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• Trump signs orders to speed up energy projects, pipelines

  10-04-2019 22:47
  
  CROSBY, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump's support for shifting more power to states on Wednesday faded next to his affinity for oil and gas production, as he aimed to make it harder for states to block pipelines and other energy projects due to environmental concerns.At the urging of business groups, Trump signed two executive orders designed to speed up oil and gas pipeline projects. The action came after officials in Washington state and New York used the permitting process to stop n
  
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• Heartbeat Bill Passes House, Awaits DeWine’s Signature

  10-04-2019 22:42
  Ohio’s latest version of the “Heartbeat Bill” is headed to the desk of Gov. Mike DeWine, who’s previously voiced his support for the measure. With more restrictions added by the Ohio Senate last week, the bill (SB 23) was sent to the Ohio House on Wednesday, where it passed 56-40. SB 23 would ban abortion […]
  
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• Local schools, SWACO work to educate students, limit waste production in Franklin County

  10-04-2019 22:03
  COLUMBUS — According to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, nearly 69 million meals are missed every year by Franklin County residents who go hungry. The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) also estimates that 192 million meals are being sent to landfills by Franklin County residents and businesses.All of SWACO’s involvement stems from their work to create the Central Ohio Food Waste Initiative, which is a collaboration of more than 60 organizations in central Ohio working together to
  
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• Laurelville votes to dissolve police department

  10-04-2019 20:44
  
  Laurelville is now contracted with the Hocking County Sheriff's Office for law enforcement services after their village council voted unanimously on the measure at a Monday meeting.Hocking County Sheriff Lanny North assigned Deputy Rick Torchick and his K-9, Ilka, to patrol the village full time. Torchick has been in law enforcement for the past 26 years and has been a lifelong resident of the area.Before this vote, the Laurelville Police Department was staffed by mostly volunteer officers. Laur
  
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• House passes bill to restore 'net neutrality' rules

  10-04-2019 20:11
  
  The House has passed bill Wednesday to restore Obama-era "net neutrality" rules, but the legislation faces slim odds of making it through the Republican-controlled Senate.The Save the Internet Act passed the Democrat-controlled House 232-190 Wednesday, with only one Republican vote in favor. But top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that net neutrality is "dead on arrival in the Senate." The Trump administration also opposes the bill . Still, the effort to restore net neutrality cou
  
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• Heartbeat abortion ban bill passes Ohio House, moves to Senate

  10-04-2019 18:45
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House has approved the heartbeat abortion ban Wednesday by a vote of 56-39. The measure now heads to the Senate to pass before sending it to the governor’s desk.Senate Bill 23 would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy.Five other states have now passed similar bans, two of which have been blocked by the courts. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who took office in January, has said he will si
  
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• Sullivant Hall evacuated due to gas leak near Ohio State's campus

  10-04-2019 18:43
  
  Crews are working to repair a gas leak near the Ohio State University campus.Columbus police said High Street is shut down near East 15 Avenue as they fix the leak.Ohio State Emergency Management said Sullivant Hall has been evacuated out of an abundance of caution.No other buildings have been evacuated.
  
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• Sullivant Hall evacuated after gas leak near Ohio State's campus

  10-04-2019 18:43
  
  Crews are working to repair a gas leak near the Ohio State University campus.Columbus police said High Street is shut down near East 15 Avenue as they fix the leak.Ohio State Emergency Management said Sullivant Hall has been evacuated out of an abundance of caution.No other buildings have been evacuated.
  
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• Columbus Ranked #1 Real Estate Market in US

  10-04-2019 18:30
  According to a new report from Realtor.com, Columbus has claimed the number one spot on their list of “hottest real estate markets” in the United States. The Columbus Metro Area ranked 9th place in February’s report, jumping eight spots in March, displacing larger and more expensive metros like Boston and San Francisco. “Columbus is superaffordable, […]
  
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• Proposal to honor Ohio popular presidential vote withdrawn

  10-04-2019 18:24
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A ballot measure proposing to give Ohio's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote has been withdrawn.The proposed amendment would have forced lawmakers to assure the Electoral College's votes were delivered to whichever candidate won the most votes nationally, rather than the most votes within Ohio.Organizers of the proposed constitutional amendment withdrew the measure Tuesday in a letter to Republican Secretary of State Frank
  
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• Pictures show pollen haze over North Carolina

  10-04-2019 17:38
  
  Shots taken over North Carolina on Monday captured pollen haze that made the landscape look yellow.The images taken by Jeremy Gilchrist show an area in the city of Durham.The pictures were captured as the region saw a spike in pollen concentrations. A pollen report operated by North Carolina's Division of Air Quality described the pollen "severity" in nearby Raleigh for Sunday into Monday as "very high."Pollen in the state in the early spring mostly comes from trees. Grasses peak in May, and wee
  
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• Attorney General says 'I think spying did occur' on Trump campaign

  10-04-2019 17:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday he is reviewing the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, declaring he believed the president's campaign had been spied on and wanted to make sure proper procedures were followed."I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal," Barr told senators at a budget hearing that, like a similar House hearing Tuesday, was dominated by questions about special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.It was not immediatel
  
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• Work Starting on New Buildings at Grandview Yard

  10-04-2019 16:55
  Construction has begun on two buildings that will help to fill in the southwest corner of Grandview Yard. Site work has begun at 950 Goodale Blvd., where a two-story office building is due to be finished by spring of 2020, and work is set to ramp up soon on a 20-unit row of townhomes that […]
  
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• Ohio’s Own: Kim Chi Pork Rinds

  10-04-2019 16:40
  Between lo-carb diets and fancified treatments on menus in local restaurants, pork rinds are experiencing a bona fide heyday. Once a weird, niche, vaguely creepy snack, fried pig skin is now widely accepted as a cool munching option. And so it was only a matter of time before the snack food industry started launching more […]
  
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• WATCH: Ryan Day holds press conference ahead of Ohio State Spring Game

  10-04-2019 16:06
  
  Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day addresses the media ahead of this weekend's spring game. Spring Game Details:The 2019 LifeSports Spring Game, presented by Nationwide, is scheduled for Saturday, April 13 at Ohio Stadium with a noon start time. Parking is free.General admission prices are $5 plus a limited number of $15 reserved club seats. Children under the age of 6 are free in the general admission areas.Current Ohio State students get in free with a valid OSU ID.Construction on the nor
  
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• Department of Development: Who We Are

  10-04-2019 14:37 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 2-year-old boy with spina bifida now running after taking inspiring first steps

  10-04-2019 13:13
  
  A little boy from Kansas, born with a rare condition, has become an inspiration around the world. A video, now seen by millions, captured the moments 2-year-old Roman Dinkel defied the odds and walked for the first time.Roman has spina bifida, a birth defect that prevents the spinal cord from forming properly. He also had hydrocephalus, extra fluid around the brain. He had two surgeries on his brain before his first birthday, and one on his spine before he was even born.Every case is different,
  
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• Principals from schools with shootings form support network

  10-04-2019 12:58
  
  COLUMBUS (AP) — In the days after a teenager shot and killed three fellow students at Ohio's Chardon High School in 2012, then-Principal Andy Fetchik remembers getting a call from someone who knew just what he was experiencing.It was Frank DeAngelis, the principal of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, during the deadly 1999 shooting. DeAngelis told him: It's going to be OK. You'll get through this. If you have questions, feel free to call me.Fetchik called, and he found DeAngeli
  
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• Family warns other parents after their son died in a Fisher-Price sleeper

  10-04-2019 12:50
  
  The American Academy of Pediatrics Tuesday joined growing calls to have a Fisher-Price baby sleeper recalled. Consumer Reports has linked 32 infant deaths to that sleeper.In December 2017, Keenan and Evan Overton awoke to find their 5-month-old son Ezra on his stomach unresponsive."I saw Ezra, face down with his nose squished into the back of the seat, and he was already passed away. I picked him up and he was like a doll," Keenan Overton said.Ezra died of suffocation, and the Overtons say his F
  
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• Batter up! Commit to be Fit and clean up the community

  10-04-2019 12:13
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) - Committing to be fit and helping the community can go hand-in-hand. For those with a competitive edge, the opportunity is here with the Columbus Litter League.The Columbus Litter League is a baseball-themed, competitive initiative to clean up city neighborhoods.Teams made up of neighborhood groups, faith organizations, civic organizations or individuals can participate in community cleanups, then send their data in for scoring.The community improvement program, Keep Colum
  
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• Allergist explains why several Ohio cities rank high for spring allergies

  10-04-2019 12:01
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -Sneezing. Coughing. Itchy eyes. A lot of people in Ohio are dealing with these allergy symptoms.The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ranked Columbus number 46 as the *worst in the country for spring allergies" in 2019. Toledo, Dayton, Cleveland, and Akron were also in the top 50.Dr. Andrew Dang with Premier Allergy and Asthma says trees in the state are partially to blame."And if you look around everywhere we have a lot of trees and the trees here are the type that genera
  
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• Magic Johnson abruptly resigns as Lakers' president

  10-04-2019 09:10
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Magic Johnson abruptly quit as the Los Angeles Lakers' president of basketball operations Tuesday night, citing his desire to return to the simpler life he enjoyed as a wealthy businessman and beloved former player before taking charge of this tempestuous franchise just over two years ago.Johnson didn't tell owner Jeanie Buss or general manager Rob Pelinka about his shocking decision before he announced it in front of reporters about 90 minutes before the final game of t
  
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• Safety on Cleveland Avenue a concern after 7-year-old killed in crash

  10-04-2019 04:43
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - As friends and family mourn the loss of Lillie Reed, who died in a car crash on Saturday, the crash has many taking a look at that stretch of road in the Linden neighborhood.Drivers travel right by a memorial at 12th Avenue and Cleveland Avenue where the 7-year-old was killed.That crash is still under investigation.The tragedy has many questioning the safety of the stretch of road.“Speeding, a lot of speeding.A lot of cutting off people,” said Whitney Tucker. Mom of
  
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• Veterans welcomed home to Columbus after Honor Flight

  10-04-2019 03:49
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Many gathered at John Glenn Columbus International Airport Tuesday night to welcome veterans back from Washington, D.C. as they returned on an honor flight.More than 100 World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War veterans headed to the nation's capital to see the war memorials."It's remarkable what these people are doing for the veterans - to show their appreciation for what they've given to us," said Ron Conkle who served with the Army in the Vietnam War and Korean War.Among the
  
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• Ground beef sold at Meijer recalled over plastic concerns

  10-04-2019 03:17
  
  More than 40,000 pounds of ground beef has been recalled, including some sold at Meijer stores, because there may be hard pieces of plastic in the product.The voluntary recall affects the Meijer’s 1 lb. ground beef prepackaged by JBS Plainwell.The food was sold between March 22, 2019 and April 9, 2019 in all Meijer stores in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin.There have been no reported injuries.The problem was discovered when two complaints were filed about reports
  
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• Man with dementia reported missing in Columbus

  10-04-2019 01:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – A statewide alert has been issued for a man with dementia reported missing from Columbus.Walter Edwards, 71, was last seen walking on South Ogden Avenue in the Hilltop area around 1 p.m. on Tuesday.Police said me have taken a COTA bus to an unknown destination.Edwards is 5-feet 10-inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, and has gray hair and his eye color is black.He was last seen wearing a black and gold Ohio State sweatshirt, blue jeans, and black and gold tennis shoes.Police sa
  
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• Addicts, counselors worry about state's legalized sports betting proposal

  10-04-2019 01:41
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - He's never drank. He's never done drugs. But, Dave Mathess is an addict and he can tell you how everything went wrong."In 25 years, I've lost about $1.4 million and I have a dollar in my bank account," he said.Mathess is happy about that lonely dollar, because he says now he pays his bills on time. He didn't use to.He had gambled for 35 years and says he was addicted to playing the lottery and bingo for 20 years. He says he lost himself, his family, relationships, jobs and his i
  
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• Two men arrested for throwing rocks, beer bottles onto I-71

  10-04-2019 00:42
  
  Two men have been arrested after authorities said they were throwing objects onto Interstate 71 last week.According to court records, 23-year-old Shakim Hail and 19-year-old Keneth Blackwell were seen throwing large rocks and beer bottles while on the overpass of E. 11th Avenue and I-71 north on April 8.A driver on I-71 saw the two men throwing objects and had to apply his brakes to avoid being hit.Both men admitted to police they were throwing objects but said they were not trying to strike any
  
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