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Columbus Blue Jackets forward Alexandre Texier, right, scores against Florida Panthers goalie Chris Driedger in the shootout of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The Blue Jackets won 3-2. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

Texier’s shootout goal lifts Blue Jackets over Panthers 3-2

By MITCH STACY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2020, file photo, Thomas Quinlan, chief of the Columbus Division of Police, speaks with the media at the Columbus Community Safety Advisory Commission in Columbus, Ohio. Quinlan was forced out Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, after the mayor who hired him said he'd lost confidence in Quinlan's ability to make needed changes to the department, weeks after the police killing of Andre Hill. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins, File)

Ohio police chief forced out in wake of Andre Hill killing

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and FARNOUSH AMIRI - Associated Press

Florida Panthers defenseman Radko Gudas, left, of the Czech Republic, collides with Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

Hornqvist’s shootout goal lifts Panthers over Blue Jackets

By MITCH STACY - Associated Press

Columbus Blue Jackets' Pierre-Luc Dubois, left, carries the puck up ice against Tampa Bay Lightning's Anthony Cirelli during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Blue Jackets deal unhappy Dubois to Jets for Laine, Roslovic

By MITCH STACY - Associated Press

Columbus Blue Jackets' Seth Jones, front left, knocks the puck away from Tampa Bay Lightning's Brayden Point, as Blue Jackets' Joonas Korpisalo, of Finland, protects the net during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Point scores in OT to push Lightning over Blue Jackets 3-2

By MITCH STACY - Associated Press

3 militia members charged with plotting Capitol breach

By DAN SEWELL and BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Cam Atkinson (13) and Nashville Predators right wing Brad Richardson (15) reach for the puck in the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Richardson scores go-ahead goal as Preds beat Columbus 5-2

By TERESA M. WALKER - Associated Press

Nashville Predators center Luke Kunin (11) celebrates after scoring a goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. At left is Blue Jackets defenseman Dean Kukan (46). (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Forsberg, Saros lead Predators to 3-1 win over Blue Jackets

By JIM DIAMOND - Associated Press

Columbus Blue Jackets' Oliver Bjorkstrand, of Denmark, looks for the puck during an NHL hockey training camp practice Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Blue Jackets sign Bjorkstrand to 5-year contract extension

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Andre Hill's daughter, Karissa, attends a news conference held by family attorney Ben Crump, right, at the Beza Community Center on the east side of Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man, was shot and killed by Columbus police officer Adam Coy early on Tuesday, Dec. 22. (Barbara J. Perenic/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Sharpton: Firing officer who killed Andre Hill is not enough

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2020, file photo, Columbus Blue Jackets' Pierre-Luc Dubois plays against the Ottawa Senators during an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio. With top-line center Pierre-Luc Dubois signed to a new contract and a solid second-line puck-handler Max Domi in place, the Columbus Blue Jackets will try to reach the NHL playoffs for the fifth straight season under coach John Tortorella.(AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

Blue Jackets firm up center ice, seek 5th straight playoffs

By MITCH STACY - Associated Press

Andre Hill, fatally shot by Columbus police on Dec. 22, is memorialized on a shirt worn by his daughter, Karissa Hill, on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. Karissa Hill said she considered her father an “everything man” because he did so many things. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

Andre Hill’s loved ones mourn loss of ‘a chess-playing mind’

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

The driveway of a home in the 1000 block of Oberlin Drive where fatal police shooting occurred seen on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio. Body camera footage released Wednesday shows Andre Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, emerging from a garage and holding up a cellphone in his left hand seconds before he is fatally shot by a Columbus police officer. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Chief: Police didn’t show care for Andre Hill after shooting

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and JOHN SEEWER - Associated Press

FILE – In this April 12, 2005, file photo, operator Kevin Holko monitors the control room during a scheduled refueling shutdown at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio. A federal court docket showed that &quot;plea agreements&quot; were filed Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 for defendants Jeffrey Longstreth, a longtime political adviser, and Juan Cespedes, a lobbyist described by investigators as a &quot;key middleman&quot; in a $60 million bribery case also involving ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder alleged to have helped prop up this aging nuclear power plant and the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)

Scandal-battered utility now faces specter of pricy lawsuits

By MARK GILLISPIE - Associated Press

FILE — In this Aug. 26, 2020 file photo, workers in scrubs and masks walk by the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

Ohio’s top stories in 2020: Pandemic, protests and politics

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 28, 2020 file photo, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther makes remarks following the announcement by Columbus City Schools superintendent Talisa Dixon that all students would start the 2020-21 school year online during a news conference at Downtown High School in Columbus, Ohio. The mayor of Ohio's capital city says an officer who shot and killed a Black man holding a cell phone early Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 morning did not activate his body camera beforehand. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

Video released in police killing of Black man holding phone

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and MARK GILLISPIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 28, 2020 file photo, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther makes remarks following the announcement by Columbus City Schools superintendent Talisa Dixon that all students would start the 2020-21 school year online during a news conference at Downtown High School in Columbus, Ohio. The mayor of Ohio's capital city says an officer who shot and killed a Black man holding a cell phone early Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 morning did not activate his body camera beforehand. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

Mayor: Body cam not activated in police killing of Black man

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Divided court dismisses challenge to Ohio bump stock ban

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Synovus taps Blair as new CEO in planned transition

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Group attacks city leaders with now-removed billboard

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