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• Perry County teacher suspended for inappropriate behavior

  26-08-2019 23:43
  
  A New Lexington teacher and coach has been suspended without pay due to allegations of inappropriate behavior.According to the school board minutes, district administrators completed an internal investigation and found Nate Wycinski had inappropriate conduct -- and contact -- with minor students.He is accused of making sexual propositions, having inappropriate physical contact with students and communicating with minor girls via their personal phones.The board is also moving to terminate him.10T
  
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• Teen driver to be tried as adult in high-speed chase that killed pedestrian

  26-08-2019 23:31
  A 16-year-old driver who hit and killed a pedestrian during a high-speed chase will be tried as an adult.That's the ruling from a Franklin County Juvenile Court Judge.Sixty-one-year-old Arthur Smith died when he was hit by the speeding car in February 26.Franklin County Sheriff's cruiser camera captured the harrowing events of that day:A stolen car, with five juveniles inside, leads a lieutenant on terrifying chase through traffic.For extended stretches, speeds reach 110 miles per hour.It is on
  
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• Licking Valley's new employee teaches kindness, calmness

  26-08-2019 23:24
  NEWARK, Ohio - When students file off the school bus at Licking Valley Primary School, they have a new official greeter - Jarah the therapy dog.Monday was her fourth official day on the job, but having her there has been a goal in the works for months now."It was kind of one of those pie-in-the-sky ideas," said Todd Carmer, principal at Licking Valley Primary School. "What if we could add that to our building, what kind of impact would that make."The idea of getting Jarah was really an offshoot
  
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• Judge rules drugmaker helped fuel Oklahoma's opioid crisis, orders $572 million payment

  26-08-2019 22:44
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million to clean up the problem.Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman's ruling followed the first state opioid case to make it to trial and could help shape negotiations over roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments consolidated before a federal judge in Ohio."The
  
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• Trump pitches his Miami resort for next G-7 summit

  26-08-2019 22:16
  
  MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump was in full sales mode Monday, doing everything but pass out brochures as he touted the features that would make the Doral golf resort the ideal place for the next G-7 Summit — close to the airport, plenty of hotel rooms, separate buildings for every delegation, even top facilities for the media.There's just one detail he left out: He owns the place.Government ethics watchdogs have long railed against the perils of Trump earning money off the presi
  
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• The Columbus Rotary Club: OSU Airport

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• Mount Carmel reaches $4.65 million settlement with former patient of Dr. Husel; largest known payout to date

  26-08-2019 21:56
  
  COLUMBUS (WBNS) – The family of a former patient of Dr. William Husel has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Mount Carmel Health System for $4.65 million – the largest single payout to date since the scandal at the hospital broke earlier this year– 10 Investigates has learned.Records obtained by 10 Investigates show that the extended family members of patient Rebecca Walls will receive more $2.6 million as part of the settlement. Attorneys representing Walls’ estate wi
  
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• Ohio State football fans can expect new additions at the shoe this year

  26-08-2019 21:55
  Ohio State officials said they have added new additions inside the shoe and to driving routes, hoping to bring more fans the games as well as making sure their experience goes smoothly.Assistant Athletic Director for events, Ericka Hoon, said they've added to the menu of fan favorites. Levy Restaurant, who provides the food, have added lobster rolls and waffle battered chicken. Along with having new food, people are able to take advantage of unlimited soda refills.LIST: What’s new at Ohio
  
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• Man indicted for rape, kidnapping of woman near Ohio State’s campus

  26-08-2019 21:01
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman near Ohio State’s campus earlier this month has been indicated on eight counts.Twenty-year-old Darrell Labishop Rodgers Jr. was indicted on five counts of rape, two counts of robbery and one count of kidnapping in connection with the incident on August 17.Authorities say the victim was walking near the intersection of 9th Avenue and High Street when Rodgers approached her, robbed her and ordered her to perform sexual acts at g
  
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• Police: Teens severely beat elderly man, stole his car in southeast Columbus

  26-08-2019 20:34
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police are looking for two teenage suspects who are accused of severely beating a 71-year-old man on Sunday in southeast Columbus.Police said the suspects knocked on the man’s door on Basil Drive around 2:45 p.m. and asked if his grass needed to be cut but the man said no.The suspects returned a short time later and asked to use the man’s phone but the man again said no, according to police.Police said the suspects forced their way in, knocked the man down, and
  
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• Shop Talk: 3 Businesses Collaborate in Shared Space in Powell

  26-08-2019 20:33
  Earlier this year, the owners and business partners at B/Rose Beauty Bar in Powell revamped their space and opened their doors to two new businesses. Birch Boutique opened in the spring and Oasis Face Bar opened last month. The three businesses share a storefront and have cultivated a fluid atmosphere where guests can enjoy services […]
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• Demolitions Part of Latest Plan from OSU

  26-08-2019 20:27
  The OSU Board of Trustees will vote this week on a $156 million plan to renovate and expand Hamilton Hall at 1645 Neil Ave. The new, 100,000-square-foot addition would be built along West 10th Avenue and would require the demolition of portions of Starling Loving Hall and Fry Hall. The new facility is to be […]
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• Unusual deal keeps a shrinking city's newspaper going

  26-08-2019 19:25
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — When readers pick up Sunday's edition of The Vindicator, the newspaper will be emblazoned with its familiar masthead, but it won't be the Vindicator that has published news from Youngstown, Mahoning County and beyond for the past 150 years.The paper will be published and produced by The Tribune Chronicle in neighboring Trumbull County as part of a deal finalized this month by the Ogden Newspapers chain to buy the name, subscriber list and news website from the famil
  
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• The Confluence Cast: The Overcomer Foundation

  26-08-2019 18:50
  
  
  In Ohio, single parents pay nearly 44% of their income for an infant in a day care center and nearly 80% for two children (Child Care Aware of America, 2018). The Overcomer Foundation is trying to address that financial burden. This week, Sarah Perez, co-founder and president of the newly formed non-profit discusses their mission […]
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• Cleveland police officer accused of trying to kidnap child pleads not guilty

  26-08-2019 18:10
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — An off-duty Cleveland police officer charged with attempting to kidnap a 12-year-old girl waiting for a school bus has pleaded not guilty.Thirty-four-year-old Solomon Nhiwatiwa pleaded not guilty Monday in a Cuyahoga County courtroom to charges that also include child enticement, indecent exposure, pandering obscenity involving a minor, assault and endangering children.The judge set his bond at $300,000 and ordered him to have no contact with the child.Court records don't
  
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• Hemp, CBD, and What to Make of SB57

  26-08-2019 17:56
  On July 30, Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 57, which decriminalizes hemp in the state of Ohio, making it legal for farmers to crop and process the plant. The Senate bill was made possible by the 2018 Farm Bill, signed into federal law on Dec. 20, 2018, which removed industrial hemp (or […]
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• President Trump skips out on G-7 climate meeting

  26-08-2019 17:21
  
  BIARRITZ, France (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump skipped a discussion on climate with other world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in France, leaving an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions.Trump was scheduled to attend Monday's session on climate, biodiversity and oceans at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, but didn't. French President Emmanuel Macron, the summit host, said Trump's aides were there instead.Trump is a
  
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• Urban Living Tour Returns for First Ever “Fall Edition”

  26-08-2019 15:57
  Join us for our first ever Fall Edition of the Urban Living Tour! For the last six years, Columbus Underground has hosted the Urban Living Tour to give you a glimpse of housing opportunities in Columbus. This will be the first fall edition of the tour to keep up with the fast-changing real estate market […]
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• Board of Education approves new contracts for Columbus teachers

  26-08-2019 15:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Board of Education approved a three-year contract agreement between Columbus City Schools and the Columbus Education Association.The new contract includes pay raises, smaller class sizes and a new trauma-informed in-school discipline program as an alternative to out-of-school suspension.The Columbus Education Association met at Kasich Hall at the state fairgrounds to review the contract and vote on the conceptual agreement that the union and district reached earlier th
  
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• HighBall Halloween Expands to Indoor, Outdoor Event

  26-08-2019 15:00
  The annual HighBall Halloween returns to High Street on Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, but will expand to an indoor and outdoor event. This year’s event, themed “Studio 614,” will also take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center for the first time. As with years past, featured will be music by […]
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• G-7 countries commit $20 million to help fight wildfires in Amazon

  26-08-2019 13:37
  
  G-7 countries have agreed to an immediate $20 million fund to help Amazon countries fight wildfires and launch a long-term global initiative to protect the rainforest.The announcement came from French President Emmanuel Macron, the host of this year's meeting of G-7 leaders, and the Chilean President Sebastián Piñera. Macron said that the Amazon represents the "lungs" of the planet and that leaders were studying the possibility of similar support in Africa, also suffering from fire
  
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• President Trump claims serious trade negotiations with China to begin

  26-08-2019 12:36
  
  BIARRITZ, France — President Donald Trump, under pressure to scale back a U.S.-China trade war partly blamed for a global economic slowdown, claimed Monday that the two sides will begin serious negotiations soon.Trump said his trade negotiators had received two "very good calls" from China Sunday. A spokesman for China's foreign ministry said he didn't know what Trump was talking about.Trump's optimistic comments about China came hours after he sent mixed messages on the tariff war. He at
  
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• Ceremony held as Ohio National Guard unit deploys to Middle East

  26-08-2019 11:35
  
  CANTON, Ohio — A call to duty ceremony has been held for nearly 600 citizen-soldiers of the Ohio National Guard's 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment who are deploying to the Middle East.Ohio's Republican governor, Mike DeWine, and the state's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. John Harris Jr., took part in the ceremony held Sunday at the Canton Memorial Civic Center in northeast Ohio.About 580 members of the Stow-based National Guard unit will be deployed in support of Operation Spartan Shield
  
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• Group to give nearly $2M to Ohio shooting victims, families

  26-08-2019 11:27
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — An Ohio nonprofit is convening more than a dozen volunteers to oversee the disbursement of nearly $2 million raised to help those affected by the recent mass shooting.The Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund had received nearly 4,300 individual gifts within the first 12 hours of the Aug. 4 mass shooting in the city's Oregon District that left nine people dead and dozens injured.The Dayton Daily News reports the donations will be given to the families of those killed as well a
  
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• Group to give nearly $2 million to Ohio shooting victims, families

  26-08-2019 11:27
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — An Ohio nonprofit is convening more than a dozen volunteers to oversee the disbursement of nearly $2 million raised to help those affected by the recent mass shooting.The Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund had received nearly 4,300 individual gifts within the first 12 hours of the Aug. 4 mass shooting in the city's Oregon District that left nine people dead and dozens injured.The Dayton Daily News reports the donations will be given to the families of those killed as well a
  
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• 1 person injured after shooting near gas station in east Columbus

  26-08-2019 05:40
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One person is in critical condition following a shooting in east Columbus Sunday night.Columbus Police say a fight broke out behind the BP gas station at 825 East Broad Street shortly after 11 p.m.One person was shot and taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition, but their condition has since been upgraded.There is currently no suspect information available.Stay with 10TV as we follow this developing story.
  
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• 1 person in critical condition after shooting near gas station in east Columbus

  26-08-2019 05:40
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One person is in critical condition following a shooting in east Columbus Sunday night.Columbus Police say a fight broke out behind the BP gas station at 825 East Broad Street shortly after 11 p.m.One person was shot and taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.There is currently no suspect information available.Stay with 10TV as we follow this developing story.
  
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• Triumph over tragedy: Ohio native Dave Chappelle hosts concert in Dayton

  26-08-2019 04:45
  DAYTON, Ohio-- Weeks after tragedy, a community is coming together with a benefit concert hosted by Yellow Springs native Dave Chappelle.Thousands lined the streets of the Oregon District for the Gem City Shine Concert to benefit victims of the recent shooting at Ned Peppers bar.“We aren’t going to let this define us that’s what the resilience is,” Dayton native Sharese Howard said.Host Dave Chappelle and guests like John Stewart, Chance the Rapper and Stevie Wonder, remi
  
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• Indians lose Ramírez for playoff push with broken hand

  26-08-2019 04:45
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians have been dealt a major blow at the worst time possible.Their playoff chances have gone from hopeful to harmed.Third baseman José Ramírez, whose hitting tear has aligned with Cleveland's surge in the standings, will undergo surgery Monday on his broken right hand, a potentially devastating injury as the Indians try to catch Minnesota in the AL Central or capture a wild card.Ramírez was placed on the injured list Sunday with a frac
  
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• Zardes leads Crew over FC Cincinnati 3-1

  26-08-2019 03:16
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Gyasi Zardes scored twice and the Columbus Crew beat expansion FC Cincinnati in the second match of the rivalry on Sunday.The teams played to a 2-2 draw in their first-ever MLS meeting at Columbus on Aug. 10.Zardes opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, slotting home Luis Díaz's perfectly weighted cross. Zardes doubled the lead with a chest trap of Harrison Afful's diagonal cross and a flick to finish it in the 33rd.Díaz shouldered past Andrew Gutman to scor
  
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• Fund backed by Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to Amazon amid fires

  26-08-2019 02:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A new environmental foundation backed by Leonardo DiCaprio is pledging $5 million in aid to the Amazon, which has been swept by wildfires .Earth Alliance was created last month by DiCaprio and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth. On Sunday, it launched the Amazon Forest Fund in an announcement on their website. The alliance is also seeking donations to help repair the Brazilian rainforest, called the "lungs of the planet."Brazilian federal experts reported a
  
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• Columbus teachers approve new 3-year contract agreement

  26-08-2019 00:57
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio—Columbus City School teachers voted to pass a new 3-year contract Sunday evening.The new contract includes pay raises, smaller class sizes and a new trauma-informed in-school discipline program as an alternative to out-of-school suspension.The Columbus Education Association met at Kasich Hall at the state fairgrounds to review the contract and vote on the conceptual agreement that the union and district reached earlier this month.According to the union, more than 4,000 teach
  
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