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Accused murderer to be arraigned

A man who police say confessed to beating and strangling his pregnant girlfriend and burying her beside a cornfield will be arraigned on aggravated murder and other charges.

Slight gain in poll

Saturday night’s manhandling of Illinois was enough to give the Buckeyes a slight bump in one of the major college football polls.

Inspirational game

Lauren Hill felt so good after fulfilling her dream that she felt inspired to play another game for Division III Mount St. Joseph’s of Cincinnati.

2 dead in wrong-way crash

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police say a man was headed the wrong way on an interstate near downtown early Sunday morning was killed along with his passenger when his car collided head-on with a tractor-trailer.

The man, whose name was not released, was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-70 near the W. Broad Street exit just before 2:50 a.m. when he drove into the eastbound truck, investigators said.

Kristina Im, 23, was the front seat passenger in the vehicle and was killed, along with the driver, police said.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was identified as Timothy Owens, 55.

The accident remained under investigation Monday morning.

Bengals 33, Jaguars 23

Jeremy Hill ran for a career-high 154 yards and a pair of touchdowns on Sunday, including a 60-yarder in the fourth quarter that helped the Bengals hold on for a 33-23 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Browns 22, Buccaneers 17

Brian Hoyer threw a 34-yard TD pass to Taylor Gabriel with 8:59 remaining, helping the Browns complete a favorable stretch of their schedule with a 22-17 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.

Crew drops first game of semis

Charlie Davies scored twice to lead the New England Revolution over the Crew 4-2 Saturday in the first leg of Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference semifinals.

CBJ slides reaches 5 games

Adam Larsson broke a tie with 9:25 left in the third period, and the New Jersey Devils earned a come-from-behind 3-2 win over the slumping Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

I-70/SR 315 ramp reopening

A key freeway ramp that connects the East Side to the OSU campus and the Northwest Side reopens in time for Monday morning’s rush hour.