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Frederick Jenkins was so smitten with his friend’s sister, Mamie, that he married her 55 years ago. Now, the South Side couple, ages 80 and 79 respectively, are retired. Frederick, retired from Battelle research institute, has Parkinson’s disease. Mamie, a retired nurse, is his primary caretaker and needs help taking care of her husband’s medical and other needs.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Nine teenagers at a Logan County home and school for troubled youths were arrested Wednesday evening after police were called to stop a fight. The arrests follow similar violence and vandalism over the weekend in which six other residents of the Adriel School in West Liberty were arrested and the personal car of a staff member was stolen.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

In an effort to curb the spread of germs this flu season at Newark High School, Principal Tom Bowman inadvertently went viral.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

A woman who began as a volunteer at the Ohio Reformatory for Women has been named Ohio's Warden of the Year.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Alan C. Travis was consistently rated as the top Franklin County Common Pleas judge during his 13 years on the bench, but he was equally at home on the piano bench at his Dublin home.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

The fallout from the growing popularity of online shopping accelerated Wednesday as both Macy's and Sears announced plans to close more than a combined 200 stores nationally because of poor sales. Macy's is closing stores at Eastland Mall and one of its two stores at the Mall at Tuttle Crossing. Sears is closing stores in Lancaster and Chillicothe, as well as Kmart stores it operates in Reynoldsburg and Mount Vernon.

NEWARK—The Licking County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center will now make pit bulls and pit bull mixes available for public adoption from the facility.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Ohio University has named four finalists to replace President Roderick McDavis. They are Duane Nellis, immediate past president of Texas Tech University; Dean Bresciani, president of North Dakota State University; Robert Frank, president of the University of New Mexico; and Pam Benoit, executive vice President and provost at Ohio University.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

L Brands, the operator of Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works, said this morning that its sales for December missed expectations and that profit for the fourth quarter will be at the low end of its previous guidance.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};

A driver whose vehicle slid off the road into a creek was killed this morning in Fairfield County, the State Highway Patrol said. The crash was reported around 7:09 a.m. in the 8400 block of Cincinnati-Zanesville Rd. SW, also known as Rt. 22, near Amanda. The driver was alone in the vehicle, the patrol said.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};