News: Local
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Slow economy to slow holiday travel
An economy that’s moving slower than a traffic jam is one reason travelers are expected to stay close to home this Memorial Day weekend.
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5 central Ohio locations see greatest pop. growth in Ohio
Four of the top five fastest-growing communities in Ohio since 2010 are in Franklin County, according to new figures from the Census Bureau released today.
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Internet cafe ban approved
Governor John Kasich is expected to sign two bills restricting Internet cafes, which some say are illegal betting parlors.
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A&F chief "regrets" attractiveness comment
The CEO of New Albany-based Abercrombie & Fitch posted a statement on the company’s Facebook page Wednesday addressing a comment by Mike Jeffries that the retailer only wanted to sell to “cool,” “attractive” people.
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Man arrested for shooting at school bus
A Zanesville man has a date in court today on charges that he fired a pellet gun at a school bus Monday, injuring a student.
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Best April ever for Columbus area home sales
Home sales in Ohio and the Columbus area saw a healthy increase in April, rising to a record level in central Ohio.
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Where you can live life in the fast lane
Drivers will soon be able to go faster on nearly 600 miles of Ohio's interstate highways, but not in cities like Columbus.
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Board accepts commission findings; ponders levy
If you live in the Columbus City Schools district, you may be asked to approve a tax levy in November.
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"Pill mills" raided
Federal and state authorities raided three South Side businesses yesterday as part of an investigation into the illegal sale of prescription drugs.
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Groveport levy still losing by a dozen votes
School officials in the Groveport-Madison district can hang onto a slim hope for their levy request, voted down on May 7.
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$30 million means 100 jobs
Dozens of new manufacturing jobs are coming to Madison and Union counties.
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Help for OK twister victims; death toll revised downward
Red Cross volunteers from central Ohio head out this morning to help victims of the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma.
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Area unemployment down 0.5% in April
Unemployment in central Ohio dropped 0.5 percent in April to 5.7 percent, lowest of any of Ohio’s large metropolitan areas,
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Suburbs new pockets of poverty
Urban centers are no longer the front lines in the war against poverty.
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Tea party groups protest IRS in Cincy
Saying that an apology is not enough, members of tea-party groups from Ohio and other states are converging on the Cincinnati office where IRS staffers subjected those groups’ applications tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny.
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Third fatal fall in Hocking Hills
The investigation is underway into the third death this year in the Hocking Hills region.
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Lawyer indicted in sex assaults
A prominent Columbus defense attorney is in need of counsel after being slapped with rape and kidnapping charges.
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Endangered runaway found safe
Columbus police say a 12-year-old boy who ran away from home Monday is endangered.
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Missing man safe in NY
Dublin police say an 83-year-old man who suffers from dementia and terminal cancer may be headed for New York and could be endangered.
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Supply crunch sends gas prices skyward
Trouble at refineries both along the West Coast and in the Midwest have sent gas prices in Columbus and other parts of the soaring.
