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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12:33pm

Tue September 25, 2012
Election Coverage

Voters Guides Coming To Conservative Ohioans

Conservative lobbyist Ralph Reed says his Faith and Freedom Coalition is sending out over 51-million copies of its voters guide to people in Ohio and three other Presidential battleground states.

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12:31pm

Tue September 25, 2012
Election Coverage

Groups Working To Get Ohioans Registered To Vote

The deadline for Ohioans to register to vote in the November election is October 9th.

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12:29pm

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Services Pending For Deceased Local Athlete

A memorial service is expected later this week for a former Ohio State football player who died suddenly at his Westerville home.

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12:27pm

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Columbus Cops Cleared In Shooting Death

A Franklin County Grand Jury has cleared two Columbus police officers in the shooting death of a burglary suspect who they say struck one of them with an SUV as he tried to escape.

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12:25pm

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Marion Shooting To Go Before Grand Jury This Week

Marion Police say charges are pending against the man whose 2-year-old son accidentally shot him on Sunday.

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9:50am

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Columbus Giving Tax Breaks To Three Firms

Columbus City Council last night approved legislation giving tax breaks to three companies.

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9:46am

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Romney Ad Subject Of FEC Complaint

A progressive group has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission over tv ads from Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign.

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9:42am

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Ryan Stumps In Lima

Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan says President Obama's attempt to cut military spending is putting Americans at risk overseas.

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9:40am

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Possible Drowning Death Discovered

Columbus Police say a man was found dead overnight in a possible drowning at his Northwest Side townhome.

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9:38am

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Bank Donates Funds For Job Training And More

Columbus-based Huntington Bank says it will donate one-million dollars over the next three years to the Columbus Urban League for job training and small business support in the city's core neighborhoods.

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9:37am

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Local Voter-Registration Challenges Dismissed

The Franklin County Board of Elections has dismissed a slate of voter-registration challenges lodged by the Ohio Voter Integrity Project.

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9:34am

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Heffner Will Not Face Criminal Charges

Former Ohio Schools Superintendent Stan Heffner will not face criminal charges, despite questions about his work for an educational testing contractor.

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9:32am

Tue September 25, 2012
News

Salmonella Prompts Peanut Butter Recall

A New Mexico-based company is recalling 76 types of peanut butter and almond butter after one of its products was linked to a salmonella outbreak at Trader Joe's stores.

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1:22pm

Fri September 21, 2012
News

Services Scheduled Monday For Fallen Columbus Officer

Funeral services will be held Monday for an off-duty Columbus Police officer who died this week after her vehicle collided head-on with an ambulance.

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1:20pm

Fri September 21, 2012
News

Blind Spot And Human Error Factors In Mine Crash

The state says dispatcher error and a blind spot were factors in Wednesday's coal mine rail car collision in Perry County that injured five men.

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1:18pm

Fri September 21, 2012
News

Two injured In Vehicle/Train Crash

The State Highway Patrol says two men were injured yesterday when a driver failed to stop at an Erie County railroad crossing and struck a train car.

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9:40am

Fri September 21, 2012
News

Hearing Scheduled On Controversial Issue 2 Mailer

The Ohio Elections Commission has found probable cause that a mailer paid for by the Ohio Republican Party violates state election law.

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9:36am

Fri September 21, 2012
News

Guilty Verdict In Amish Attacks Case

Sixteen people who previously rejected plea deals were convicted yesterday of hair- and beard- cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio.

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9:34am

Fri September 21, 2012
News

Suspect In Goodale Park Assault Arrested

A Columbus man has been arrested on charges of assaulting a woman at Goodale Park.

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9:33am

Fri September 21, 2012
News

Local Median Incomes Decline

The U.S. Census Bureau says median household incomes in Columbus and Franklin County fell by more than four percent between 2010 and 2011, a rate higher than in the rest of the state and the nation.

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