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The Columbus Department of Public Utilities has issued a boil-water advisory for customers affected by a 20-inch main waterline break Monday morning on the Northwest Side that also caused flooding to about a dozen homes off Olentangy River Road near Riverside Methodist Hospital.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Dr. Richard Goldberg, a gastrointestinal cancer expert, has been named the new director of the Cancer Institute at West Virginia University. Goldberg comes from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center, where he is the Klotz Family Professor of Cancer Research, physician-in-chief of the James Cancer Hospital and associate director of the Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

WASHINGTON — As the Republican-led Congress sets out to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s 2010 health-care law, Rep. Pat Tiberi finds himself in a tricky situation. Like other congressional Republicans, Tiberi, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s subcommittee on health, wants to repeal the law as quickly as possible. But what the law’s replacement looks like is still very much a matter of debate.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

By marching, they were making a connection with the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. More than 1,000 people gathered on the East Side late Monday afternoon for a short march on the streets surrounding East High School, where the city of Columbus' official MLK Jr. Day celebration program was held afterward.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Ohio State University senior Cameron Hunt spent months trying to get Republican Donald Trump elected president. So when Trump won the White House in November, one of Hunt’s first moves was to call his congressman, Rep. Steve Stivers, to ask for tickets to the inauguration.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

SANDUSKY — An auto parts plant that employs more than 300 people in northern Ohio will shut down next week.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};

Local governments in western Licking County have started planning for a shared vision for the area’s future. The Western Licking County Accord aims to bring together Johnstown, New Albany and Jersey Township leaders and residents to evaluate everything from possible design standards to development boundaries, as well as water and sewer issues in the area, said Johnstown Village Manager Jim Lenner.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Buoyed by the generosity of deceased donors, organ transplants across the United States reached a record high in 2016, for the fourth year in a row. Preliminary numbers released recently by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) indicate that 33,606 transplants were performed in 2016, up from 30,973 the previous year, an 8.5 percent increase. Transplantation took a bigger jump in Ohio, rising from 1,231 in 2015 to 1,360 in 2016, an increase of 10.5 percent.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

A Columbus jazz radio station has received its broadcast license from the Federal Communications Commission, providing central Ohio its only full-time outlet for the genre. WSAX-LP (98.5 FM) received the license on Thursday . The station, operated by the nonprofit SEMM Foundation, plays jazz around the clock via the airwaves and online at www.myjazz98.com.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LIFE_ENTERTAINMENT","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LIFE_ENTERTAINMENT"};

The seventh annual Columbus Winter Beerfest is coming to the Greater Columbus Convention Center Jan. 20-21. The festival will feature more than 450 beers from 130 breweries.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};