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The girl was upstairs sleeping when she was shot about 5 a.m. Tuesday in a home in the 8000 block of Beardsley Avenue.

Rebecca Westergaard, 75, was found dead on Christmas Day by Pataskala police at a home on Mink Street.

Wayne Lawson led the Ohio Arts Council from 1978 to 2006. During that time, he built the state agency to have a major presence nationally and internationally.

Heart disease is the second leading cause of death with 650 inmates.

Officials say the number of fire deaths in Ohio increased slightly from last year to this year, with 117 fatalities reported in 2015.That was the total as…