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• Sons want answers after father was found brutally beaten in their Franklinton home

  16-08-2019 22:55
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lee Martin was brutally attacked in his own bed more than one month ago. The death was never reported by police or any local media outlet, and 10TV just learned about the case this week because of a viewer tip."I don’t see how anybody could do that to anybody, let alone an 85-year-old man," said Regina Wiget, a longtime friend of Martin.In the early hours of June 29, someone attacked Martin in his home on Martin Avenue. Later that morning, one of his sons found him covered
  
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• Video shows Franklin County Sheriff's pursuit that killed pedestrian; disciplined lieutenant appeals

  16-08-2019 22:45
  A dangerous police pursuit tops speeds of 100 miles per hour, and ends with a man's death.Sixty-one-year-old Arthur Smith was hit by a stolen car during the chase and died three months later.The pursuit by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office happened in February. But now we are getting a first look at the cruiser video of the chase, and the internal investigation of it.The sheriff's office says its officer should have stopped the chase, long before it turned deadly.The 12-minute chase begins wh
  
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• Medical examiner rules Epstein death a suicide by hanging

  16-08-2019 22:28
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein's prison death has been ruled a suicide by hanging, the medical examiner's office said Friday.Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on Aug. 10, touching off outrage and disbelief over how such a high-profile prisoner, known for socializing with powerful people including presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, could have gone unwatched.The Bureau of Prisons said Epstein had apparently killed himself
  
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• Columbus Division of Police announces new Therapy Dog Unit

  16-08-2019 22:07
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Division of Police is adding some emotional support to its ranks through a new Therapy Dog Unit.Columbus police announced Friday the addition of five therapy dogs to the department. The dogs and their handlers are being trained and will be certified to help those who have experienced trauma.“The new unit will help bring a greater level of compassion to officers’ everyday duties,” the announcement read.An introductory press conference for the
  
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• Ohio State installs new locks to classrooms around campus

  16-08-2019 21:34
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — There's a lot of excitement on The Ohio State University’s campus. New students are finding their way around, upperclassman are reconnecting with friends. Meanwhile, the university is working on protecting students in case the unthinkable happens.As a group of cheerleaders walk campus working on a scavenger hunt — they admit safety isn't at the top of minds.“Not every day, but it does cross my mind when something pops up on the news,” said freshman
  
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• Student loan debt weighs on Ohio State students as they arrive to campus

  16-08-2019 21:11
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Most students who graduate from an Ohio college will leave with more than a diploma — they'll also leave with a student loan debt of more than $30,000.Among the students with the highest student loan debts are those who graduate from the University of Dayton ($35,740), Wittenberg University ($34,155), and Xavier ($32,131).The average student loan for incoming freshman at Ohio State is about $6,000.Ohio State students Brenna Hess, a sophomore from Illinois studying fi
  
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• Trump wants to bring back mental institutions to address mass shootings

  16-08-2019 21:04
  
  President Trump says he wants to reopen mental institutions as a way to address mass shootings, an idea he pushed twice Thursday and has floated before. The president's insistence that mental illness is the cause of mass shootings has disconcerted mental health professionals who insist that most people with mental illness are non-violent. These experts also say people afflicted with mental illness are more likely to be the victims of violent crime than the perpetrator and fear the president's la
  
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• Plan Revealed for First Phase of Scioto Peninsula Development

  16-08-2019 21:00
  The Columbus Downtown Development Corporation (CDDC) unveiled a plan today for the first phase of the redevelopment of the Scioto Peninsula. The new plan involves six acres of land in the center of the site and calls for an eight-story hotel, flanked by an 11-story residential building and an eight-story office building. Directly to the […]
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• Super Fans, Good Boys, Sharks and More in Theaters

  16-08-2019 18:24
  Is it still August? Well, that explains the plethora of middling movie options in theaters. Hollywood  needs to sweep out the closet of all the not-quite-summer blockbusters to make room for autumn’s almost-awards-worthy. So, here you go: foul mouthed ‘tweens, albino sharks, lost rich people, plus two you should check out. One is a lovely […]
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• Activists say thousands of Ohioans at risk of illegal voter roll purge

  16-08-2019 18:15
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voting-rights activists say thousands of Ohioans are at risk of being illegally removed from state voting rolls, a figure questioned by the state's elections chief.The League of Women Voters of Ohio and other groups asked Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose Thursday to pause the process that will remove some 235,000 voters Sept. 6.League Executive Director Jen Miller says her organization is exploring all options to stop the process, including lawsuits or ballo
  
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• Concert Preview & Interview: Spencer Sutherland

  16-08-2019 17:41
  The R&B smolder of Spencer Sutherland’s debut EP, NONE of this has been about you, doesn’t exactly evoke the humble proclivity of suburban Columbus. But the Ohio native-turned-Los Angeleno received his formative musical education growing up in Pickerington, with much of the credit being owed to his family that insisted on spinning albums at home […]
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• Deputies investigating woman’s fatal stabbing in Logan County

  16-08-2019 17:17
  
  DeGraff, Ohio – A 36-year is dead and deputies are searching for her killer following a stabbing on East Miami StreetFriday morning.According to Logan County Sheriff’s Office, authorities say they received a 911 call around 7 a.m. to a residence in DeGraff.First responders transported a female victim to Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellfontaine where she later died from her injuries.Sheriff Randall Dodds says they have a suspect and are attempting to locate the person. The names of the sus
  
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• 16-year-old accused of stabbing mother to death in Logan County

  16-08-2019 17:17
  
  Authorities say a 16-year-old has been arrested and charged with stabbing his mother to death in Logan County.According to Logan County Sheriff’s Office, authorities say they received a 911 call around 7 a.m. Friday from a resident saying a woman told her she was stabbed by her son.First responders transported 36-year-old Crystal Caudill to Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellfontaine where she later died from her injuries.Sheriff Randall Dodds said she was stabbed multiple times and her son, Bryce
  
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• Marysville music teacher resigns after allegations of inappropriate use of social media

  16-08-2019 17:14
  
  A music teacher in Marysville has resigned following allegations of inappropriate use of social media.The Board of Education accepted the resignation of Jacob Newland on Thursday.Newland worked as a music teacher, assistant marching band director, choir director and show choir co-director for Marysville Schools.According to a letter sent to parents, the district said they immediately contacted police when they learned about the allegations on Monday.They said the allegations did not involve any
  
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• Woman sues for gun ban in Kroger grocery stores after father's murder

  16-08-2019 16:05
  Kellie Watson said she was just finishing her workday last October when she received a phone call from her 12-year-old son."It was unbelievable to hear the fear and panic in his voice," she said.Her son told her that her father, 69-year-old Maurice Stallard, had been shot. Stallard had been shopping for school supplies with his grandson at a Kroger grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky, when a gunman opened fire, killing two – including Stallard.Watson said the only thing that stopped the
  
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• Restaurant Review: Couscous House

  16-08-2019 16:00
  Couscous House set up shop on a revitalizing stretch of Morse Road, an area recently populated by newer buildings along with bustling chain restaurants and stores. But Couscous House isn’t a chain restaurant. It’s a local start-up, offering what we’ll call a Chipotle-interpretation of Moroccan fare. As is the trend, it’s a place that lets you […]
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• Homeowner shot in leg during home invasion in east Columbus

  16-08-2019 15:42
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus police are investigating a shooting where a homeowner was shot in the leg during a home invasion Friday morning.The incident happened just after 6:35 a.m. in the 800-block of Kenwick Rd.Investigators told 10TV two people were asleep inside the home at the time when two men entered the house.An altercation started when the suspects asked the homeowners to ‘give us what you got.’ One suspect shot the homeowner in the leg. He was taken to Grant Medical Center and he
  
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• Conversations & Coffee: Pasos de Arte with Author Paloma Martinez-Cruz

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• Trump has talked about buying Greenland for US

  16-08-2019 15:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to put his mark on the world map, President Donald Trump has talked to aides and allies about buying Greenland for the U.S.A Trump ally told The Associated Press on Thursday that the Republican president had discussed the purchase but was not serious about it. And a Republican congressional aide said Trump brought up the notion of buying Greenland in conversations with lawmakers enough times to make them wonder, but they have not taken his comments seriously. Both
  
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• 2 OVI checkpoints scheduled for Friday night in Knox County

  16-08-2019 14:08
  
  MOUNT GILEAD - The Ohio State Highway Patrol will be holding an OVI checkpoint Friday night in Mount Vernon and Knox County.The checkpoint will be held between 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. State Route 13 just South Main Street and US-36 on Coshocton Avenue in Knox County.The OVI checkpoint is done to deter motorists from driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a release.OSHP is reminding drivers if you plan to consume alcohol, designate a driver or make other travel arrangements.---EDITOR&rsquo
  
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• Latino actors, writers pen 'letter of solidarity' amid fears

  16-08-2019 13:09
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Actresses America Ferrera and Eva Longoria are leading a group of more than 150 writers, artists and leaders who have written a public "letter of solidarity" to U.S. Latinos after the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, and an immigration raid in Mississippi.The letter, published Friday in The New York Times and in a handful of Spanish-language newspapers, says the signers stand with U.S. Latinos who may feel "terrified, heartbroken and defeated by the barrage of atta
  
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• 1 critical after shooting near Downtown Columbus

  16-08-2019 12:45
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus police are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital Friday morning near Downtown Columbus.It happened just after 6:15 a.m. near South Ohio Avenue and East Main Street.Authorities on the scene told 10TV one person was taken to Grant Medical Center in an unknown condition.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• Man arrested after chase, crash involving Pickerington police cruiser

  16-08-2019 10:46
  
  PICKERINGTON, Ohio -Pickerington Police captured a man who hit a police cruiser during an attempt to elude officers.A sergeant tells 10TV that an officer attempted to make a traffic stop on a car in a new complex, Redbud Commons apartments on Diley Road. According to police, the driver did not stop and hit the officer's cruiser during an attempt to escape.The driver ended up crashing into some trees at Hill Road and Diley Road.That person then took off on foot, but officers caught him nearby.Pol
  
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• Marion Police need help identifying pedestrian killed by train

  16-08-2019 10:14
  
  MARION, Ohio - Marion Police are investigating a pedestrian death involving a train.Someone called the Marion County Combined Dispatch Center just after 10:30 Thursday night to report the crash, which happened east of the Leader Street train overpass. The reporting party indicated that there was an individual lying between the rails before impact with the train.Officers found a body in the area. He's described as a white man, approximately mid-thirties with tattoos along the right arm, right che
  
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• 'My mom is a hero': Woman killed after helping driver on I-71 remembered

  16-08-2019 05:37
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A woman who died after helping another driver on I-71 is being remembered.Sherran Lancaster, 50, died Sunday - almost two weeks after the crash July 30.It happened on I-71 northbound near 5th Avenue in Columbus. A 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 being hit.Lancaster's family told 10TV she was the typ
  
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• Kings Island introduces its ‘tallest, fastest and longest’ rollercoaster for spring 2020

  16-08-2019 04:48
  
  WARREN COUNTY, Ohio — Kings Island on Thursday introduced what it calls the "tallest, fastest and longest" rollercoaster coming to the park.The rollercoaster, called "Orion", is one of seven giga coasters in the world — that class of rollercoasters having a height or drop of 300-399 feet.Introducing Orion, the tallest, fastest and longest steel roller coaster at Kings Island! Opening spring 2020. Learn more: https://t.co/SRzqHIYHqN #KingsIsland #KI2020 pic.twitter.com/7z14dG29x5&mdas
  
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• Trump ties US success to 2nd term: 'You have to vote for me'

  16-08-2019 04:15
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to reassure his supporters about the state of the U.S. economy despite the stock market volatility and told rallygoers in New Hampshire, a state that he hopes to capture in 2020, that their financial security depends on his reelection."Whether you love me or hate me you have to vote for me," Trump said.Speaking to a boisterous crowd at Southern New Hampshire University, Trump dismissed the heightened fears about the U.S. eco
  
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• Franklin County Sheriff's Office focuses on mental health; helped more than 400 since January

  16-08-2019 02:31
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's a new way to patrol and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office says it's been a problem for far too long."I would suggest since the 1950s, when this problem really started with the closure of mental health hospitals," Sgt. Scott Blacker said.Sgt. Blacker is with the Community Intervention and Diversion unit, or CID.He says in the last 10 years, the sheriff's office has seen an excessively high number of people in jail who struggle with mental illness."But when you look
  
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• Knox County Health Department warns of mosquito bites after child is diagnosed with virus

  16-08-2019 02:16
  
  KNOX COUNTY, Ohio — A 7-year-old in Mount Vernon was diagnosed with a rare and dangerous illness that is transmitted through a mosquito bite, according to the Knox County Health Department.The department says the La Crosse virus comes from a bite from an infected mosquito — specifically the eastern treehole mosquito, which is commonly found in wooded areas.It is not known where the child acquired the virus, though the family recently went camping outside of Knox County. Health depart
  
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• Capital University offers scholarship to students with parents who serve others

  16-08-2019 01:09
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Capital University welcomes a new class of students, nearly 40 percent are taking advantage of a new scholarship.The “Good Guarantee“ program offers a 50 percent discount to new, full-time undergraduate students whose families work in "mission-centered" nonprofit and public-service jobs.After the discount was announced, administrators say they saw a 21 percent increase in applications.“We definitely see greater diversity in terms of ethnic diversity bu
  
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• Judge orders friend of Dayton shooter to stay in jail pending trial

  16-08-2019 00:54
  DAYTON, Ohio — It all came down to a question of risk.Ethan Kollie, 24, of Kettering, faced a federal judge this week to determine if he should be jailed pending trial. Kollie is charged with making false statements regarding firearms and using drugs while in possession of a firearm.Watch: Attorneys provide an update on Kollie's appearance in court.Unsealed court documents reveal Kollie is accused of being a frequent drug user, micro-dosing mushrooms he grew in his apartment and using mari
  
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