Kasich ups ante with Trump over Muslim database
Now it’s John Kasich himself who’s taking a shot at Donald Trump.The governor issued a statement this morning about Trump’s proposal to force Muslims in the United States to become part of a national database.Kasich said, “The idea that someone would have to register with the federal government because of their religion strikes against all that we have believed in our nation’s history. It is yet another example of trying to divide people, one against the other. Donald Trump is unable to uni..>> view originalColumbus Police recruits experience riot training | NBC4i
Columbus Police recruits experience riot trainingByMarcus ThorpePublished:November 20, 2015, 11:09 amUpdated:November 20, 2015, 11:35 amCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)–New recruits with the Columbus Division of Police were trained for riots Friday morning.Training includes updated techniques to their decades old plans.As with any training there is a high importance on communication. Teams have to know exactly what the officer next to them will do next.There are formations like the wedge, there are easy to..>> view originalComputer-data freeze drags on for 5 days for Columbus schools | The Columbus Dispatch
A computer malfunction left thousands of Columbus City Schools employees unable to access their documents for five days last week.Fixing the problem required the district’s data-processing department to move huge amounts of data from the Kingswood Data Center near Ohio State University to a warehouse backup site near the state fairgrounds, tying up the bandwidth and slowing other systems.The crisis began on Nov. 9 and was finally resolved on Nov. 13, said Michele VanDyke, the district’s tec..>> view originalColumbus firefighters reject contract offer | The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus firefighters recently rejected a three-year contract proposal that would have given them raises of 3.5 percent in the first two years and 3 percent in the final year.Union members mainly objected to lower pay differentials for paramedics and increases in health-insurance premiums.More than two-thirds of the members rejected the contract, according to three firefighters, including a captain. It was a surprise to many at City Hall who thought the two sides were in agreement after nea..>> view originalSecond chances: Many who attempt suicide can be stopped
Richard Miller grabbed a loaded gun and headed to the river near his parents’ house. He was going to die. This time, there was no doubt.“I knew I would pull the trigger,” he said. “I was done.”It would be the end of a life of pain, of violence and molestation, of drugs and prostitution, of a troubled kid set loose on the streets at 14. Miller the boy wanted a hug. Instead, he got thrown through a wall.Cory Dobbelaere’s world was about to collapse, and he saw no other way out. He swallowed e..>> view originalConvicted spy Pollard released from US custody, gov't says
WASHINGTON (AP) Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard has been released from prison, a U.S. government official and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday, culminating an extraordinary espionage case that occasionally complicated American-Israeli relations over nearly 30 years."The people of Israel welcome the release of Jonathan A. Pollard," Netanyahu said in a statement. "As someone who raised Jonathan's case for years with successive American presidents, I had long hoped this day wou..>> view originalColumbus police officer hurt in motorcycle hit-skip | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | WTTE
©WTTE | Portions are ©Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or distributed.WTTE FOX28 provides local news, weather forecasts and alerts, traffic updates, consumer advocacy, and the latest information about sports, politics, law enforcement, community events, government waste, and much more, including Fox network news, sports and entertainment programming. WTTE serves Columbus and nearby towns and communities in central Ohio, including Du..>> view originalPolice officers feel weight of duty in Holocaust trip
The sight and smell of shoes is what has stuck with Columbus police Sgt. James Fuqua.His response was not uncommon among the 56 city police officers who attended an October tour and training session at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.The 4,000 shoes from Holocaust victims are displayed within arm’s reach, and they are just a tiny portion of the number recovered from the Nazis’ Majdanek concentration camp in Poland.“That was probably, by far, the quietest portion of the tour..>> view originalYouth gearing up for annual deer-hunting season
Ohio’s annual youth deer-hunting season is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, giving hunters 17 and younger a chance to bag white-tailed deer.The two-day season is open to young hunters with a valid youth hunting license and a deer permit. They must be accompanied by a non-hunting adult.Last year, young hunters checked 6,453 deer, and in 2013, 6,640, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.The youth deer-gun season is among four youth-only hunting seasons, designed to offer a ..>> view originalNew STEM school just what students wanted
It’s early yet for the fledgling Metro Institute of Technology, but for 14-year-old Jayden Toomer, the first five-year STEM school in Ohio is turning out as he had hoped.“I brag about the school all the time,” Jayden said as he led a tour through MIT, which meets on the second floor of Franklin University’s Phillips Hall.Jayden, from Grandview Heights, hopes to become an aerospace engineer.The school is in its pilot year, sponsored by Battelle and the sister school of the 9-year-old Metro E..>> view original
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