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• OSHP watching for distracted drivers from the ground and sky

  09-08-2019 23:24
  LICKING COUNTY, Ohio — More than 6,800 people in Ohio were injured in distracted driving crashes last year.Drivers can cover the length of a football field while sending one text at 55 miles per hour.To prevent that danger, there's a new way the Ohio State Highway Patrol is cracking down on distracted driving.On the ground, troopers are watching what you are doing behind the wheel, making sure you are not driving distracted.“When they are not paying attention, their driving habits se
  
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• Morgan Harper Wants Faster Paced Progressive Action in District 3

  09-08-2019 22:58
  There’s a new Democratic challenger in Ohio’s District 3, and she’s looking to bring a faster pace and more progressive policies to the seat now held by US Rep. Joyce Beatty. In a recent interview with Columbus Underground, Morgan Harper detailed her policy platform, her campaign strategies, and her intent to plot a new course […]
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• Dayton business owners grateful for support in wake of shooting

  09-08-2019 22:43
  DAYTON, Ohio — Dayton's Oregon District is slowly easing into a new sense of normal — life after a tragic deadly shooting. But the reminders of what happened early Sunday morning still loom."We are, like, looking at the memorial out our front window and there’s no avoiding it," said Amelia O'Dowd, the owner of the Brim hat shop. "This is our living room, basically."Flowers, candles and signs still line the sidewalks on Fifth Street. But customers have been filling those sidewal
  
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• Heather Pick’s children participate in new 24-7 channel at the James Cancer Hospital

  09-08-2019 22:23
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — It was a proud moment for the Heather Pick Music Program at the James Cancer Hospital.Heather Pick, 10TV’s former morning anchor, passed away in November 2008 after a battle with breast cancer. The Heather Pick Music Program was started at the hospital to honor Heather's love for music.Thursday, Heather's children, Julia and Jack, took part in a special filming for a new video channel that is now streaming 24-7 at the hospital.They offered words of hope and encourage
  
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• Columbus man charged with coercing minor girls online

  09-08-2019 21:47
  
  A federal grand jury has charged a Columbus man with multiple crimes related to the sexual exploitation of minor girls.Twenty-one-year-old Michael T. Sutherin was charged with producing, advertising for, distributing receiving and possessing child pornography as well as coercing a minor.Sutherin allegedly chatted with minor girls on Instagram, Snapchat and other social media sites and requested the girls send him videos of themselves engaged in sexual acts.According to the indictment, Sutherin c
  
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• Police make felony arrests; seize drugs, cash, stolen gun from Hilltop residence

  09-08-2019 21:28
  
  COLUMBUS. Ohio — Police made four felony arrests and seized drugs, cash and a stolen gun from a residence in the Hilltop neighborhood Thursday.The Whitehall Division of Police Narcotics Unit, Columbus Police Drug Enforcement Response Team and the Westside Safe Streets team executed a search warrant on a residence located in the 100 block of S. Burgess Avenue.The warrant stemmed from an investigation into trafficking drugs being brought into Whitehall, according to Whitehall police.Detectiv
  
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• 3 injured, including Richland County deputy, following Mansfield crash

  09-08-2019 20:02
  
  RICHLAND COUNTY, Ohio — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an injury crash involving a deputy in Mansfield.It happened Thursday evening just after 9:30 p.m. on State Route 430 at Illinois Avenue.A Richland County Sheriff's deputy was driving north on Illinois Avenue while responding to a shooting call with emergency lights and sirens activated. During the commute, the deputy hit a Saturn mini-van that was traveling west on SR-430 through the intersection.The deputy was taken to
  
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• Something for Everyone in Theaters This Week

  09-08-2019 19:00
  What are you looking for? Documentary? Mob flick? Scary movie? Family fare? Theaters have all of it and more this weekend, so the only task left is to pick through the options. That’s where we come in. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Hope Madden Was there a story you heard as a […]
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• 2 sobriety checkpoints scheduled for Friday night in Franklin County; 1 in Fairfield County

  09-08-2019 18:56
  
  Law enforcement agencies will have two sobriety checkpoints set up in Franklin County and one in Fairfield County Friday night.The Franklin County DUI Task Force will hold two checkpoints for Prairie and Franklin Townships from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.The locations will be on Norton Road south of W. Broad Street and W. Broad Street west of Georgesville Road.The Ohio State Highway Patrol will operate their checkpoint on US 22 (Main Street) near Graceland Drive in Lancaster from 9 to 11 p.m.Both agenc
  
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• Elderly couple found dead in murder-suicide, left notes about issues paying for medical care

  09-08-2019 18:22
  
  BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A sheriff's department in Washington state shared a story about an elderly man who killed his ailing wife and then himself, apparently because they did not have enough money to pay for medical care.According to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, a 77-year-old man called 911 Wednesday morning and told the dispatcher he was going to shoot himself.He told them he had prepared a note for the sheriff with information. The dispatcher attempted to keep the man on the p
  
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• Trump says he wants background checks, also reassures NRA

  09-08-2019 17:38
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he believes he has influence to rally Republicans around stronger federal background check laws as Congress and the White House work on a response to last weekend's mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.At the same time, Trump said he had assured the National Rifle Association that its gun-rights views would be "fully represented and respected." He said he was hopeful the NRA would not be an obstacleto strengthening the nation's gun laws.Trum
  
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• Trump reassures NRA on gun control talks

  09-08-2019 17:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he has reassured the National Rifle Association that its views about the right to bear arms won't be ignored in Washington's response to recent mass shootings.Trump said he is talking with the NRA and others to make sure that their "very strong views can be fully represented and respected.""I am the biggest Second Amendment person there is, but we all must work together for the good and safety of our Country," Trump tweeted. "Common sens
  
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• City of Westerville names new police chief

  09-08-2019 17:18
  
  Westerville, Ohio- Westerville has nmaed Acting Chief Charles “Cappy” Chandler the new police chief.Chandler is a 24-year veteran of law enforcement. He has been with Westerville Division of Police the past 18 years. He served as Assistant Chief until he was named Acting Chief in early 2019.“I am focused on the idea of ‘community first,’ and I will carry that forward in meeting the high expectations Westerville has of its Division of Police and its Chief Chandler sa
  
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• 4-year-old traveling across country in donated RV for life-saving heart surgery

  09-08-2019 16:52
  
  Noah Alderson of Spokane, Washington is in a fight for his life.Born with half a heart, he was scheduled to have his third open-heart surgery in Spokane in the next year when the family learned he was no longer a candidate.After researching a specialist at the number one Children's heart hospital, Boston Children's,the family found a doctor willing to try to attempt surgery on his heart called a biventricular repair.On August 15, Noah is scheduled to have an appointment in Boston to go and see t
  
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• Art Review: Summer Exhibitions at the Wexner Center

  09-08-2019 16:50
  At first blush, the three exhibitions currently on view at the Wexner Center can seem disparate and distinct. Jason Moran’s life-sized installations of legendary jazz venues operate on a scale far grander than Cecilia Vicuña’s modest and low tech precarios, while Barbara Hammer’s video installations and mixed-media works play on technological experimentation and exploration. These differences are […]
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• Walmart scrubs depictions of violence from stores nationwide after shooting

  09-08-2019 16:49
  
  Walmart is removing from its stores nationwide signs, displays or videos that depict violence following a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, store that killed 22 people.The retailer instructed employees in an internal memo to remove any marketing material, turn off or unplug video game consoles that show violent games — specifically Xbox and PlayStation units, and to make sure that no violence is depicted on screens in its electronics departments.Employees were also ordered to turn off hu
  
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• Amazon’s Treasure Truck Coming to Columbus

  09-08-2019 16:19
  Amazon has announced that its Treasure Truck service is coming to Columbus. The service offers a deal on one hand-picked, limited edition item per day via the Amazon.com app, where it can be picked up at a designated product pick-up spot. The service has been offered since 2015. This is the first time the service […]
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• Face the State with Scott Light | August 11, 2019

  09-08-2019 15:29
  This week on Face The State:Heartbreak in Ohio - One week after nine people were shot and killed in Dayton, lawmakers are taking action.Our panel will look at Governor Mike DeWine's 17-point plan to counteract gun violence, the weapon trend in America as a whole and when we could see change on the state and national levels.
  Guests this week:Terry Casey - Former Head of the Franklin Co. Republican PartyRep. Stephanie Howse - (D) Ohio's 11th DistrictDr. Amy Whitson - Physicians Action NetworkDr. C
  
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• American Airlines flight makes emergency landing at John Glenn International Airport

  09-08-2019 13:25
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Crews are investigating an American Airlines plane that made an emergency landing Friday morning.According to Flight Aware, American Airlines flight 2380 heading to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport took off from John Glenn International airport at 6:14 a.m.Shortly after takeoff, the plane experienced some sort of emergency. Around 6:34 a.m. the plane requested to return to the airport and make an emergency landing.Fire crews were on standby on the runway as the plan
  
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• Man found dead inside home after fire in east Columbus

  09-08-2019 13:14
  
  COLUMBUS - The Columbus Division of Fire is investigating after a man was found dead in a house fire in east Columbus.The fire started just before 6:30 a.m. Friday in the 2900 block of Templeton Road.Battalion Chief Martin with the Columbus Division of Fire told 10TV the man was pronounced dead just after 6:30 a.m.Investigators are still working to determine the cause of the fire.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• New study links obesity with skipping breakfast for young people

  09-08-2019 12:47
  As kids head back to school, we know parents will be planning to pack those lunches. But, it's breakfast that nutritionists say you should be focusing on.A new study shows the impact of the first meal of the day. At Nationwide Children's Hospital, registered dietitian Ericca Lovegrove educates families on healthy eating, especially as kids head back to school."I feel like in the morning, parents are rushing to get to work, rushing to get kids to school, today's society relies on the go options,"
  
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• Michael Brown's father to call for reopening investigation

  09-08-2019 12:27
  
  CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — On the fifth anniversary of Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, his father will publicly call for reopening the investigation into the white police officer who fatally shot the black and unarmed 18-year-old.Michael Brown Sr. says he will call on the prosecuting attorney to reopen the case when he speaks Friday at a rally outside the St. Louis County Justice Center.Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, St. Louis County's first black prosecutor, took office in January after de
  
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• Five years after Ferguson, Michael Brown's father wants case reopened

  09-08-2019 12:27
  
  CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — On the fifth anniversary of Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, his father is urging the top St. Louis County prosecutor to reopen the investigation into the white police officer who fatally shot the black and unarmed 18-year-old.Michael Brown Sr. spoke Friday outside the St. Louis County Justice Center."Justice has not been served," Brown, 41, said as he was surrounded by about three dozen supporters. "My son deserved to live a full life. But a coward with a badge ... c
  
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• Police: Motive still unclear in deadly stabbing rampage

  09-08-2019 12:09
  
  GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — The video is chilling. A man walks into an office, steps up to a woman at a desk and pulls two large knives and savagely attacks her. She is stabbed at least a dozen times, shielding herself with her hands before finally cowering in a corner with a barrier of two office chairs.The woman survived but police say four men died and a second person was wounded in a bizarre Southern California rampage. On Friday, Zachary Castaneda was expected in court to answer charg
  
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• Panic in Walmart as man walks around with tactical rifle wearing body armor

  09-08-2019 11:37
  
  Springfield, Mo. -- Police here say they arrested a man who went into a Walmart store Thursday with a rifle around his neck and wearing body armor and military-style clothes, prompting terrified shoppers to flee.Springfield police tweeted that "an armed individual" was confronted and arrested. No shots were fired.CBS Springfield affiliate KOLR-TV says Lt. Mike Lucas told reporters police got a call about an active shooter at 4:09 p.m. and arrived within three minutes.According to Lucas, a 20 yea
  
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• Police: One person is injured after shooting in northeast Columbus

  09-08-2019 10:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- Columbus Police say one person is injured after a shooting in northeast Columbus.It happened just after 3 a.m. on Concord Lane, near Morse Road and Cleveland Avenue.Police say a man was shot in his pelvis after getting into an argument with another man. He was transported to Riverside Medical Center, where police say he is expected to recover.Police have not released any information on a possible suspect.
  
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• Mayfield throws TD, OBJ sits as Browns beat 'Skins 30-10

  09-08-2019 05:11
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield threw a touchdown pass to end his only series, superstar Odell Beckham Jr. never put on his helmet and the Cleveland Browns gave a brief preview of their offensive firepower during a 30-10 win over the Washington Redskins in an exhibition opener Thursday night.Mayfield picked up where he left off following his "dangerous" rookie season, firing a 24-yard TD pass to Rashard Higgins as the Browns went no-huddle and drove 89 yards in just 2:13 to open the game.T
  
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• Person hospitalized after tree falls on vehicle during storm in Circleville

  09-08-2019 02:40
  
  CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — One person was taken to OhioHealth Berger Hospital Thursday evening after a tree fell on the vehicle they were in, according to Circleville police.Police said the tree fell on the vehicle around 7:09 p.m. on Northridge Road near Nicholas Square.First responders were able to get the person in the vehicle out.The person’s condition was not immediately available.As of around 8:20 p.m., Northridge Road was still closed in the area.
  
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• Man seriously injured after tree falls on vehicle during storm in Circleville

  09-08-2019 02:40
  
  CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — One person was hospitalized Thursday evening after a tree fell on the vehicle they were in, according to Circleville police.Police said the tree fell on the vehicle around 7:09 p.m. on Northridge Road near Nicholas Drive.There was a storm moving through the area at the time.Circleville Fire Department Chief Brian Thompson said a man was driving the vehicle when a tree fell on it.Thompson said it took crews more than an hour to get the man out of the car.A woman was a pa
  
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