Wednesday, January 27, 2016

How Is Seth Jones Fitting in Here in Columbus? and other top stories.

  • How Is Seth Jones Fitting in Here in Columbus?

    How Is Seth Jones Fitting in Here in Columbus?
    Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports Heading into the All Star Break, we take a brief look at his first month with the Blue Jackets Seth Jones was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on January 6 in a blockbuster trade that saw Ryan Johansen shipped out of town to the Nashville Predators. It was a stunning trade, one that saw the number one center of the franchise traded for a 21 year old defenseman. Seth Jones comes to Columbus as a former first round draft pick, taken 4th overall by the..
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  • Republican National Convention chases Alternative Press Music ...

    Republican National Convention chases Alternative Press Music ...
    CLEVELAND, Ohio – As we reported last week, the Alternative Press Music Awards are waving goodbye to Cleveland, at least for the time being. Cleveland-based Alternative Press Magazine confirmed its annual award show will take place on July 18 at The Value City Arena at The Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus. The APMAS have been held in Cleveland – at Voinovich Park and The Q – the previous two years. "The first two APMAs took place in Cleveland, Ohio, and now we are moving into an even bi..
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  • Ohio EPA knew of lead contamination in Sebring for months

    Ohio EPA knew of lead contamination in Sebring for months
    State environmental officials knew as early as October that residents of Sebring in Mahoning County were drinking water contaminated with lead but did not warn the public, records show. Instead, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency sent multiple warnings to the Sebring Water Treatment Plant, demanding that operators there notify the public that tests showed elevated lead levels. The EPA even set a deadline of Nov. 29 to notify customers of the health threat. No warnings were issued, accordi..
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  • Family heirloom ring taken during armed home invasion

    Family heirloom ring taken during armed home invasion
    (Columbus police) COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Columbus police are looking for a man who robbed a 75-year-old woman and took a ring that was more than 200 years old. It happened on December 21 at a home near Gender Road and Refugee Road in Columbus. (Columbus police) According to Columbus police, the victim was outside filling her bird feeder when a man appeared behind her. He forced her into her home at gunpoint and robbed her. The man went into the house, demanded jewelry and money and bega..
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  • City Council president: It's time to talk about mass transit again

    City Council president: It's time to talk about mass transit again
    The president of Columbus City Council wants to restart discussions to bring a mass-transit option to Central Ohio after years of stalled efforts.
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  • COTA plans bus line between airport and Downtown

    Visitors flying into Columbus soon will have a new option to travel between the airport and Downtown. The Central Ohio Transit Authority plans to start running a new circulator between Port Columbus and the city center in May. The new service, dubbed AirConnect, will stop at the airport’s arrival and departure area and loop through Downtown Columbus. The buses will be specially branded, similar to the Cbus Downtown circulator. Buses will run every 30 minutes, seven days a week. Passengers will ..
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  • Minimum-wage hike, paid medical leave among Ohio Democrats ...

    Minimum-wage hike, paid medical leave among Ohio Democrats ...
    Ohio legislative Democrats rolled out their economic agenda today, including a bump in the minimum wage, paid medical leave and efforts to end gender pay disparities. “We need to refocus state government’s efforts away from chasing political headlines in national campaigns to policy solutions that create a path to economic stability for working people in our state,” said House Minority Leader Fred Strahorn, D-Dayton. “Too many Ohioans are just getting by and feel the economy is out of balance.”..
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  • Finding Christie Mullins' murderer—40 years too late

    Finding Christie Mullins' murderer—40 years too late
    It took 40 years to find Christie Mullins’ killer. But the final verdict, and a police apology, didn’t feel much like justice. Kim Mullins strategically chose to stand in the corner of the starkly plain and drearily official Columbus Police Academy lobby on Hague Avenue. A line of reporters with bright lights and video cameras were off to her right, a line of detectives in suits facing her. With hands shaking, she hit the record button on her cellphone. Sgt. Eric Pilya, head of the six-person C..
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  • NBA roundup | Clippers' Griffin out after breaking hand

    NBA roundup | Clippers' Griffin out after breaking hand
    INDIANAPOLIS — Blake Griffin is expected to miss four to six weeks with a broken shooting hand after punching a Los Angeles Clippers staff member during a road trip. The star forward underwent a procedure and was treated by an orthopedic surgeon after returning early to Los Angeles from the five-game trip, the team said Tuesday. He has a spiral fracture of the fourth metacarpal in his right hand. A person with knowledge of the incident said Griffin and equipment manager Matias Testi got into ..
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  • Jury begins deliberations in Pickaway County murder-for-hire case

    Jury begins deliberations in Pickaway County murder-for-hire case
    CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — After two days of testimony and 90 minutes of closing arguments in Pickaway Common Pleas Court today, a jury of eight men and four women began deliberations over whether  Tara Lambert conspired to kill a couple who she admits she hated. Prosecutors say the defense threw up “some smoke and mirrors,”  but the case is really pretty simple. “It is what it is,” said Jayme Hartley Fountain, an assistant Pickaway County prosecutor. “She had a hatred of Shawn and Kellie Cooke so dee..
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Circleville woman on trial in murder-for-hire scheme .Mitchell J. Brown, now on Columbus City Council, wants to help ... .
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