💧 Body discovered floating in Hoover Reservoir near Westerville. Columbus police confirmed the discovery after someone alerted Westerville authorities about a body in the water. Emergency responders retrieved the remains and pronounced the person dead at 10:30 a.m. on September 3, 2025. Officials have not yet determined how long the body was in the reservoir or the circumstances surrounding the death. Authorities are continuing their investigation into this developing situation.
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🏳️⚧️ Ohio school restricts student's transgender activism project, ACLU intervenes. The ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to Dublin City Schools citing First Amendment concerns after senior Corinne Embi's pro-trans demonstration flyers were removed from Jerome High School. While Embi had initially received permission for her Women's Studies final project, administrators later restricted her activities, forcing her to relocate her presentation to a public library. The school district claims the issue was about approval processes, not content, but the ACLU maintains that "viewpoint discrimination" is unconstitutional. The civil liberties organization has vowed to continue monitoring for "unlawful constraint of student speech" throughout Ohio.
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🎬 Ohio animated series scores $2 million in tax credits to finish production. "Gabriel and the Guardians," created by Delaware, Ohio-based animator Jason Moody, received the funding through Ohio's Motion Picture Tax Credits program. The biblical-inspired fantasy series follows a celestial guardian sent to recover a powerful artifact, with production happening entirely in central Ohio. Moody intentionally built his animation studio, Colossal Entertainment, in the Midwest to prove creativity shouldn't be "monopolized by a single city or even by two coasts." Viewers can expect to see the completed 13-episode first season by mid-2026.
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