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Win streal closes gap in IL West

The Clippers head into the All-Star break with a share of the top sport in the International League West after beating the Indianapolis Indians 9-5 Sunday afternoon.

Reds 6, Pirates 3

Kris Negron hit his first career home run, and All-Star Todd Frazier added a two-run shot as the Reds rolled into the break with a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.

Tribe beats Chisox to get to .500

Yan Gomes’ two-run homer in the eighth inning gave the Indians a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday and got them to .500 at the season’s unofficial midpoint.

Retail jobs on the rise

The retail sector of the Franklin County economy, which not only provides jobs but also the sales taxes that fund the county’s service, safety and welfare agencies, is recovering from the recession, but the changing landscape of the industry worldwide means it will probably never return to where it was bre-2007.

Fans: “Welcome home, Lebron”

LeBron James’ fans and former haters in Ohio have every reason to rejoice now that the four-time NBA MVP has decided to bring his considerable talents back to the Cavaliers.

Cancer doc gets 1 year for child porn

A former top pediatric cancer doctor at OSU’s Wexner Medical Center has been sentenced to a year and one day in federal prison following his guilty plea to a charge of accessing child pornography.

Sun show

“Make hay while the sun shines” says the old adage and that’s what the staff at Ohio Wesleyan University’s Perkins Observatory will try to do during the long days of midsummer.

Polar vortex 2.0: A summer sequel

Some are calling it the Return of the Polar Vortex. Others say it is a “downstream amplification” of the jet stream. Either way, it’s about to bring a change in our weather that could have you looking twice at your calendar.