Thursday, September 8, 2016

Questions remain as Ohio medical marijuana law takes effect and other top stories.

  • Questions remain as Ohio medical marijuana law takes effect

    Questions remain as Ohio medical marijuana law takes effect
    Columbus — Ohio has yet to outline how exactly its new medical marijuana law will work even as it is set to take effect Thursday, leaving a host of unanswered questions by doctors, patients, pharmacists, police and many others. Rules for producing, prescribing and distributing cannabis to eligible patients are expected to take up to a year to craft. Ohio is the 25th state to legalize medical marijuana. Its law was fast-tracked by a Republican-controlled Legislature after it appeared all but ..
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  • Saved by the Bell: Columbus State offers scholarships for ITT Tech ...

    Saved by the Bell: Columbus State offers scholarships for ITT Tech ...
    Related Coverage COLUMBUS (WCMH) — A local ITT Technical Institute student was saved by the bell after said she withdrew just days before the school announced it was closing on Tuesday. Beth Kulp, a former ITT Tech student, enrolled at Columbus State Community College at the end of August. She said for weeks she knew something wasn’t right at her old school. She started at ITT Tech this summer, training to become a nurse. “I did really good,” she said. “I was really excited to continue my edu..
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  • Mom wants streetlights in wake of drive-by

    Mom wants streetlights in wake of drive-by
    UPDATE @ 11:03 p.m. (Sept. 7): The mother of the 4-year-old who was shot in the head a week ago in a drive-by outside their home in Urbana said the family possibly could have gotten a better look at the suspect vehicle had there been streetlights in the neighborhood. The street in Urbana where police said Maci Clay was shot by someone who used an airsoft pellet or BB rifle is pitch black and her mother, Sarah Clay, said the family has been victimized by thieves because it’s so dark in the neigh..
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  • 'Major electrical failure' hits Kettering

    'Major electrical failure' hits Kettering
    The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force ranked third in a nationwide poll for best free museum in the United States. The museum, which opened a more than $40 million expansion in June, landed in the No. 3 spot on the USA Today www.10best.com contest, according to the website. “To be a part of the top three, when you look at the list of all those great facilities in there, it’s a great honor,” museum director John “Jack” Hudson said in an interview Tuesday. The Air Force museum was one of 20 ..
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  • Goodell doesn't agree with Kaepernick's actions

    Goodell doesn't agree with Kaepernick's actions
    San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, middle, kneels during the national anthem before the team's NFL preseason football game against the San Diego Chargers, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell disagrees with Colin Kaepernick’s choice to kneel during the national anthem, but recognizes the quarterback’s right to protest. Asked by The Associated Press about Kaepernick’s decision not to stand before ..
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  • Abortion in Ohio would be prosecuted as murder under ballot proposal

    Abortion in Ohio would be prosecuted as murder under ballot proposal
    Abortion would be made illegal in Ohio, with any abortion classified as aggravated murder, under ballot language submitted to Attorney General Mike DeWine. A  proposed constitutional amendment was submitted to DeWine's office Friday. The attorney general has until Monday to determine if the wording meets requirements. The issue was turned in by three individuals — Laura Burton of Cleveland, Anthony Dipane of Monroe Falls, and Dustin Paulson of Strasburg — and is not connected with Right to Lif..
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  • Hum will play a sold out show at the Union on Saturday.

    Hum will play a sold out show at the Union on Saturday.
    Not all cult '90s rock bands are together anymore, let alone touring. But one still is, and it's heading to The Union Bar & Grill.On Saturday, Hum will play at The Union at 9 p.m. with Dibiase and Megawave. Tickets for the show are now sold out. Hum has played at The Union many times before, and it was one of the first out of town shows the bar booked, Eric Gunn, an owner of The Union, said. “They really haven’t toured a whole lot, and they started doing some shows, so we contacted their booki..
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  • Employers figuring out how to deal with Ohio's newly legal medical ...

    Employers figuring out how to deal with Ohio's newly legal medical ...
    Medical marijuana just became legal in Ohio.But while Ohio’s medical marijuana law is in effect as of Sept. 8, don’t expect pot to be available for at least a year — and perhaps two years — as the state continues to sort out such things as regulations, commissions, who can grow, process and dispense it, who can authorize it, and how people can get it.
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  • CSX files lawsuit, saying Scioto project damaged rail bridge

    CSX files lawsuit, saying Scioto project damaged rail bridge
    The Scioto Greenways project that beautified the Scioto River where it flows Downtown also damaged a CSX bridge that cost $9.3 million to fix, according to the rail company, which wants to be reimbursed. CSX contends in a lawsuit filed in federal court in June that removing the lowhead dam south of the Main Street bridge and deepening the channel exposed the piers of its four-track freight bridge to "scouring." The rail bridge is a bit farther south, near Miranova.  Excavating the river bottom..
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  • Columbus Own: Field Sleeper avoids overthinking

    Columbus Own: Field Sleeper avoids overthinking
    Please follow and like us:In Barry Green’s “The Inner Game of Music,” there’s a quote from psychologist Fritz Perls, that Alexander Paquet, also known as Field Sleeper, has chosen as his motto. “Trying fails, awareness cures,” it reads. Paquet said when it comes to performing, the harder you try, the more confused you will get. “The clearer your head is, the better the performance will be,” he said. “I want to be able to start a performance with a mentally blank state, keep all the nervous t..
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