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• Ohio experiencing urgent, unprecedented need for foster families

  23-05-2019 23:22
  Ohio is facing a crisis of children in need of homes.A record number of children are in the foster care system with not nearly enough families to care for them.Tina Smith-Anderson's heart and her home are closed to no one.She took in her first foster child 13 years ago."And it was a journey. This child didn't know how to love, didn't know how to accept love. Just didn't know which way she was going to go in life. It was one of the most rewarding things that I have ever had to do, to take this ch
  
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• Local Men’s Grooming Products Company Opening Store & Yoga Studio

  23-05-2019 22:35
  Part yoga studio, part retail shop, Cliff Wellness Yoga & Apothecary celebrates its grand opening in Marble Cliff on Monday, June 3. Located at 2125 W. Fifth Ave., the address creates a physical storefront for Cliff Original, as well as a number of other local brands. Jared Friesner launched men’s grooming products company Cliff Original […]
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• First Look: Roosevelt Coffee House at Gravity

  23-05-2019 22:18
  Roosevelt Coffee House at Gravity is now open. With now double the locations, Founder Kenny Sipes says they’ll hopefully have twice the impact.  “If we can give $111,000 in four years in one shop, then hopefully we can give another $111,000 in another shop, and another $111,000, and it’ll hit half a million in 10 […]
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• Friends, coaches remember 14-year-old killed in east Columbus shooting

  23-05-2019 22:06
  The mourning for a 14-year-old boy started with a small memorial of flowers, balloons and teddy bears along a chain link fence outside Shady Lane Elementary.It was in the area in east Columbus on Wednesday just before 7 p.m. when police say a 13-year-old juvenile carrying a loaded gun got into an argument with Jaykwon Sharp and shot him.Witnesses say they heard as many as five gunshots. Police say Sharp was hit multiple times.Those who knew Sharp were stunned by his loss."As a coach, I never eve
  
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• Community gathers to remember 14-year-old killed in east Columbus shooting

  23-05-2019 22:06
  The mourning for a 14-year-old boy started with a small memorial of flowers, balloons and teddy bears along a chain link fence outside Shady Lane Elementary.It was in the area in east Columbus on Wednesday just before 7 p.m. when police say a 13-year-old juvenile carrying a loaded gun got into an argument with Jaykwon Sharp and shot him.Witnesses say they heard as many as five gunshots. Police say Sharp was hit multiple times.Those who knew Sharp were stunned by his loss."As a coach, I never eve
  
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• Art of Yoga Restructures Programming

  23-05-2019 21:00
  “We really want affordable yoga in Downtown Columbus and the Franklinton area,” said Jordan Davis, director of the non-profit Art of Yoga at 566 W. Rich St. “I strongly believe that we can help so people many achieve well-being thru movement and other arts,” she says. “We have great teachers and classes that are very […]
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• Mega Weekend – Peonies, Strawberries, and Raves!

  23-05-2019 20:49
  Welcome to a weekend full of fun events of things to do in Columbus. Take a look at some top picks for the weekend and find links to daily lists below. FESTIVALS -Have fun at the Columbus Psych Fest-Go to the Village Pets Fest-Attend Jeni’s Strawberry Jam-The Asian Festival is at Franklin Park-The Peony Fest is sold out!-Go to the Utica Ice […]
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• Pelosi questions Trump's fitness; time for 'intervention'?

  23-05-2019 20:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi openly questioned President Donald Trump's fitness for office Thursday, suggesting a family or staff "intervention" after a dramatic blow-up at a White House meeting the previous day.Both the Republican president and Democratic leaders dug in a day after Trump stalked outof the Cabinet Room demanding an end to congressional investigations before he would work with Congress on crumbling U.S. infrastructure and other matters. By Thursday as Congre
  
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• Kids get in free at Newport Aquarium to celebrate Shark Summer

  23-05-2019 19:10
  
  The Newport Aquarium will be offering free admission to kids beginning this weekend as part of their Shark Summer celebration.Beginning Sunday through July 21, one kid (ages 2 – 12) can get in free after 4 p.m. with the purchase of a full-priced adult ticket. The offer is valid Sundays through Fridays and tickets must be purchased online.This year’s Shark Summer features a baby shark born at the aquarium. Guests will get a chance to help name the baby shark.Additional, the aquarium i
  
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• Food expert reveals dangers for Memorial Day cookouts

  23-05-2019 19:08
  Memorial Day weekend means a lot of cookouts and picnics will be happening.That food can pose a danger to your family, if left out too long or if served improperly.The CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases.A food expert revealed the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to bacteria that can send your family or guests to the hospital.When Gina Kramer prepares food for her cookout, she's extra cautious.Th
  
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• 62,000 pounds of meat recalled, just days before Memorial Day

  23-05-2019 17:39
  
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a recall for more than 62,000 pounds of beef due to E. coli concerns ahead of Memorial Day weekend.According to the USDA, the meat was packaged at the Aurora Packing Company in Illinois on April 19, but was shipped nationwide for distribution.The recalled products have the establishment number “EST. 788” with the USDA inspection mark.The items include more than 40 products. You can view the full
  
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• Yoga and the Sacred Shimmy of Tribal Dance

  23-05-2019 17:15
  There are fake diamonds. There are real diamonds. Then there are those who show you how to see the sparkle in the dance of life regardless of the glass. Angie Never is one of those special kinds of teachers, and she has opened her own dance and yoga studio to share tribal dancing in Columbus, […]
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• Former Ohio State, USA Diving coach pleads guilty to sexual battery of underage diver

  23-05-2019 17:00
  COLUMBUS (WBNS) – A former USA Diving and Ohio State club diving coach pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery Thursday related to a sexual encounters he had with an underage diver.Under a plea deal reached between prosecutors, William Bohonyi, the former OSU assistant dive coach, could spend up to 10 years in prison for the sexual encounters he had with an underage diver on the campus of Ohio State University.Bohonyi will also have to register as a Tier 3 sex offender in Ohio. He w
  
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• 1 killed in 2-vehicle crash in Etna Township

  23-05-2019 16:35
  
  GRANVILLE, OHIO - The Granville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Etna Township.It happened Thursday around 2:30 a.m. at the intersection of Palmer Road and Mink Road, according to OSHP.The first vehicle was going eastbound on Palmer Road when the second vehicle driven by Patrice Tolber, 25, of Columbus was driving southbound on Mink Road. The first vehicle failed to stop at the intersection and struck Tolber’s vehicle.Tolber was pronounced dead on the
  
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• Tiger Woods officially commits to play in The Memorial Tournament

  23-05-2019 16:16
  
  Tiger Woods has committed to playing in The Memorial Tournament next week in Dublin.Tournament officials announced Thursday that the current Master's champion along with Rickie Fowler will be joining the field.The current @TheMasters champ, 15 time major champ AND 5 time #theMemorial winner @TigerWoods has officially committed! pic.twitter.com/SWzURWnH2T— #theMemorial (@MemorialGolf) May 23, 2019
  Fan favorite & 5 time @PGATOUR winner @RickieFowler is coming to #theMemorial! pic.twitter
  
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• Restaurant Review: Short North Goody Boy

  23-05-2019 16:00
  The Short North’s upward spiral has reached the iconic Michael’s Goody Boy. The establishment has long hosted a landmark-quality sign, replete with a giant, luminous, yellow arrow. If not visible from miles away, it’s certainly visible from a decent-sized block. The signage has long held promise of some sort of adventure. In recent years, however, the […]
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• Photos: L7 at Express Live!

  23-05-2019 15:19
  Legendary punk-metal power-chord rockers L7 played a surprisingly undersold Express Live! on Wednesday night for the first time since their reformation. The once trailblazing all-female four-piece knocked out cuts from their long history to a slightly well aged, yet enthusiastic audience. Reunited since 2014 after a long hiatus, long time members Suzi Gardner, Donita Sparks, Jennifer Finch and Demetra […]
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents: Behind the Scenes with Actor’s Theatre’s Amanda Phillips

  23-05-2019 13:00
  Amanda Phillips is an actor, director and educator. She has worked in New York, Los Angeles, and in various regional theaters. Recent Columbus credits include Red Herring Productions’ DIRT, Columbus Civic Theatre’s Two Gentlemen of Verona and Actors’ Theatre’s 2018 production of Macbeth as Lady Macbeth. This year Amanda is in the director’s chair for […]
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• Texas moves to arm more teachers to prevent school shootings

  23-05-2019 12:57
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas moved a big step closer to arming more teachers and school personnel as a way to help prevent future campus shootings, under a bill sent to Gov. Greg Abbott.The measure approved Wednesday night by the state Senate changes the 6-year-old school marshal program that had limited the number of armed marshals, and instead opens campuses to as many as local school districts feel they need.The bill was among several school security measures pushed by Gov. Greg Abbott af
  
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• University in Ohio ends United Methodist affiliation over LGBT bans

  23-05-2019 12:56
  
  ALLIANCE, Ohio (AP) — A university in Ohio has ended its affiliation with the United Methodist Church over the denomination's renewed bans on LGBT clergy and same-sex marriage.The Canton Repository reports the University of Mount Union president says the board of trustees considered the issue for months before voting recently to end the affiliation of more than 150 years.University President W. Richard Merriman Jr. says the school wants a diverse campus. He says it became difficult to see
  
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• Claim seeks $45M for incapacitated woman who gave birth

  23-05-2019 12:54
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for an incapacitated woman who was raped and later gave birth at a Phoenix long-term care facility have filed a $45 million notice of claim against the state, saying she may have been impregnated before.The claim, which is a precursor to a lawsuit, also alleges the woman was raped repeatedly before giving birth last December.A former licensed practical nurse at Hacienda Healthcare has been charged with sexually assaulting the 29-year-old woman, who has been in long-t
  
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• Man guilty of defrauding Apple out of 1,500 iPhones

  23-05-2019 12:53
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Over the span of two years, a Chinese national in Oregon sent devices that looked like iPhones to Apple, saying they wouldn't turn on and should be replaced under warranty. He didn't just submit a couple of the devices -- he delivered in person or shipped to Apple around 3,000 of them.Apple responded by sending almost 1,500 replacement iPhones, each with an approximate resale value of $600.But the devices that Quan Jiang sent Apple were fake.Jiang, 30, a former engineeri
  
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• Faces of concussions: NHL's head-on battle with an epidemic

  23-05-2019 12:51
  
  HOMER GLEN, Ill. (AP) — Wearing a black shirt with "Fight for your happiness" on the front and "Sick not weak" on the back, Daniel Carcillo eats an apple as his wife makes a cappuccino nearby and their oldest daughter scampers around the kitchen.This is the family he always wanted, just not the life he expected.Carcillo is hurting inside and out after seven documented concussions in the National Hockey League and what he believes could be literally hundreds of traumatic brain injuries. Onc
  
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• 2 elderly African lions die at San Francisco, San Diego zoos

  23-05-2019 12:49
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two beloved, elderly lions have died at zoos in California.The San Francisco Zoo announced Wednesday that a 16-year-old male African lion named Jahari died Monday of old age. African lions live to about 14 in the wild.He was born at the zoo in 2003 and raised by the staff after his mother died shortly after giving birth.The zoo's CEO, Tanya Peterson, says Jahari will be remembered for his bellowing roar that could be heard from every corner of the zoo.Jahari leaves a mate
  
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• A 'violent tornado' has touched down in Missouri

  23-05-2019 10:37
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A "violent tornado" touched down in Jefferson City, Missouri, causing heavy damage, according to the National Weather Service, but there were no immediate reports of fatalities.The service reported that a "confirmed large and destructive tornado" was observed over Jefferson City at 11:43 p.m. Wednesday, moving northeast at 40 mph (64 kph). The capital city has a population of about 40,000 and is located about 130 miles (209 kilometers) west of St. Louis.Jefferson
  
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• 3 deaths in Missouri as tornado strikes state capital

  23-05-2019 10:37
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A tornado caused heavy damage in Missouri's capital city as severe weather swept across the state overnight, causing at least three deaths and injuring nearly two dozen people as homes and businesses were ripped apart.The National Weather Service confirmed that the large and destructive tornado moved over Jefferson City shortly before midnight on Wednesday."Across the state, Missouri's first responders once again responded quickly and with strong coordination as
  
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• Tracking severe weather moving through central Ohio | May 23, 2019

  23-05-2019 06:00
  
  Doppler 10 Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Live Radar | Weather Warnings | Updated Forecast10TV Meteorologist Ashlee Baracy is tracking showers and storms moving through central Ohio this morning.7:30 a.m. Update: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Ashland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow and Richland County until 8:15 a.m.
  6:30 a.m. Update: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Champaign, Madison, and Union County until 7:00 a.m.SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY GUIDEDIFFERENCES BETWEEN WATCHES & WARNINGSWatch
  
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• Tracking severe weather for parts of central Ohio| May 23, 2019

  23-05-2019 06:00
  
  Doppler 10 Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Live Radar | Weather Warnings | Updated Forecast10TV meteorologists Mike Davis is tracking showers and storms moving through parts of central Ohio this evening.
  ---6:20 p.m.WEATHER ALERT: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Pickaway and Ross County until 7:00 p.m.---5:45 p.m.WEATHER ALERT: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Athens County until 6:30 p.m.WEATHER ALERT: Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Athens, Fairfield, Fayette, Guernsey, Hocking, Jackson, M
  
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• School reminds students about safety after weapon found at South Mifflin Elementary

  23-05-2019 04:44
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A weapon was confiscated at a Columbus elementary school on Wednesday and the Columbus City School District is reminding students about safety.The district said a letter was sent home to parents about the incident at South Mifflin Elementary.In the letter, principal Pamela Eberhardt-Horton said a teacher was told of a possible weapon inside her classroom.Students were safely taken out of the classroom and the school's safety and security team found the weapon.10TV has reached ou
  
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• Local organization aims to help young people experiencing homelessness in Columbus

  23-05-2019 04:20
  
  Homeless advocates say on any night in Columbus, there are dozens of young people, between the ages of 12 and 24 living on the street. “I kind of got used to living like that every single day and it was mentally draining,” said Wesley Mercer. He just turned 19 and recently spent six months living homeless in south Columbus.“After the third week of being homeless, I stopped going to school because I couldn't take a shower and I didn't have any clean clothes. I'd be embarrassed t
  
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• Deaf adults learn higher education thanks to new Ohio pilot program

  23-05-2019 03:21
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — You're never too old to go back to school.In this classroom at the Ohio School for the Deaf, your hands are how you talk and your eyes are how you listen.It's a first of its kind — a new program that started in January is a partnership between Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, Ohio Department of Higher Education and the Ohio School for the Deaf.Ohio has an Aspire program where adults can take classes to improve reading, English and math for free. However,
  
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• High school students place 4,000 flags in Lancaster park ahead of Memorial Day

  23-05-2019 02:47
  
  Ahead of Memorial Day, students from Lancaster High School took part in a way to remember those who have served the country.Mayor David Scheffler says students from the school’s marketing class and teacher Jennifer Blanchard placed 4,000 U.S. flags in the Veteran’s Square downtown.The flags will remain for Memorial Day weekend and will be removed Tuesday morning.“A special thank you to the students for honoring our men and women in uniform,” Scheffler wrote in a Facebook
  
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• Police searching for missing 12-year-old girl last seen in east Columbus

  23-05-2019 01:40
  
  Columbus police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing 12-year-old girl.Police say Jaionna Cooper is an endangered runaway and was last seen Wednesday in the area of Napoleon Avenue and East Broad Street.Jaionna is described to be 4'9", 70-80 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a dark short-sleeved shirt, dark pants and gray Jordan tennis shoes.Anyone with information on Jaionna's whereabouts should call Columbus police at (614) 645-4545.
  
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• The Columbus Metropolitan Club: Criminal Sentencing Reform Part 1

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• Boy killed, girl injured after shooting in east Columbus

  23-05-2019 01:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police said a boy was killed and a girl was injured after they were shot in east Columbus on Wednesday.Police said officers responded to the area of Shady Lane Road north of East Livingston Avenue just before 7 p.m.Both children were immediately rushed to local hospitals.Police said the boy died from his injuries and the girl is in stable condition.Police do not believe the shooting is associated with nearby Shady Lane Elementary School.Police said no arrests have been mad
  
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• 2 taken to hospitals after shooting in east Columbus

  23-05-2019 01:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two people were shot on the east side of Columbus Wednesday night, according to police.Police said officers responded to the area of Shady Lane Road north of East Livingston Avenue just before 7 p.m.Police said one person was taken to Mount Carmel East with life-threatening injuries.A second person was taken to Grant Medical Center and that person's condition was not known by police.Suspect information was not able to be released.
  
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• 14-year-old boy killed, girl injured after shooting in east Columbus

  23-05-2019 01:18
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police said a boy was killed and a girl was injured in a shooting in east Columbus Wednesday.Police said officers responded to the area of Shady Lane Road north of East Livingston Avenue just before 7 p.m. on Wednesday near Shady Lane Elementary School.Police say 14-year-old Jaykwon Sharp and a 14-year-old girl were both shot.The teens were immediately transported to local hospitals, where Sharp later died. Police say the girl was shot in the leg and is in stable condition
  
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