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RYAN M.L. YOUNG/THISWEEKNEWS Licking Memorial Health Systems doctor Howard Reeves performs an appendectomy with the help of anesthesiologist Brad Lewis (far left), nurse Maryann Wade (left) and surgery technologist Kelly Nolan (right) March 5 at the hospital in Newark. Licking Memorial recently was named one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation by Truven Health Analytics. Licking Memorial a top 100 hospital
Licking Memorial Health Systems recently was named one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation by Truven Health Analytics. -
JOSHUA A. BICKEL/THISWEEKNEWS Susan Smith helps her granddaughter, Amiyah, 4, as she practices writing the letter "Z" last week at their home in Whitehall. Smith recently asked Whitehall Mayor's Court officials to sentence her daughter Stefanie Huber -- Amiyah's mom -- to 90 days in jail to break her addiction to heroin. During Huber's time in Franklin County jail, Smith has been caring for Amiyah. Tough love: Mom's pleas send daughter to jail
Susan Starr Smith is looking forward to the day she will see her daughter again. -
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CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKNEWS Sherry Williamson and Jerry Nieman assemble lunches Feb. 26 for Westerville elementary students to take home over the weekend, in Otterbein University's Clements Hall. Mission: Hunger-free weekends for needy students
Too many Westerville City Schools students are going hungry on the weekends, say members of a group of local volunteers, and they've been at work over the last three years to change that. -
BakerHouz on 8
RYAN M.L. YOUNG/THISWEEKNEWS Chiat Mei Yow has opened BakerHouz on 8 in Olde Pickerington Village. The bakery specializes in cakes and pastries. Chef's dream comes true in Olde Pickerington Village
Smack dab in the middle of the heart of Olde Pickerington Village in a circa early 1900s building is BakerHouz on 8, a one-of-a-kind bakery created from the eclectic vision of pastry chef Chiat Mei Yow.
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Hilliard man charged with murdering livery driver
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office on March 11 charged a 41-year-old Hilliard man with the Feb. 4 murder of a livery driver whose body was found in the parking lot of the Hayden Heights mobile-home park in Washington Township.
Police arrest suspect in dual UDF robberies
Delaware police announced Monday, March 10, they have arrested a man they suspect robbed the same convenience store twice last week.
Hilliard schools to provide tablets for all
Hilliard school officials plan to buy tablet computers for every student.
Concealed-carry instructor charged in accidental shooting
Dispatch.com: Violet Township Trustee Terry J. Dunlap Sr. was charged today with negligent assault in connection to an accidental shooting of a student taking a concealed-carry class that he taught last year.
L Brands to add 100 jobs at new facility on Smith's Mill Road
L Brands is expected to move 500 employees from Reynoldsburg to a new facility in New Albany.
Council OKs change in commercial parking laws
Canal Winchester City Council unanimously approved an amendment to the city's commercial parking laws at its March 3 meeting.
Alum Creek Park
City pursues grant to fund project's first phase
The Bexley Recreation and Parks Department has submitted a grant request to the Bexley Community Foundation to assist with the first phase of development of Alum Creek Park.
PAC forms to oppose Columbus Zoo's May levy
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s proposed tax levy now faces organized opposition.
Sports
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Boys Basketball - District Final Roundup
CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKSPORTS Pickerington Central's Connor Kern holds up a Division I district championship trophy after the Tigers defeated Zanesville for their third straight district title March 8. Pickerington Central defends its way to third straight district title
Pickerington High School Central boys basketball interim coach Eric Krueger pounded the same message into his team for three days leading up to a Division I district final against Zanesville on March 8. -
Girls Basketball
CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKSPORTS Sade Olatoye's 18-point, 16-rebound performance sent Coffman past Reynoldsburg and into the state tournament for the first time in program history. Olatoye leads Coffman to program’s first state tournament appearance
Sade Olatoye scored 18 points with 16 rebounds and was 12 of 16 on free throws to lead the Dublin Coffman High School girls basketball team to a 39-26 victory over Reynoldsburg in a Division I regional final March 7 at Otterbein. -
Boys Basketball
RYAN M.L. YOUNG/THISWEEKSPORTS Watterson's Greg Oman cuts down a piece of the net following the Eagles' 48-28 victory over Brookhaven in a Division II district final March 7. Watterson tops Brookhaven for second consecutive district championship
The Watterson High School boys basketball team defeated Brookhaven 48-28 in a Division II district final March 7 at the Fairgrounds Coliseum to capture its second consecutive district championship. -
Wrestling
LORRIE CECIL/THISWEEKSPORTS Ready's Patrik Garren Super 12 captain voting ends
The votes have been tallied, as fans to voiced their opinion on who they think should be the captain of the Super 12 wrestling team for the 2013-14 season.
Hockey
St. Charles comes up short in state semifinal
Senior center Caleb Rau scored two goals for the Sylvania Northview High School hockey team as the Wildcats defeated St. Charles 3-1 in a state semifinal March 7 at Nationwide Arena.
Boys Basketball
Worthington Christian wins third straight district title
Seth Weygandt scored 14 points with seven rebounds to lead the seventh-seeded Worthington Christian High School boys basketball team past third-seeded Grandview 49-40 on March 6 in a Division III district final in the Fairgrounds Coliseum.
Boys Basketball
Ready executes game plan, tops Hartley for district title
Unlike during a pair of regular-season losses to CCL-rival Hartley, the Ready High School boys basketball team gained control early and never lost it in the third matchup between the programs this season.
Basketball
Super 12 captain voting now open
Once again, ThisWeekSPORTS.com is asking for fans to voice their opinion on who they think should be the captain of the boys and girls Super 12 basketball teams for the 2013-14 season.
Arts.Food.Fun
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Table Talk
CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKNEWS Vince Cordi, of Bari Pizzaria, makes pepperoni rolls in the pizzeria Thursday afternoon, Feb. 27. He said it took the restaurant a year of trial and error before it came up with a recipe that worked and customers liked. Rare pepperoni rolls surface at Galloway pizzeria
Bari Pizzaria is the latest restaurant to offer the savory dish, which is still fairly hard to find in central Ohio. -
Robert Post Robert Post's performances amaze self, audience
Whatever it is that Robert Post does, he's been doing it for 40 years -- and it's time to celebrate. -
THE BEAT
CityMusic welcomes Buckwheat Zydeco to the Grand Valley Dale Ballroom Friday, March 7. Fischer's Fab 10
For the new production of the long-running The Phantom of the Opera, producer Cameron Mackintosh made sure that everything was sharpened, so as to heighten each sensation.
Post amazes himself, audience with performances
Whatever it is that Robert Post does, he's been doing it for 40 years -- and it's time to celebrate.
Little-heard opera work by African-Americans in spotlight
Arias in Ebony, Opera Project Columbus' concert featuring the work of African-American opera composers, is the first of its kind on Ohio and ideal for presentation during Black History Month.
Winter still front and center in blues genre
As legendary blues-rock guitarist Johnny Winter nears his 70th birthday -- to be celebrated Feb. 23 with a show by the birthday man himself at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grille in New York City -- he shows no inclination to take it easy.