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  • Colerain high has 19 students in top tier

    Colerain High School recognized its summa cum laude graduates with a special awards ceremony last week. Front, from left: Mariah Louderbeck, Caitlin Staubach, Kim Connor, Alexandria Morton, Elizabeth Dinevski and Kelly Janakiefski; middle, from left: Chrissy Laake, Kayla Work, Lindsey Snider, Lorine Fries, Sara Wagner and Laura Bennett; back, from left: Will Placke, Calvin Hester, Dakota Lipps, ...

  • Adult With Alzheimer’s Missing From South Columbus

    Columbus Police issued an endangered missing adult alert for 78-year-old Clarence William Bell.Police said Bell has Alzheimer’s.He was last seen walking northbound on South Ohio Avenue from East Gates Street in South Columbus Saturday night around 10 p.m.Bell is described as 5’8", 178 lbs.He was last seen wearing a black hat, blue jacket and jeans.If you see Bell, call Columbus ...

  • Police Say Serial Burglar Nabbed in Whitehall

    Whitehall police connected 21-year-old Robert Williams to a handful of break-ins, and they believe he may have committed more.Detectives said Williams was after purses, small electronics, and jewelry. Anything he could carry in a bag and steal quickly.They say Williams burglarized the very apartment complex where he lived, including the home of Terry Thompson."It was about 9:00 in the ...

  • OSU Lacrosse Seasons Ends With NCAA Loss

    Steve Mock scored seven goals and Rob Pannell added two goals and six assists as unseeded Cornell routed third-seeded Ohio State 16-6 in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals Saturday at Byrd Stadium. The Big Red (14-3) will face the winner of Sunday's Duke-Notre Dame game in next weekend's semifinals in Philadelphia. Cornell broke open a 1-1 game with five consecutive goals in the first ...

  • Saturday Nights Powerball Numbers Are Drawn

    Lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot. The numbers drawn Saturday are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of 11. Officials estimate the jackpot at $590.5 million. With four of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot. The problem, of course, is those same odds ...

Movie Review

Something Wild [Blu-Ray]

Something Wild [Blu-Ray]

Who better to direct a screwball comedy about personal reinvention than Jonathan Demme, a filmmaker who seems to change hats with every film he makes? Having begun his career in the Roger Corman school of efficient exploitation (1974s Caged Heat), he graduated to quirky off-H ... ...

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  • Crew Snaps Scoreless Skid In Victory

    Dominic Oduro scored late in the first half to help the Columbus Crew continue their dominance of Toronto FC with a 1-0 victory Saturday. Federico Higuain, who hit the goal post twice in the first half, set up Oduro's 42nd-minute tally. Oduro used his sped to beat Doneil Henry to Higuain's through ball and flicked it past Toronto goalkeeper Joe Bendik for his fifth goal of the season. ...

  • Bailey tries to lead Reds to rare series win in Philly

    Dusty Baker has had enough. For whatever reason, his Reds struggle to win when they travel to Philadelphia. In fact, when the two teams take the field for the rubber match on Sunday, he'll seek his first series win on the road against the Phillies in his time as the Reds' manager. "First thing, we have to beat these Phillies," Baker said. "I'm tired of them beating ...

  • Ohio police Cousin takes baby stabs it to death

    SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- A 19-year-old man wrestled an 11-week-old baby away from relatives and stabbed her to death with a kitchen knife, police said. Denzel Castile, 19, was charged with aggravated murder Friday and was on suicide watch in a northern Ohio jail. Investigators said Castile is the little girl's cousin, but they were not sure what led up to the stabbing. Police said the ...

  • Bloody trail in Ohio probe in 2 brothers deaths

    TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- An arraignment is scheduled Tuesday for a 17-year-old charged in the deaths of two teenage brothers in northwest Ohio. The aggravated murder charges announced Friday against Michael Fay came just over a week after he and the teens were named in an Amber Alert. The alert was issued after the slain brothers' mother discovered a gun and blood inside a trailer home ...

  • New dinosaur exhibit roars to life at Columbus zoo

    POWELL, Ohio (AP) -- The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in central Ohio has unveiled a new exhibit about some very old creatures. The newly opened Dinosaur Island features 25 large animatronic dinosaurs that blink, swish their tails and make loud sounds. The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/13ziDgn ) reports the largest is a 42-foot, 7,000-pound T-Rex. President Tom Stalf says the new additions ...

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