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Troopers write 270 texting/calling tickets

The Ohio State Highway Patrol says more than 270 citations have been given to drivers for texting or using a cellphone behind the wheel in violation of Ohio law since the statewide texting ban took effect about a year ago.

Reward for poisoner of 50 birds

Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for any information that will lead authorities to whoever poisoned dozens of ducks and geese at a Northwest Side apartment complex in January.

“Central America” settlement

A Franklin County judge has resolved a nearly 30-year-old legal battle and approved a deal to recover the remaining gold from a ship that sank off the Carolina coast in 1857.