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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9:19am

Thu September 13, 2012
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Hawk Found Inside Airport Terminal

A hawk that spent three days inside the terminal at Port Columbus and flew around the ticketing area was captured last night.

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12:29pm

Tue September 11, 2012
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Feds Say Ohio Worker Fired For Whistleblowing

Federal officials are ordering Maumee-based Dana Holding Company to re-instate a former financial analyst fired from its facility in Toledo three years ago.

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12:27pm

Tue September 11, 2012
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Police Shooting Ruled Justified

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason says Cleveland police officers followed department policy and were justified in fatally shooting a man who killed his estranged wife and two of his daughters at a restaurant last April.

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12:25pm

Tue September 11, 2012
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Two Central Ohioans Killed In Weekend Freeway Crash

Funeral services are pending for a Grove City man and his son who were killed Sunday evening in a crash near the Indiana/Illinois border.

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9:39am

Tue September 11, 2012
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Council Allocates Casino Tax Revenue

Columbus City Council last night approved legislation detailing how the city will spend it's share of Casino Tax revenue from the state over the next two years. Jim Letizia reports.  

9:36am

Tue September 11, 2012
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Romney Stumps In Mansfield

Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney campaigned in Mansfield Monday and blamed Ohio's unemployment problem on President Obama. 

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9:32am

Tue September 11, 2012
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Fired Elections Officials Replaced

Former Demcractic Dayton mayor Rhine McLin and Democratic attorney John Doll have been nominated to replace two Montgomery County Board of Elections officials fired in a dispute over extended voting hours.

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9:30am

Tue September 11, 2012
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Heroin Killed Missing Pataskala Woman

The Delaware County Coroner's office says a pregnant woman found dead in her car last month died of acute heroin intoxication.

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9:28am

Tue September 11, 2012
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State And City Of Columbus To Commemmorate 9-11

Ohio Governor John Kasich has ordered flags be flown at half-staff at state public buildings and grounds today to commemorate today's anniversary of the nine-eleven attacks.

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12:27pm

Fri September 7, 2012
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Bonds Set In Case Of Slain Canton Woman

A Muskingum County judge today set bond for three people charged with killing a Canton woman found raped and severely burned with a rope around her neck east of Zanseville.

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12:26pm

Fri September 7, 2012
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Body Of Missing Swimmer Recovered

Columbus police say dive teams have recovered the body of a woman who disappeared while jumping off cliffs into a body of water early this morning.

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12:24pm

Fri September 7, 2012
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SUPCO Asked To Rule In Westerville Schools Ballot Dispute

A taxpayer group is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to allow its proposed repeal of the Westerville School district's 2009 levy to appear on the November ballot.

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12:21pm

Fri September 7, 2012
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Family Of Murdered Businessman Sues Louisiana Authorities

The family of a Sunbury businessman kidnapped in Mississippi is suing Louisiana State Police and the state corrections department because the alleged gunmen were trustees who escaped last year from a state police compound.

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9:36am

Fri September 7, 2012
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Art Model Obit

Thursday's death of former Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell has rekindled mostly bad memories for Browns fans.

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8:45am

Fri September 7, 2012
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Suspects In Triple Shooting Sought

Columbus Police are asking for the public's help in finding those responsible for a triple shooting late Wednesday night.

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8:28am

Fri September 7, 2012
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Substance Found In Whitehall Identified

U.S. Military officials say a chemical used in flares and matches is the substance unearthed Wednesday by a construction crew in Whitehall.

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8:27am

Fri September 7, 2012
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Pedestrian Critically Injured By Bicyclist

Columbus police say a woman was injured when she was hit by a bicyclist last night in the OSU campus area.

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8:03am

Fri September 7, 2012
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Romney Ad Pits Clinton Against Obama

A new television ad from Mitt Romney's campaign is using Bill Clinton's words against President Obama.

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7:57am

Fri September 7, 2012
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Sentencing Of Man Linked To OSU Memorabilia Scandal

The man federal prosecutors have linked to the OSU football memorabilia scandal pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of running a drug ring.

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7:55am

Fri September 7, 2012
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State Settles Sierra Club Lawsuit

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has paid nearly 9-thousand dollars to the Sierra Club to settle a public records lawsuit.

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