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Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

State completes plans for spending tobacco settlement money - State looks to crack down on misbehaving teachers - Shelter for kids in Lima to close

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Two people found shot to death near Clintonville - Ohio chapters of the American Red Cross sending volunteers to California - Officials encourage hunting of wild pigs - Ohio State's Wells refuses to let ankle bother him

Columbus, OH – Activists who call themselves immigrant rights advocates have formed a coalition in Ohio to fight proposals, aimed at ridding the state of illegal immigrants. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports 30 of the activists traveled to Columbus today Wednesday to make their case to state legislators.

Columbus, OH – Governor Ted Strickland is poised to sign into law an emergency bill, aimed at ridding Ohio of those electronic video games that look like slot machines and pay out cash or expensive prizes. State legislators gave their final approval to the plan today (Tuesday). Still, statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports this new law probably won't be the end of the story.

Columbus, OH – The group that's backing a plan to require paid sick leave for employees in Ohio has officially kicked off its campaign. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles has more on the story.

Columbus, OH – Wild pigs have become such a nuissance in Southeastern Ohio, natural resources officials are asking hunters to kill them. Some people call them Russian wild boar. Others call them razorbacks. But whatever you call them, they are destructive. Mark Hemming, a wildlife management supervisor with the Natural Resources Department, talks about the problem with OPR's Bill Cohen.

Columbus, OH – Columbus City Council has approved legislation to annex the 47-acre Cooper stadium site. The ballpark, buildings and parking lots have been part of Franklin Township since the early 1930's. In September, Franklin County put the site up for sale hoping to entice private developers. Columbus Development Director Boyce Safford talks with Jim Letizia about why the city wants to annex the land and its potential reuse.

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

JetBlue to end operations in Columbus - Gun proposal prompts protests - Pig hunting encouraged - Cleveland playoff run leads to big windfall for the city

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Mandatory sick-leave effort - Franklin County in need of presiding judges for election

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Methadone behind Ohio teen's death - Columbus City Council approves annex of Cooper Stadium -

Another strange voyage.

By It's Movie Time's John DeSando

"A voyage to a destination, wherever it may be, is also a voyage inside oneself . . . ." Laurens Van Der Post

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Two teens escape juvenile prison in Stark County - 55 people escape tour bus fire - Franklin County Board of Elections short dozens of presiding judges - Retrial in Brazil for two men convicted in the murder of a nun from Ohio - Cleveland pitcher defends his HGH use

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Franklin County EMA director to leave post - Red Sox knock out Cleveland's hopes for World Series

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Preview of the week ahead for Ohio legislators - Buckeyes maintain top spot in the BCS

One of the best this century.

By John DeSando, WCBE's It's Movie Time

"You want to be like me, or you want to be me?" Jesse James to Robert Ford

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Strip club law now officially in effect - Electric Jellyfish guitarist killed on Ohio Turnpike - Mercury spill in Urbana home - Man who locked son in a dog cage sentenced to four years in prison

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Fairfield County nursing home cited by the state for lack of proper care - Staph infections increase -

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Rock throwers face charges - Parents of child struck with a ruler awarded $6 million - An update on the proposal involving abortion and ultrasound images - Apple crop decline this year