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As part of an upgrade to its parking facilities, Franklin County plans add to the existing eight charging stations for electric cars. The move is part of a regional trend of seeing more charging stations in central Ohio, including in the Ohio Statehouse garage.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

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The Arena District's Studio Movie Grill has closed after a three-year run.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};

A Franklin County judge gave Walter E. Dixon a break in 2015 when she placed him on probation for causing a crash that killed an 18-year-old man. Dixon's driver's license was suspended for life, but that didn't stop him from getting behind the wheel again. In September, he was arrested in Cuyahoga County on charges of drunken driving and driving without a license after he slammed into a parked vehicle in Garfield Heights.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

The Florentine restaurant property, which closed just before Christmas, might reopen as a different restaurant concept. The Penzone family sold the 0.74 acre property, at 907 W. Broad St. in the Franklinton neighborhood, to the Robert Weiler Co. for $500,000. The sale closed Dec. 21, according to property records. The company, one of the city's oldest developers, hopes to attract a new restaurant to the 6,500-square-foot building.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};

Two schools in the Groveport-Madison school district are closing early because they have no power. Students at Middle School Central will be dismissed at 9:20 a.m., and those at Groveport Elementary will be dismissed at 10 a.m., spokeswoman Nancy Daly said.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Columbus firefighters were called back Wednesday to put out a stubborn fire at the Volunteers of America warehouse on Far West Side. Firefighters were first called out Monday night and more than a hundred worked through the night into Tuesday to extinguish the flames at the warehouse, 5640 W. Broad Street.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

A 13-year-old girl was struck by a motorist just west of Delaware this morning. Delaware Police responded just after 7 a.m. to Troy Road near Barrett Street where the driver of a Toyota sedan had stopped after colliding with the girl who was crossing Troy, said Capt. Adam Moore.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Marathon Petroleum Corp. plans to accelerate a previously announced drop-down of assets to MPLX and has designated a board committee to review the Speedway retail store business. The planned actions are designed to enhance shareholder value, the company said in a press release issued early Tuesday.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};

They said it was going to be a tough year to beat, but they were wrong. Columbus’ 10 percent tax on hotel stays generated a record $44.5 million in 2016, up 4.3 percent over 2015.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};