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  • Balloon Launch Held To Remember Missing Ohio Children

    May 25 marks National Missing Children's Day, and state officials are honoring those children listed as missing in Ohio.Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine took part in a ceremony where children released 690 balloons on Friday.The Attorney General's Office says there are 690 children considered missing from Ohio.The AG said that a total of 19,219 reports of missing children were made in ...

  • Police Find Man Wanted For Alleged Sexual Assault Sleeping In Womans Back Yard

    Columbus police said they have tracked down a man wanted for kidnapping and sexual assault.They said 41-year-old Henry A. Durdin Jr. was arguing with a female acquaintance Wednesday night.He became enraged, tied the woman up, and sexually assaulted her. He then took off.The woman was taken to a local hospital, treated and released.Police said that Durdin was considered armed and dangerous.He was ...

  • Man Who Ran From Officer Tried To Pull Woman From Vehicle Faces Additional Charges

    A man is charged with escape, assault on a peace officer, resisting arrest, falsification, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after an incident at a north side restaurant on Thursday.According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, a deputy tried to stop a man, later identified as Joshua T. Levi, for a minor traffic stop on Friday near the Waffle House at 1050 E. ...

  • Man Arrested After Allegedly Burglarizing Same Home Twice Killing Dog

    Police say a man who is charged with burglary is thought to have broken into the same home twice this year.According to court documents, Brian Keith Mills broke into a home in the 800 block of Marland Drive South on February 25. The resident of the home arrived to discover two men in her home, one of whom was identified as Mills.The two fled the scene and dropped stolen items.Mills is thought to ...

  • Medical Helicopter Called To Scene Of Car Motorcycle Crash

    At least one person was injured in a crash involving a car and motorcycle Friday morning in Newark.Newark Police said that the crash occurred near 1225 E. Main Street around 9:15 a.m.A medical helicopter was called to transport the person who was riding the motorcycle.Police have not released the name of the person or extent of his/her injuries.The cause of the crash is still under ...

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United 93

United 93

In 1937, Delmore Schwartz wrote a short story called In Dreams Begin Responsibilities in which the first-person narrator dreams that he is in a theater watching his parents courtship unfold as an old Biograph silent film. Knowing that his parents relationship will turn sour and that, in his w ... ...

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  • Corpse Flower Prepares To Bloom at OSU Greenhouse

    One of Ohio State University's corpse flowers could bloom as soon as this weekend, researchers said.The rare titan arum could open up as soon as Saturday.The plant gets the nickname from the smell it gives off which people say resembles a dead body.The greenhouse's other titan arum "woody" bloomed earlier this month.OSU says the extremely rare flower has only opened up 150 ...

  • SW Ohio Roadway To Be Dedicated To Slain Soldier

    A stretch of state highway in southwest Ohio is being dedicated to a soldier killed in Afghanistan three years ago. State Route 63 from the city of Monroe to Route 4 will be named Friday the "Sergeant James C. Robinson Memorial Highway." A ceremony is planned Friday afternoon at the small city's Veterans Memorial near Interstate 75. The 27-year-old Robinson was fatally wounded ...

  • Arena Grand Theater To Close Reopen As Movie Grill

    The Arena Grand Movie Theatre will soon be closed, renovated and re-launched with a new concept.Columbus-based Nationwide Realty Investors said the space is being changed into the Studio Movie Grill.The last day of movies for the current Arena Grand will be on May 27.The Texas-based operators of Studio Movie Grill will then make renovations and reopen the theater in late summer."Our new ...

  • Police Use Lost Shoe To Help Identify Alleged Thief

    Police said a man is accused of breaking into a home and beating a man with a gun.According to court documents, Jaymes Nathaniel Alfonzo Henry and two other males broke into a home in the 100 block of East 14th Avenue on May 23.The three allegedly went to the room where the resident was sleeping and held a gun to his head. When the resident refused to answer one of the men, a man struck the ...

  • Search For Three Suspects After Carjacking

    Police were searching for three suspects accused of stealing a car from a victim near the Ohio State University campus.This happened at the corner of 9th Avenue and Highland Street in north Columbus just after 2:30 Friday morning.Police say the three men forced the driver out of the car and took off.The victim wasn’t hurt.Authorities began looking for the green Honda Civic.Police were also ...

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