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• Columbus police, departments across the country team up with Ring cameras

  29-08-2019 23:09
  “We know there were three people that were hit by this guy. He was doing drive-bys, dropping off and picking up empty boxers and taking our merchandise,” said Peggy Blake.Blake says a man took a delivery from a neighbor, stole what was inside, and left that empty box at Blake's house.She was expecting clothes for school for her grandson.“Our Ring video caught all of it, we saw what he did,” Blake said.Blake is hoping with that video, Columbus police can catch the thief. R
  
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• Board of Trustees recommends terminating long-time Ohio State business school professor

  29-08-2019 22:32
  
  A professor at the Ohio State Fisher School of Business is being terminated after 17 years at the university.The Ohio State Board of Trustees made the recommendation during its board meeting Thursday.An investigation that began in January 2017 found that Deborah Mitchell, who serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing and Logistics, committed " grave misconduct."The findings, according to multiple university investigators, says Mitchell steered a $1.6 million contract with the Ohio De
  
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• Man facing charges in incident involving drone and Columbus police chopper

  29-08-2019 22:02
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man is facing landmark charges after detectives say he flew his drone much too close to a CPD helicopter, putting those on board and those on the ground in danger. At one point, detectives say he was essentially playing "chicken" with the chopper."Oh, this wasn’t an accident, no, this was not accidental," said Det. Patrick Seaman of CPD's Counter-Terrorism Unit. "He was definitely doing that. I don’t think he had any nefarious intent, but it was certainly
  
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• Opening Date Set for Short North Shake Shack

  29-08-2019 21:53
  Columbus will celebrate the grand opening of its second Shake Shack in less than a year. The Short North Shake Shack opens its doors on Wednesday, September 4 at 11 a.m. Located at 740 N. High St. on the ground floor of the Graduate Hotel, the Short North location will serve up the chain’s signature […]
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• Council in 90 [ep.1] Testing Innovation in Transportation

  29-08-2019 21:37 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Former Westerville coach and instructor indicted on child pornography charges

  29-08-2019 21:10
  
  A former coach and instructor in the Westerville City School District has been indicted on child pornography charges.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced a grand jury indicted 30-year-old Donte Matthew Martin on seven counts of pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor.“While assigned to a Westerville middle school, this instructor and coach was downloading child pornography on several devices at his house and was posting child pornography onto his Tumblr socia
  
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• Alex Trebek done with chemotherapy and back taping 'Jeopardy!' episodes

  29-08-2019 21:04
  
  "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek says he is "on the mend" and done with chemotherapy, just months after being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer."I've gone through a lot of chemotherapy and thankfully that is now over. I'm on the mend and that's all I can hope for right now," Trebek revealed during a video previewing season 36 of the longtime game show.Trebek first announced in March that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and received an outpouring of support from his fans. Two mont
  
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• Shake Shack opening Short North location next week

  29-08-2019 20:48
  
  The second Shake Shack location in Columbus will be opening on Wednesday, Sept. 4.The new restaurant, located in the Short North at 740 North High Street, will open at 11 a.m.Shake Shack opened its first location Columbus location at Easton Town Center back in May.The menu will include the popular ShackBurger, chicken sandwiches, griddled flat-top hot dogs, fresh-made frozen custard, crispy crinkle cut fries and more.In addition to their standard frozen custard concretes, the Short North locatio
  
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• Old North’s Trillium Closing This Weekend

  29-08-2019 20:42
  After just over two years, Trillium will close its doors as of Sunday, September 1. The Old North restaurant opened at 2333 N. High St., the former home of Alana’s Food & Wine, in July of 2017 serving an upscale food menu with a focus on wine. A post on the restaurant’s Facebook page said: […]
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• Council in 90 [trailer] Testing Innovation in Transportation

  29-08-2019 20:39 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Council in 90 [ep.1] Testing in Transportation Trailer

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• 1 dead following shooting in east Columbus

  29-08-2019 20:33
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Thursday in the 2100 block of East Moreland Drive.According to police, they were called at 1:43 p.m. on a reported shooting. Officers arrived to find a victim with gunshot wounds.That person was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition where they later died.Police said two possible suspects left the home in a dark-colored SUV.The shooting remains under investigation.
  
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• New Day: Different coach, approach but same goal at Ohio State

  29-08-2019 20:17
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The head coach's office at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center is right off the locker room. A player could step out of one and right into the other.To encourage the Buckeyes to do just that, Ryan Day made a few changes to the space since taking over for Urban Meyer.The area closest to the locker room door, where Meyer used to have the desk, is now set up like a den. Two brown leather couches face each other, and two comfy chairs form a semicircle around a wooden chest th
  
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• Mega Weekend: Greek Festival, Labor Day Arts Festival, Bike the Cbus, OSU Football and More!

  29-08-2019 20:00
  Have a great weekend! Welcome back to football! If you are looking for other events in Columbus this weekend, here’s your list! Coffee Festival tickets are now available, and if you have a ticket you get first dibs on our limited-edition artist collaboration mugs! Check out our contest page for concerts. Get your ticket for Saturday’s Coffee Collab. […]
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Governor Emeritus - Catching Up With Governors Taft & Strickland

  29-08-2019 19:46 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Preview: Streetlight Guild’s Rhapsody and Refrain Poetry Series

  29-08-2019 19:00
  “Without poetry, I don’t have any of this,” Scott Woods said to me, gesturing around the gorgeous, first-floor performance space at his new Columbus cultural linchpin Streetlight Guild. That’s no exaggeration; in the years since Woods led the first Columbus team to the National Poetry Slam, his writing has him onto the national stage with […]
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• Husel sues Mount Carmel's parent company over covering his legal costs

  29-08-2019 18:31
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- 10 investigates has learned that Dr. William Husel is suing Mount Carmel's parent company, Trinity Health Corporation, in a dispute over the cost of covering his legal bills.According to this federal lawsuit, attorneys for Dr. Husel say that Trinity's insurance carrier has covered the cost of the wrongful death lawsuits filed in wake of the patient overdose scandal but is refusing to cover the costs for Husel's criminal trial.Husel is facing 25 counts of murder. He's accused by
  
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• Former Columbus mental health worker gets 8 years for sexually abusing 4 children

  29-08-2019 18:29
  A former mental health worker convicted of sexually abusing four children in his care will spend eight years in prison.In June, Matthew Gatton pleaded guilty to five counts of gross sexual imposition.Police said Gatton admitted to fondling an 11-year-old boy with special needs dozens of times. He had been sent to the child's home as a mental health worker employed by OhioGuidestone.Gatton faced a maximum of 25 years in prison. Franklin County Judge Chris Brown sentenced him to eight years on Thu
  
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• Police: Man wanted in connection with Michigan double homicide possibly in Columbus

  29-08-2019 18:18
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Authorities in Michigan have launched a nationwide search for 45-year-old Derrell Brown who is wanted in connection with a double murder.Police say on March 13,47-year-old Cherletta Baber-Bey and 25-year-old Keyona Griffin were found dead inside their residence.Investigators would like to speak to Brown about the murders and has not been seen since.A Michigan judge issued a felony warrant for receiving and concealing a stolen firearm prompting a nationwide search for
  
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• The Confluence Cast: The Columbus Festival Scene

  29-08-2019 18:00
  
  
  Two years ago, when the Independents’ Day Festival wrapped up after 10 years, it left a gap in the Columbus festival scene that’s slowly been filled by other independent event producers. Festival and community organizer Cassie Young sat down this week to talk about her new endeavor, Cloud City 614, filling that gap, and how […]
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• Loaded gun found at Westerville North High School after father reports own son

  29-08-2019 17:59
  WESTERVILLE, Ohio --A was student found with a loaded gun at a Westerville School.The person who did the right thing and reported him- the boy's father.The gun was reported and discovered at the start of the school day Thursday morning at Westerville North High School.It started with a call to the school from the parent of a 9th-grade student."The parent was expressing concern about his son," said Greg Viebranz of Westerville City School District. "And one of those concerns was that he may be in
  
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• 14-year-old Westerville North student arrested after bringing a gun to school

  29-08-2019 17:59
  WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- A 14-year-old student at Westerville North High School was arrested Thursday morning after bringing a gun to school.In a letter to parents, Principal Kurt Yancey says a father contacted the school with concerns about his son, one of which being that the student may be in possession of a weapon.The student was then removed from class. The principal said upon searching the student, a school resource officer took possession of a loaded, small-caliber handgun located in the fron
  
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• Fee Increase Will Go Toward Affordable Housing

  29-08-2019 17:44
  A fee increase approved by the Franklin County Board of Commissioners last week will generate about $65 million over the next ten years for affordable housing. That works out to about $4 million a year for a program called the County Housing Magnet Fund – which will support housing near employment centers – and an […]
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• SWAT responds to barricade situation at south Columbus apartment

  29-08-2019 17:15
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus police officers and a CPD SWAT unit are on the scene of a barricade situation in south Columbus.Columbus police tweeted that a man barricaded himself inside a residence in the 1700 block of South 20th Street after firing several shots outside.Police are advising people to stay out of the area. Nearby Lincoln Park Elementary was placed on lockdown out of a precaution, according to Columbus City Schools.No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV for up
  
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• Man in custody after SWAT barricade situation in south Columbus

  29-08-2019 17:15
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One man was taken into custody Thursday after a barricade situation on the south side of the city.Around 9 a.m., police say a man barricaded himself inside a residence in the 1700 block of South 20th Street after firing several shots outside.SWAT and hostage negotiators were called to the scene.According to police, the man was taken into custody without injury shortly after 1 p.m.Authorities closed several roads near the scene and Lincoln Park Elementary was placed on lockdown
  
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• Local Coffee Roaster Opening Shop at Easton

  29-08-2019 17:07
  The new $500 million Easton Expansion is getting a dose of caffeine. Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea will open its third area coffee shop under the name Crimson. The new flagship coffee shop will focus on creating an immersive experience that will connect guests with not only an exceptional cup of coffee, but the stories […]
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• Ohio homeowner fatally shoots 2 teens; says they trespassed

  29-08-2019 17:00
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say an Ohio homeowner fatally shot two 17-year-old boys who he said were trespassing around his garage at night.Dayton police say the man called authorities immediately afterward to report the shooting Wednesday night in a neighborhood just west of the city's downtown.He was questioned by detectives. Investigators haven't released the man's name or any further details about the circumstances of the shooting.A vehicle was towed from the scene, but police haven't p
  
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• Watchdog report: Comey violated FBI policies in handling of Trump meeting memos

  29-08-2019 16:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump in the weeks before Comey was fired as bureau director, the Justice Department's inspector general said Thursday.The watchdog's office said Comey broke FBI rules by giving one memo containing unclassified information to a friend with instructions to share the contents with a reporter. Comey also failed to notify the FBI after he was dismissed that he ha
  
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• Hurricane on track for Florida after strike in Caribbean

  29-08-2019 16:29
  MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Dorian posed an increasing menace to Florida as it pushed over open waters Thursday after leaving limited damage in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Dorian was expected to grow into a potentially devastating Category 3 hurricane before hitting the U.S. mainland late Sunday or early Monday somewhere between the Florida Keys and southern Georgia.Across much of Florida's east coast, residents began flocking to the grocery stores
  
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• Hurricane Dorian could hit Florida as a Category 4 storm

  29-08-2019 16:29
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Leaving mercifully little damage in its wake in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, a strengthening Hurricane Dorian posed an increasing menace to Florida on Thursday as it swirled toward a possible direct hit on the state over Labor Day weekend.Along much of Florida's east coast, shoppers rushed to stock up on food and emergency supplies at supermarkets and hardware stores and picked the shelves clean of bottled water. Lines formed at service stations as motorists topped off
  
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• Dorian strengthens to Category 2 hurricane

  29-08-2019 16:29
  MIAMI — Florida residents picked the shelves clean of bottled water and lined up at gas stations Thursday as an increasingly menacing-looking Hurricane Dorian threatened to broadside the state over Labor Day weekend.Leaving lighter-than-expected damage in its wake in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the second hurricane of the 2019 season swirled toward the U.S., with forecasters warning it will draw energy from the warm, open waters as it closes in.The National Hurricane Center said th
  
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• 'A big deal': Florida braces for Hurricane Dorian

  29-08-2019 16:29
  MIAMI (AP) — Florida residents picked the shelves clean of bottled water and lined up at gas stations Thursday as an increasingly menacing-looking Hurricane Dorian threatened to broadside the state over Labor Day weekend.Leaving lighter-than-expected damage in its wake in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the second hurricane of the 2019 season swirled toward the U.S., with forecasters warning it will draw energy from the warm, open waters as it closes in.The National Hurricane Center sa
  
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• Edith Espinal Denied for Stay of Removal

  29-08-2019 16:18
  Editors note: This article and its headline has been updated to include ICE’s decision to deny Espinal’s application for Stay of Removal on Thursday, Aug. 29. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has denied Edith Espinal’s application for a Stay of Removal. The application would have halted Espinal’s deportation order, allowing her to go home while she […]
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• Edith Espinal Applies for Stay of Removal

  29-08-2019 16:18
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement has accepted and filed Edith Espinal’s application for a Stay of Removal. If approved, Espinal’s deportation order would be halted, allowing her to go home while she continues to work on her case and leave sanctuary without fear of deportation. In the last few years, ICE has said Espinal was required […]
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• Restaurant Review: Katalina’s, Too!

  29-08-2019 16:00
  Pancake Balls arrived in Clintonville this summer, as Katalina’s debuted its second Columbus location. Long a mainstay in Victorian Village, the joint is overdue for a territory expansion. The original spot is almost always crowded, with more hopeful guests queued-up in line than seats available for dining. Katalina’s is something locals are willing to wait in line […]
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• COTA bus slams into north Columbus apartment building after crash; 2 injured

  29-08-2019 15:26
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police are on the scene of a crash involving a Central Ohio Transit Authority bus in north Columbus.It happened just after 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of Hamilton Avenue and East 18th Avenue.Columbus police on scene told 10TV the bus collided with an SUV and then went into a 4-unit apartment building.Dispatchers told 10TV one person was taken to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and another person was taken to OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospita
  
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• 5 maintenance tips to know before you hit the road on Labor Day weekend

  29-08-2019 14:25
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- If you're hitting the road this Labor Day holiday weekend, you're not alone. Most Ohio drivers will be driving in-state to one destination or another. Before you go, AAA has five things you need to check before you go."There's lots of things to look over before you do that last trip of the summer," says Steve Miller, service manager at the AAA Car Care Plus in Grandview. The most often overlooked? Your car's fluid levels."Eight out of ten cars we see in here are low on m
  
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• Woman fights off mother bear with baseball bat after it broke into her home with cub

  29-08-2019 13:20
  
  PINE, Colorado - Goldilocks may have stumbled upon the home of the three little bears in the classic children's story, but this time it was the other way around — and the bears weren't nearly as friendly. A Pine, Colorado, couple was forced to fight off a mother bear with their bare hands and a baseball bat after the animal broke into their house with her cub, reports CBS Denver.Jon Johnson, 71, was downstairs in his home watching television with his wife George Field on Monday night when
  
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• Ohio woman charged with corpse abuse after body found in home

  29-08-2019 12:42
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor in Ohio says a woman who resided in an apartment where a missing man's body was found has been charged with tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. says grand jurors on Wednesday indicted 52-year-old Christine Michael on charges that also include failure to report knowledge of a death.Heck's statement said West Carrollton police found 69-year-old Jerry Wayne Truett's body in a bedroom of Michael's residence Fe
  
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• A man on a mission: Father works to protect Pike County students after daughter's death

  29-08-2019 12:36
  PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (10TV) -- Zahn's Corner Middle School is home to a ton of memories. It's the place where hundreds of kids grew up, learned together and played.But, for one father, the memories lingering at Zahn's Corner Middle are bittersweet."She went to school here," said Wayne Smith about his daughter Katlyn. "Life was cut short... she died at 15."Smith's bright-eyed teenage daughter attended the middle school years before it was shut down in May, when radioactive material was detected in a
  
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• Woman charged in fatal wrong-way crash that killed 3 seeks insanity plea

  29-08-2019 12:30
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — A woman who authorities say was driving the wrong way on an interstate in Ohio when she struck a car, killing a couple and their 10-year-old daughter, has filed a motion for a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity to charges including murder.Twenty-one-year-old Abby Michaels earlier pleaded not guilty in the March crash to charges that also include aggravated vehicular homicide and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Montgomery County court records show he
  
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• Woman charged in fatal crash seeks insanity plea

  29-08-2019 12:30
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — A woman who authorities say was driving the wrong way on an interstate in Ohio when she struck a car, killing a couple and their 10-year-old daughter, has filed a motion for a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity to charges including murder.Twenty-one-year-old Abby Michaels earlier pleaded not guilty in the March crash to charges that also include aggravated vehicular homicide and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Montgomery County court records show he
  
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• Woman angry at Biden buys $500,000 in ads against him

  29-08-2019 12:24
  
  A wealthy private citizen named Shirley Shawe has purchased $500,000 in ad time in early-voting states to slam Joe Biden over a business dispute that negatively affected her son's company years ago. The ad, which has little to do with 2020 issues, instead focuses on a bit of business arcana, the Delaware Chancery Court system, which was formed to adjudicate business disputes involving Delaware-based corporations."The Delaware court is too male, too white and anything but open," the ad's narrator
  
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• 4 construction workers injured in Mansfield crash

  29-08-2019 12:21
  
  RICHLAND COUNTY - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an injury crash that happened Thursday evening.It happened just after 9 p.m. on Interstate 71 northbound near milepost 173.A construction crew from A&A Safety was on the back of a cone truck setting up a work zone when a pickup truck struck the cone truck. Then a commercial vehicle struck the pickup truck.Two construction workers were on the back of the cone truck when it was struck, and another contractor was standing outside
  
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• Police looking for missing adult in Champaign County

  29-08-2019 05:23
  
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY - The Champaign County Sheriff's Office is looking for a missing adult who has developmental disabilities and law enforcement is concerned about his safety.His name is Donald Wilson and he was last seen on Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. leaving his residence on Water Street in the city of Urbana and hasn't returned.Wilson is described as a white male, age 65, 5 foot 10 inches tall, weighing 216 pounds with white hair and blue eyes.Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts i
  
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• 'We need answers': Family mourns man killed in east Columbus shooting

  29-08-2019 04:35
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus family is asking for answers after their loved one died after a shooting.Police responded to Mt. Vernon Avenue and N. 17th Street on Tuesday after a car crashed into a structure. Police said the driver was suffering from a gunshot wound. The man was taken to the hospital. His seven-year-old daughter, who was also in the car, went to the hospital as a precaution.William H. Hill III, 27, died from his injuries.On Wednesday, family gathered for a vigil in his honor where
  
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• Children born to U.S. troops and government employees abroad won't automatically become citizens

  29-08-2019 02:04
  
  Children of certain U.S. government employees and service members born abroad will no longer be automatically considered U.S. citizens, according to a new guidance by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), although the agency had a long list of categories that would be exempt from the guidance.Historically, children born to U.S. citizen parents in foreign countries have been automatically granted citizenship under Immigration Nationality Act 320. This new policy, which would be enact
  
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• Circleville police focus on student safety, child predators

  29-08-2019 01:24
  CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio - There's more to being a school resource officer than you might think."What I expected to do...an occasional theft or a fight...it's more of being involved in these kids' lives and trying to help them out," David McIntyre said.McIntyre has been a school resource officer (SRO) for Circleville City Schools the last four years. His biggest concern isn't so much who's coming in the schools, but what's already inside."On a daily basis, kids will bring their phones up [and say] 'Hey
  
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• Fewer students are playing high school sports

  29-08-2019 00:02
  A national survey reveals participation in high school athletic down not only in Ohio, but nationwide.The data revealed participation in high school sports declined during the 2018-19 school year for the first time in 30 years.The data also reveals a decline in the two most popular sports – basketball and football -- played a large role in the decrease with participation in football declining by 30,829 between the school year ending in 2017 and beginning in 2018.“The state of sports
  
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