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  • Teenager dead after shooting near north Columbus convenience store | NBC4i

    Teenager dead after shooting near north Columbus convenience store | NBC4i
    Teenager dead after shooting near north Columbus convenience storeCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — We now know the name of a 16-year-old boy that died after a shooting near the Woodland Express convenience store Monday evening.He is identified as Tykeme Eskridge.Columbus police confirmed Eskridge was killed after reports of a shooting near 1785 Woodland Avenue, between Argyle Drive and Jermain Drive, at 6:33 p.m. The victim was found in the parking lot and was pronounced dead at the scene.Investigators s..
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  • North Side shooting victim was 16-year-old boy

    North Side shooting victim was 16-year-old boy
    The victim of a fatal shooting tonight on the North Side was a 16-year-old boy, Columbus police have confirmed.The teen died when he was shot in his head, in the parking lot of a small convenience store.Sgt. David Sicilian, of the Police Division’s homicide squad, confirmed that the person who died was 16, but said his name isn’t yet being released because all relatives haven’t yet been notified.Police said they received a call at 6:39 p.m. that a person had been found shot near the interse..
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  • Columbus Public Health Launching Initiative To Teach Parents Infant Sleep Safety | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio

    Columbus Public Health Launching Initiative To Teach Parents Infant Sleep Safety | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio
    COLUMBUS, Ohio - Four years ago, Scott Widener had to bury his son, Jude, who died suddenly in his sleep.Since that time, the Columbus Division of Fire Paramedic has found reward in teaching safe sleep habits wherever he goes.As he says: "When you know better, you do better.”Widener says every emergency call includes a sweep of sleeping conditions and solutions on the spot if needed.A safe crib is just a phone call away and can be on site within roughly 20 minutes.Widener is part of a w..
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  • Former council president Michael Mentel to challenge...

    Former council president Michael Mentel to challenge...
    Michael C. Mentel, the former Columbus City Council president, will take on Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks in the Democratic primary race for the three-member county commission in 2016.“I’ve received encouragement to seek the office,” Mentel, 53, said on Monday. He said he believes he could work well with the existing commissioners to improve county social services, including for “those who don’t have shelter or food.”Mentel filed to pull petition nomination sheets on Monday. Tho..
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  • Columbus’ Own: Twin bond, quick execution makes The Opals shine | The Lantern

    Columbus’ Own: Twin bond, quick execution makes The Opals shine | The Lantern
    Local Columbus band The Opals performs during a live show. Credit: Courtesy of Elephotography and Bethany EllenIn an attempt to shine light on local music,The Lantern’s“Columbus’ Own” is a weekly series that will profile a new Columbus band each week.Despite its laid-back sound, The Opals are moving fast. The band’s first EP, titled “ESP,” was written, recorded and finished within two months.The recording was done at the Mershon Auditorium, a familiar place for the four Ohio State students.Twins..
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  • More money approved to transport exotic animals out of state

    More money approved to transport exotic animals out of state
    The state Controlling Board approved $500,000 in emergency funding todayfor the state’s Dangerous Wild Animal Temporary Holding Facility in Reynoldsburg.The Ohio Department of Agriculture requested the moneyin order to care for and transport its range of exotic animals, which are surrendered to or seized by the state, until the end of the fiscal year in June.The department had two requests: one asking for the initial amount of $500,000 and the other requesting that the board waive a competi..
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  • SeaWorld will end its killer whale shows in San Diego

    SeaWorld will end its killer whale shows in San Diego
    ©WTTE | Portions are ©Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or distributed.WTTE FOX28 provides local news, weather forecasts and alerts, traffic updates, consumer advocacy, and the latest information about sports, politics, law enforcement, community events, government waste, and much more, including Fox network news, sports and entertainment programming. WTTE serves Columbus and nearby towns and communities in central Ohio, including Du..
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  • Police looking for 2 persons of interest after teen killed

    Police looking for 2 persons of interest after teen killed
    ©WSYX | Portions are ©Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or distributed.WSYX ABC 6 is On Your Side, providing local news, first warning weather forecasts and alerts, traffic updates, consumer advocacy, and the latest information about sports, politics, law enforcement, community events, government waste, and much more, including ABC network news and entertainment programming. WSYX proudly serves Columbus and nearby towns and communiti..
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  • Energy proposal could be first to test Issue 2 amendment

    Energy proposal could be first to test Issue 2 amendment
    Ohio’s newly approved anti-monopoly amendment could get its first test in a $13 billion green-energy proposal.State Issue 2,a constitutional amendment approved last week by voters while they were turning thumbs down on marijuana legalization, could affect the Ohio Clean Energy Initiative, to be considered by the Ohio Ballot Board at a meeting at 3 p.m. today at the Statehouse.The energy proposal, for which Attorney General Mike DeWine approved language last week, would require the state to ..
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  • Holocaust survivor Murray Ebner praised for 'a noble and...

    Holocaust survivor Murray Ebner praised for 'a noble and...
    Murray Ebner was a Holocaust survivor, enduring the horrors of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.He used to say that he felt that it was his responsibility to tell his story, so that future generations would know and never forget.Ebner wrote a book about it, told scores of schoolchildren about his ordeals and became a philanthropist in his adopted hometown of Columbus.But his daughter Lisa Rosen said that for many years she never knew about what her father went through. “The intere..
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