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Area knowing its not the safest at night is scary. Richard to continue on with the narrative, she did struggle for a while. He tried to get her clothes off. She kicked, punched and screamed. Finally he ran off. But she had a cell phone with her so she ran home and called 911. Something to note about the cases, these were young women who were alone in their 20s or 30s. Walking alone at night. A good idea to walk in pairs to avoid being distracted by the talking on your smartphone. Like this lady ...

65,000 students enrolled at osu. What lead up to the shooting is unclear. Heres what we do know. There is a report of an active shooter on campus, and First Responders rushed to the school. According to columbus firefighters, at least nine people were hurt. One of them is in critical condition. Anothers condition is unknown, but everyone else is expected to be ok. We know one suspect is dead, according to police. We do not know how many suspects were involved. Did the shooter act alone . That is...

General manager and metros board chair to give us an update in just a few minutes. Adam, how long do you expect this rush hour kind of confusion that we saw this morning to last into the evening rush hour . Reporter well, jim, i think this is the new normal for the foreseeable future. Right now, weve got lots of people trying to figure out their way, trying to figure out what to do on the metro station. For the next year, were going to go through these stages piece by piece. Lets listen to metro...

Some of the video you will see has graphic images. No foul play is expect indeed the womans death. They are not releasing information. We visited the property yesterday and found a dead alpaca a dead pony and self other dead animals. Man who discovered the body is paxton he is feuding with the animal warden the county is not protecting animals and they have not done enough in this case to save the surviving animals. We called the ward 18 for a comment but did not hear back. The sheriff says the ...

3 Pattie Lynchburg held its annual state of the city at city hall. And this one was a bit different. Whit both lynchburg mayor Michael Gillette and vice mayor Caesor Johnson announced they would not be seeking reelection. Marissa parra reports. 3 Caesor Johnson, vice mayor of lynchburg 17 32 04 now my time is coming to a close. 17 32 06 2 secs lynchburgs state of the city was an emotional one. Michael gillette, mayor of lynchburg 00 17 56 im sure you can appreciate what a bittersweet moment this...

All options to get the safety and the reliability back where it should be. Coming up at 5 00, what riders think about this being a possibility. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Jonathan you can understand folks jitters especially after shutting the lines down for a full day. What do you think metro should do to make repairs to the system . There are clearly still work that needs to be done. Join the conversation. We have it going on, on our facebook page. Michelle the elevator at the W...

Barbara. A lot of federal workers were out here yesterday. We spoke with them at this metro stop yesterday. They were telling me they were very nervous. Today they say simply they are annoyed and without a paycheck. Its really happening . Ice really shocking. Reporter 800,000 federal worker, those considered nonessential, forced off the job without pay. No check, no checking email, no work, no answers for who knows how long. Morale is very low. Reporter its been 17 years since a shut down like t...

Lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill after a long night that ultimately ended in failure. The government is closing this morning for the first time in about two decades. It is hard to see if there will be an end to the gridlock. News 4s Melissa Mollett is live. Reporter its been a bitter partisan fight. Quite a blame game weve seen over the past couple of days. We know that lawmakers will reconvene at 9 30 this morning. Heres what we know about what will happen then. Were understand...

Tomorrow. Thank you. My hope. I would prefer to be at work. I would prefer to be contributing to my household. Reporter president obama had a midnight message for u. S. Troops. Theyll get paid, but civilians face furloughs. You and your families deserve better than the dysfunction were seeing in congress. Reporter democrats and republicans are disagreeing about whether to put the brakes on. Signup for Health Insurance begins today as 800,000 federal workers show up to close their offices. The la...

The right shoulder lane. Thats cleared. For folks traveling eastbound, no incidents. Westbound as well on 66. In fact, all the way from hey market to the beltway clear. Inside the beltway clear. If youre on twitter tweet us first4traffic. 5 02. We are five hours into the first Government Shutdown in 20 years. Soon lawmakers will return to try to once again agree to a funding deal but the outlook is not good. Were near the National Mall where we expect to see barricades go up around the memorials...