Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
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Upper Arlington is planning a multi-year renovation and expansion of Fire Station 71, its oldest municipal building, with construction expected to start in early 2028 and finish by summer 2029.
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Upper Arlington schedules back-to-back public milestones for two major road projects: an Envision Henderson corridor open house Thursday, Sept. 10, and a Five Points intersection presentation to City Council Monday, Sept. 14.
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Upper Arlington Police Division officers assisted Perry Township Police in serving a financial exploitation warrant at a Worthington Hills home on Aug. 19, where a woman believed to be over 75 was found dead; the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is leading the ongoing probe.
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Flash flooding submerged the W. Third Ave and Rail Street corridor in Grandview Heights on Thursday, Aug. 20, as 2 to 4.5 inches of rain fell across central Ohio, triggering water rescues and school closures regionwide.
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Franklin County Public Health will spray for mosquitoes across all of Upper Arlington on Monday, Aug. 24, starting at 9 p.m., after West Nile virus was detected in gravid traps in both the north and south zones — the first citywide spraying this season.
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The Franklin County Auditor's Office is accepting applications from storm-damaged property owners in Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights and Marble Cliff for temporary reductions in appraised value, which can lower tax bills by hundreds to thousands of dollars depending on damage severity.
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Upper Arlington announced Wednesday, Aug. 19, it is adding a second contractor to its curbside storm debris operation, aiming to clear roughly 50,000 cubic yards of material within two weeks.
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Crews from Dublin, Gahanna, Grove City, Westerville and Worthington joined Upper Arlington teams the week of Aug. 11 to clear debris from a storm that damaged at least 75 homes, part of a nine-entity mutual-aid response the city announced Aug. 14.
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Upper Arlington's curbside chipping crews began working street by street on Monday, Aug. 17, with a live tracking map available so residents can see when their neighborhood is next.
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Franklin County Sheriff's Office investigators helped execute a search warrant at a Columbus man's home as part of a federal child pornography investigation, seizing more than 20 devices containing over 1,000 CSAM files.
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Franklin County Public Health will spray for West Nile Virus in Upper Arlington neighborhoods north of McCoy Road at 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, the same night students start the school year after the derecho delay.
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Gov. DeWine's Aug. 13 state of emergency declaration for Franklin County activates state disaster-aid programs for Upper Arlington homeowners with storm damage, even as UA Schools families prepare for a delayed Aug. 17 school start.
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