Jim Letizia

Reporter, News Anchor

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.

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7:45am

Fri December 7, 2012
News

Publisher Cutting 63 Jobs

Dozens of local McGraw-Hill employees are losing their jobs.

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7:44am

Fri December 7, 2012
News

SUPCO: AEP Made Too Much Money

The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a 42-million dollar penalty against Columbus-based American Electric Power for earning excessive profits.

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7:04am

Fri December 7, 2012
News

Husted: No 2014 Gubernatorial Bid

Republican Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted says he will not challenge Governor John Kasich in the 2014 GOP primary.

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7:02am

Fri December 7, 2012
Election Coverage

GOP Wins Tight Ohio House Race

Democrats have lost a tight Ohio House race in Cuyahoga County, narrowing the minority party's chances of controlling 40 seats in the next legislative session.

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6:55am

Fri December 7, 2012
News

Election Results Certified

Republican Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has certified the results of the presidential contest and other fall races.

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6:48am

Fri December 7, 2012
News

Precious Metal Dealer Licensing Law Unconstitutional

A federal judge has ruled an Ohio law aimed at curbing gold- and silver-related theft by barring precious metals dealers from advertising without a license is unconstitutional.

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6:46am

Fri December 7, 2012
News

Postal Worker Faces Theft, Assault Charges

A U.S. Postal Service worker will plead guilty to 71 charges accusing him of stealing cash and gift cards from mail at a Central Ohio processing center and assaulting officers.

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12:34pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Highway Section To Be Named After Slain Deputy

A stretch of highway in Clark County will be named for a fallen sheriff's deputy.

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12:33pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Former Cincinnati Mayor To Run Again

Cincinnati Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls says she will again run for Mayor.

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12:31pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Hamilton County Cuts Property Tax Rebate

Hamilton County Commissioners have reduced the local property tax rebate to cover a 7 million dollar deficit in the fund that pays for the baseball and football stadiums in downtown Cincinnati.

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12:29pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

CCS Must Pay For State Investigators' Work

The Columbus City Schools will have to pay the state's cost for its investigation into allegations the district rigged attendance data.

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12:28pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Charges Filed In Cold Case Murders

Cleveland Police say two men are facing murder charges for two cold-case slayings.

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12:26pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Drugs Found At Robbery Scene

Columbus Police officers investigating the reported robbery of an East 13th Avenue home this morning found 30 marijuana plants inside.

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12:25pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Hit-Skip Driver Sought

Franklin County Sheriff's deputies are searching for the motorist who caused a hit-skip crash that killed a pedestrian overnight.

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12:24pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Ohio Short Sales Increase

The foreclosure listing service RealtyTrac says sales of U.S. homes facing foreclosure are on the rise and outpacing sales of bank-owned homes.

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12:21pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Senate Votes To Curb Asbestos Lawsuits

The Ohio Senate has approved a bill aimed at curbing duplicate lawsuits over on-the-job asbestos exposure in a state with one of the nation's largest backlogs.

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12:19pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Payday Lender To Offer Reimbursements

The payday lender Cash America says 14-thousand Ohio customers taken to court for not paying their debts are going to get some money back.

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12:18pm

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Weekly Ohio Jobless Claims Increase

The Labor Department says the number of applications for unemployment insurance benefits in Ohio rose last week by nearly 23-hundred.

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8:13am

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Kasich Invited To Davos

Ohio Governor John Kasich says he has been invited to speak at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland next month.

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7:54am

Thu December 6, 2012
News

Out Of State Drillers Coming To Ohio

The oil and gas boom is bringing out of state workers to Ohio.

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