Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Local businesses and classrooms intersect benefitting Columbus ... and other top stories.

  • Local businesses and classrooms intersect benefitting Columbus ...

    COLUMBUS (WCMH) — A giant, open room at Fort Hayes High School serves as the classroom of the future where students can get their hands dirty while learning high needs job skills. “There’s a lot of hands on, and I really like hands on work,” says student Anthony Smock. “It’s so much more fun than just being in a classroom.” Students in the program will be prepared for jobs in high demand industries in central Ohio. “The electrical trade is a growing trade,” says Smock. “A lot of the baby boomer..
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  • The Ohio State Buckeye who waited four years for six points

    The Ohio State Buckeye who waited four years for six points
    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- She cried. She scored. She'd been waiting four years to do it. Kalpana Beach played 30 games her freshman year at Ohio State, starting every one of them during the 2011-2012 season. She played none in 2012-13. None in 2013-14. Seven in 2014-15. And Sunday, on Ohio State' Senior Day, she played her seventh game of this season, scoring six points on 3-of-5 shooting in her final home game. That's 153 points as a freshman, 45 points in four years since. Her right knee, covered wi..
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  • Recapping Thad Matta's call-in show

    Recapping Thad Matta's call-in show
    Ohio State coach Thad Matta held his weekly call-in show this evening. In case you missed it, here are the highlights: *On Jae’Sean Tate: “He’s definitely the heart and soul because you’ve got a great feel going into a game knowing what you’re going to get from him. He’s impacting the game in so many different ways.” Tate suffered a shoulder injury against Nebraska. “We’re taking a look at it, but hopefully he’s going to be fine. We know we need him out there, that’s for sure. After the game, M..
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  • Fort Rapids indoor water park closed after fire, violations: Columbus ...

    Fort Rapids indoor water park closed after fire, violations: Columbus ...
    COLUMBUS, Ohio – An indoor water park in Columbus is shut down for at least the next two months. The owners of Fort Rapids Indoor Water Park and Resort in Columbus have closed the facility for at least eight weeks to make repairs after a small fire damaged electrical panels over the weekend. Had it not been for the fire, though, a history of code violations likely would have shut down the facility. An order issued Monday from the Columbus Police Department gave the popular indoor resort unti..
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  • Popular Cleveland World Festival will not return to Cultural Gardens ...

    Popular Cleveland World Festival will not return to Cultural Gardens ...
    CLEVELAND, Ohio – The popular Cleveland World Festival in the Cultural Gardens will not return for a fourth year. Organizer James Levin has called it quits on what had quickly become one of the city's top summer events, shining new light on the 250 acres and 29 gardens that date back to 1916. "We're not going forward this year and it's a bit disappointing," says Levin, a longtime Cleveland arts promoters who co-founded IngenuityFest, the Cleveland Public Theatre and Gordon Square Arts District..
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  • Ohio State men's basketball | Shoulder injury could end Tate's season

    Ohio State men's basketball | Shoulder injury could end Tate's season
    Ohio State sophomore forward Jae’Sean Tate has had an MRI on his left shoulder, and his status for the rest of the season is uncertain, multiple sources have told The Dispatch. He injured his right shoulder during February of his senior season at Pickerington Central and had surgery to repair a torn labrum, an injury he played through for more than a year. Tate’s father, Jermaine, said his son has been playing through a shoulder injury for a while and that he was waiting to get the results of t..
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  • ADAMH to provide free Narcan to stop fatal overdoses

    ADAMH to provide free Narcan to stop fatal overdoses
    Franklin County's Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board is stepping up its battle against opiate addiction with a new program that will give families a powerful tool to reverse drug overdoses. Family and friends of addicts will be able to receive free kits of naloxone, also known as Narcan, along with lessons in how to administer the drug that can halt a potentially fatal opiate overdose. On Tuesday, the board approved a $50,000 deal with CompDrug to establish the program in Franklin County. It..
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  • State considers delaying charter school quality efforts yet again

    State considers delaying charter school quality efforts yet again
    COLUMBUS, Ohio – The state legislature is considering delaying – yet again – the ratings of charter school oversight agencies that were supposed to be the centerpiece of Gov. John Kasich's plan to fix Ohio's troubled charter industry. The House Education Committee will consider proposals next month to skip rating those agencies, known as sponsors or authorizers, for 2014-15 and this ongoing 2015-16 school year. Committee Chairman Andrew Brenner said the committee has two possible amendments to..
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  • New titles coming to Netflix in March

    New titles coming to Netflix in March
    The Full House adventures will continue on Friday as Netflix premiers their original series Fuller House. D.J. Tanner-Fuller calls upon her sister Stephanie and friend Kimmy to move in and help raise her three boys. Check out the titles coming to Netflix in March below.  March 1 Adult Beginners (2015): When what was to be a major business coup turns into a financial disaster, penniless entrepreneur Jake decamps from Manhattan and lands on his sister's doorstep in suburbia -- where he ends ..
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  • Ohio legislators support bill requiring accommodations for pregnant ...

    Ohio legislators support bill requiring accommodations for pregnant ...
    Responding to a call from more than 150 religious leaders, Republican and Democratic women in the Ohio Senate are banding together to support a bill that would require employers to provide temporary accommodations to protect the health of pregnant and breastfeeding employees. Sen. Shannon Jones, a Republican from Springboro, and Sen. Capri Cafaro, a Democrat from Hubbard, plan to introduce legislation that would apply to businesses with four or more workers. Four other women senators have agree..
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