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• New Culinary Facility Opens at Columbus State

  12-08-2019 23:16
  An official dedication of Mitchell Hall took place today at the Downtown campus of the Columbus State Community College. The new building — named for philanthropic donor Cameron Mitchell — will house CSCC’s School of Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts in state of the art facilities. “Today is a celebration of an accomplishment made possible by […]
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• Pat Tiberi named to Ohio Dominican University’s Board of Trustees

  12-08-2019 22:59
  
  Former U.S. Representative Pat Tiberi has been named to the Board of Trustees at Ohio Dominican University.“Pat brings a wealth of experience to the Board of Trustees, particularly in the area of business and economic development,” said Matt Yuskewich, Ohio Dominican’s Board Chair. “Through his many years of dedicated public service, Pat has demonstrated exceptional leadership and business acumen that has allowed Central Ohio communities to grow and neighborhoods to thriv
  
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• First Look: Katzinger’s Dublin

  12-08-2019 22:38
  Columbus institution Katzinger’s Delicatessen is set to open its second stand-alone location in its nearly 35-year history. Katzinger’s Dublin opens at 7160 Muirfield Dr. on Monday August, 19. Patrons of the new Dublin location will find their favorites from Katzinger’s signature menu, as well as a few new items for the dinnertime crowd. Katzinger’s President […]
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• Family of Ohio teen who died trapped in vehicle sues

  12-08-2019 22:30
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The family of a 16-year-old student who died trapped in a vehicle after a failed response to his two heartrending 911 calls sued the city of Cincinnati on Monday.The wrongful death lawsuit filed in Hamilton County charges the city, two 911 center employees, two police officers and a former city official with actions the suit alleges led to Kyle Plush's death in 2018. Plush's parents have said the object of the lawsuit is to find out what went wrong and make sure it doesn'
  
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• Authorities looking for missing 19-year-old woman from Fayette County

  12-08-2019 22:04
  
  WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio - The Fayette County Sheriff's Officeis asking for the public's help to find a missing 19-year-old woman.The sheriff's office said Cheronda Bellar was last seen on the morning of July 22 at the McDonald's on South Elm Street in Washington Court House.She is described as 5-feet, 5-inches tall, weighs approximately 120 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes.If anyone has any information about Bellar's whereabouts, they are asked to call the Fayette County Sheriff's Of
  
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• Person critically injured, firefighter hospitalized after east Columbus fire

  12-08-2019 21:56
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - One resident is critically injured and a firefighter is hospitalized after a fire in east Columbus on Monday, according to a spokesperson for the fire department.The fire started around 2:30 p.m. at a home on Genoa Place.Battalion Chief Steve Martin said a resident of the home was taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in critical condition to be treated for burns.Martin said a firefighter was taken to Grant Medical Center to be treated for a back injury sustai
  
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• 1 critically injured, firefighter hospitalized after east Columbus fire

  12-08-2019 21:56
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - One resident is critically injured and a firefighter is hospitalized after a fire in east Columbus on Monday, according to a spokesperson for the fire department.The fire started around 2:30 p.m. at a home on Genoa Place.Battalion Chief Steve Martin said a resident of the home was taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in critical condition to be treated for burns.Martin said a firefighter was taken to Grant Medical Center to be treated for a back injury sustai
  
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• Woman dies almost 2 weeks after crash on Interstate 71

  12-08-2019 21:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – A woman is dead after she was hit by a vehicle on I-71 northbound near 5th Avenue in Columbus.Columbus police said the crash happened around 12:45 a.m. on July 30.A driver lost control of her vehicle and crashed into the inside concrete wall, police said.The vehicle was disabled in the left lane and several other drivers stopped to assist.Police said that is when another driver struck one or more of the vehicles that stopped, which resulted in other vehicles and people bei
  
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• Ohio State men’s basketball releases 2019-20 non-conference schedule

  12-08-2019 21:42
  
  The non-conference schedule for the Ohio State men’s basketball team features eight games in Columbus.The schedule was released by head coach Chris Holtmann who is entering his third season.“As I’ve said, this is an exciting non-conference schedule and certainly the most challenging we’ve been a part of,” Holtmann said. “We have a variety of outstanding teams and programs we will be competing against here in Columbus, on the road and in our neutral-site games.
  
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• Columbus Public Health: “Know HIV. No Fear.”

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• Trump administration overhauls endangered species protections

  12-08-2019 20:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday rolled out some of the broadest changes in decades to enforcement of the landmark Endangered Species Act, allowing the government to put an economic cost on saving a species and other changes critics contend could speed extinction for some struggling plants and animals.Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and other administration officials contend the changes improve efficiency of oversight, while protecting rare species."The best way to u
  
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• Theatre Review: Red Herring’s Taut and Disturbing ‘Building the Wall’

  12-08-2019 20:00
  The core of most good writing – if it has the nerve – is an act of love, an attempt to understand. Live theatre – by putting these characters as flesh and blood people in front of us – has a sharper direct line to empathy than most other art forms. Robert Schenkkan’s near-future dystopian […]
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• Firefighter was dad to 3 of 5 kids killed in day care blaze

  12-08-2019 18:10
  
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Three of five kids killed in a fire at a home child care center in Pennsylvania were the children of a volunteer firefighter who was responding to another call, an official said Monday.Luther Jones' two daughters and a son were trapped in a blaze in the lakeside city of Erie while he was responding to another call for what turned out to be a malfunctioning alarm, said Lawrence Park Township Volunteer Fire Chief Joe Crotty.The children haven't been formally identified, but
  
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• Photos: Columbus Crew SC vs. FC Cincinnati

  12-08-2019 18:00
  The first ever MLS #HellIsReal Columbus Crew SC vs. FC Cincinnati derby took place on Saturday night as fans packed MAPFRE stadium to witness a slightly bonkers game that ended up with both teams taking home a point as the game ended 2-2. Cincinnati took full advantage of a slightly shaky Crew SC with two […]
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• Feds to announce charges against friend of Dayton gunman 

  12-08-2019 17:26
  DAYTON, Ohio -- Authorities are announcing federal charges related to the investigation into the Aug. 4 mass shooting in Dayton.Nine people were killed in the attack that injured more than 30 people in the city's historic Oregon District. Investigators say Connor Betts, 24, opened fire with an AR-15 style gun outside the district's businesses. He was killed by police within less than 30 seconds.The government is unsealing charges Monday against a friend of Betts for allegedly lying on federal fi
  
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• Feds: Dayton shooter's friend bought him body armor, gun accessory

  12-08-2019 17:26
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A friend of the Dayton gunman who killed nine people told federal agents he bought him body armor, a gun accessory and a 100-round magazine earlier this year, according to a court document unsealed Monday.The charging document says Ethan Kollie bought the items for Connor Betts and kept them at his apartment so his friend's parents would not find them.Prosecutors on Monday unsealed a charge against Kollie that accused him of lying about not using marijuana on federal fi
  
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• Former Ohio State diving club coach gets 4 years on sexual battery charges

  12-08-2019 17:03
  COLUMBUS (WBNS) — Former Ohio State club diving coach William Bohonyi was sentenced to four years in prison Monday for what his own attorney called an inappropriate, illegal and immoral relationship with an underage diver whom he coached.Bohonyi could be granted conditional supervised release after one year in prison, but prosecutors said they would fight it. The 33-year-old former USA Diving certified coach - who was banned from coaching in 2015 after the allegations surfaced - will also
  
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• New Trump administration rules can deny green cards for immigrants on food stamps

  12-08-2019 16:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Monday that it is moving ahead with one of its most aggressive steps to restrict legal immigration, denying green cards to many immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance.Federal law already requires those seeking green cards and legal status to prove they will not be a burden to the U.S. — a "public charge" —but the new rules detail a broader range of programs that could di
  
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• Body of missing 8-year-old Ohio boy with autism found in pond

  12-08-2019 16:28
  
  LIMA, Ohio (AP) — Searchers in Ohio looking for a missing 8-year-old boy with autism have found his body in a pond.Authorities near Lima in northwestern Ohio say the body of Matthew Converse was discovered Sunday afternoon. He had been missing since just after midnight on Sunday.Hundreds of people had joined in the search after authorities put out a plea for help.Police had said the 8-year-old was drawn to water, trains and parks.His body was found in a pond near his home in Allen County.
  
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• Man dies following three-vehicle crash in Licking County

  12-08-2019 14:39
  
  Newtown Township – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that left one man dead Monday.Crews were called just before 6 am to Marion Road near Chatham Road after three vehicles collided.According to OSHP, a male driving northbound on Marion Road rear-ended a van, then struck another vehicle traveling south. His vehicle traveled off the roadway between fifty and sixty yards before crashing into a tree and catching fire.Troopers say the man was removed from the vehicle
  
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• Amber Alert issued for missing 1-year-old in car stolen from NC

  12-08-2019 14:25
  
  HIGH POINT, N.C. (10TV) — An Amber Alert has been issued in North Carolina for a missing 1-year-old who was last seen inside a stolen car late Sunday night.Highway Point Police say Legend Masir Goodwine was inside a Gold Acura TL in a parking lot at 1100 S. Main St. in High Point, North Carolina which is roughly 90 miles from Raleigh. The car has a North Carolina license plate number FES-4626.WFMY reports the vehicle was last seen heading southbound on Main Street at 11 p.m.Police released
  
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• Autopsy of Jeffrey Epstein performed, but details yet to be released

  12-08-2019 14:23
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The details of how Jeffrey Epstein died in his Manhattan jail cell over the weekend have yet to be released, but medical officials have performed an autopsy on the high-profile inmate accused of sexually abusing underage girls.Epstein's abrupt death Saturday cut short a criminal prosecution that could have pulled back the curtain on the inner workings of a high-flying financier with connections to celebrities and presidents, though prosecutors have vowed to continue investi
  
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• 3 inmates in custody after escaping from southern Ohio jail

  12-08-2019 13:30
  
  GALLIA COUNTY - Officials say three inmates who escaped custody from the Gallia County Jail have been captured.Around 5:32 p.m. Sunday, Richard Clements Jr and two other inmates used force to escape the custody of the corrections staff at the Gallia County Jail, according to Sheriff Matt Champlin.The other two inmates were captured and taken back into custody. Clements remained at large but was later captured in Circleville Monday afternoon by the United States Marshal Service.According to the C
  
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• 3 inmates escape from southern Ohio jail; 1 remains at large

  12-08-2019 13:30
  
  GALLIA COUNTY - Officials say Richard Clements Jr. and two other inmates escaped custody from the Gallia County Jail.Around 5:32 p.m. Sunday, three inmates used force to escape the custody of the corrections staff at the Gallia County Jail, according to Sheriff Matt Champlin.Two of the three were captured and taken back into custody. Clements remains at large at this time.Clements was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and orange jail-issued pants. He is 6'2 and weighs about 214 pounds.Anyone who
  
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• 3 Inmate escape from southern Ohio jail, 1 still at large in Gallia County

  12-08-2019 13:30
  
  GALLIA COUNTY -- Officials say jail prisoner Richard Clements Jr. and two other inmates escaped custody from the Gallia County Jail.According to Sheriff Matt Champlin,around 5:32 p.m. Sunday three inmates used force to escape the custody of the corrections staff at the Gallia County Jail.All three inmates fled custody. Two of the three were captured and taken back into custody. Clements remains at large at this time.Clement was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and orange jail-issued pants. He i
  
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• Meteorologist Ashlee Baracy gives birth to a baby boy

  12-08-2019 12:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The WBNS family has grown by one. Meteorologist Ashlee Baracy gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Saturday afternoon.Carter Lee weighed eight pounds and was 21-inches long.Ashlee, her husband Jeff, and little Carter are all doing well.
  
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• Former coach to be sentenced for having sex with teen diver

  12-08-2019 12:13
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio State diving club coach will be sentenced on charges related to allegations of having sex with a diver who was a teenager at the time.The diver, Estee Pryor, shared her allegations publicly and is expected to give a statement at former coach William Bohonyi's sentencing Monday in Columbus. She says Bohonyi began pressuring her for sex when she was 16.Bohonyi pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery in May.His lawyer, Brad Koffel, previously said Bo
  
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• Bill Cosby's appeal to review handling of #MeToo case

  12-08-2019 11:53
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's lawyers will fight to overturn his sexual assault conviction Monday as the 82-year-old comedian serves a three- to 10-year prison term in Pennsylvania.Cosby was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the #MeToo era. He insists the sexual encounter with a young woman seeking career advice was consensual.A jury last year found Cosby drugged and molested her at his suburban Philadelphia estate in 2004.Defense lawyers contend the trial judge erred in let
  
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• Report: Epstein's guards worked extreme OT shifts morning of death

  12-08-2019 02:52
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Guards on Jeffrey Epstein's unit were working extreme overtime shifts to make up for staffing shortages the morning of his apparent suicide, a person familiar with the jail's operations told The Associated Press.The person said that the Metropolitan Correctional Center's Special Housing Unit was staffed with one guard working a fifth straight day of overtime and another who was working mandatory overtime. The person wasn't authorized to discuss jail operations publicly and
  
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• 1 week after tragedy, Dayton community fosters resilience through support

  12-08-2019 01:07
  It's been a week since nine people lost their lives in the Oregon District. Sunday, people continue to add on to the memorial, paying their respects.All day people from the community, strangers and family members of the victims came to look at the growing memorial. Many said it's hard to put into words how they are feeling, just seven days after the shooting.Natalie Phillips who was born and raised in Dayton, said everyone here is like family."We're all friends, this is where we live where we wo
  
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• Ohio native John Legend visits Dayton’s Oregon District; calls for stricter gun laws

  12-08-2019 00:30
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — Musician John Legend made a visit to Dayton, Ohio Sunday and called on lawmakers to pass stricter gun laws in the wake of the deadly shooting on Aug. 4 that left nine people dead.Legend, originally from Springfield, Ohio, accompanied Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley as they made stops in the Oregon District.In a press conference Sunday evening, Legend made a plea for action."We think there's nothing we can do but giving up is really not the option. We have to live without the fear of
  
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