Monday, September 25, 2017

Not so cool at school: Columbus City Schools dismiss early to beat ... and other top stories.

  • Not so cool at school: Columbus City Schools dismiss early to beat ...

    Not so cool at school: Columbus City Schools dismiss early to beat ...
    COLUMBUS -- According to Columbus City Schools Public Information Officer Scott Varner, all Columbus City Schools will release early Monday."We think it's well worth it to be safe to have those missing hours," Varner said.Due to the heat wave hitting Columbus and the lack of air conditioning in many of the buildings, the high schools and middle schools will release at noon.Elementary schools will release at 1 p.m."We will still be serving breakfast and lunch. So, we will make sure that students ..
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  • All Columbus City Schools to close early Monday

    All Columbus City Schools to close early Monday
    COLUMBUS -- According to Columbus City Schools Public Information Officer Scott Varner, all Columbus City Schools will release early Monday."We think it's well worth it to be safe to have those missing hours," Varner said.Due to the heat wave hitting Columbus and the lack of air conditioning in many of the buildings, the high schools and middle schools will release at noon.Elementary schools will release at 1 p.m."We will still be serving breakfast and lunch. So, we will make sure that students ..
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  • Heat to cause early dismissal Monday at Columbus City Schools

    Heat to cause early dismissal Monday at Columbus City Schools
    Because of lack of air conditioning in 40 builds and expected extreme heat Monday, Columbus City Schools will dismiss early. (WSYX/WTTE)COLUMBUS (WSYX/WTTE) รข€” Columbus City Schools will all release students early Monday.All high schools and middle schools will close at noon and elementary schools will close at 1 p.m.District spokesman Scott Varner said the extreme heat, combined with 40 buildings having no air conditioning, is causing the early release.There will also be no sports or after sch..
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  • Police: Child dies after being struck by vehicle in north Columbus

    Police: Child dies after being struck by vehicle in north Columbus
    COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Police say a child is dead after being struck by a vehicle in north Columbus. Police were called to the area of 2372 Howey Road around 6:34pm on the report of a pedestrian struck. Police say the driver, Kentin Marcum, was pulling in when he hit a child playing on the driveway. Dispatchers say the child, now identified as two-year-old Mya Canfield, was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead. There were two children in the v..
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  • Columbus Ranked #5 City for Millennials in 2017

    Columbus Ranked #5 City for Millennials in 2017
    Columbus Ranked #5 City for Millennials in 2017  September 24, 2017 3:33 pm  Walker Evans Photo by Nicolas Huk.If you were born between 1982 and 2000, there’s fewer better places for you to live than Columbus. At least that’s what a new list from ApartmentList.com has to say on the matter.According to their report, Columbus ranks #5 for best cities for Millennials based upon metrics that measure the strength of the job market, affordability based on median rent prices and a livability score (ac..
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  • Does Columbus zoning board bulldoze area-commission decisions?

    Does Columbus zoning board bulldoze area-commission decisions?
    Mark Ferenchik The Columbus Dispatch @MarkFerenchikRick Rouan The Columbus Dispatch @RickRouan The buildings have been razed. The ground they sat on has been graded and flattened.Soon, 109 apartments in three- and five-story buildings will rise there, just west of North High Street near the Ohio State University campus.It took months and several long meetings for the final plan for the controversial View on Pavey Square project to take shape, after opposition from the community ..
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  • Tariffs, wildfires and, now, hurricanes make construction projects ...

    Tariffs, wildfires and, now, hurricanes make construction projects ...
    Jim Weiker The Columbus Dispatch @JimWeikerMarla Rose The Columbus Dispatch @MarlaMRose Storms that drenched Florida and Houston could dampen central Ohio's construction industry. Already faced with rising costs and a shortage of workers, Columbus-area contractors are bracing for possible material shortages, higher prices and delays caused by Hurricane Irma and Tropical Storm Harvey. "I do expect there will be a tightening of supply of some materials, and some associated cost in..
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  • Weiner due in court for sentencing in sexting scandal

    Weiner due in court for sentencing in sexting scandal
    Published: 09/25/17 06:31 am EDT NEW YORK (AP) - Anthony Weiner is scheduled to be sentenced in a sexting scandal that some blame for Hillary Clinton's presidential loss.The former New York congressman faces up to 27 months in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to one charge of transferring obscene material to a minor. Prosecutors say he broke the law by having illicit contact with a 15-year-old girl using Skype and Snapchat.The Democrat's sexting habit destroyed his career in Congress. ..
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  • Police name suspect in Tennessee church shooting

    Police name suspect in Tennessee church shooting
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A masked gunman opened fire at a Nashville church Sunday, walking silently down the aisle as he shot unsuspecting congregants. At least one person was killed and seven others wounded, authorities said.An usher confronted the shooter, who apparently shot himself in the struggle before he was arrested, police said.The FBI said Sunday night it has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ.No motive was immediately determined. Ch..
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  • Lawyer: Kushner used personal email for some WH messages

    Lawyer: Kushner used personal email for some WH messages
    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, occasionally used his personal email account to communicate with colleagues in the White House, his lawyer said Sunday.Between January and August, Kushner sent or responded to fewer than 100 emails from White House officials from his private account, attorney Abbe Lowell said in a statement."These usually forwarded news articles or political commentary and most often occurred when someone initiated the exchange by sending an email ..
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