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• Nearly 10,000 without power due to equipment issue at Grove City substation

  22-07-2019 23:25
  
  Nearly 10,000 AEP Ohio customers are without power Monday night after an equipment issue at the Grove City substation.AEP Ohio said this issue is separate from the outage that affected Grandview over the weekend.The power is expected to be restored between 9 and 10 p.m. Monday.You can get updates from AEP Ohio’s outage map here.
  
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• Columbus teachers prepare to picket city council

  22-07-2019 23:23
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus city teachers put their pleas to paper on Monday.Dozens stopped in to the Columbus Education Association throughout the day to prepare signs, make phone calls and send out text messages. They are hoping to get the word out to their fellow teachers about the planned picket outside Monday's city council meeting."(City council members) are part of the school funding problem in Columbus, and they should not be giving tax abatements to wealthy corporations that don’t n
  
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• Groveport man sentenced to 13 years in fatal shooting of wife

  22-07-2019 22:55
  
  A Groveport man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in the fatal shooting of his wife.Sean Newman had originally been charged with murder in the death of Ashley Newman but pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter in court on Monday.The shooting happened on December 31, 2017 shortly before midnight. Authorities said Sean told a relative he accidentally shot Ashley while playing with a gun inside their home.Ashley was taken to Grant Medical Center where she died shortly af
  
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• The Columbus Rotary Club: Family Philanthropy

  22-07-2019 22:42 via youtube.com
  
  
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• The Coffee ColLab Returns!

  22-07-2019 21:43
  There is a lot that goes into a great cup of coffee, so Crimson Cup and The Columbus Coffee Festival have teamed up for our second annual Coffee ColLab event. Guests will have an exclusive opportunity to hear from local coffee roasters about their process and passions of creating the perfect cup of coffee on […]
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• A legacy of love: How Chris Bradley's family is remembering him, carrying his cause forward

  22-07-2019 21:18
  As Chris Bradley might say, there are more sunny days than cloudy in the Bradley-Krauss household these days."We really miss Chris being a part of our lives," said his husband Jason Bradley-Krauss. "I miss his sense of humor. I miss his companionship.""Driving directions," whispered their daughter Maria, 12, with a giggle."He really was much better at driving directions than I am," said Jason with a laugh.Chris passed away nearly 8 months ago on December 5. Jason, and his children Spencer and Ma
  
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• Feds announce 4 guilty pleas by alleged central Ohio MS-13 members

  22-07-2019 20:49
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The government has announced four guilty pleas by alleged members and associates of the MS-13 gang in Ohio, including two men who could receive life sentences.The four are among 29 individuals charged in central Ohio in recent years in a racketeering conspiracy that includes five killings as well as attempted murder, extortion, money laundering, drug trafficking, assault and other charges.The charges include a 2006 killing in Perry County and killings in Columbus in 2
  
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• Final ride inspections being done days before Ohio State Fair begins

  22-07-2019 20:22
  Inspectors with the Ohio Department of Agriculture are finishing up ride inspections, just two days before the Ohio State Fair starts.Director Dorothy Pelanda said they have 78 rides to inspect. Chief inspector, Michael Vartorella, said they start their inspections by checking the structure first and work their way up.For example, while checking the Giant Wheel, they check each connection point and each gondola. With that ride, along with others, they will check the metal thickness, they make su
  
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• DeWine declares state of emergency in 63 counties over roads damaged by heavy rainfall

  22-07-2019 20:11
  
  Governor Mike DeWine has declared a state of emergency in 63 counties where severe weather caused serious damage to highways in June.According to DeWine’s office, the 63 counties suffered damage to roads and bridges last month due to significant rains."Continued heavy rains on top of the saturated ground and flash flooding caused significant damage to roads all over the state," said Governor DeWine. "This emergency proclamation will allow the Ohio Department of Transportation and local gov
  
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• Police looking for 16-year-old girl last seen in east Columbus

  22-07-2019 19:40
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police are looking for a missing 16-year-old girl.Police said Aariyanna Slade is developmentally delayed and was last seen on Sunday in east Columbus near Tennyson Avenue and Refugee Road.She is 5-feet 9-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes.She was last seen wearing a long, black-sleeve pajama shirt with a cheetah print bow on the front and pink Minnie Mouse pajama pants. She was not wearing shoes.Police described her as an endanger
  
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• Remembering Chris Bradley: Family shares update 7 months after his death

  22-07-2019 19:22
  It's been just over seven months since our colleague and friend Chris Bradley passed away after a long battle with cancer.Many in the central Ohio community have reached out to 10TV to see how Chris' family is doing. His husband Jason tells us it's been a long, hard few months but they're doing OK. He says Chris has a lot to do with that."We were really blessed when Chris left that he had a long time to say goodbye and to say everything that needed to be said... and in that, I think our recovery
  
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• Chris Bradley's family shares journey of loss, grief and healing

  22-07-2019 19:22
  It has been nearly eight months since we said good-bye to a beloved member of the 10tv family, and the central Ohio community.Chris Bradley passed away on December 5. His loss is still felt at 10TV, and by so many viewers who stop us to talk about him.But no one was more deeply impacted than Chris's husband Jason and their two children.For the first time since his passing, they are sitting down to share their thoughts on Chris, his life, and their loss.The garden at his Worthington home is where
  
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• Sustainable Steps Launch Party

  22-07-2019 18:24 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Amazon building 2 distribution centers in Ohio

  22-07-2019 17:14
  
  ROSSFORD, Ohio (AP) — Amazon says it will open two new distribution centers in Ohio.The company announced Monday that the two sites in Akron and near Toledo will bring a combined 2,500 full-time jobs.The new facility in Akron will be built on the site of a former shopping mall. The one in Rossford near Toledo is going up at the intersection of Interstate 75 and the Ohio Turnpike.Each of the two distribution centers will cover more than 700,000-square-feet. Both centers will employ workers
  
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• Watch Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers in ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ trailer

  22-07-2019 16:53
  
  Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers.The story is inspired by the real-life friendship between Rogers and journalist Tom Junod.The film will be released on Nov. 22, 2019.
  
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• Equifax to pay up to $700M in data breach settlement

  22-07-2019 13:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission and others over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people.The proposed settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, if approved by the federal district court Northern District of Georgia, will provide up to $425 million in monetary relief to consumers, a $100 million civil money penalty, and other relief. The
  
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• GOP group removes post calling congresswomen "Jihad Squad"

  22-07-2019 13:17
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois Republican group has apologized and removed from its Facebook page a post that showed images of four Democratic congresswomen who have been criticized by President Donald Trump and referred to them as the "Jihad Squad."The post appeared Friday night on the Republican County Chairman's Association page. The Chicago Tribune reported that it showed images of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib on a poster. It said: "Politica
  
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• US mayors pick Columbus as site for 2022 annual meeting

  22-07-2019 13:15
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's capital city will be hosting a major gathering of U.S. mayors for the first time.The U.S. Conference of Mayors says it has selected Columbus as the location of its annual meeting in 2022.Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, a Democrat who was elected to the conference's advisory board this month, says he is thrilled.The mayors' conference is a non-partisan organization representing U.S. cities with populations exceeding 30,000. The annual meeting is expected to draw
  
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• Outsourced Parenting: Local families turn to hired services for family tasks

  22-07-2019 12:52
  DUBLIN, Ohio -- A new trend has more moms and dads paying for tasks that most parents would traditionally do themselves."Parents today can't get it all done. They hire me and other service providers like me to get it done. Bringing the kids to the doctor, doing laundry, to meal prepping, to doing the basic grocery shopping and making the beds in the morning - I get paid to help keep the household running," said Juggle Service Provider Hannah Ritter. She began working in homes around central Ohio
  
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• Ohio extends program helping drivers get licenses reinstated

  22-07-2019 12:52
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A program that has helped more than 6,500 Ohio drivers get their licenses reinstated after suspensions is being extended until the end of the year.Drivers can apply to have certain license reinstatement fees waived or reduced under the Reinstatement Fee Amnesty Initiative.Cleveland.com reports two state representatives, Republican Dave Greenspan of Westlake and Democrat Juanita Brent of Cleveland, are proposing the program be made permanent.Over 79,000 people have app
  
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• Talley Amusement replaces Amusements of America as ride operator at Ohio State Fair

  22-07-2019 12:48
  Talley Amusement is replacing Amusements of America at this year's Ohio State Fair.It's the first time the fair has changed the amusement ride provider in 26 years. To view a full release on the change from the fair, click here.The change came after the July 26, 2017 accident when the Fire Ball ride broke apart with a full load of passengers on board killing 18-year-old Tyler Jarrell and injuring seven others.Talley Amusements touts itself as operating 50 rides including the KMG Beast. KMG is th
  
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• India sends unmanned mission to moon's far side

  22-07-2019 12:07
  
  SRIHARIKOTA, India (AP) — India successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon on Monday, a week after aborting the mission due to a technical problem.Scientists at the mission control center burst into applause as the rocket lifted off in clear weather as scheduled at 2:43 p.m. K. Sivan, head of the Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO, said the rocket successfully injected the spacecraft into orbit.The spacecraft — named Chandrayaan, the Sanskrit wo
  
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• Trump administration pauses enforcement of abortion restriction

  22-07-2019 04:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving taxpayer-funded family planning clinics more time to comply with its new rule that says they no longer can refer women for abortions.But the clinics reacted warily to the administration's enforcement pause, and the widening rift could eventually affect basic health services for many low-income women.A notice sent Saturday night to representatives of the clinics by the Department of Health and Human Services said the government "does not
  
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• Authorities: Wrong-way Ohio crash that killed 3 was intentional; suspect charged with murder

  22-07-2019 04:23
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor in Ohio says a driver going the wrong way on Interstate 75 last March intentionally slammed into another car, killing a couple and their 10-year-old daughter.The Montgomery County Prosecutor says the driver was upset at the time of the crash just south of Dayton and that she knew what she was doing.Abby Michaels, 21, of Xenia was indicted Thursday on murder and aggravated vehicular homicide charges.Court records don't list an attorney for her and there was
  
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• Columbus church that hosted woman seeking sanctuary now hosting family awaiting asylum

  22-07-2019 03:54
  For the second time, a Columbus church is opening its doors in a time of need.A family of four who asked that their identifies be concealed found themselves in central Ohio after spending months trying to escape their native home.Two individuals — now called Juan and Maria — with a toddler-aged son and a newborn baby are legally allowed in the U.S. but needed a little help while they waited for their asylum case to be heard.Just North United Church of Christ Pastor Eric Williams says
  
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• US Senator Sherrod Brown, daughters reflect on public service within family

  22-07-2019 03:25
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown and his daughters, Elizabeth and Emily, have never sat together to talk about their collective public service, until now, and only with 10TV.It all started decades and decades ago with Sherrod Brown’s mother.“My mom was very involved in the League of Women Voters, she was president of the first Mansfield and then Ohio YWCA," Sen. Brown said. "Racial justice really mattered to her — born in 1920 in the segregated South.”The
  
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• Woman dies following motorcycle crash in Madison County

  22-07-2019 00:23
  
  MADISON COUNTY, Ohio — A woman has died following a motorcycle crash in Madison County Sunday.The Ohio State Highway Patrol says the woman, 57-year-old Carolyn J. Howard of Springfield, was driving a Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on State Route 38 at approximately 1:14 p.m.The motorcycle traveled off the right side of the road and struck a guardrail, ejecting Howard, according to OSHP. She was pronounced dead at the scene.The crash is under investigation.
  
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