Columbus adds more police officers to patrol schools and other top stories.

• Columbus adds more police officers to patrol schools

  

  Columbus City Schools and the city of Columbus will expand their program that puts police officers in schools, from having one in each high school to adding two who will routinelyrotate into middle and occasionally elementary schools. Both the city and district benefit from "a relationship between students at the elementary and middle-school level that we didn't have previously," said Steve McElroy, the district's executive director of business and operations. "And it helps the transition for s..

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• Columbus tops in Ohio for mobile coverage

  If you value reliable mobile coverage, Columbus is the place to be. The city ranked first in Ohio and 12th out of the 125 cities studied by RootMetrics, an organization that collects mobile network performance information. The lowest-ranked city in Ohio was Dayton, at 94th, and the lowest among the 125 was Hudson Valley, New York. The report shows that Columbus is "so far ahead of the curve," said Stu Johnson, vice president of Connected Nation and interim executive director of Connect Ohio, an..

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• Portman says Kasich's support means more than Trump's

  

  It was a no-brainer for Rob Portman. Does the junior U.S. senator value the support of Ohio's popular governor, John Kasich, over that of Donald Trump, the Republican Party's battered presidential candidate? "Yes. No one is more important than John Kasich in this campaign," Portman quickly replied, citing Kasich's record as governor, which he said has earned him the respect of Ohioans. "I don't think there's any surrogate who is more effective ... I talk about John Kasich on the campaign becaus..

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• BrewDog banks $1.5M in first few weeks of crowdfunding

  

  “We love all 50 of course, but the welcome we have received since we started construction on our 42 acre site in Columbus has been nothing short of stunning,” ...

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• Diarrheal disease outbreak grows; Dublin and Columbus close pools

  

  As the number of cases of diarrheal disease in a two-county outbreak has nearly doubled in the past week, some swimming pools have closed and health officials are reaching out to schools and day-care centers to encourage prevention. Cases of cryptosporidiosis linked to area pools, splash pads and a water park — in Columbus and Franklin and Delaware counties — have jumped from 107 a week ago to at least 202. That's more cases than the health departments saw in the past four years combined. Late ..

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• Hope Over Heroin Columbus to kick off Friday to help addicts with ...

  

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• 17 judges all say they can't take Anthony's case

  

  All of the judges in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court have recused themselves from the cases against former county Board of Elections executive director William A. Anthony Jr. and the agency’s former fiscal officer. The court has requested that the state Supreme Court appoint a visiting judge to hear the cases. Anthony is accused of signing time sheets to pay Brenna Umbstaetter, the Board of Elections’ former fiscal officer, for work she didn’t do. He faces one felony count of theft in of..

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• Letter: Columbus Castings needed support

  

  It seems the state cannot or will not take any action to forestall the sale of Columbus Castings, although it throws millions to "start-up" companies that very often do not prove to work out. This is not a start-up, it was a real-time productive company affecting hundreds of employees. Now they will receive unemployment compensation (and rightfully so). Our state lawmakers have been duped into some shady contracts, but this would not be one of those. This would make sense, and maybe that's the ..

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• Trotwood-Madison, Hamilton Township, Columbus DeSales among ...

  

  CLEVELAND, Ohio – For six straight years, Trotwood-Madison has dominated its region. A seventh year appears likely with the Rams returning 3,000-yard junior running back Raveion Hargrove to a talented team, specifically at the skill positions. Meanwhile in Region 11, regular contender St. Francis DeSales is in prime position to emerge again. However, up-and-coming Hamilton Township could be in the way. The Rangers are still searching for their first playoff victory since 1989, but a third st..

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• Bexley to fill superintendent, treasurer jobs

  

  The Bexley Board of Education will be busy this school year searching for replacements for the district's longtime superintendent and treasurer. During Bexley schools' annual convocation for teachers Tuesday, Superintendent Mike Johnson announced that this school year, his 16th with the district, will be his last. His contract will expire next summer. He said on Thursday that he made the announcement to give the board enough time to search for a new leader and make a seamless transition. "I wil..

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