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• Dayton shooter's friend who bought body armor to remain in jail

  14-08-2019 23:40
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A longtime friend of the Dayton shooter who authorities say bought him body armor and helped assemble the weapon used in the massacre will remain in jail on a charge unrelated to the shooting.Authorities said there's no indication Ethan Kollie knew his friend was planning a mass shooting, but they did accuse him of lying on a federal firearms form while buying a pistol not used in the shooting.A U.S. magistrate judge on Wednesday continued a detention hearing for Kollie
  
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• Former OSU president Edward Jennings dies at age 82

  14-08-2019 23:26
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State President Michael Drake is remembering former OSU president Edward Jennings, who has died at 82.Drake says Jennings guided the university through a time of great change including economic challenges.The Minneapolis native died Saturday at a hospital in Tampa, Florida. He was Ohio State's president from 1981 through 1990.Jennings made headlines in November 1987 when he fired football coach Earl Bruce days before the annual big game with Michigan, shocking the Ohi
  
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• Police: At least 6 officers shot in Philadelphia

  14-08-2019 23:19
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At least one gunman opened fire on police Wednesday as they were serving a warrant in a Philadelphia neighborhood, wounding six officers and triggering a standoff that extended into the evening, authorities said.None of the officers' injuries were considered life-threatening, Philadelphia police Sgt. Eric Gripp said. They were being treated at hospitals.The shooting began around 4:30 p.m. as officers went to a home in Nicetown, a north Philadelphia neighborhood of brick
  
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• Philadelphia gunman in custody after hourslong standoff that left six officers injured

  14-08-2019 23:19
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) —Authorities say a gunman who barricaded himself for hours inside a Philadelphia home, shooting at and wounding six officers, is in police custody.Philadelphia police Sgt. Eric Gripp said early Thursday morning that the man was taken in custody after an hourslong standoff with police.The shooting started around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Officers were serving a narcotics warrant at a home and had already entered when gunfire erupted. The gunman and police exchanged gunfire for
  
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• Philadelphia gunman identified after hourslong standoff that left six officers injured

  14-08-2019 23:19
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An hourslong standoff where a gunman shot at police, wounding six of them, as he was barricaded inside a Philadelphia home somehow ended with no fatalities.Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross, who spent hours Wednesday negotiating with the gunman through the phone, said the situation that unfolded "could have been far worse.""This was a very dynamic situation, one that I hope we never see again," he said Thursday outside the Philadelphia Police Department, whi
  
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• Family of Dayton shooter apologizes for obituary remembering him as 'funny, articulate and intelligent man'

  14-08-2019 22:57
  
  The family of the Dayton gunman have issued an apology for the obituary that called him a “funny, articulate and intelligent man.”The obituaries for Connor Betts and his sister, Megan Betts, were published Wednesday to the Conner & Koch funeral home website.Connor’s obituary did not mention the mass shooting that happened in the city’s Oregon District on August 4."A funny, articulate and intelligent man with striking blue eyes and a kind smile, Connor Stephen Betts, a
  
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• OSHP: Franklin County among top 2 counties in Ohio for commercial-involved crashes

  14-08-2019 22:41
  
  On June 29, Bethany Hurt was driving on her way home from work on U.S. 33 at Post Road when she heard a strange noise."I — all of a sudden — hear this crunch and I look in my side mirror and I can see the semi coming over in my lane," Hurt said.Hurt said she was hit by a truck.She said she spun out, hitting the front of her car on the cable barrier. She said she feels beyond lucky because she went across two lanes of traffic and no cars were coming.Almost two months later, she's stil
  
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• Downtown Bus Ridership Has Doubled Over Past Year

  14-08-2019 22:22
  Thanks to a unique program that offers free bus passes to most Downtown workers, transit ridership for the Downtown area has more than doubled year-over-year since the program went into effect. The C-pass program is a collaborative effort between the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District (SID), Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) and the Central Ohio […]
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• Police looking for missing 17-year-old girl last seen in east Columbus

  14-08-2019 22:05
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 17-year-old girl last seen in east Columbus.Police said Makayla Williamson was last seen in the area of McNaughten Road and East Main Street on Wednesday after a dispute with her family.Family and police are concerned for her well-being.She is 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighs 130 pounds.She has black hair and brown eyes.If anyone has any information, they are asked to call Columbus police at 614-645-4545.
  
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• Knox County businessman sentenced to 8 years in 1985 death of Columbus woman

  14-08-2019 21:16
  
  A Knox County businessman has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Columbus woman more than 30 years ago.Sixty-five-year-old Doug Krumlauf changed his plea Wednesday and was sentenced to eight years in jail.Prosecutors say he killed 24-year-old Sharla Spangler. Police found her body on January 30, 1985. Sharla Spangler
  They said she had been shot to death and left under a semi-trailer in a parking lot at the corner of Dublin Granville Road and Hamilton Rd.She had last bee
  
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• 34 years after killing woman, Knox County businessman admits guilt, sent to prison

  14-08-2019 21:16
  More than 34 years after the murder of a young Franklin County woman, the man responsible has accepted responsibility.Twenty-four-year-old Sharla Spangler was shot to death in January of 1985.The case went cold for decades until a fingerprint revived the investigation and her family's hope for justice. Sharla Spangler
  Doug Krumlauf was led before a Franklin County Judge Wednesday, something two women in the courtroom have waited 34 years to see.One of them: the sister of Sharla Spangler. The oth
  
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• Gov. DeWine to meet on investor relationships amid trip to Japan

  14-08-2019 21:00
  
  Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is set to travel to Japan in September for a business development mission, his office announced Wednesday.The trip will put a focus on the investor relationship between the state and Japan, as well as finding new partnership opportunities.More than 70,000 Ohioans are employed at 852 Japan-owned establishments in the state, according to the announcement. Japan was also Ohio's fifth-largest export market for Ohio products last year.“Ohio and Japan share a special invest
  
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• Jury recommends death penalty for man who killed 4-year-old daughter, her mother

  14-08-2019 20:03
  
  A jury has recommended the death penalty for a man who stabbed to death his ex-girlfriend and their 4-year-old daughter.The Franklin County jury began deliberating the fate of Kristofer Garrett Tuesday afternoon.Garrett stabbed to death his 4-year-old daughter Christina Duckson and her mother, Nicole Duckson.Garrett waited outside the Southeast Columbus home of Nicole Duckson and attacked her as she left the morning of January 5, 2018.Family shares memories of mother & 4-year-old girl murder
  
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• Cleveland Indians' Yasiel Puig spends suspension becoming United States citizen

  14-08-2019 19:26
  
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WKYC) — Serving the final game of a three-game suspension, Yasiel Puig didn't have any baseball-related obligations as the Cleveland Indians prepared to face the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.So the Indians' right fielder used the opportunity to do something meaningful with his time. A little more than an hour before first pitch between Cleveland and Boston at Progressive Field, Puig took to Instagram to reveal that he has become a United States citizen as he posted
  
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• Trump official: Statue of Liberty's poem is about Europeans

  14-08-2019 17:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Trump administration official says that the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty welcoming immigrants into the country is about "people coming from Europe" and that America is looking to receive migrants "who can stand on their own two feet."The comments on Tuesday from Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, came a day after the Trump administration announced it would seek to deny green cards to migrants who seek Med
  
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• Photos: Queen with Adam Lambert

  14-08-2019 17:15
  British rock band Queen are once again finding themselves in the popular spotlight, thanks to last years “Bohemian Rhapsody” movie, and the band, along with Adam Lambert, stopped by Columbus on Tuesday night to bring a celebration of classic rock to Nationwide Arena. Original members, Brian May and Roger Taylor — both now in their […]
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• Petition seeks to rename street in front of Trump Tower after Barack Obama

  14-08-2019 16:57
  
  An online petition to rename the New York City street outside Trump Tower after former President Barack Obama has gained more than 95,000 signatures.The MoveOn.org petition is asking the city to rename the stretch of Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets to President Barack H. Obama Avenue.If the city honors the petition and changes the name of the street, it would mean the address for Trump Tower in Manhattan would go from 725 5th Ave to 725 Barack H. Obama Avenue.The City of Los Angeles r
  
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• Columbus City Schools adds more security, cameras for new school year

  14-08-2019 16:52
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- At 110 schools and 10 administrative buildings, cameras are watching in the Columbus City School District.Director for safety and security Chris Ward and assistant director Robert Collins took 10TV's Karina Nova inside Linden McKinley High School to show where cameras are placed, like hallways, the gymnasium and cafeteria, areas with a lot of activity. "If a person moves from this corner and all the way to that corner, I can identify that person by panning in on that IP
  
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• Theatre Review: CATCO’s Solid ‘My Way’ Skims the Sinatra Surface

  14-08-2019 16:40
  Frank Sinatra helped redefine recorded music in the middle of the 20th century. Chalking up hits for over four decades, his body of work stands as a gargantuan monument to the spectrum of human emotion. His taste for the right song and ability to embody a lyric stay an inspiration and threat to any jazz […]
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• Ohio’s Own: DeMassimo’s Arrabbiata Sauce

  14-08-2019 16:00
  As a general rule, it’s a good idea to splurge when buying pasta sauce. Sure, you can get it at a big-box grocer for around a dollar, but the red stuff in those bargain jars is typically disappointing at the table: it’s watery, either too sweet or too sour, and somehow, alarmingly absent any distinguishable […]
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• Ohio State files trademark application for the word 'The'

  14-08-2019 15:54
  
  The Ohio State University has filed a trademark for the word "The".According to online records from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the trademark was filed on August 8.The university is seeking the trademark for use on clothing and hats.The Ohio State University has filed a trademark application on the word "THE."The filing, made on August 8th, indicates #OhioState is offering a brand of "THE" clothing.Not sure how 'The U' will feel about this one.My analysis 👇:#BuckeyeNat
  
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• FBI investigating after shots fired at ICE offices in San Antonio

  14-08-2019 13:19
  
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The FBI said Tuesday it is investigating after shots were fired in the early morning hours at a San Antonio office building that houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). No one was injured in the shooting, officials said.Investigators say that around 3:00 a.m. Tuesday, shots were fired into a window of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office and Removal Operations Field Office, CBS San Antonio affiliate KENS reports.The FBI said no one had been arrested in
  
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• US rapper A$AP Rocky found guilty of assault

  14-08-2019 12:53
  
  STOCKHOLM — A Swedish court has found American rapper A$AP Rocky guilty of assault for his role in a June 30 street brawl in Stockholm.The artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, earlier pleaded self-defense and said he had tried to avoid a confrontation with two men who were persistently following his entourage. One of them picked a fight with one of Mayers' two bodyguards, the rapper told the Stockholm District Court.The court said the defendants "were not in a situation" where they wer
  
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• Circleville fire and police say overtime, staffing issues are wearing crews thin

  14-08-2019 03:47
  CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio - It took the Circleville Fire Department more than an hour, last Thursday, to cut a man out of his vehicle after a large branch fell on it after it was struck by lightning.That night, two other neighboring fire departments assisted with getting the man out, tree-cutting and traffic. Then, Tuesday morning of this week four neighboring township fire departments came to assist CFD as part of mutual aid with another house fire.Tuesday morning's fire also made the 17th call for the
  
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• Jury deliberates life sentence or death penalty for man who killed 4-year-old daughter, her mother

  14-08-2019 00:33
  A Franklin County jury is deliberating whether Kristofer Garrett will live or die.Garrett stabbed to death his 4-year-old daughter Christina Duckson and her mother, Nicole Duckson.Garrett waited outside the Southeast Columbus home of Nicole Duckson and attacked her as she left the morning of January 5, 2018.Then he chased down and stabbed their 4-year-old daughter to death. He told detectives he killed her because she witnessed him kill her mother.Tuesday his attorneys argued Garrett was mentall
  
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