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• Columbus looks to shut down hotel plagued by crime

  

  Published: 05/23/17 04:07 pm EDT.Updated: 05/23/17 05:38 pm EDT. The city of Columbus has filed a complaint to close a hotel that they say has been plagued for years with shootings, drug trafficking, prostitution and reports of rape and sexual assault.According to the complaint, police and fire have received more than 320 calls for service since 2015 from the Super 8 Hotel located at 2055 Brice Road.Columbus City Attorney Richard Pfeiffer Jr. filed the complaint and has requested an emergency..

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• Inventory management app for restaurants launching in Columbus

  

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• Columbus police searching for UDF robbery suspects

  

  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Police are searching for two suspects who robbed an east Columbus UDF at gunpoint. According to the Columbus Division of Police, at about 3am, two males walked into the UDF located in the 2600 block of Noe Bixby Road and approached the front counter. Police said the first male through the door pulled a handgun, pointed it at the two store clerks and demanded they open the registers. The second male then began stuffing his pockets with cash after both drawers were opened. The ..

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• Guide to Farmers Markets Around Columbus – 2017

  

  A few changes to Farmers Markets this year, so it’s time for an update on where you can find local, fresh produce and more to stock your pantry and get the bests tastes of the season.Unfortunately, Dublin did not receive enough visitors at their Oakland Nursery location and will be taking 2017 off. They hope to return in 2018. Merion Village has relocated the Southside Market to the lot next to Tatoheads.If you don’t grow your own food or already support a CSA, Farmers Markets give you a chance ..

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• Ohio manufacturers can benefit from tax reform

  

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• Goat yoga? Animals join humans in class at Groveport farm

  

  Margaret Quamme Three rows of yoga mats line much of the green lawn between a farmhouse and barn on a back-road property in Groveport. Strategically positioned between the mats are bowls of goat food. While 28 students spend an hour moving through downward dog and cat/cow, a revolving cast of goats — cheerfully ignoring the odd human activity — circulate among the food dishes and seize the opportunity to indulge in some tree bark and wildflowers along the fence on the edge of the ..

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• Police identify body found in Scioto River near downtown Columbus

  

  Published: 05/23/17 09:39 pm EDT.Updated: 05/23/17 10:08 pm EDT. COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police have identified a body found in the Scioto River near Dublin Road last week.Police identified the victim as 28-year-old Corey Kemmerling.A fisherman spotted what he believed to be a body in the river around 7 p.m. on May 19. The Columbus Division of Police Dive Team located the body just after 8:30 p.m.Police said the body was found east of where it was spotted along the north bank of the Scioto ..

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• Columbus Historical Society has new home

  

  Ken Gordon The Columbus Dispatch @kgdispatch With help from Mount Carmel Health System, the Columbus Historical Society has a new home to go with its ambitious plans for the future.On Monday, the nonprofit society signed a two-year lease — for $1 a year in rent — with Mount Carmel to move into a vacant former office building at 717-719 W. Town St.For the past five years, the society has been housed at COSI Columbus. But the science museum needed more space for the anticipated fal..

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• Top of the List: Central Ohio's biggest private schools

  

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• Man dies, woman hospitalized in Pike County crash

  

  Published: 05/23/17 10:29 am EDT.Updated: 05/23/17 10:30 am EDT. PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - The Pike County Sheriff's Office said a man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after a crash on Monday.The sheriff's office said 75-year-old Cecil Hewlett of Piketon was driving south on the North Access Road around 3:15 p.m. when he drove off the left side of the road after going around a curve.The sheriff's office said the vehicle hit a concrete barrier, went into the air, and hit the underside of..

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