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Officer Smith of the Grandview Heights Police Department posted a video with pedestrian safety tips for students walking to school as Grandview Heights City Schools opens the 2026-27 year Wednesday, Aug. 12.
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Four parking lots at Fancyburg Park and Thompson Park in Upper Arlington will close on a rolling basis Monday, Aug. 10, through Friday, Aug. 14, for asphalt maintenance, with each lot shutting down for about 24 hours.
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The Grandview Heights Division of Police is a founding member of F.O.R.C.E., a new Franklin County task force that has recovered more than $145,000 in stolen merchandise and secured nine indictments since March, targeting organized retail theft rings under Ohio's FORCE Act.
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ODOT is placing barrels and message boards near McCoy Road in Upper Arlington after drivers ignored the official detour for the 45-day US 33 closure, cutting through residential dead-end streets instead.
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The eighth annual TRI the Heights Youth Triathlon on Sept. 5 will reroute its bike course to Arlington Ave. because of Cambridge Blvd. construction, bringing road closures across Grandview Heights from 7:30 a.m. to noon.
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Franklin County Public Health will spray for mosquitoes across all of Upper Arlington south of Zollinger Road starting at 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, after local gravid traps tested positive for West Nile Virus.
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Upper Arlington Police said their audits show no evidence that federal immigration enforcement agencies improperly accessed local Flock license plate reader data, responding to a Columbus Police audit that flagged more than 15,000 potentially immigration-related searches across that city's network since 2023.
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Madison Elkins, 18, is being held on $75,000 bail after police connected her to break-ins at as many as 12 Upper Arlington homes, with more than $13,000 in stolen property. A 17-year-old is also in custody and a third suspect is being sought.
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Upper Arlington police arrested two teens and are searching for a third suspect after several overnight residential burglaries in the Tewksbury Road area on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026.
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Upper Arlington's $2.6 million final-phase reconstruction of Northwest Boulevard between Wilshire Drive and Five Points began Aug. 3, bringing lane shifts and two-week rolling work zones through fall 2026.
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The Upper Arlington Police Division launched a public transparency portal on July 30 detailing how its Flock Safety license plate reader cameras work, what data is collected and deleted, and what privacy safeguards are in place.
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ODOT closed Riverside Drive between Fishinger Road and River Park Drive on Aug. 3 for a 45-day culvert replacement project, rerouting roughly 20,000 daily drivers onto I-270 detours.
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