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• Face the State with Scott Light | March 31, 2019

  28-03-2019 23:51
  This week on Face The State:Gas Tax Battle - Lawmakers go back and forth, trying to agree on what to charge you at the pump. Local Mayors are backing Governor Mike DeWine's $.18/gallon hike, but lawmakers don't agree.Local Government Funding - Ohio mayors come together in support of Governor Mike DeWine's partial reinstatement of the local government fund.We look at what that means and where any money would go.Health Care & Ohioans - President Donald Trump wants to abolish the Affordable Car
  
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• Lancaster could add 300 new jobs with arrival of automotive seat manufacturer

  28-03-2019 23:29
  LANCASTER (WBNS) – A Michigan-based automotive manufacturer named Magna Seating says it is making a $14.5 million investment in a local town of 41,000 and bringing with it the promise to create 300 new jobs.Lancaster Mayor David Scheffler says his economic development director has been working to secure the deal for about six months.In return for the promise of creating 300 new jobs, the company could get more than $2.5 million in tax breaks from the state’s economic development agen
  
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• Interactive art, entertainment destination set to open in Columbus

  28-03-2019 22:15
  
  From The Book Loft in German Village to the Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus seems to be the place to be.The New York Times recognized it in a piece called "An Awakening in Columbus, a Reckoning in Williamsburg". The column focused on Columbus and its eyes on the future.A destination mentioned in the article is about to open, called Otherworld. The attraction is 30,000 square feet filled with 40 rooms of artistic fun, mystery, discovery and exploration.“It’s a giant, explorable,
  
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• Ohio pastor who denied being 'pervert' convicted of sex charges

  28-03-2019 21:02
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A former minister accused of grooming a 14-year-old girl for sex and then encouraging her to engage in sex with two other pastors has been convicted of child sex trafficking.A federal jury found Anthony Haynes guilty of multiple charges Wednesday, hours after he denied having sex with the girl and said she tried to manipulate him, telling jurors, "I'm not a pervert."Haynes, 40, now faces up to life in prison. Two other Toledo-area pastors who have pleaded guilty in the
  
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• Restaurant Roundup: News from Daily Growler, Combustion Brewery & Taproom and more

  28-03-2019 20:33
  Columbus has so many new restaurants, expansions, menu updates and other changes, sometimes it’s hard to keep up with everything. That’s why our Restaurant Roundup series was designed to keep you informed with the latest and greatest updates. Here’s what’s new in the local dining scene: Daily Growler Short & Stout Kitchen has set up […]
  
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• Columbus man wins $1 million top prize on Ohio Lottery scratch-off

  28-03-2019 20:03
  
  A 37-year-old man in Columbus recently won the top prize on an Ohio Lottery scratch-off game.Lottery officials say Jesse Haag won the money playing Fastest Road to $1 Million.Haag purchased his winning ticket at the Giant Eagle located at 280 E Whitter Street.He chose the game’s $500,000 cash option. After taxes, Haag will receive a check for $360,000.Officials say Haag is the third winner of the game’s top prize.
  
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• Ohio Senate OKs bill on burial, cremation of fetal remains

  28-03-2019 19:38
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican-controlled state Senate has approved a bill requiring Ohio abortion clinics to arrange for fetal remains to be buried or cremated.Legislation sponsored by Republican Sen. Joe Uecker of Miami Township, mandates that abortion providers inform women prior to the procedure of those two choices.The bill, which passed 24-7 Wednesday, further requires clinics to document transfer of the remains to either a funeral home or crematorium. The paperwork must be fil
  
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• Statehouse Roundup: Abortion Regulations, Celebrating Women’s Suffrage and more

  28-03-2019 19:17
  The Ohio Statehouse is making moves on several pieces of legislation that will affect everything from school funding to abortion access. Keep tabs on your state government and read on to learn more: SB 4 — Make capital appropriations for school facilities assistance Due to the number of districts that have passed local bond levies […]
  
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• Mega Weekend – Crew, Beer Releases, Comedy & More

  28-03-2019 19:15
  Here’s to the weekend! Here’s a rundown of things to do this weekend for you and your friends to make the most of your weekend. Take a look at some of the fun events happening this weekend in Columbus and find links to daily lists below. FILM & NIGHTLIFE –JAY PHAROAH is at the Funny Bone-Continues: Columbus […]
  
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• Marine veteran hospitalized following injuries from Newark apartment fire

  28-03-2019 18:48
  Marine veteran Randall Mohler, 24, was hospitalized in serious condition Thursday after jumping from the third floor of his burning apartment building.The fire happened Wednesday night on Grafton Avenue in Newark. Eyewitness video showed flames shooting out of the apartment.Frantic neighbors called 911 for help."There's a fire. It just exploded on the second floor. You need to get fire trucks out here right away," said one caller. "We're going door to door. We're getting everybody out of the bui
  
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• Man injured in Newark apartment fire identified

  28-03-2019 18:48
  
  NEWARK, Ohio – One person was injured after a fire in an apartment building Wednesday evening, according to the Newark Fire Department.Firefighters responded to the 900 block of Grafton Avenue around 7:20 p.m. The fire happened in a third-floor apartment.Neighbors said the man in the apartment jumped out of the window where others tended to him before first responders arrived.Authorities identified the man as 24-year-old Randall Mohler. He was flown to the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
  
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• Police: Columbus woman accused of raping 2 young girls

  28-03-2019 18:32
  
  The Columbus Division of Police have arrested a woman accused of raping two girls.Forty-three-year-old Nicole Sonta Miller was arrested Wednesday night by SWAT officers and charged with three counts of rape.Police say the alleged rapes happened in 2010 and 2018. The victims were 4 and 6 years old.The Special Victims Bureau is investigating.
  
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• Man charged with OVI after chase in Delaware County

  28-03-2019 17:42
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY - A man is in custody after he led the Delaware County Sheriff's Office and Columbus police on a chase.Around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, a caller reported a suspicious vehicle in the area of Bowtown Road and State Route 521.Deputies noticed 20-year-old Joseph Fisher driving through the fields and then called for additional cruisers.Thanks to @ColumbusPolice air unit for their support in the safe resolution to a crazy driver off roading & operating in a reckless manner near Bowtown
  
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• Shop Talk: Westerville Shop Offers Handmade Apparel, Jewelry, Stationery

  28-03-2019 17:00
  Local Artist Megan Owdom-Weitz opened Megan Lee Designs in Westerville three years ago. Today, the uptown studio-retail space offers her own screen-printed apparel alongside other artisan goods. The shop is located at 20-22 E. College Ave. and is open Wednesday through Saturday. Owdom-Weitz studied design at Kent State, and moved to Chicago to work in […]
  
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• Owners of Meisters, Zeno’s Team Up on Trabue Tavern Takeover

  28-03-2019 16:52
  Trabue Tavern may have recently closed, but its replacement carries on some similar sports bar vibes. The Quarry Co., which soft opened earlier in March, will have a grand opening this Friday, March 29. Owners Todd Meister, of Meisters’s Bar, and Mitch Allen, who is part of the Zeno’s team, acquired the space in mid-January.  […]
  
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• Mount Carmel lawsuit alleges Husel convinced family patient’s condition was ‘grim’

  28-03-2019 16:36
  
  COLUMBUS – The latest wrongful death lawsuit filed against Mount Carmel Health System, its former Dr. William Husel and caregivers alleges that the family of 63-year-old Beverly Schirtzinger was convinced by Dr. Husel that her condition was “grim” and that they should withdraw care.Schirtzinger was brought to Mount Carmel West on October 2, 2017 due to cough, dizziness, chest pain and shortness of breath, the lawsuit states. Radiology tests identified both a mass in her lung an
  
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• Disney to ban smoking in all parks starting in May

  28-03-2019 16:01
  
  Disney announced that smoking inside all of their theme parks will be banned beginning on May 1.The company posted the announcement Thursday, saying the smoking areas will no longer exist inside the parks including Walt Disney World, Disneyland theme parks and water parks.The only designated smoking areas will be outside the entrances of the parks.If guests are staying at Disney Resort hotels, smoking areas will be available.Disney also announced changes to their stroller and ice policies.
  
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• Concert Preview & Interview: Tori Kelly

  28-03-2019 15:56
  For Wildomar, California native Tori Kelly, her current headlining tour, The Acoustic Sessions, is a return to a familiar, unostentatious place where her now-flourishing music career began. “Just me and my guitar is really how it started,” she recalls in our phone conversation a few weeks ago. “Putting out stuff on YouTube, it was just […]
  
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• CTV is On the Air

  28-03-2019 15:23 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents Sarah Hixon On Science, Art and Choreographing Entanglement

  28-03-2019 13:00
  Chris Leyva is an area playwright and director who recently sat down with Sarah Hixon, the artistic director of Hixon Dance, whose new show Entanglement: Where Science Meets Dance opens at Columbus Dance Theatre and the McConnell Arts Center April 5-13. Chris: Is there a particular way you approach creating work?Sarah: I use different approaches […]
  
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• African elephants are evolving without tusks because of poaching

  28-03-2019 12:11
  
  Many elephants at the Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Africa, are lacking one distinguishable feature that elephants usually have: tusks. Researchers believe the heavy presence of poaching has led elephants here to evolve without tusks, so their human predators have no reason to kill them and steal their tusks for ivory.It's not natural selection that is causing elephants to evolve without tusks, says Ryan Long, a researcher who has studied the elephants at Gorongosa National Park. It's a
  
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• Fix for landslides could close parts of Cincinnati-area parkway

  28-03-2019 11:57
  
  CINCINNATI — The mayor of Cincinnati says parts of Columbia Parkway could close down for the next two years in order to stop landslides.Democratic Mayor John Cranley says a minimum of two lanes of the parkway would be shut down for the duration of the project and drivers should prepare for delays for the next two years. Cranley also stated during a Wednesday news conference that all lanes would be closed at certain points.Cranley estimated the cost to fix the problem will be at least $17 m
  
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• Woman charged in Ohio massacre probe asking judge to toss charges

  28-03-2019 11:33
  
  PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — A woman facing charges in connection to an Ohio family massacre is to go before a judge and ask that her charges be dismissed.Prosecutors are opposing the request and also want a gag order to stop Fredericka Wagner from speaking about the case. A hearing is set for Thursday.Wagner's son, daughter-in-law and two grandsons are accused of killing eight members of the Rhoden family in Pike County in 2016. All four have pleaded not guilty.Prosecutors say Wagner lied to inve
  
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• Winning $768 million jackpot ticket sold in Wisconsin

  28-03-2019 04:18
  
  The winning Powerball ticket for the $768 million jackpot was sold in Wisconsin, Powerball said early Thursday.The winning numbers drawn in Wednesday night's jackpot are 16, 20, 37, 44 and 62 and Powerball is 12. The winnings can be paid out in annuities or there is a one-time cash payout of $465.5 million. Wednesday's drawing is the third-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, Powerball said. Powerball winning numbers:16, 20, 37, 44 and 62 Powerball: 12 How late can you play Powerball?Sales c
  
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• Family, friends remember Amber Evans at vigil

  28-03-2019 03:52
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Family and friends gathered along the Scioto Mile on Wednesday to remember Amber Evans.Evans was known for her work with the People's Justice Project and was a well-known activist in Columbus.After searching for weeks, police found Evans dead in the Scioto River last weekend.Her father said her legacy will never be forgotten."She had a way about her of taking people's weight and their burden off of them and leaving a little something of hers to leave them better than when she me
  
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• New grocery store to fill vacancy for Linden left by Kroger

  28-03-2019 02:56
  
  A new grocery store will provide an option for people living without a place to shop for food in north Columbus.Last year, the Kroger store in the Northern Lights Shopping Plaza on Cleveland Avenue closed in January of 2018, leaving no major grocery stores in Linden.Now, a new grocery store is set to open in its place.Saraga International Grocery store is expected to open before summer.It will offer food products to serve Linden's growing immigrant population and employ more than 100 people.This
  
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• The Columbus Metropolitan Club: Is Security Foggy for Cloud Computing?

  28-03-2019 01:28 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Health & Human Services Committee: Human Services Organizations Briefing 3/27/2019

  28-03-2019 01:17 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Man injured in possible explosion in Newark apartment

  28-03-2019 00:42
  
  NEWARK, Ohio – One person was injured after a possible explosion in an apartment building Wednesday evening, according to the Newark Fire Department.Firefighters responded to the 900 block of Grafton Avenue around 7:20 p.m.The fire department said the possible explosion happened on the third floor and the man in the apartment was flown to the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center.One man was flown to the hospital after a possible explosion and fire at an apartment building in Newark. pic.twitte
  
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