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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 10/05/2025

Sometimes when you’ve had a long couple of weeks with a lot of heavy stories, you need to have a conversation with a dog. Penny was happy to oblige me.

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 06/05/2025

Some stories are just devastating. Just think how much force it takes to SEVER a liver. In a 6-year-old girl. The allegations against this mother and her boyfriend are something. www.dispatch.com/story/news/c...

Columbus mother, boyfriend charged in suspected beating death of 6-year-old daughter

Franklin County court records say Ashley Fagan's 6-year-old daughter died in April. The girl had significant injuries, including a severed liver.

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 03/05/2025

I’m betting on Journalism in the Derby today. (Figuratively speaking…) How can I not? I bet on it to make it my career and it’s done good by me so far!

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 29/04/2025

My dad tonight: So I saw this thing on TV called Banana Ball. Me: Oh don’t worry dad, I know all about the Bananas. I see their videos and wanted to go last summer when they were in Columbus and couldn’t get tickets…. 45 minutes later… My dad: Ok… that’s more than I needed to know.

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 17/04/2025

I am so proud to be a fan of this Blue Jackets team. If they had phoned it in this year, nobody could have blamed them. Instead, they pushed through everything and made an impact. Thank you is all I can say.

Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 15/04/2025

Five years ago, Columbus police arrested 4 teens for a string of car thefts. Now, all four have either been charged or convicted in connection with a shooting -- three of them for unrelated homicides. I took a look at what's changed in the juvenile system in that time. t.co/gv5yqmSSWI

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/courts/2025/04/15/five-years-after-stolen-car-numbers-rose-data-trend-decline-columbus-ohio-kia-boys-franklin-county/83014474007/?taid=67fe5859e641e3000131f46b&utm_...

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 15/04/2025

Also, the irony that would exist if CBJ manages to pull this off — and Montreal blow it — after Laine made those comments about wanting out of Columbus so he could play meaningful hockey or whatever it was…. Hockey gods, keep doing what you’re doing and listening to Johnny up there.

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 09/04/2025

Easy way to ID if someone is above 25? Do they know all the words to the Fresh Prince theme and are unafraid to sing them in a crowded hockey arena? They are solidly an adult.

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 07/04/2025

Meredith and Madeline Gaudreau are two of the strongest women in the world. Congratulations to Meredith and Johnny and welcome to the world Carter Michael! (Having the exact birth stats as your daddy is a reminder he's your guardian angel.) <3 t.co/mcdjnOjBhb

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2025/04/07/johnny-gaudreau-widow-meredith-announces-birth-of-baby-boy-carter-michael-gaudreau/82976267007/

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 29/03/2025

As a consumer of a lot of basketball this time of year, is it “good defense” if an offensive player misses a shot that wasn’t clearly altered by the defender and just missed? Or is it regular defense and the offensive player wasn’t lucky enough to get a roll/bounce?

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 25/03/2025

Juju Watkins getting carried off the floor in obvious pain… that changes everything for USC in this tournament… and that regional.

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The Columbus Dispatch @dispatch.com · 24/03/2025

We're a bit late to the party, but many of our journalists have been in the Bluesky trenches for a while. Follow them via our starter pack: go.bsky.app/8BkrDTC

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 24/03/2025

I don't know what I would do if this happened to me, but it would probably be something like send a message without thinking and be like "hey, do you really want me to be in this" and get booted out... www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 24/03/2025

Really curious to find out what went down in that handshake line at OSU/Tennesser tonight. Cotie McMahon was not happy (to put it mildly) was more smacking hands vs high fiving and was hustled away by an assistant coach before making it to the end of the line….

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 21/03/2025

Did I wear a UConn sweatshirt to a pair of games featuring OSU and Tennessee? Yes, yes I did.

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 21/03/2025

I would like the record to reflect that I picked both McNeese and Drake to pull the upsets today.

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 20/03/2025

A former lawyer admitted in federal court today to telling his girlfriend about his representation of a cooperating witness in a drug/sex trafficking case, putting the witness- his client -at risk. The charges are because he lied to the FBI when they asked about it: www.dispatch.com/story/news/c...

Columbus lawyer admits he told girlfriend about representing informant, lying to FBI

Dennis McNamara, 74, admitted to lying to FBI agents who asked if McNamara had told his girlfriend about representing a cooperating witness.

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 17/03/2025

Me as a womens basketball fan immediately going: Possible OSU/Tennessee matchup in Columbus on Sunday? Can I wear my UConn gear?

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 30/01/2025

I learned today that legally obligated equal pay for women became a thing in the United Kingdom in 1970. 55 years ago. And in 2010—15 years ago—the law specified even self-employed workers and extended to overtime and benefits. So…. The US is waiting for??

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 17/01/2025

The irony of CBJ fans yelling “and Michigan still sucks” after the one minute left to play announcement…. In a game where the two goals for CBJ so far were by Michigan players…

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 18/12/2024

The OKC bombing. I remember distinctly looking at a TV and asking my mom why half the building was gone. I was 5. And then Princess Diana dying. Can still picture the front page with the “Diana Dead” headline and the photo of her in the black dress.

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 10/12/2024

I still can't get over that my alma mater is playing the "Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop."

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 28/11/2024

Things I’m thankful for today: - the best family and friends a girl could ever ask for - aunt life - a job that only occasionally feels like work, and one that has allowed me to make a change this year that has led to me being happier - the awesome life I have

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 28/11/2024

I’ve never seen a Gordie Howe hat trick in real life until tonight!!! What a night for Z!!

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 25/11/2024

Shayla Favor's historic win: Meet the first Black woman elected Franklin County prosecutor www.dispatch.com/story/news/c...

Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 24/11/2024

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So, @brianhedger.bsky.social can we get a broken stick tally for this game? It’s got to be 4 or 5 at this point!

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 21/11/2024

If you were going to go to Adam Coy’s sentencing on Monday, it’s not happening now. Here’s my story: x.com/bethany_brun...

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 21/11/2024

There may be 160 players, but there’s countless others too. I have never met him, but I’d like to think I take a little of the drive to get better every day with me. That the preparation is more important than the performance because that’s where you grow. www.espn.com/womens-colle...

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1,217 wins, 160 players, one legacy: UConn's Auriemma taught players 'to be best versions of ourselves'

Geno Auriemma and UConn forced every program to raise their standard. They also changed the lives of the 160 women who have played for the Huskies.

Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 21/11/2024

I am proud to have been a UConn fan for more than 2/3 of my life. I’ve witnessed a handful of these wins and watched hundreds of others. To paraphrase Rebecca Lobo: It’s never been done before and it will never be able to be done again in the same way. At one school. With the same associate coach.

Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 21/11/2024

Want to know the best news I heard today? My best friend from high school had her first child 14 weeks early this summer. After more than six months in the NICU and now up to a whopping 11 pounds, she and her husband got to bring him home today!!! Just a reminder there is good in the world!

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 18/11/2024

You know on court shows when they bring up a “Brady violation” and that’s considered a no-no? It means evidence was withheld and Adam Coy’s attorneys say prosecutors did just that. I’ve left a message for the lead prosecutor: t.co/tOIR3sZhQx

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/courts/2024/11/18/adam-coys-attorneys-prosecutors-withheld-evidence-in-trial-andre-hill-columbus-police-shooting/76407259007/

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 18/11/2024

Exclusive (for now): Could 5-year-old Darnell Taylor still be alive? A new lawsuit says multiple agencies missed red flags and could have intervened, but didn't. Darnell's temporary legal guardian, Pammy Maye, is accused of killing him. t.co/zX8DO4flb9

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/courts/2024/11/18/darnell-taylor-pammy-maye-lawsuit-neglect-franklin-county-caseworkers-child-abuse-death/76336365007/

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 15/11/2024

First for Dispatch subscribers: New motions in Jason Meade trial reveal what was being said at those testy sidebars—the judge was reminding prosecutors to follow the law. At one point, the judge said “Casey is irrelevant to this case.” www.dispatch.com/story/news/c...

Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 15/11/2024

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Me: UCONN plays on national TV tonight! An hour later, I forget this fact and get a ticket to the CBJ game tonight. So, if you see someone at the Jackets game watching a women’s basketball game on their phone through the first period, hi, it’s me at peak Bethany as a sports fan!

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 13/11/2024

First hand experience goes a lot farther than it used to, eh? I watch Dancing with the Stars, can I be a pro next season? Asking for my two left feet!

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Bethany Bruner @bethanybruner.dispatch.com · 04/01/2024

A sad milestone this morning as Columbus recorded its first homicide of 2024. The victim has not yet been identified. www.dispatch.com/story/news/c...