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• The Columbus Metropolitan Club: Ohio's Progress Towards Health Value

  03-04-2019 23:25 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Franklin County Sheriff issues alert after several stores targeted by robbery suspect

  03-04-2019 23:09
  Three west side businesses, all robbed in the last week. Now detectives think they're looking for just one suspect.Surveillance pictures from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office show the robber. It looks like the same person in all three robberies. He is dressed in dark clothes with a mask covering his face and his hood up.The first robbery happened at the Papa John's at Sullivant and Wedgewood Saturday night. Police say the suspect approached employees after closing, outside the store and forc
  
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• Police bicycle patrols coming to Clintonville

  03-04-2019 23:04
  The Columbus Division of Police is trying something new in the Clintonville area of north Columbus.This summer, for the first time, officers are parking their cruisers and hopping on bicycles to patrol neighborhoods and bike trails.Sgt. Dana Hess said many people are surprised to learn that 3-precinct is home to nearly 10-miles of bike trails, and says many of those trails are inaccessible by police cruisers.Now, jogger and cyclists will share the Olentangy Bike Trail and other nature paths with
  
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• Bird’s Shifting Boundaries Exclude Some Neighborhoods

  03-04-2019 21:23
  For about a week-and-a-half, Bird scooters could not be rented or parked in Franklinton, Linden or the Near East Side. The reduction in the service area seems to have happened around March 18 — that’s when Franklinton residents first started taking on social media to note that their neighborhood was now completely shaded out on the […]
  
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• North Market opening second location at Bridge Park in 2020

  03-04-2019 20:45
  
  North Market has announced the expansion of a second location in Dublin’s Bridge Park in 2020."This is a tremendous opportunity for the historic North Market to continue its mission of incubating small businesses and celebrating best in class culinary experiences," said Rick Harrison Wolfe, North Market Executive Director. "We are excited about expanding our footprint in the Central Ohio region."North Market, which opened in 1876, was the second of four public markets built throughout Colu
  
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• P&G Wood Fired Kitchen Headed for Former CBC Restaurant

  03-04-2019 20:16
  The team behind Pat & Gracie’s are launching a new restaurant concept headed for the former CBC Restaurant. P&G Wood Fired Kitchen will open this summer. The P&G menu won’t be a far cry from that of its sister locations, but co-owner Matt Rootes says to expect an array of unique dishes, like wood fired […]
  
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• Columbus Clippers ready for opening day at Huntington Park

  03-04-2019 19:56
  The Columbus Clippers are ready to take on the Indianapolis Indians on Thursday, April 4 at Huntington Park. This year the team plans to offer discount tickets, family-friendly events and a new jersey that will be worn on Fridays.President and General Manager Ken Schnacke says he wants fans to enjoy the baseball game while giving them a fun experience at the ballpark.On various days, tickets will be discounted for college students, seniors, the military and for families."We have traditional fami
  
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• Delaware YMCA celebrates inclusion, helps local 6-year-old find passion in martial arts

  03-04-2019 18:36
  DELAWARE, OH - It didn’t take long for Caden Horne, 6, to find a passion for martial arts.“He was so enthusiastic and so little that we weren’t 100 percent sure how to deal with it,” said Kurt Hildebrand, chief martial arts instructor at the Delaware Community Center YMCA.Like his brother Collin Horne, 8, and any other student, Caden faces challenges in his practice.Many of Caden’s challenges stem from his Down syndrome but it is evident that it doesn’t hold h
  
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• Men arrested for exchanging gunshots while wearing bulletproof vests

  03-04-2019 18:05
  
  ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Two Arkansas men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after police say they shot each other while taking turns wearing a bulletproof vest.The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that 50-year-old Charles Ferris and 36-year-old Christopher Hicks were arrested Monday.A police affidavit says the two men are neighbors and were drinking on a deck Sunday when Ferris told Hicks to shoot him with a .22-caliber rifle while Ferris wore the vest. The affida
  
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• FDA investigates reports of seizures after vaping

  03-04-2019 17:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are investigating whether electronic cigarettes may trigger seizures in some people who use the nicotine-vaping devices.The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has reviewed 35 reports of seizures among e-cigarettes users, mainly in young people. Regulators stressed it's not yet clear whether vaping is responsible. But they said they're concerned and encouraged the public to report information about the issue.These cases warrant "investigat
  
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• Inspection finds Mount Carmel St. Ann’s not in compliance with Medicare standards

  03-04-2019 16:53
  
  A federal health agency tasked with overseeing patient safety inside the nation’s hospitals has found that Mount Carmel St. Ann’s is still not in compliance with some federal Medicare standards.The discovery has occurred in the wake of the patient overdosing scandal in which 35 patients are believed to have received excessive doses of pain medication between 2014 and 2018.In a letter dated April 2, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote to Mount Carmel St. Ann’s:&
  
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• Nationwide Children’s Hospital raising minimum wage to $15 per hour

  03-04-2019 16:43
  
  Nationwide Children’s Hospital will raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour beginning in July with full implementation by the end of 2020.In a news release, the hospital said the increase is the first for a central Ohio hospital and comes during the discussions among city leaders regarding a living wage."Just as we are committed to the well-being of our community, we are committed to the well-being of our team at Nationwide Children's," said Steve Allen, MD, CEO. "This decision is aligned w
  
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• Columbus to Host BrickUniverse Lego Fan Convention

  03-04-2019 16:35
  This summer, the BrickUniverse Lego Convention will take place at the Ohio Expo Center from May 25 and 26, 2019. At the convention, Lego fans will enjoy live Lego builds and several themed building zones, including a Big Brick Building zone for younger visitors, and a Star Wars zone with thousands of Legos to build […]
  
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• LIVE: Fallen soldier returns home to central Ohio

  03-04-2019 15:35
  
  The funeral arrangements for a soldier from Lancaster who was killed during an operation in Afghanistan last month have been announced.
  Joseph Collette, who served as an explosive ordnance technician with the Army, was killed on March 22.Collette was a graduate of Lancaster High School in 2007. He was deployed to Afghanistan on December 27, 2018.A procession is planned from Wednesday around 10 a.m. when his body arrives at Rickenbacker International Airport.According to Frank E. Smith Funeral Ho
  
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• Body of Lancaster soldier killed in Afghanistan returned home

  03-04-2019 15:35
  
  The body of a 29-year-old Lancaster soldier who died in combat in Afghanistan has returned to his hometown.A military plane carrying Army Spc. Joseph P. Collette's body arrived Wednesday morning at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus. From there, a memorial motorcade proceeded to Lancaster.The U.S. Department of Defense says Collette died March 22 of injuries received from enemy fire during a combat mission in Afghanistan's Kunduz province. He was assigned to the 242nd Ordnance Batt
  
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• Restaurant Review: Alqueria Farmhouse Kitchen

  03-04-2019 15:30
  Alqueria Farmhouse Kitchen has landed on King Avenue. The curious term, “Alqueria” dates back to a 15th century reference to a small rural community. To that end, Alqueria entered the scene with an agricultural angle that welcomes guests inside with an array of aesthetically pleasing farm implements, installed as art, on the wall near the […]
  
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• Indians give manager Francona extension through 2022 season

  03-04-2019 15:29
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians may have some injury issues, bullpen worries and payroll problems. They are set, however, at manager.The club signed Terry Francona to a two-year contract extension on Wednesday through the 2022 season, giving him more security and a chance to become the longest tenured manager in Cleveland's rich history.Francona's deal was set to expire after 2020. But as he begins his seventh season with the Indians, the club decided to lengthen its relationship wi
  
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• Indiana school district turns unused cafeteria food into take-home meals for kids in need

  03-04-2019 15:20
  
  Students in Indiana's Elkhart School District are served breakfast and lunch at school, but may go hungry on nights and weekends. So, the school joined forces with an innovative nonprofit to ensures kids in need have enough to eat.The South Bend-based nonprofit called Cultivate collects leftover food from and repackages into take-home meals. The charity's board president, Jim Conklin told WSBT how they do it. "Mostly, we rescue food that's been made but never served by catering companies, large
  
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• Police search Cleveland Zoo for fleeing suspect

  03-04-2019 14:28
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Police are searching for a suspect who fled a chase by jumping a fence into the Cleveland Zoo.Officers responded early Wednesday to reports of shots fired and pursued a pickup truck leaving the scene. The truck crashed into a pole.Police arrested one person at the scene, but the other climbed a fence into the zoo. Authorities say they have searched the zoo and haven't found anyone yet.The name of the person arrested has not been released and no other details were immediate
  
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• 1 dead after single-car crash in Crawford County

  03-04-2019 14:23
  
  CRAWFORD COUNTY-- One person is dead after a single-car crash, according to the Crawford County Sheriff's Office.On Wednesday, at approximately 1:30 a.m., authorities say they were dispatched to an accident on Crestline Road near the intersection of Chambers Road.When deputies arrived at the scene, they found a car has struck a tree.Deputies say the driver of the vehicle, Julie A. Plew, was pronounced dead at the scene.Authorities say the vehicle appeared to have been traveling eastbound on Cres
  
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• Second North Market Location to Open at Bridge Park Next Spring

  03-04-2019 14:00
  Work is now underway to open a second location of the North Market in Dublin’s Bridge Park development. Headed for the ground floor at 6736 Longshore St., it’ll debut in the spring of 2020. “This is a tremendous opportunity for the historic North Market to continue its mission of incubating small businesses and celebrating best […]
  
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• Ohio native becomes first openly gay black female mayor of Chicago

  03-04-2019 13:32
  
  Lori Lightfoot made history in more ways than one Tuesday night, defeating Toni Preckwinkle to not only become the first African-American woman elected mayor of Chicago, but the first openly gay woman to win the seat as well.With at least 95 percent of the vote counted, Lightfoot held a commanding 74 percent to 26 percent lead in a race that saw possibly record low turnout of around 30 percent.Lightfoot addressed her supporters late Tuesday, saying she wants to turn Chicago around so that "your
  
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• House Oversight Committee authorizes subpoenas over White House security clearances

  03-04-2019 13:23
  
  The House Oversight Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to subpoena Carl Kline, the former director of personnel security at the White House, as part of its investigation into the White House security clearance process. And the committee also voted in favor of subpoenas for documents and records from Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross over the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, said a
  
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• Chinese woman carrying malware allegedly got into Mar-a-Lago

  03-04-2019 12:51
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman carrying two Chinese passports and a device containing computer malware lied to Secret Service agents and briefly gained admission to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club over the weekend during his Florida visit, federal prosecutors allege in court documents.Yujing Zhang, 32, approached a Secret Service agent at a checkpoint outside the Palm Beach club early Saturday afternoon and said she was a member who wanted to use the pool, court documents sa
  
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• Ohio native confesses to killing 90 people across US

  03-04-2019 12:36
  
  A man in Texas may be the most prolific serial killer in the United States.According to the Texas Rangers, Samuel Little, 78, has confessed to 90 murders to date across the U.S.The FBI is working with the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Texas Rangers, and dozens of state and local agencies to match Little’s confessions with evidence from women who were found dead in states from California to Kentucky.Those murders span from 1970 to 2005 and Little allegedly
  
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• Group issues warning for central Ohio parents ahead of prom season

  03-04-2019 11:52
  
  UPPER ARLINGTON, OHIO --Parents, school administrators, police and community members in central Ohio are banding together to highlight trends and emphasize safety ahead of prom celebrations.While much of the conversation is catered toward students, Upper Arlington School Superintendent Paul Imhoff said prom safety also involves parents."Parents are actually renting cabins and providing alcohol, serving alcohol and drinking with the kids after prom. That is an amazingly horrible idea," said Imhof
  
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• 2 sent to hospitals following stabbings in Newark

  03-04-2019 04:59
  
  NEWARK, Ohio — Authorities say two people were taken to hospitals following stabbing incidents in the same area of Newark Tuesday night.Dispatchers say it happened just before 10:30 p.m. in the area of North 28th Street. They could not confirm if the incidents occurred in the same place.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates on this developing story.
  
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• Police: Man dies from injuries following shooting in southeast Columbus

  03-04-2019 04:50
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- Columbus Police say a 26-year-old man has died several days after a shooting in southeast Columbus.Police say it happened around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 25 in the 2200 block of Winslow Drive.Police say a 26-year-old man was shot multiple times in the abdomen and was immediately taken to a hospital for surgery. The man, identified by police as Timothy Joiner Jr., succumbed to his injuries Tuesday afternoon.The shooting is still under investigation and a suspect has yet
  
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• Bruins end winning streak for Blue Jackets 6-2

  03-04-2019 04:23
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jake DeBrusk had two goals and an assist, Tuuka Rask made 32 saves and the Boston Bruins denied Columbus a chance to clinch a playoff spot, beating the Blue Jackets 6-2 on Tuesday night.Brad Marchand and Karson Kuhlman each had a goal and an assist for the playoff-bound Bruins, who stopped a two-game slide and strengthened their grip on second place in the Atlantic Division. Marcus Johansson and David Pastrnak also scored.The postseason situation is murkier for Columb
  
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• Police searching for suspects in 2 robberies in Hilltop area

  03-04-2019 04:05
  
  Police are searching for the suspects in two robberies that occurred in the same area near the Hilltop Sunday and Monday,According to police, the first robbery occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday at the Country Food Store in the 3800 block of Sullivant Avenue.Police say a suspect entered the store, pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded money. He fired a shot at the clerk and demanded more after the clerk handed him a small amount of cash. The suspect left with an undisclosed amount of money
  
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• Gahanna aunt warns parents about Discord App after finding porn on teenage nephew's phone

  03-04-2019 03:38
  GAHANNA, Ohio — Cathy Tucker and her husband raised six children in the 1980s and 2000s. Now, the couple is parenting its 15-year-old great nephew.They say they check and monitor his phone use regularly, but what they saw recently was unlike anything they'd ever seen."[It was] definitely an eye-opener," Cathy said. "There were times we found other things on his phone that were maybe not quite appropriate, but nothing that crossed the line like this."Not long ago, Tucker checked the boy's p
  
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• Gahanna aunt warns parents about app after finding porn on teenage nephew's phone

  03-04-2019 03:38
  GAHANNA, Ohio — Cathy Tucker and her husband raised six children in the 1980s and 2000s. Now, the couple is parenting its 15-year-old great nephew.They say they check and monitor his phone use regularly, but what they saw recently was unlike anything they'd ever seen."[It was] definitely an eye-opener," Cathy said. "There were times we found other things on his phone that were maybe not quite appropriate, but nothing that crossed the line like this."Not long ago, Tucker checked the boy's p
  
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