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Heros Remembered This Weekend
Would you like to honor your personal hero this weekend? For a second consecutive year, the Jackson Rotary along with the Jackson Chamber of Commerce, the Police and Fire Department are sponsoring "Field of Honor, Field of Heroes". 1300 American Flags will be flown at the corner of Fulton and Wales. Jackson Rotary President-elect Jim Ondrus talks about the event. Friday morning workers will begin putting up the flags. You can visit the display 24/7 through the Memorial Day weekend on the grounds of the Jackson Safety Center. For more information, visit jacksonrotaryfoundation-dot-com
Click it or Ticket
A number of Stark County Law Enforcement agencies are cooperating in a national effort to reminder drivers to Buckle Up when they get behind the wheel. Sergeant Leo Shirkey with the Canton Post of the State Patrol says they are assisting in the "Click It or Ticket" campaign. Sergeant Shirkey says not wearing a seat belt is considered a secondary violation. That means police must stop a motorist for another violation before writing a citation for not wearing a seat belt.
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STATE NEWS
Gang member sentenced to 16 years in slaying
Less than three weeks after a Franklin County jury failed to reach a verdict in his murder trial, Rashaid Roberts has avoided a retrial by admitting to a shooting death on Easter 2011.
City schools won't give up internal auditor
Columbus City Schools will keep their own internal auditing department even though Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s education commission recommended it be replaced by an independent auditor, the school board president said.
Man charged with threatening to kill President Obama
A local man who sent a letter threatening to assassinate President Barack Obama has been charged with a federal count of threatening the president. The letter’s contents are in a criminal complaint filed by a Secret Service agent yesterday in U.S. District Court in Columbus. The charge carries a maximum prison sentence of five years.
Felix Hoover | 1949-2013: Retired ‘Dispatch’ reporter loved journalism, city
Felix Hoover dabbled in jobs far afield from reporting, but he always returned to what he loved: journalism. The retired longtime Dispatch reporter died yesterday of cancer at the age of 63.
NATIONAL NEWS
School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students.Okla. tornado damage: Thousands of homes, $1.5-$2B
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the devastation.3rd grader who loved to sing among tornado victims
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Nicknamed "The Wall," 8-year-old Kyle Davis loved soccer and going to Monster Truck exhibitions at the fairgrounds with his grandfather. JaNae Hornsby, 9, loved to draw, sing, and be a big sister and cousin to her younger relatives.4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy.Broke no laws, IRS official says _ then takes 5th
WASHINGTON (AP) — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself.
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