtis, a former Boeing Co. safety e
  
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• Tesla unveils Model Y SUV, expanding into popular segment

  15-03-2019 11:26
  
  HAWTHORNE, Calif. — Tesla unveiled a new all-electric SUV on Thursday night that the automaker hopes will win over consumers looking for an all-electric alternative in the most popular segment of the auto market.Cheers from a hangar-packed crowd of Tesla customers, employees and members of the media welcomed a blue Model Y as it rolled out onto a stage next to the automaker's other models."It has the functionality of an SUV, but it will ride like a sports car," CEO Elon Musk told the crowd
  
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• Man could get death in teen's rape, murder, dismemberment

  15-03-2019 11:21
  
  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania jury will decide on life or death for a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty in the 2016 rape, murder and dismemberment of his girlfriend's teenage daughter.Jacob Sullivan, 46, pleaded guilty to all charges last month in a case that raised questions about the child welfare system's failure to protect 14-year-old Grace Packer, who spent years in an abusive home before she was sexually violated, drugged and then, finally, strangled in the attic of a subur
  
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• Judge to be asked to let cameras in court for R. Kelly case

  15-03-2019 11:17
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A request by media organizations to have cameras allowed in the courtroom for the case of R&B star R. Kelly is about to come before a judge.The issue is expected to be the focus of a hearing Friday where Cook County Associate Judge Lawrence Flood will preside. Kelly is charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse.Another judge in the same courthouse has yet to decide if he'll let cameras in court in "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's case. Smollett is charged with 16
  
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• Man remembers his efforts to help save the Ohio Theatre from being demolished

  15-03-2019 11:13
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts -- or CAPA -- is celebrating five decades of supporting the arts in Columbus with a special event this weekend."It began right here," says CAPA founding member Scott Whitlock, "a few rows back there, in May of 1969."The old Ohio Theatre was scheduled to be demolished that year. Whitlock was one of four people who spearheaded the effort to save it. "I had never been in the theater until that Tuesday night," he recalls. "I c
  
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• California science exhibit explains the dog-human friendship

  15-03-2019 11:08
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Did people domesticate dogs or was it the other way around? And why do these two species seem to think so much alike, act so much alike and get along so well?The California Science Center has spent the past five years sniffing out the answers to those and hundreds of other vexing canine questions. It will begin revealing the conclusions Saturday with an ambitious, if somewhat lighthearted, new exhibition called "Dogs! A Science Tail."And, yes, real dogs will be there. (J
  
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• Police: Multiple fatalities in shootings at two mosques in New Zealand

  15-03-2019 03:24
  
  NEW ZEALAND — Police in New Zealand said multiple people have died in shootings at two mosques in central Christchurch.Police described it as an active shooter situation and one person is in custody.Police believe there may be other suspects.1/5 Police is responding to a very serious and tragic incident involving an active shooter in central Christchurch. One person is in custody, however Police believe there may be other offenders.... This is an evolving incident and we are working to con
  
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• Mass shootings at New Zealand mosques kill 49; 1 man charged

  15-03-2019 03:24
  
  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers killed 49 people on what the prime minister called "one of New Zealand's darkest days," as authorities charged one person, detained three others and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the events in Christchurch represented "an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence" and acknowledged many of th
  
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• Death toll in New Zealand mosque attacks rises to 50

  15-03-2019 03:24
  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police say they have found another body at one of the mosques that was attacked, raising the death toll in the shootings to 50.New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush announced the latest death in a news conference Sunday. He says 36 victims remain hospitalized, with two of them in critical condition.Bush also said that two people arrested around the time suspect Brenton Harrison Tarrant was apprehended are not believed to have been involved i
  
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• 49 killed at mosques in 'one of New Zealand's darkest days'

  15-03-2019 03:24
  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — At least 49 people were shot to death at two mosques during midday prayers Friday — most if not all of them gunned down by an immigrant-hating white supremacist who apparently used a helmet-mounted camera to broadcast live video of the slaughter on Facebook.One man was arrested and charged with murder, and two other armed suspects were taken into custody while police tried to determine what role they played in the cold-blooded attack that stunned New
  
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• 40 people confirmed dead from New Zealand mosque shootings

  15-03-2019 03:24
  
  NEW ZEALAND — The Latest on shootings at mosques in New Zealand (all times local):7:30 p.m.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says 40 people have been killed in an attack at mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.Four people have been detained, and one is Australian.Ardern said more than 20 people were seriously injured during the shootings at two mosques during Friday prayers.Thirty fatalities occurred at the Masjid Al Noor mosque in central Christchurch. Seven of the dead were inside
  
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• Powerful storm causes damage in Fayette County

  15-03-2019 03:07
  FAYETTE, County - A storm that moved through central Ohio Thursday night caused damage in Fayette County.Wes Montgomery was just about finished with dinner with his six-month old and two-year old when he felt the metal roof on the house start to thump.He says the next thing he knew the 100-year old maple tree in his backyard was suddenly resting on top of the roof of his Fayette County home.The tree tore the siding off the backside."I would say the winds were at least 80 miles per hour because w
  
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• Thousands without power in central Ohio as storms move through

  15-03-2019 01:58
  
  Thousands of people are without power Thursday night after storms moved through central Ohio.Around 1,100 customers are without power in Franklin County as of 9:50 p.m., mainly in the areas of Dublin, Hilliard and southeast Columbus.Between 2,000 and 2,200 AEP customers in Fairfield County, 1,200 in Pike County, around 690 in Licking County and 515 in Perry County are also without power.AEP said power is estimated to be restored to the area by midnight or 12:30 a.m.AEP customers can check the st
  
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• 1 killed, 2 injured in south Columbus crash

  15-03-2019 01:19
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – One person was killed and two people were hurt in a crash in south Columbus Thursday night, according to police.Columbus police said the crash happened around 7:15 p.m. in the area of South High Street and East Jenkins Avenue.All three people were taken to Grant Medical Center.One person was later pronounced dead, one person is in critical condition and one person is in stable condition.South High Street is closed in the area of the crash.
  
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• Results of Final Jeopardy on March 14, 2019

  15-03-2019 01:15
  
  Due to tornado warnings issued in Fayette and Pickaway Counties, 10TV was required to interrupt programming during Jeopardy! on Thursday, March 14, 2019.Here are the results of Final Jeopardy: "The last 2 letters of this city's name are the U.S. postal abbreviation for the state that it's the capital of."Each player answered correctly: Albany.Lindsey Schultz won by wagering just $1 more than the returning champion, Barton Wong.We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for watching 10TV.
  
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