Columbus police roll out domestic violence lethality screening
More than a dozen central Ohio law enforcement agencies adopt the Lethality Assessment Program to gauge imminent danger for domestic violence victims. Officers must offer on scene contact with CHOICES shelter services if risk is identified, linking victims to help immediately.
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Columbus
Ohio
Maryland
Rick Ketcham
Ketcham
Sue Villilo
Choices
Franklin County
Sheriff’ Office
Dublin
Hilliard
Westerville
Court overturns ruling to allow tunneling under state park
A sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ordered reinstatement of a 2011 suit by the Army Corps against Buckingham Coal Co and Ohio to stop a 41 acre tunnel beneath Burr Oak State Park. The deal to lease 244 acres of coal near the park and 155 acres under the state had been questioned due to a 1948 contract.
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Ohio
6Th
U.S Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Buckingham Coal Co
State of Ohio
Columbus Dispatch
Corps
Buckingham Coal
Buckingham
Burr Oak State Park
U.S
Parks Lake
Dan Tierney
Ohio Attorney General's Office
Paintball attack blinds a child in Columbus eye
In Columbus a two year old boy, Morris McCarty, was blinded in one eye after being shot with a paintball gun while beside his bicycle on Friday night. A 20 year old man faces felonious assault charges as police identify the shooter. The incident adds to a separate Columbus County project cost overrun for a new veterans memorial and museum amid an oil spill cleanup caused by transformer thieves.
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Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
Morris
McCarty
Franklin County
Scioto
Spi
Cincinnati mother charged after DUI crash with son injured
Rebecca Espelage, 29, jailed in Hamilton County, faces child endangerment, failure to control, and DUI charges after a Saturday crash in Cincinnati. Her 4-year-old son suffered a lip cut and facial/head swelling, reportedly in a car seat not securely fastened. Police measured a 0.11 BAC. Arraignment scheduled today.
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Cincinnati
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Rebecca Espelage
Espelage
Hamilton County Justice Center
Shocking method used to locate fishing holes at Nimisila
ODNR crews in hunter green raise two 17-foot boats at Nimisila Reservoir to shock fish with high voltage. Matt Wolfe and Andrea Keister describe the electric process that stuns bass so biologists can measure age and growth, then bag one fish per centimeter for study.
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Akron
Nimisila
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Matt Wolfe
ODNR
Division of Wildlife
Ohio
Nimisila Reservoir
Andrea Keister
Matt Backhaus
Keister
Dackhaus
Wolfe
After deadly fire, Columbus family receives wide community aid
Jacqueline Woadbrook and her two daughters escaped a May 9 blaze at Fairway Lakes after an outdoor grill sparked flames. While she works nights at Longhorn, strangers and school groups overwhelmed them with cash, gift cards, toys, and a GoFundMe that raised thousands. The generosity extends from neighbors to Cincinnati donors, helping them find shelter and plan a move to New Albany and college.
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Columbus
Jacqueline Woadbrook
Madison
Alyssa
Carmen
Woodbrook
Fairway Lakes
Woadbrook
American Red Cross
New Albany
Coleen Barber
Camie
Barberwid
Ney
Pokemon & Fire Fund
GoFundMe
Cincinnati
Weadbrock
Iown
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