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• NWS confirms EF1 tornado touched down in Muskingum County Wednesday

  06-06-2019 22:00
  
  MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio — An EF1 tornado touched down Wednesday evening in Muskingum County, the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh confirmed.Photos provided by the NWS show some of the reported damage the tornado left behind in the area northwest of Frazeysburg, Ohio. The tornado occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m.A NWS Survey Team confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down yesterday evening northwest of Frazeysburg,OH in Muskingum County. pic.twitter.com/589udk2x2O— NWS Pittsburgh (@
  
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• NWS confirms EF1 tornado in Muskingum County, EF0 tornado in Crawford County Wednesday

  06-06-2019 22:00
  
  An EF1 tornado touched down Wednesday evening in Muskingum County and an EF0 tornado touched down in Crawford County, the National Weather Service confirmed.Photos provided by the NWS show some of the reported damage the tornado left behind in the area northwest of Frazeysburg in Muskingum County. The tornado occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m.A NWS Survey Team confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down yesterday evening northwest of Frazeysburg,OH in Muskingum County. pic.twitter.com/589udk2x2O&mdas
  
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• Judge: Trial for former Mount Carmel doctor has potential to extend beyond 2019

  06-06-2019 21:03
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — William Husel remains locked in a single cell inside the Franklin County Jail on a $1 million bond.The criminal case is considered the largest in U.S. history involving someone from the medical profession and has attracted national media attention.Husel is charged in the overdose deaths of 25 patients between 2015 and 2018. He pleaded not guilty to all 25 counts of murder Wednesday.According to investigators, he ordered doses that were 10 to 40 times greater than deemed me
  
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• 14 confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ related to outbreak at Mount Carmel Grove City

  06-06-2019 21:00
  
  GROVE CITY, Ohio —Franklin County Public Health says there are now 14 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease amid an outbreak at Mount Carmel Grove City.Franklin County's health department said that's up from 13 cases reported on Wednesday. Seven of the individuals with confirmed Legionnaires' are female and seven 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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• At Home: A Modern Home In Walhalla Ravine is Now For Sale

  06-06-2019 20:57
  The home at 224 Walhalla Ravine is a stunning mid-century modern home that has gone through a couple of renovations, and recently was listed for sale. Let’s take a look back at what it looked like in October, 2010 with previous owners! One of the more unique and beautiful areas of Columbus is the Walhalla […]
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• Former Ohio State football standout Jerry Krall passes away at 92

  06-06-2019 20:56
  
  One of the earlier four-year football lettermen in Ohio State history, Jerry Krall has died. He was 92.Ohio State said Krall passed away on June 2 in Rossford.Krall, who attended Toledo’s Libbey High School, lettered for the Buckeyes in 1945, 1946, 1948 and 1949.He was the leading rusher on the 1949 team with 606 yards and four touchdowns.Ohio State won the Big Ten title that year and defeated California in the 1950 Rose Bowl.During his career, Krall rushed for 1,435 yards and 11 touchdown
  
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• Water restrictions lifted on some floors of Mount Carmel Grove City amid Legionnaires' outbreak

  06-06-2019 20:35
  
  GROVE CITY, Ohio — Water restrictions on floors two through seven have been lifted at Mount Carmel Grove City following a Legionnaires’ outbreak, the hospital announced Thursday.A spokesperson for Mount Carmel Health System said temporary state-of-the-art water filters have been installed to act as a barrier for Legionella transmission and that water is now safe to use on those floors, which include all-patient floors.“We are in the process of implementing a long-term solution
  
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• Mega Weekend – Arts Festival, Nelsonville Music Festival, Yard Sales, and More!

  06-06-2019 20:05
  We’ve got another fun summer weekend of things to do and it includes more yard sales, festivals, art, and more. Get your tickets to Beer & Ice Cream Block Party, coming up later this month. Take a look at some top picks for the weekend and find links to daily lists below. Have a great […]
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• Sarah Gormley’s Passion Project: A Gallery in the Short North

  06-06-2019 18:47
  Before Sarah Gormley opened her first gallery, the space at 988 N. High St. housed a local men’s clothing boutique. There may have been a pop-up gallery at the space in the between time, but Gormley wasn’t living in Columbus at the time and says she can’t be sure. While she grew up just an […]
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• Cadet killed, several injured in training rollover at West Point

  06-06-2019 18:37
  
  WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — A vehicle loaded with West Point cadets on summer training overturned in rough, wooded terrain Thursday, killing one cadet and injuring several others, according to the U.S. Military Academy.The tactical vehicle operated by two soldiers overturned around 6:45 a.m. as it was headed to a land navigation site as part of standard summer cadet training, said West Point's superintendent, Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams.The two soldiers were injured along with 19 cadets in the
  
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• Hawk, Matta among inductees for Ohio State’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019

  06-06-2019 18:27
  
  The Ohio State Hall of Fame will grow by 10 members this fall. The Ohio State Athletics Department announced the class of 2019 on Thursday.The class includes Boyd Cherry (football), Justin Fry (baseball), Jim Foster (women’s basketball coach), AJ Hawk (football), Stan Lyons (men’s track and field), Thad Matta (men’s basketball coach), Mike Nugent (football), Andrew Pierce (men’s track and field), Natalie Spooner (women’s ice hockey) and RJ Umberger (men’s ice
  
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• Coroner: Amber Evans' death ruled a suicide

  06-06-2019 18:09
  
  COLUMBUS - The Franklin County Coroner’s Office has ruled the death of 28-year-old Amber Evans as a suicide.According to the report released by the coroner’s office, the official cause of death was listed as drowning.The report said there were "toxic levels" of the drugs Diphenhydramine and Acetaminophen in her system. Both drugs are used to treat headaches and symptoms of the common cold.Evans disappeared the evening of Monday, Jan. 28. Authorities found her vehicle in the Scioto Mi
  
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• Indiana company sparks outrage with unscented ‘Ohio’ candle

  06-06-2019 16:47
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — An Indiana company is raising the ire of its neighbors in the Buckeye State with its marketing of an unscented Ohio candle with the description, “Not much to see. Not much to do.”The candle is being sold online by Fort Wayne company Simple Nature.Cleveland.com reports Ohio state tourism agency director Lydia Mihalik took burnt umbrage at the description.Mihalik on Wednesday came up with a list of Ohio scents that people might enjoy, including summer breezes at
  
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• Man critically injured in accidental shooting in southwest Columbus

  06-06-2019 14:24
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio –Columbus Police is investigating an accidental shooting Thursday morning.Officers were called at 6:15 a.m. to an apartment in the 5400 block of Floral Circle South.Police found a man who accidentally shot himself in the groin. First responders transported him to Grant Medical Center in critical condition, according to police.No additional information was immediately available.
  
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• Massive ladybug swarm over California shows up on radar

  06-06-2019 14:03
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A huge blob that appeared on the National Weather Service's radar wasn't a rain cloud, but a massive swarm of ladybugs over Southern California.Meteorologist Joe Dandrea says the array of bugs appeared to be about 80 miles (129 kilometers) wide as it flew over San Diego Tuesday.But Dandrea tells the Los Angeles Times that the ladybugs are actually spread throughout the sky, flying at between 5,000 and 9,000 feet (1,525 and 2,745 meters), with the most concentrated group
  
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• Leave it to the Pros: Home Improvement Projects You Should Never DIY

  06-06-2019 14:00
  Thanks to YouTube “How To” videos and HGTV, homeowners now have a leg up when it comes to completing home improvement projects on their own. While you may be inspired by Chip and Joanna or the Property Brothers, binge watching their TV shows does not make you a home improvement pro. DIY projects are a […]
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• Trump tells D-Day veterans they're among greatest Americans

  06-06-2019 13:52
  
  COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday lauded the heroism of American and Allied service members who participated in the D-Day invasion that changed the fortunes of World War II, saying they "are among the very greatest Americans who will ever live."Trump joined other world leaders at Normandy American Cemetery in France to honor those who died and participated in the battle.The president described the 130,000 service members who fought as the "citizens of fre
  
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• D-Day at 75: Nations honor veterans, memory of fallen

  06-06-2019 13:52
  OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — With silent remembrance and respect, nations honored the fallen and the singular bravery of all Allied troops who sloshed through bloodied water to the beaches of Normandy 75 years ago on D-Day, the assault that portended the fall of Hitler's Third Reich.French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump praised the soldiers, sailors and airmen, the survivors and those who lost their lives, in powerful speeches Thursday that credited the June 6, 1944, su
  
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• R. Kelly to be arraigned on 11 new sex-assault charges

  06-06-2019 13:34
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Singer R. Kelly is expected to plead not guilty to 11 new sex-related felonies at his Cook County arraignment.Thursday's hearing in Chicago comes a week after prosecutors announced the new counts, including four aggravated criminal sexual assault ones. Each carries a maximum prison term of 30 years.Kelly pleaded not guilty in February to 10 related counts of aggravated sexual abuse involving three girls and one woman over roughly 10 years starting in the late 1990s.The judge
  
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• Services begin for the 12 victims of Virginia Beach shooting

  06-06-2019 13:28
  
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Bereaved families are holding services and laying to rest the 12 people who were killed during a mass shooting in Virginia Beach.A funeral is scheduled Thursday for 42-year-old Katherine Nixon. The mass will be at a Catholic church about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the scene of the shooting in a municipal building.An obituary said Nixon was a compliance manager for the city. She was married with three children.More services are scheduled Thursday through Sunday
  
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• Talks with GM doesn't produce answers on Ohio plant's future

  06-06-2019 13:20
  
  LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Members of Ohio's congressional delegation came away with few answers after meeting with the head of General Motors about the future of its shuttered assembly plant near Youngstown.Republicans and Democrats talked with GM chief executive Mary Barra on Wednesday in Washington.The fate of the plant in Lordstown is up in the air after GM stopped production there in Match and then last month announced it was looking at selling the site to an upstart electric vehicle make
  
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• Regulators give phone companies new tools to fight robocalls

  06-06-2019 13:19
  
  Federal regulators are giving phone companies the right to block unwanted calls without getting customers' permission first.Thursday's vote by the Federal Communications Commission could make call-blocking widespread and help consumers dodge annoying robocalls.The agency expects phone companies to offer these tools for free. But it doesn't require them to do so. Consumers can also "opt out" and ask their company not to block anything.As the robocall problem has exploded, Congress is taking steps
  
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• More help to fight robocalls? Regulators to vote Thursday

  06-06-2019 13:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New tools are coming to fight robocalls, but don't expect unwanted calls to disappear.Political gridlock could derail bills aimed at beefing up enforcement and forcing phone companies to do more. The companies have been slow to act against such automated calls on their own. And even if companies do implement better technology, scammers and telemarketers will somehow get through in this never-ending arms race."We get things working really well. We're flagging all these calls
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents Dimonde Hale Returning to the Columbus Arts Festival

  06-06-2019 13:00
  Dimonde Hale made his festival debut as an Emerging Artist at the 2018 Columbus Arts Festival, where he won the Juror’s Choice away for 2D Mixed Media. This year he returns to the Columbus Arts Festival, June 7-9, as a participating artist. We chatted with him about his work, his inspirations and what he learned […]
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• Elton John's songwriter to unveil new visual art at exhibit

  06-06-2019 11:43
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Bernie Taupin is known for his longtime musical work with Elton John, but the British songwriter's visual artistry is stepping into the spotlight through an art exhibit.Taupin's artwork called "Bernie Taupin: The Artist, The Raconteur & His Blowtorch" will be unveiled at the Galerie Michael on Friday. The exhibit will feature 20 unseen, life-size sculptures and artwork made from barbed wire, shattered guitars and various American flags.The exhibit runs unti
  
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• World marks 75 years since D-Day in solemn observances

  06-06-2019 10:52
  
  OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The five beaches are silent at dawn but forever haunted.As the sun rose Thursday over the Normandy coastline where thousands of men bled and died 75 years ago, a fast-diminishing number of World War II veterans remembered D-Day and hoped the world never forgets the sacrifices made to dismantle Nazi tyranny.The sea of mercury blue couldn't have been more peaceful as day broke over Omaha Beach, the first of five code-named beaches where the waters ran red the morni
  
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• Columbus veteran remembers D-Day invasion 75 years later

  06-06-2019 08:51
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - On Thursday, the world will pause to remember and honor the heroes who landed on the beaches of Northern France on this day in 1944. There aren't many veterans left who remember that day, but one local man does."The channel was full of boats as far as you could see. That was D-Day," remembers Hursel Sayre. The army veteran was just 18-years-old when he landed in Northern France."I come off on a raft, out in the water," he recalls. "And I come up a big hill. And that's where I en
  
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• Central Ohio veteran remembers D-Day invasion

  06-06-2019 08:51
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - On Thursday, the world will pause to remember and honor the heroes who landed on the beaches of Northern France on this day in 1944. There aren't many veterans left who remember that day, but one local man does. "The channel was full of boats as far as you could see. That was D-Day," remembers Hursel Sayre. The now 94-year-old army veteran was just 18-years old when he landed in Northern France. "I come off on a raft, out in the water," he recalls. "And I come up a big hill. And
  
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• Police: 15-year-old girl dies following shooting in south Columbus

  06-06-2019 07:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- Columbus Police are looking for a suspect after a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed in south Columbus.It happened around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday on West Welch Avenue.Police say officers responded to a report of a shooting and found two teenagers, one boy and one girl, injured.The girl, identified by police as 15-year-old Shamya Saultz, was transported to Grant Medical Center where she later died.Police say a 14-year-old boy was also shot and is listed as stable.Police
  
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• 2 people injured following shooting in south Columbus

  06-06-2019 07:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- Two people are injured following a shooting in south Columbus, according to Columbus Police.It happened around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday on West Welch Avenue.Police say officers responded to a report of a shooting and found two people injured.Police say both people were transported to a local hospital, with one in critical condition and the other listed as stable.Police have not released any information about possible suspects at this time.
  
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• Columbus Community Safety Advisory Commission Part 2 6/5/19

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• Jupiter will get so close to Earth this month its largest moons will be visible with binoculars

  06-06-2019 04:22
  
  NASA has a message for space lovers this month: Look up. The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, will be clearly visible June 10 — and to see its biggest moons you'll only need to grab a pair of binoculars.NASA said the gas giant is at its "biggest and brightest this month" and will be visible all night. The planet will reach opposition, the annual occurrence when the Jupiter, Earth and the Sun are arranged in a straight line, with Earth in the center. So, mark your calendars for
  
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• Jupiter to get close enough to Earth in June for largest moons to be seen with binoculars

  06-06-2019 04:22
  
  NASA has a message for space lovers this month: Look up. The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, will be clearly visible June 10 — and to see its biggest moons you'll only need to grab a pair of binoculars.NASA said the gas giant is at its "biggest and brightest this month" and will be visible all night. The planet will reach opposition, the annual occurrence when the Jupiter, Earth and the Sun are arranged in a straight line, with Earth in the center. So, mark your calendars for
  
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• Panera Bread locations contributing to tornado relief efforts for Dayton area

  06-06-2019 03:24
  
  Panera Bread locations around Ohio and northern Kentucky are using the sales from bakery cookies to contribute to relief efforts in Dayton after the area was hit hard by tornadoes last week.Covelli Enterprises, a franchisee of Panera Bread, announced the launch of a campaign called “Chip in for Dayton” in nearly 100 Dayton, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky and central Ohio bakery-cafes, the company announced Monday.From June 3 to June 16, for every cookie sold, Panera will donate 25 cent
  
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• The Columbus Metropolitan Club: Criminal Sentence Reform Part II

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• Columbus Community Safety Advisory Commission Part 1 6/5/19

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• Trump says he "would've been honored" to serve in Vietnam War

  06-06-2019 00:38
  
  PORTSMOUTH, England (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday joined world leaders to praise alliances and military service ahead of the anniversary of the D-Day invasion, just hours after offering no regrets when asked about whether he wished he had been able to serve in the Vietnam War.Trump's comments came in a wide-ranging interview in which he also dismissed the significance of climate change, defended his choice of words about the American-born Duchess of Sussex and suggested he was
  
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• Mount Carmel patient families react to news of murder charges against Husel

  06-06-2019 00:23
  COLUMBUS (WBNS) – Jim Allen left work to stand outside the Franklin County jail Wednesday morning with his sister, Lisa Coleman.They said they had to be here.“I was at work today. I don't know. I got some text that this was on the news, it just kind of flooded my emotions, and it just slapped me in face and it became even more real,” Allen said.They wanted to catch a glimpse of Dr. William Husel being brought into jail. They watched as a Columbus Division of Police pulled into
  
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• Space at Scioto Grove Metro Park dedicated to Reagan Tokes

  06-06-2019 00:20
  GROVE CITY, Ohio — More than two years after Reagan Tokes was murdered, her family gathered in the Grove City park where her body was found to dedicate a memorial in her honor.The tranquility garden at Scioto Grove Metro Park has a path that resembles an angel from above. There also are five buckeye trees as a nod to her time as a student at The Ohio State University.Her mother, Lisa McCrary-Tokes, says there are many other elements that honor her daughter: the water feature, which represe
  
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