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The exhibit, now open at Mixed Bag Studios on the East Side, will run through early June
Columbus Alive
It wasn’t unusual for artist Michael Hodges to go missing from time to time, according to friend and fellow artist Kity Fewlass, who first met Hodges a decade ago. But following one disappearance early in the coronavirus pandemic where Hodges remained off-radar for a long stretch while caring for a wheelchair-bound friend south of the city, Fewlass and her daughter made Hodges pledge that if he was going to be away for more than two weeks that he would at least call to let the family know he was still alive and kicking.
A community center gym in the Ohio capital will also be named after Hill.
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Written by Paul Meara
The city of Columbus has reportedly reached a settlement agreement with the family of Andre’ Hill, who was killed in December while visiting the home of a friend.
According to Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein, the city has agreed to deliver a $10 million settlement to Hill’s family, setting the record for the single highest payout in the Ohio capital’s history. According to local station WBNS, the settlement will be voted on by the Columbus City Council on Monday.
The 21 people present for the first night of the latest class of the Franklin County Sheriff s Office s Citizens Police Academy all had different reasons for being there.
Some had always admired law enforcement and wanted an inside look into the profession. Others seated in the room at a sheriff s support services building were interested in one day pursuing a career in law enforcement themselves.
One participant said he simply wanted to see what his tax dollars were funding.
Whatever their reasons for attending, Sheriff Dallas Baldwin said he mainly has one reason for offering the program: transparency. What s a better way to let the public know what we do than something like this? Baldwin asked shortly before he would introduce himself last month at the first of what would be 13 weekly sessions. We re a public agency, and our job is to serve the community, and we can only do that if we have a good relationship.
2 young children die in RV fire near Columbus
Updated 9:46 PM;
WHITEHALL, Ohio Two young children died Sunday when an RV parked in the driveway of a home caught fire, reports say.
The identities of the children, a 2-year-old girl and an 11-month-old boy, had not been released by Sunday night. The mother of the two children was taken to a hospital for treatment of burns after trying to save her kids, WBNS Channel 10 reports. The father of the children was at work at the time of the fire.
When fire crews arrived at about 11:40 a.m., the RV was engulfed in flames, police tell WCMH Channel 4. Firefighters were able to quickly put out the fire, but the two victims were found inside the RV.
CHILLICOTHE - The Ross County Sheriff s Office has released the names of two inmates who died after medical incidents at the Ross County Jail earlier this month.
On Friday, April 9, William Van Barr Jr. was in a holding cell in preparation for booking into the jail. Deputies discovered that he was suffering from some type of medical emergency in the cell, according to Major Tom White, Jail Administrator for the Ross County Sheriff s Office.
At that point, Van Barr was still breathing shallowly. CPR was administered. As a precaution, they went ahead and administered Narcan, because the good that comes from Narcan far outweighs anything negative, but there was no indication that it was or was not any type of overdose, said White.