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Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

Ohio's first ethanol plants almost ready

Newark's ethanol plant proposal nixed

Groundwater concerns

Ohio company owns mine where six workers are trapped

Carroll kids to stay with grandmother

Former Blue Jackets GM buys Florida team

Columbus, OH – The wife of Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman has been hit with criminal charges following an investigation into timesheets she submitted in her job with a state agency. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles has details.

Not a plain Jane.

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

"A woman especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can." Jane Austen

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

- Cancer-stricken workers from Ohio plant want more proof of dangerous radiation

- More than 1200 Ohio dams uninspected for five years

- Businesses and local governments discourage bottled water

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

-State officials say Ohio overreacted to personal information theft
- Governor Strickland's high ratings attract national attention
- Two men convicted in terrorist cell investigation

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

Retired Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy dies in car crash - Dwindling federal funds leave state's drug enforcement teams in danger - City of Columbus looks to add affordable artist spaces

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

Delphi reaches tentative contract agreements with unions - Wisconsin company recalls canned green beans under various brand names sold in Ohio - Minneapolis bridge disaster recalls memories of 1967 bridge collapse over Ohio river

Sheer Banality

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

Linda Riss and Burt Pugach are both crazy in their own ways, and this sometimes outlandish, other times boring documentary about their love is spot on called Crazy Love.

Films reviewed: The Bourne Ultimatum, Crazy Love, The Simpsons Movie

By hosts John DeSando and Clay Lowe

It's Movie Time has won numerous national awards including Silver Microphone and Communicator honors.

Drs. Lowe and DeSando were moderator and panelist respectively on TV 25's World Film Classics. Both have been professors, Lowe at Ohio State University and DeSando at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.

Films reviewed: Gone with the Wind, Wizard of Oz.

This program is a an unaired pilot we are proposing to the station consisting of weekly looks at classic films.

Let us know what you think. (JDeSando@Columbus.rr.com)

By hosts John DeSando and Clay Lowe

It's Movie Time has won numerous national awards including Silver Microphone and Communicator honors.

After a lengthy encore, the audience was left in a state euphoria only Zappa could produce, as if we were all local teenagers hanging out at Joe's Garage...

By James McCuen, WCBE Listener & Member

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

- Convicted stock-broker seeks freedom

- Court rules Strickland's veto invalid

- Other ways to produce biodiesel

- Man sentenced for assaulting judge

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

- Governor Strickland finalizes BWC board

- Big dip in earnings for Canton company

- Clarifying maternity leave

- Advice to curb the "freshman 15"

Columbus, OH – Stories you'll hear include:

- Air alert issued for Central Ohio

- Camp volunteer indicted

- Ohio State Fair opens

Columbus, OH – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland did NOT have the authority to veto a product liability bill that state legislators approved before he took office. That's the ruling from the state supreme court. Details now from statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen.

Columbus, OH – The 156th Ohio State Fair opens on Wednesday, and for many people around Ohio, it brings back memories of big-time concerts, rickety rides, hot barns and deliciously bad food. But the State Fair has also been the stage for newsmakers and the backdrop for important events over the last few decades. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports.

Columbus, OH – Ohio companies that don't offer adequate time-off to pregnant workers and new mothers can be charged with gender discrimination. And the Ohio Civil Rights Commission is proposing an even tougher rule on that. Women's rights activists are applauding, but a top business group is raising questions. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

Columbus, OH – Over the past two weeks, Columbus City Council has approved funding mechanisms for two parking garages to be built in the downtown area. Hear all the details from Jim Letizia.

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

- Columbus City Council approves funding for new parking garages

- Ohio shoe company opens new line of comfort shoes to boost profits

- Injured Cleveland Browns cornerback defies doctor

Columbus, OH –

Today's stories include:

- Major Wendy's shareholder ready to buy hamburger chain

- Man on death row since 1984 granted seventh reprieve

- Power failure at Cincinnati Airport leaves radar system down