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Travel Channel To Feature Scioto Co. Machine Gun Shoot
By: Michael Locklear
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A rather unconventional event in southeast Ohio is the focus of the season finale of a show on the Travel Channel that airs this weekend. The "Sand Masters" spent three days building their sand sculptures in Scioto County, only to have them blown up in five seconds. Ralph Scott owns the firing range in Minford… Read More
Oxycodone Trafficking Organization Dismantled
By: Cotrell Loftin
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A Southeast Ohio sheriff says his officers arrested nine people involved in a drug crime ring responsible for selling thousands of oxycodone pills in the county. Scioto County Sheriff Marty Donini says the arrests were the result of a six to nine month investigation by the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force. Donini says this problem… Read More
Downtown Chillicothe Building To Be Rehabilitated
A regional health system will partner with Chillicothe city leaders to rehabilitate a downtown building that was gutted by arson fire more than nine years ago. Adena Health System leaders made the announcement Thursday they plan to lease the Carlisle and Howson Buildings on Paint and Main Streets. Mayor Jack Everson says Adena will… Read More
Morning Audio Update For June 21
The body of a man who went missing after being shot in the head has been found in Morgan County. A Lawrence County brownfield is ready for redevelopment. Details in your morning audio update.
Upper Big Branch Mine Sealed
By: Associated Press
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Alpha Natural Resources has completed sealing the West Virginia mine where an explosion killed 29 workers in 2010. Alpha spokesman Ted Pile says that crews put the final concrete seal in place at the Upper Big Branch mine on Wednesday. The seals are covered with fill dirt. The mine hasn't operated since the explosion… Read More
Morgan Co. Body Found, Accused Shooter Still At Large
The body of a man who went missing after being shot in the head on June 12 has been found in Morgan County, but his alleged shooter is still on the loose. Sheriff Thomas Jenkins says his officers received a call Wednesday at 6:51 p.m. reporting the possible location of a body. The… Read More
Old Tile Plant Cleared For Redevelopment
A Lawrence County property with a storied past is now ready for new life, according to Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The 33-acre Carlyle Tile plant on Pike Street in Coal Grove was originally the site of a brick factory in the late 1800s through the mid 1930s. It was then used for more than 40… Read More
Budget Cuts Force Reduced Police Dept. Hours
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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While most police departments work around the clock, public business in Ironton is only conducted on Wednesdays. City budget cuts forced the Ironton Police Department to go from five office staffers to none at all. Ironton police officers still patrol and answer calls seven days and nights a week, but people can only get… Read More
Accused Chardon Shooter To Stay In Juvenile Center
By: Associated Press
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A teenager charged in a deadly Ohio school shooting is staying at a youth detention facility instead of being moved to a county jail as he waits to be tried as an adult. Seventeen-year-old T.J. Lane has pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting three students and wounding three more in February at Chardon High School… Read More