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• Groups help children with illnesses attend Ohio State Spring Game for free

  09-04-2019 23:34
  Saturday, thousands of fans will crowd The Shoe for Ohio State’s Spring Game. Among them will be a group of families who are taking care of children with life-threatening illnesses.“The kids love it,” said Chris Elliott, executive director for A Kid Again, a non-profit that provides free, monthly adventures for sick children. “They spend way too much time unfortunately in the hospital. They spend way too much time visiting with doctors and having treatments done. So, we&r
  
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• Recreation & Parks: Boccia Ball

  09-04-2019 23:02 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Lincoln Theatre Conversation Series: African Diaspora in Dance

  09-04-2019 22:10 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Bill to legalize sports betting introduced in the Ohio House

  09-04-2019 22:04
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill to legalize sports betting in the state has been introduced in the Ohio House.Republican Rep. Dave Greenspan, of Westlake, and Democratic Rep. Brigid Kelly, of Cincinnati, introduced legislation Tuesday to establish a Sports Gaming Advisory Board designed to legalize and regulate sports gambling in Ohio.Greenspan's release Tuesday said the legislation is in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing states to offer legalized betting on professional and
  
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• Plans Unveiled for Final Phases of Jeffrey Park

  09-04-2019 22:00
  The latest plans for the future of Jeffrey Park were unveiled today by Wagenbrenner Development. Along with new residential buildings and a reconfigured park space, the plans call for a large parking garage with office space above it that would be the tallest building constructed so far in the 41-acre development at the edge of […]
  
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• West Columbus housing project raises questions from city and homeowners

  09-04-2019 21:20
  Vacant farmland along Alton Darby Creek Road south of Roberts Road is waiting to be developed by Pulte Homes and Harmony Development Group.The group has requested the City of Columbus to approve its plan to build 555 4-bedroom homes, 121 ranch homes, and 432 apartments. That's 1,108 homes.The development would be built over 10-years and the developer plans to pay some of the cost to build roundabouts, or other traffic solutions to help ease congestion.At the intersection of Alton Darby and Feder
  
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• Cavaliers' arena renamed Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

  09-04-2019 20:33
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers have changed dramatically and so has their downtown home.Quickens Loans Arena is no more.The team will no longer play at "The Q," but inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, which is undergoing a $185 million renovation funded by the city and team.The Cavaliers, who have had a difficult first season since LeBron James left for Los Angeles, announced the name change on Tuesday, hours before they hosted the Charlotte Hornets in their season finale.Dan Gilbert, who h
  
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• UCLA hires Cincinnati's Mick Cronin as basketball coach

  09-04-2019 20:28
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mick Cronin was hired as UCLA's basketball coach Tuesday, ending a bumpy, months-long search to find a replacement for the fired Steve Alford.The university said Cronin agreed to a $24 million, six-year deal.UCLA's search has been marked by a series of starts and stops since Alford was dismissed on Dec. 31. The school had never before fired a coach during the season.Cronin wasn't the first choice of athletic director Dan Guerrero, who headed a search committee that inclu
  
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• Gas line rupture prompts evacuations in Perry County

  09-04-2019 20:09
  
  Perry County officials are on the scene of a gas line rupture on Mill Street in Crooksville.Perry County EMA said that a 6-inch Columbia Gas Line ruptured and they were forced to evacuate multiple businesses and a factory in the area.No schools were evacuated but officials are working to reorganize bus routes to avoid the area.Perry County EMA says it will take at least three hours to fix the ruptured line.
  
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• Gas line repaired after break caused evacuations in Perry County

  09-04-2019 20:09
  
  Things were back to normal in Perry County Tuesday night, after a gas leak prompted evacuations.It was around noon that a construction crew working on a water line project hit the six-inch gas line on Mill Street.Multiple blocks downtown had to be evacuated as a precaution, and when the wind shifted, Crooksville Mayor Fred Redfern says that area had to be expanded.No schools were evacuated, but school buses had to be re-routed to avoid the area."Natural gas has a high explosion hazard. And we ha
  
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• Loughlin, husband, others hit with money laundering charge

  09-04-2019 20:01
  BOSTON (AP) — "Full House" star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were hit Tuesday with a new charge in the sweeping college admissions bribery scheme.The move comes a day after fellow actress Felicity Huffman, 12 other parents and a coach agreed to plead guilty — signaling an escalation in the case against the parents who are continuing to fight the allegations against them.Loughlin and Giannulli were among 33 prominent parents accused of participati
  
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• Loughlin, husband and 14 parents face new charge in scam

  09-04-2019 20:01
  
  BOSTON (AP) — "Full House" star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were hit Tuesday with a new charge in the sweeping college admissions bribery scheme.The move comes a day after fellow actress Felicity Huffman, 12 other parents and a coach agreed to plead guilty — signaling an escalation in the case against the parents who are continuing to fight the allegations against them.Loughlin and Giannulli were among 33 prominent parents accused of participati
  
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• Local Bakery Opening Store Front on Parsons Avenue

  09-04-2019 19:46
  A local bakery has landed on the South Side for their first brick and mortar. J’s Sweet Treats and Wedding Cakes, started in 2016 in the home of founder Juana Williams, will open at 1540 Parsons Ave. later this year.  J’s will share a building with The Pit BBQ Grille’s second location, which was announced […]
  
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• Poll: Most Americans say President Trump has made race relations worse

  09-04-2019 19:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of Americans say President Donald Trump has made race relations worse during his time in the White House, and more than two-thirds believe it has become more common for people to say racist things since he won the White House.This is according to a Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday that asked Americans their feelings about race in the United States.Almost 3 out of 5 Americans, or 58%, say race relations in the U.S. are generally bad, and 56% of thos
  
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• Wexner Presents World Premiere of Ann Carlson’s The Symphonic Body/Food

  09-04-2019 18:30
  The Wexner Center for the Arts caps a stunning performing arts season with a return appearance by choreographer Ann Carlson. Carlson brings The Symphonic Body/Food, the newest iteration in Carlson’s Symphonic Body series and the product of her latest Artist’s Residency Award. I spoke to Carlson by phone from New Jersey where she was premiering […]
  
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• Google’s Verily Wants to Close the Opioid Information Gap, Starting Just an Hour Away

  09-04-2019 18:21
  Verily — the life sciences branch of Google-parent company Alphabet — is in the process of building a “learning health system” aimed at fighting the information gap in the national opioid crisis. Forged by a team of clinicians, engineers, and health systems specialists, Verily conducted a complex assessment of the opioid crisis in order to […]
  
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• NYC orders mandatory vaccines amid measles outbreak, declares public health emergency

  09-04-2019 18:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City declared a public health emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak centered in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and ordered mandatory vaccinations in the neighborhood.Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the unusual order amid what he said was a measles crisis in Brooklyn's Williamsburg section, where more than 250 people have gotten measles since September. Officials blamed the outbreak on "anti-vaxxers" spreading false information.The order applies to anyone liv
  
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• Redacted Mueller report to be released within a week

  09-04-2019 17:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that he expects to release a redacted version of the special counsel's Trump-Russia investigation report "within a week" as he defended his handling of the document.Barr told members of Congress at his first public appearance since receiving special counsel Robert Mueller's report that his earlier projection of releasing a version by mid-April still stood. The nearly 400-page report is being scoured now to remove grand jury infor
  
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• Cincinnati-Based Taft’s Ale House Opening Announces Columbus Location

  09-04-2019 17:40
  Cincinnati-based Taft’s Ale House is bringing its craft beer and New Haven-style coal-fired pizza to the Columbus market. The brewery will open its third location later this year at Gravity in Franklinton, joining BARK, Cova Cowork, Pelotonia, and The Roosevelt Coffeehouse. “Taft’s has really impressed us with what they’ve done in Cincinnati. It’s a great […]
  
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• Cincinnati-Based Taft’s Ale House Announces Columbus Location

  09-04-2019 17:40
  Cincinnati-based Taft’s Ale House is bringing its craft beer and New Haven-style coal-fired pizza to the Columbus market. The brewery will open its third location later this year at Gravity in Franklinton, joining BARK, Cova Cowork, Pelotonia, and The Roosevelt Coffeehouse. “Taft’s has really impressed us with what they’ve done in Cincinnati. It’s a great […]
  
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• Tougher 'heartbeat' abortion ban heads to Ohio House vote

  09-04-2019 17:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A committee of the Republican-led Ohio House has voted along party lines on legislation banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected.Tuesday's vote came after the House Health Committee altered the bill to assure state rules allow heartbeat detection by transvaginal ultrasound. It's effective earlier in pregnancy than other non-invasive technologies.Democrats expressed anger, even tears, ahead of the vote, arguing the so-called "heartbeat bill" will disenfranch
  
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• Tougher 'heartbeat' abortion ban heads to Ohio House panel

  09-04-2019 17:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A committee vote is scheduled in the Republican-led Ohio House on legislation to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected after the bill was altered to make heartbeat detection as easy as technologically possible.Abortion rights groups have decried the latest version of the so-called "heartbeat bill" as effectively outlawing a procedure accessible to women under the U.S. Constitution.The measure's backers seek to challenge the legal standard of viability establ
  
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• Ohio 'heartbeat' abortion ban heads to House floor vote

  09-04-2019 17:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A committee of the Republican-led Ohio House has voted along party lines on legislation banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected.Tuesday's vote came after the House Health Committee altered the bill to assure state rules allow "standard medical practices" to detect the heartbeat. That could include abdominal or transvaginal ultrasound.Democrats expressed anger, even tears, ahead of the vote, arguing the so-called "heartbeat bill" will disenfranchise poor an
  
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• Shake Shack Proposed for Graduate Hotel

  09-04-2019 16:51
  Rumors of a Shake Shack heading for the Graduate Hotel at 750 N. High St. have been confirmed.  The company sent an application to the Italian Village Area Commission to install signage, including a “Shake Shack” sign and a halo-lit “Burger Logo” sign. The commission will address the application at their meeting on Tuesday, April […]
  
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• Number of children abused or neglected on the rise in Franklin County

  09-04-2019 16:18
  COLUMBUS-- CrimeTracker 10 uncovered a growing concern when it comes to child abuse and neglect in Franklin County.In 2018, Franklin County Children Services (FCCS) took in 33,273 referrals received and 13,770 investigations were initiated.That’s slightly higher compared to the year before, where 21,214 referrals came in during 2017, with 11,771 cases screened for assessment.But what’s more telling is the number of children placed in kinship care, whether they were grandparents, aunt
  
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• More children abused or neglected in Franklin County

  09-04-2019 16:18
  COLUMBUS-- CrimeTracker 10 uncovered a growing concern when it comes to child abuse and neglect in Franklin County: the numbers are on the rise.In 2018, Franklin County Children Services (FCCS) took in 33,273 referrals received and 13,770 investigations were initiated.That’s slightly higher compared to the year before, where 21,214 referrals came in during 2017, with 11,771 cases screened for assessment.But what’s more telling is the number of children placed in kinship care, whether
  
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• Ohio State Highway Patrol to focus on Move Over law

  09-04-2019 13:16
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio's State Highway Patrol is focusing on enforcement of the Move Over law.As the construction season gets underway drivers should be alert and ready to move over for road workers and first responders.The law requires drivers approaching any vehicles with flashing or rotating lights that are parked on the roadside to move over to an adjacent lane. Motorists should slow down and proceed with caution if moving over isn't possible due to traffic or weather conditions or lack of a
  
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• White House steps up attacks as Mueller report release nears

  09-04-2019 12:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took a victory lap after special counsel Robert Mueller concluded his Russia investigation. It may have been premature.The scramble to frame the investigation's findings in the best political light is sure to be renewed in coming days when Mueller's report is expected to be released in redacted form. Now that the American public will get a look at details beyond the four-page investigation summary written by Attorney General William Barr, some Trump
  
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• Ohio man due in federal court on false claim about child

  09-04-2019 12:34
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A 23-year-old man faces a U.S. magistrate Tuesday on a charge that he lied to federal agents about being a missing child from Illinois.Authorities on Friday charged Brian Michael Rini of Medina, Ohio, a day after DNA testing ruled him out as being Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared in 2011 at age 6. Magistrate Karen Litkovitz had him held without bond pending a hearing Tuesday afternoon.A jail lists him as 5 feet, 9 inches, tall and 145 pounds.Police picked up Rini the morn
  
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• Cousin: Upstate NY burial likely for remains of WWII airman

  09-04-2019 12:32
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York airman whose remains were recently identified more than 75 years after he died in World War II will likely be reburied in a family plot in a rural upstate cemetery, a relative of the fallen serviceman said.Wayne Rogers told The Associated Press on Monday that the family would like to inter the remains of his first cousin, Vincent J. Rogers Jr., in York Corners Cemetery in Willing, New York.Details of the reburial, including the date, are still being worked ou
  
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• Mom, 2 others indicted in case of chained Alabama teen

  09-04-2019 12:31
  
  PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The mother of a 13-year-old boy found naked and chained at an Alabama home has been indicted on a charge of aggravated child abuse, along with two other family members.The Montgomery Advertiser reported Monday that the charges against the boy's mother, stepfather and grandmother were upgraded from torture/willful abuse of a child. Two uncles are accused of aiding and abetting the abuse.Autauga County Sheriff Joe Sedinger said an anonymous report in September led aut
  
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• Ghost of Toys R Us still haunts toy makers

  09-04-2019 12:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — This year, children will have a hard time finding Uncle Milton's glow-in-the-dark ant farm, or the gel and ant village version. Basic Fun, the parent company behind the brand, has stopped producing them and now makes just three versions — basic, giant and retro.Who's to blame? Toys R Us.A year after Toys R Us imploded, toy makers are still readjusting to the big loss of shelf space. That means slashing the number of styles they carry, re-evaluating how they sell large
  
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• Teen pleads guilty to plotting terror attack at Texas mall

  09-04-2019 12:28
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A suburban Dallas teenager has pleaded guilty to plotting an Islamic State group-inspired mass shooting at a North Texas mall.A state judge sentenced Matin Azizi-Yarand to 20 years in prison Monday for solicitation of capital murder and making a terroristic threat, state and federal prosecutors announced. The 18-year-old is eligible for parole after serving 10 years.Azizi-Yarand was arrested last May for plotting to shoot civilians and police at a Frisco mall in a rampage aut
  
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• US forces: 3 Marines killed, Afghan contractor wounded in roadside bombing

  09-04-2019 12:27
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. forces in Afghanistan revised on Tuesday the death toll from a Taliban attack the previous day near the main American base in the country, saying three service members were killed but not a contractor who was initially reported among the fatalities.The U.S. and NATO Resolute Support mission issued a statement "to clarify initial reporting" about Monday's roadside bombing of an American convoy near the main U.S. base. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the
  
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• 3 American soldiers, 1 US contractor killed in Afghanistan

  09-04-2019 12:27
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three American service members and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.The U.S. and NATO Resolute Support mission said the four Americans were killed near the Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, while three others were wounded in the explosion. The base in Bagram district is located in northern Parwan province and s
  
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• Taylor Swift donates $113K to Tennessee LGBTQ advocacy group

  09-04-2019 12:24
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Music superstar Taylor Swift says the efforts of a Tennessee LGBTQ advocacy group to fight a handful of contentious bills moving inside the state's Republican-controlled General Assembly inspired her to make a sizeable donation.According to the Tennessee Equality Project, Swift donated $113,000 to the organization on Monday. The group posted a handwritten letter from Swift, where she cited the recent petition of Tennessee faith leaders who opposed a series of bills
  
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• Inspections show deterioration of US-funded housing for poor

  09-04-2019 12:08
  
  NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) — In this city known for pre-Civil War mansions, a young mother shared a government-funded apartment with her three small children and a legion of cockroaches.They lurked in the medicine cabinet, under the refrigerator, behind a picture on the wall. The mother nudged a bedroom dresser and more roaches skittered away as her 2-year-old son stomped on them.It was home, sweet home for Destiny Johnson and her kids — until she got fed up and moved out last month.Inspect
  
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• Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena being renamed

  09-04-2019 11:59
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The massive makeover of Quicken Loans Arena will include a new name.The Cavaliers' downtown home will be renamed Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday night. The announcement of the change will be made Tuesday at a news conference, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team is not revealing the nature of the media gathering.The Cavs sent out an advisory about a "major announcement" and
  
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• Cleveland Cavaliers' arena renamed Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

  09-04-2019 11:59
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers have changed dramatically and so has their downtown home.Quickens Loans Arena is no more.The team will no longer play at "The Q," but inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, which is undergoing a $185 million renovation funded by the city and team.The Cavaliers, who have had a difficult first season since LeBron James left for Los Angeles, announced the name change on Tuesday, hours before they hosted the Charlotte Hornets in their season finale.Dan Gilbert, who h
  
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• Ohio man accused of fleeing police, causing crash that hurt 3

  09-04-2019 11:44
  
  WALTHOURVILLE, Ga. (AP) — An Ohio man is accused of fleeing a traffic stop, leading Georgia authorities on a car chase, causing a crash and then fleeing on foot while carrying his child.WTOC-TV reports 36-year-old Ryan Storts was arrested on charges including fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer in the chase that seriously wounded two women and a state trooper. State police said Monday that the Storts is charged with offenses including reckless driving.Authorities say Storts fle
  
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• Crash closes I-270 westbound in south Columbus

  09-04-2019 10:32
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is working an accident on the south side.The crash has I-270 westbound closed just before US-23.For a detour, drivers should exit at Alum Creek Drive and use that to get to I-70 or London Groveport Road.Deputies have not yet said when that stretch of roadway will reopen.
  
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• Virginia earns first national championship with win over Texas Tech

  09-04-2019 05:47
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Now that, Virginia, is the way to close out a season.Led by De'Andre Hunter and his NBA-ready game, the Cavaliers turned themselves into national champions Monday night, holding off tenacious, ferocious Texas Tech for an 85-77 overtime win — a scintillating victory that came 388 days after a crushing setback that might have sunk a lesser team for years.But Virginia was better than that.A season after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 — the one thing th
  
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• Community remembers 7-year-old killed in Columbus crash

  09-04-2019 05:05
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The community came together Monday night to remember a seven-year-old girl who was killed in a crash Saturday on Cleveland Avenue.“All of a sudden you just heard screeching.I looked down there and it was just unimaginable. It was like off a movie,” said Adina Bailey, who lives down the street from where the crash happened.Five children were inside with the driver as a maroon SUV veered off, hit a pole, then another car and flipping.7-year-old Lillie Reed died at the
  
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• Police: Dog rescued from subzero temperatures in south Columbus has been adopted

  09-04-2019 02:17
  
  COLUMBUS – The Columbus Division of Police said a dog they rescued from subzero temperatures has found a new home.Back in January, police posted about the dog, now named Leroy. Officers were called to the city’s south side because the dog was tied up outside.Police said the owner was hospitalized and family would occasionally stop by to feed the dog.Officers loaded the dog into a cruiser and brought him to a police substation where they fed him before taking him to the Columbus Human
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 4/8/2019

  09-04-2019 01:55 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Bill aims to end confusion amid crackdowns on CBD products

  09-04-2019 00:33
  COLUMBUS – Since the inception of Ohio’s medical marijuana law took effect, Sen. Stephen Huffman admits there’s been some confusion out there.Most of it from retailers wondering if they’re allowed to sell CBD products. There have been reports that some stores have seen those products removed from their shelves amid crackdowns.“My understand is that there was a truck load of CBD soda that was removed from Jungle Jim’s (International Market) in Cincinnati and th
  
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