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Gunfire in crowded Ohio nightclub kills one, wounds 15

Gunfire in crowded Ohio nightclub kills one, wounds 15

Reuters — CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Gunfire erupted inside a packed nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio, early Sunday morning, killing one person and injuring 15 others, as an apparent argument that may have started earlier in the day turned violent, authorities said.
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Blair to fill former mayor's Council seat - Loveland Local News

Blair to fill former mayor's Council seat - Loveland Local News

lovelandlocalnews.com — LOVELAND, Ohio - Seven members will be voting again on Loveland City Council starting Tuesday after a seat empty since August gets filled. Former Council candidate Kent Blair, who had originally run for City Council but took himself off the ballot before the election, will fill the seat vacated in August by former Mayor Mark ...
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BEYOND THE PRESS RELEASE: School board set to change amount levy initially collects - Loveland Lo...

BEYOND THE PRESS RELEASE: School board set to change amount levy initially collects - Loveland Lo...

lovelandlocalnews.com — By Joe Wessels, Editor LOVELAND, Ohio - The Loveland City School District school board is expected to take action during a special meeting Monday to lower the November school levy proposal's initial cost to taxpayers. Board President Art Jarvis said this opportunity to change the amount collected opened up with recent lower bond interest rates ...
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Girl killed in massive pileup on icy Ohio highway

Girl killed in massive pileup on icy Ohio highway

Reuters — CINCINNATI (Reuters) - A 12-year-old girl was killed on Monday and dozens of people injured in a 76-vehicle pileup on an icy Ohio highway, one of three major crashes that clogged roadways across the state, authorities said. Sixty cars and 16 tractor trailers slammed into one another on Interstate 275 near Cincinnati just after 11:35 a.m., Hamilton County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Knapp said.
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Actor who had role on 'Seinfeld' shoots self

Actor who had role on 'Seinfeld' shoots self

Reuters — CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Character actor Daniel von Bargen, who has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows including "Seinfeld" and "Malcolm in the Middle," was hospitalized after shooting himself in the head at his Cincinnati-area condominium, authorities said Wednesday.
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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center plans to merge

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center plans to merge

Reuters — CINCINNATI (Reuters) - An American museum that tells the history of black slaves escaping from the U.S. south has announced plans to merge with another museum to ensure its survival. The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio said it would merge administrative, programming and some personnel costs, as well as expand community partnerships and fundraising opportunities with the Cincinnati Museum Center.
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Building site collapse injures 10 in Cincinnati

Building site collapse injures 10 in Cincinnati

Reuters — CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Part of a casino under construction in downtown Cincinnati collapsed on Friday as workers poured concrete, injuring 10 people, none critically, in the second construction accident at an Ohio casino project in the past six weeks.
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Trump says accepts no responsibility for campaign protesters

Trump says accepts no responsibility for campaign protesters

Reuters — WASHINGTON/BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump refused to take responsibility on Sunday for clashes at his campaign events and criticized protesters who have dogged his rallies and forced him to cancel one in Chicago last week.
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Ohio man gets death for 1997 murder of neighbor

Ohio man gets death for 1997 murder of neighbor

Reuters — CINCINNATI (Reuters) - An Ohio judge sent a man back to death row on Tuesday, the second time he was sentenced to die by lethal injection for the 1997 home invasion bludgeoning murder of a neighbor over $50.
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Jay Moriarty, TV writer and producer (PODCAST)

Jay Moriarty, TV writer and producer (PODCAST)

Loveland Local News — In From Cincinnati's inaugural edition we welcome Jay Moriarty, television writer and producer - now author (see below) - and a guy who is definitely From Cincinnati. After some years learning the ropes - but not too many - he found a TV show and a man he would like to work for - none other than the legendary Norman Lear and his groundbreaking TV show "All in the Family."
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Columns | Reuters.com

Columns | Reuters.com

Reuters — CINCINNATI Gunfire erupted inside a packed nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio, early Sunday morning, killing one person and injuring 15 others, as an apparent argument that may have started earlier in the day turned violent, authorities said.
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Girl killed in massive pileup on icy Ohio highway

Girl killed in massive pileup on icy Ohio highway

Reuters — CINCINNATI (Reuters) - A 12-year-old girl was killed on Monday and dozens of people injured in a 76-vehicle pileup on an icy Ohio highway, one of three major crashes that clogged roadways across the state, authorities said. Sixty cars and 16 tractor trailers slammed into one another on Interstate 275 near Cincinnati just after 11:35 a.m., Hamilton County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Knapp said.
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Actor who had role on 'Seinfeld' shoots self

Actor who had role on 'Seinfeld' shoots self

Reuters — CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Character actor Daniel von Bargen, who has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows including "Seinfeld" and "Malcolm in the Middle," was hospitalized after shooting himself in the head at his Cincinnati-area condominium, authorities said Wednesday.
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Loveland record label lands movie deal - Loveland Local News

Loveland record label lands movie deal - Loveland Local News

lovelandlocalnews.com — BY JOE WESSELSLoveland Local News LOVELAND, Ohio - Valentine's Day was sweeter this year for a Loveland business who landed their part in the newly-released and very popular Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Adding to the love, Loveland-based Plaid Room Records, and their associated business, Colemine Records, a full-fledged record label with approximately 45 acts signed, ...
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