Friday, December 30, 2016

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  • John Glenn, American hero, aviation icon and former US senator ...

    John Glenn, American hero, aviation icon and former US senator ...
    His legend is otherworldly and now, at age 95, so is John Glenn. An authentic hero and genuine American icon, Glenn died this afternoon surrounded by family at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus after a remarkably healthy life spent almost from the cradle with Annie, his beloved wife of 73 years, who survives. He, along with fellow aviators Orville and Wilbur Wright and moon-walker Neil Armstrong, truly made Ohio first in flight. “John Glenn is, and always will be, Ohi..
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  • Push to build Cleveland Browns training center resurrected in ...

    Push to build Cleveland Browns training center resurrected in ...
    The Cleveland Browns' training camp probably will come to Columbus in 2018. The city is working with the NFL team and Franklin County on a long-term deal to build a larger recreation center at Tuttle Park near Ohio State University that would host part of the Browns' training camp during the summer. Under the current proposal, the Browns and Franklin County each would contribute $5 million, and the city would cover the rest of the cost of the new recreation center, said Tony Collins, Columbus' ..
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  • Donald Trump meets, praises Ohio State police officer who shot ...

    Donald Trump meets, praises Ohio State police officer who shot ...
    On Thursday, Trump concentrated on the victims and first responders, visiting them separately in Schottenstein Center meeting rooms about a mile from where an 18-year-old student drove a Honda Civic into a crowd, got out and began slashing people with a butcher knife. After the half-hour session, Trump called those he met “really great people, amazing people. The police and first responders were incredible.” Among those Trump talked with was OSU police officer Alan Horujko, who fatally shot Abd..
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  • Security guard hospitalized, man in critical condition after southeast ...

    Security guard hospitalized, man in critical condition after southeast ...
    COLUMBUS (WCMH) – A security guard was injured and another man was critically injured in a shooting Thursday night in southeast Columbus. It happened just before 8:30pm in the 5500 block of Tinley Park in Columbus. Police arrived on scene to find a man, now identified as Christopher A. Wilkes, who had been shot in the upper body. Police say the security guard told them the man attempted to hit him with his car so he fired his weapon to defend himself. They say it appears right now that the sec..
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  • Columbus to be U.S. test market for Anheuser-Busch study on ...

    Columbus to be U.S. test market for Anheuser-Busch study on ...
    Budweiser cans rolling off an… more Anheuser-Busch Budweiser is one of the world's best-known beer brands. Anheuser-Busch Anheuser-Busch InBev is tapping Columbus as a test market, but not for a new beer. The Belgium-based brewer alongside the city of Columbus and Columbus Public Health will conduct a citywide study on the harmful..
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  • Book review | Radio's role in Columbus explored in new book

    Book review | Radio's role in Columbus explored in new book
    When a publisher of historical narratives approached Mike Adams about writing a book on the evolution of radio in Columbus, the idea intrigued him. The one hiccup: Adams hadn't lived in central Ohio for roughly three decades. Nonetheless, both parties eventually agreed that Adams remained the man for the job. The Newark native, who grew up taking apart radios, studied and worked at the student radio station at Ohio University in the late 1950s. He then landed his first on-air gig at age 19 as a..
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  • Pres. elect Trump heads to Columbus to meet with OSU attack victims

    Pres. elect Trump heads to Columbus to meet with OSU attack victims
    NEW YORK (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump is taking on a somber task Thursday that became all too familiar to his predecessor – supporting survivors after an outbreak of violence, this time families and victims from last week’s attack at Ohio State University. Trump is flying to Columbus, Ohio, to meet with several people who were slashed by Ohio State student Abdul Razak Ali Artan. Artan, 18, first rammed a campus crowd with his car before getting out with a knife and stabbing students befo..
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  • Report: Cleveland Browns exploring options in Columbus for new ...

    Report: Cleveland Browns exploring options in Columbus for new ...
    CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Browns are looking at facilities in Columbus to move their football operations, including their training camp."Representatives have approached us about looking into different options, and currently, we are exploring an opportunity in Columbus, which would include a financial contribution from the team towards a community-based recreational facility," the team said in a statement posted Thursday.  The Browns, who currently train at a facility in Berea, said they are loo..
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  • Hocking Hills Dining Lodge damaged in fire

    Hocking Hills Dining Lodge damaged in fire
    Published: 12/08/16 09:19 am EST.Updated: 12/08/16 09:09 pm EST. A fire has severely damaged the Hocking Hills Dining Hall, according to the restaurant’s Facebook page.“Well, it is with a heavy heart that we have to inform you that the Hocking Hills Dining Lodge that we knew is no more,” the post read.The fire started shortly before 9 a.m. at the dining hall located on State Route 664 near Old Man’s Cave in Logan.Twenty-five trucks were called to the scene from four different departments.The ..
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  • Hilliard Rome Road shut down after barn fire

    Hilliard Rome Road shut down after barn fire
    Published: 12/09/16 05:13 am EST.Updated: 12/09/16 07:23 am EST. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Hilliard Rome Road at Summerlin Way is shut down after an early morning barn fire.It happened at the Hilliard Farmer's Market at 12:51 a.m. Friday. It took firefighters nearly four hours to get control of the flames.Equipment was stored inside the barn. Right now, we don't know how much damage was caused, or what sparked the fire.Stay with 10tv.com for updates on the closure and fire investigation. ©2016 by 10T..
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