Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Columbus school board OKs Win-Win changes and other top stories.

  • Columbus school board OKs Win-Win changes

    Columbus school board OKs Win-Win changes
    In May, the Columbus Board of Education authorized Superintendent Dan Good to negotiate with suburban school districts to dissolve the 30-year-old Win-Win agreement "in exchange for compensation." But in the deal approved unanimously by the board Tuesday night, the district got nothing in return for letting Hilliard, South-Western and Westerville schools out of Win-Win, phasing out the more than $2.8 million those districts combined paid Columbus schools each year. The new agreement doesn't eve..
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  • Uber launching food delivery in Columbus

    Uber launching food delivery in Columbus
    Uber wants to do more than give you a lift. Now it wants to ferry your food. Today, the ridesharing company that has upended traditional taxi service is taking on food delivery. UberEats will bring your order, from about 80 restaurants, including Donatos, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams and 6-1-Pho, to your door. Columbus is the first city in Ohio to get the service. Columbus has several competitors in this space, including Cafe Courier, GrubHub and Skip the Dishes. For a limited time, delivery f..
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  • Columbus Castings sale to firm that won't reopen it nears approval

    Columbus Castings sale to firm that won't reopen it nears approval
    The foundry on Parsons Avenue sat silent, as it has for months, while a bankruptcy judge halfway across the country said on Tuesday that he will approve the plant's sale to an owner who does not plan to reopen it. This was the expected outcome following an auction last week, but it was still heartbreaking for many people whose jobs and lives are tied to the foundry and its neighborhood. "It's the punctuation at the end of a sentence that's been written over the years," said Jamie Curry, assi..
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  • Columbus man arrested in murder of New Mexico police officer

    Columbus man arrested in murder of New Mexico police officer
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  • Columbus Police looking for emergency call takers

    Columbus Police looking for emergency call takers
    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey issued a decree Wednesday paving the way for the conditional release of 38,000 prisoners, the justice minister …
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  • Two closed Columbus charters owe state $62211

    Two closed Columbus charters owe state $62211
    Two closed Columbus charter schools run by a person prosecutors labeled as a con man owe the state $62,211. The Talented Tenth Leadership Academy for Boys and Talented Tenth Leadership for Girls collected state taxpayer money for four months before the state shut it down in October 2013. State auditors later determined records were either missing or such a mess that they were unable to review them to determine whether tax dollars were accounted for. The schools each received $40,000 in state f..
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  • Councilman Kerry McCormack Impresses at Public Square City Club ...

    Councilman Kerry McCormack Impresses at Public Square City Club ...
    click to enlarge Sam Allard / Scene Dan Moulthrop (L) scans Twitter for questions for Councilman Kerry McCormack. Before the RNC, it was said that the city's new $50 million Public Square was "ready for its close-up." The city of Cleveland was too, the New York Times observed. And Tuesday afternoon, in a City-Club-hosted conversation on the Square, fledgl..
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  • A true 'Hometown Hero'

    A true 'Hometown Hero'
    Julie Wood of Columbus, formerly of Portsmouth, said Nelson's service to the community is transcendent. “Mary Nelson is a vital part of the Portsmouth ...
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