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• Friends, family remember cancer survivor struck and killed while training for Pelontonia

  05-06-2019 23:20
  Condolences are pouring in for the 39-year-old cancer survivor who was struck and killed by a vehicle as he trained to raise money for cancer research for the Pelotonia race.“Oh my God, I need help. I need help right now,” said the 9-1-1 caller.Ohio State Patrol says around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, a 29-year-old woman was driving westbound on U.S. 36 near North Old State Road when she drove across the white edge line and onto the right berm, striking 39-year-old Michael Tighe as he rode hi
  
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• Despite earlier backlash, 'Drag 101' class goes off without a hitch in Delaware

  05-06-2019 22:58
  
  DELAWARE, OHIO — Dozens of people rallied in Delaware on Wednesday afternoon to show support for a class that drew nationwide criticism."I’m super excited that the people of Delaware and the surrounding areas came out to support the program," said class host Selena West. "I mean, it really shows that the minority is the loud voice of the people who didn’t want the program, and the majority of the people are here supporting it."The "Drag 101" class was originally scheduled to be
  
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• Ohio House passes bill barring death penalty if convict had 'serious mental illness'

  05-06-2019 22:48
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House has approved a bill prohibiting the executions of people convicted of aggravated murder if they're found to have had a "serious mental illness" at the time of the offense.Offenders deemed by professionals to have had "serious mental illness" must have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or delusional disorder.The bill approved Wednesday has bipartisan support and support from mental health advocacy groups. Thos
  
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• Former Columbus mental health worker pleads guilty to gross sexual imposition

  05-06-2019 22:23
  
  A mental health worker accused of sex crimes pleaded guilty to two of nine charges against him.Matthew Gatton entered a guilty plea for two counts of gross sexual imposition, both of which are third-degree felonies.The other seven counts of gross sexual imposition were dropped.The maximum possible sentence is five years in prison for each count and he will have to register as a tier II sex offender.Sentencing is scheduled for August 1.His five-year substitute early childhood teaching license was
  
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• Brewpub Proposed for Former Clintonville Outfitters Space

  05-06-2019 22:07
  Clintonville may get a new brewpub later this year if the application is approved. The 1,300 square foot building at 2864 N. High St., formerly occupied by Clintonville Outfitters, has potential operators lined up, though no names have been released. Property owner 2864 Clintonville LLC and developer United Development Services (UDS) appeared before the Clintonville […]
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• 13 confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ related to outbreak at Mount Carmel Grove City

  05-06-2019 21:28
  
  GROVE CITY, Ohio —Franklin County Public Health says there are now 13 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease amid an outbreak at Mount Carmel Grove City.Franklin County's health department said Wednesday that's up from 10 reported on Tuesday. Seven of the individuals with confirmed Legionnaires' are female and six are male.Mount Carmel confirmed earlier this week that one person has died.Mount Carmel Health System says the hospital is working with health officials to identify the source
  
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• Development Roundup: June 2019 Edition

  05-06-2019 21:22
  The latest installment of our ongoing Development Roundup series features news from the South Side, the West Side, Downtown and more. Read on for an assortment of project updates, new proposals, and other nuggets from the world of Columbus development: The Marble Cliff Village Council voted on May 20 to approve the rezoning for a closely-watched development […]
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• This Entrepreneur Wants to Feed the Hungry with Ugly and Misshapen Produce

  05-06-2019 20:40
  People are hungry, and good food is going to waste. Enter: Misfits Market, a subscription service delivering low-cost, mildly ugly produce to frugal or limited-budget buyers. A Philadelphia-based operation, Misfits Market is the brain child of Abhi Ramesh, a native Atlantan who, while apple-picking at a farm near Philadelphia, observed a peculiar practice by the […]
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• Bridging Food Waste and Chronic Hunger with Misfits Market

  05-06-2019 20:40
  People are hungry, and good food is going to waste. Enter: Misfits Market, a subscription service delivering low-cost, mildly ugly produce to frugal or limited-budget buyers. A Philadelphia-based operation, Misfits Market is the brain child of Abhi Ramesh, a native Atlantan who, while apple-picking at a farm near Philadelphia, observed a peculiar practice by the […]
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• Tracking severe weather in central Ohio - live updates

  05-06-2019 19:50
  Doppler 10 Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Live Radar | Weather Warnings A cold front will move southeast into the area late this afternoon and evening, bringing another round of showers and thunderstorms. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Ashland, Ashtabula, Champaign, Clark, Crawford, Delaware, Hancock, Hardin, Knox, Logan, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Union and Wyandot County until 9 p.m.---4:30 p.m. Update: Tornado Warning issued for Crawford County until 5 p.m.The storm ca
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Watch for parts of central Ohio until 9 p.m.

  05-06-2019 19:50
  
  Doppler 10 Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Live Radar | Weather WarningsA Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Ashland, Ashtabula, Champaign, Clark, Crawford, Delaware, Hancock, Hardin, Knox, Logan, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Union and Wyandot County until 9:00 p.m.10TV Meteorologists Ross Caruso and Jeff Booth are breaking down what's expected and when it will be in your area:SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY GUIDEDIFFERENCES BETWEEN WATCHES & WARNINGSWatch
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• 1 critical after crash involving horse-drawn buggy, semi in Mansfield

  05-06-2019 19:35
  
  MANSFIELD, Ohio – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a horse drawn buggy and a semi in Mansfield.The crash happened just before 9 a.m. Wednesday on State Route 13 at the intersection of Lattimer Road in Blooming Grove Township.OSHP said the horse drawn buddy was traveling westbound on Lattimer Road on SR-13 when it failed to yield at a stop sign and struck the semi going southbound on SR-13.Authorities say the buggy then traveled off the road and three people
  
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• Decades of Resistance: Community Pride Ditches Police, Rainbow Capitalism

  05-06-2019 19:29
  Columbus Community Pride, a grassroots pride festival, is back for its second year, themed “Decades of Resistance.” Fifty years since the Stonewall riots, this year intends to serve as a reminder of the injustices, struggles, wins and losses that have formed the movement for LGBTQ rights today. “I think that that point in time in […]
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• 97-year-old D-Day veteran parachutes into Normandy again

  05-06-2019 19:29
  
  CARENTAN, France (AP) — No murderous hails of gunfire this time. No D-Day objective that had to be taken, whatever the cost. This time, 75 years almost to the hour after he parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, Tom Rice again found himself floating down through Normandy's skies, now a grizzled 97-year-old thrilled as a little kid."Woo-hoo!" the ex-paratrooper yelped after hitting the ground, carrying the memories of comrades lost in battle and on a new mission — of remembrance this t
  
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• Beer + Ice Cream Block Party 2019

  05-06-2019 17:40
  Get ready to celebrate summer with the return the Beer + Ice Cream Block Party!The post Beer + Ice Cream Block Party 2019 appeared first on ColumbusUnderground.com.
  
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• Day family donates $100,000, partners with NCH on pediatric & adolescent mental health

  05-06-2019 16:27
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day and his wife, Christina, have joined the "On Our Sleeves" movement at Nationwide Children's Hospital.The Day family and the hospital announced the creation of The Ryan and Christina Day Fund for Pediatric and Adolescent Mental Wellness at NCH.Ryan Day’s father died by suicide in 1988. The Day family is passionate about supporting mental health advocacy, behavioral health research and prevention efforts.The hospital says Ryan an
  
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• Ohio’s Own: Weed Knob Acres

  05-06-2019 16:00
  Weed Knob has a great name. Neither word in the combo is a particularly lovely term, and weeds themselves are downright dastardly things, but together: there is something oddly satisfying about saying the name of a Westerville baking operation called Weed Knob Acres. Even more satisfying than its name, however are Weed Knob Acres’ wares. Case […]
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• Person walking on Downtown Columbus railway bridge struck by train

  05-06-2019 15:40
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – A dive team with Columbus Fire has suspended their search of the Scioto River for a person who was struck by a train Wednesday morning.According to Battalion Chief Steve Martin, a train conductor told authorities the train struck a person walking on a bridge near Long Street and Neil Avenue.Divers were immediately requested to the scene and searched the water for approximately 1 hour before ending their rescue efforts. Officials say this is now a recovery operation.Stay wi
  
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• Former Mount Carmel doctor pleads not guilty to 25 counts of murder; bond set at $1 million

  05-06-2019 14:31
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WBNS) – A grand jury has indicted Dr. William Husel on charges stemming from the deaths of 25 patients in an overdose scandal that has rocked the Mount Carmel Health System and the families of nearly three dozen patients.Both the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office and the Columbus Division of Police have been investigating since early December – when the hospital fired Husel after concerns were raised about his patient care.Husel pleaded not guilty on all count
  
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• Former Mount Carmel doctor charged with 25 counts of murder in patient deaths

  05-06-2019 14:31
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WBNS) – A grand jury has indicted Dr. William Husel on charges stemming from the deaths of 25 patients in an overdose scandal that has rocked the Mount Carmel Health System and the families of nearly three dozen patients.Both the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office and the Columbus Division of Police have been investigating since early December – when the hospital fired Husel after concerns were raised about his patient care.
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• Dr. Husel to turn himself in, officials to update Mount Carmel deaths investigation at 11 a.m. press conference

  05-06-2019 14:31
  
  Officials to hold a press conference on the status of the investigation of the deaths of 25 Mount Carmel patients after treatment byDr. William Husel.Dr. Husel is expected to turn himself into authorities this morning.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien,Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan and other Police Division personnel expected to at 11:00a.m.10TV will carry the press conference live at approximately 11 a.m. Background: The hospital’s own timeline shows that Mount Carmel fir
  
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• Man charged with beating uncle to death with baseball bat in Gahanna

  05-06-2019 13:20
  
  GAHANNA, Ohio (10TV) -- A man is charged with murdering his uncle over a game of pool, according to Gahanna Police.It happened just before midnight at a home on Muskingum Drive in Gahanna.Police say 34-year-old Cameron Goodrich and his uncle, identified as 59-year-old Dino Goodrich, were in a prolonged argument over a game of pool on Tuesday evening.Authorities say the fight escalated until Cameron Goodrich grabbed a baseball bat and struck his uncle. Dino Goodrich was transported to a local hos
  
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• Vets to share WWII memories at national museum's D-Day event

  05-06-2019 12:51
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The National Veterans Memorial and Museum is ramping up to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.The downtown Columbus museum is hosting a special "veterans voices" event Thursday that will feature a firsthand account by retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Don Jakeway. His story is also featured at the museum.Jakeway was dropped behind enemy lines just before the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944, while serving as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. He'll be joined in the d
  
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• Dad guilty of killing 5 kids faces possible death sentence

  05-06-2019 12:46
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A jury convicted a South Carolina father of murder Tuesday in the deaths of his five young children, allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty.The Lexington County jury considered the case for about six hours over two days before returning the five guilty verdicts for murder against Timothy Jones Jr., who showed no reaction.Now that same jury will return Thursday to begin hearing evidence from prosecutors who will portray Jones as a selfish, evil father who decid
  
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• Oakland becomes 2nd US city to legalize magic mushrooms

  05-06-2019 12:24
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland on Tuesday became the second U.S. city to decriminalize magic mushrooms after a string of speakers testified that psychedelics helped them overcome depression, drug addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder.The City Council voted unanimously to decriminalize the adult use and possession of magic mushrooms and other entheogenic, or psychoactive, plants and fungi. Denver voters in May approved a similar measure for people 21 and older.Speakers overwhelmingly s
  
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• Ex-wife of Ohio pastor accused in child sex case sentenced

  05-06-2019 12:19
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The former wife of one of three pastors convicted in a child sex trafficking investigation in Ohio has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for lying to investigators.Laura Lloyd told a judge before she was sentenced to 21 months on Tuesday that she responded poorly because she was trying to protect her job and her family.She's a former county administrator in Toledo who lost her job after the allegations came out against her ex-husband. He pleaded guilty last w
  
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• Central Park 5 prosecutor resigns from nonprofit boards

  05-06-2019 12:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former prosecutor in the Central Park Five case has resigned from at least two nonprofit boards as backlash intensified following the release of the Netflix series "When They See Us," a miniseries that dramatizes the events surrounding the trial.On Tuesday, the president of Vassar College posted a letter on its website saying that Linda Fairstein had resigned as a Board of Trustees member."I am told that Ms. Fairstein felt that, given the recent widespread debate over her
  
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• Queen, world leaders honor veterans on D-Day anniversary

  05-06-2019 11:37
  
  PORTSMOUTH, England (AP) — World leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump are gathering Wednesday on the south coast of England to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. But the stars of the show are the elderly veterans of that campaign who say they are surprised by all the attention: They were just doing their jobs.The Royal British Legion has brought about 300 veterans, aged 91 to 101, to the ceremonies in Portsmouth, where many of the troops embarked for Normandy on June
  
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• Columbus City Schools to prepare for possible strike

  05-06-2019 04:44
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Education Association authorized leadership to provide a 10-day notice of a strike if negotiations with the district break down this summer.The union said about half of the membership was at the meeting last week but the vote was unanimous.The district said the CEA represents more than 4,000 employees including teachers, counselors, and nurses.The CEA said there are several dates scheduled for talks.On Tuesday, the Columbus Board of Education said they want superint
  
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• Searchers find body of Dayton woman missing since tornado hit on Memorial Day

  05-06-2019 04:07
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities have found the body of a 71-year-old Ohio woman who had dementia and was reported missing hours before tornadoes struck the state last week.Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck said at a news conference Wednesday that Catherine Clayburn's body was found Tuesday night amid debris in a creek connected to the Stillwater River in Harrison Township. County coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger says the cause of death hasn't been determined.Streck says it's not clear wheth
  
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• Authorities: Remains found believed to be Dayton woman missing after tornado

  05-06-2019 04:07
  
  Authorities in Dayton said they have found what are likely the remains of a 71-year-old woman who had been missing since tornadoes hit the area last week.The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office asked for the public’s help in locating Catherine Clayburn, who suffers from dementia and is non-verbal.They said she does not know her name or address and tends to wander the area.WHIO is reporting that deputies found the remains Tuesday evening in Harrison Township. An autopsy will be perform
  
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• Dale Earnhardt Jr. shares journey of recovery at OSU's Brain Health Summit

  05-06-2019 03:48
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center hosted racing royalty, Tuesday night.Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in town speaking at the 2019 Brain Health and Performance Summit at the Mershon Auditorium.Before the event, Earnhardt signed autographs and took pictures with fans.Earnhardt retired from NASCAR racing in 2017 after a series of head injuries and concussions. He talked about his journey of recovery,his career behind the wheel and how people need to learn to make time for th
  
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• 3 rescued from Hocking Hills in one weekend despite warning signs on stay on trails

  05-06-2019 03:32
  Three people had to be rescued, two airlifted out of Hocking Hills, all in one weekend.Ohio Department of Natural Resources said all three could have been prevented if they would have just stayed on the trails.Wayne Ferguson and his wife are visiting Hocking Hills from London, Ontario. They say they are enjoying their first trip to the park, but are making sure they are keeping to the trails.“You have to look after yourself. Nature is nature, it's unpredictable,” Ferguson explained.D
  
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• Ctv Newsbriefs: Franklinton Traffic Signal Rebuild Program

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• White House tells 2 ex-aides to defy congressional subpoena

  05-06-2019 02:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday again directed former employees not to cooperate with a congressional investigation, this time instructing former aides Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson to defy subpoenas and refuse to provide documents to the House Judiciary Committee.The letters from the White House to the Judiciary panel are the latest effort by the White House to thwart congressional investigations into President Donald Trump. Trump has said he will fight "all of the subpoenas
  
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• 2020 census could undercount 4 million people — particularly Latinos and blacks

  05-06-2019 02:10
  
  WASHINGTON - The 2020 census is at the center of a contentious legal battle stemming from the Trump administration's controversial decision to include a question on U.S. citizenship to the nationwide survey. Now, a new report says the census could undercount more than 4 million people, particularly in Latino and African American communities.A report released Tuesday by the non-partisan think tank Urban Institute found that in one scenario analyzed, the proposed addition of a citizenship question
  
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• Bill would allow Dr. Strauss victims to sue Ohio State

  05-06-2019 00:56
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More men who say they were sexually abused decades ago by an Ohio State team doctor are stepping forward as they advocate for legislation that would give them a legal opportunity to sue the university.Dozens of alumni already have sued Ohio State , alleging it knew of concerns about Dr. Richard Strauss and didn't do enough to stop him. The university argues the claims are time-barred by law and should be dismissed.A proposal from Republican Rep. Brett Hillyer would ch
  
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