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Rio Holds Off Ohio-Chillicothe Comeback 4-3
By: Corbin Bagford
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The Rio Grande RedStorm survived a late scare to prevail 4-3 in seven innings on the road over the Ohio-Chillicothe Hilltoppers on Tuesday afternoon. The teams were scheduled to play a doubleheader, but the second game was postponed due to snow. Leading 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh, Rio Grande (13-17, 3-9 MSC) brought… Read More
Bobcats Look To Stall Potent Keydet Offense Wednesday
By: Michael Drapcho
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One of the beauties of postseason play is the opportunity to play teams that are vastly different. At the same time, playing vastly different teams is also one of the largest challenges of the postseason. This is the exact challenge that Ohio (25-11, 11-7) will face when it hosts Virginia Military Institute (21-11, 11-5) in… Read More
Mother Of Missing Athens Man Believes He Is Alive
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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The mother of Samuel J. Wiater claims she has reason to believe her missing son is alive and "figuring out his life." Trina Wiater told The Athens Messenger she received a text message from her son's girlfriend saying Sam Wiater left a poem in the girlfriend's apartment. "It wasn't 100 percent forthright, but she read… Read More
Mumps Outbreak Spreads Beyond OSU Campus
The Ohio State University mumps outbreak is now spreading beyond the college campus and into the Columbus community. In the past month, the virus has infected more than 40 people connected to the OSU campus. This week, almost 20 people with no connection to the OSU community are already infected. Morgan Hall, a junior at… Read More
Book Author To Talk On Western Vs. Middle Eastern Notions Of Feminism
Lisa Kirchner, author of Hello American Lady Creature: What I Learned as a Woman in Qatar, will give a talk titled "Different Notions of Feminism: Western vs. Middle Eastern" on Thursday, March 27 at 4 p.m. at the Ohio University Women's Center. After 9/11 and before the first al-Qaeda-urged, anti-Western bombing in Qatar in 2005,… Read More
Officials Report Progress In Cincinnati-Area Oil Leak Cleanup
By: Associated Press
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Officials cleaning up thousands of gallons of crude oil that leaked from a pipeline into a southwest Ohio nature preserve hope to complete the emergency phase of cleanup in about a week. Federal officials estimate more than 20,000 gallons of oil leaked into the Oak Glen Nature Preserve west of Cincinnati. The pipeline was repaired… Read More
Murray Energy Sues Enviornmental Protection Agency
By: Associated Press
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An Ohio-based coal operator is suing the head of the Environmental Protection Agency over the agency's administration and enforcement of the Clean Air Act. Murray Energy alleges in its lawsuit that EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has failed to comply with the law's requirement to evaluate the potential impact of the agency's regulatory actions on employment…. Read More
West Virginia Governor Tomblin’s Brother Pleading Guilty To Drug Charges
By: WOUB Contributing Writer
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West Virginia Gov. Earl Tomblin's brother has pleaded guilty to a drug charge in Federal Court. WSAZ reports that Carl Tomblin admitted in court this morning to distributing Oxymorphone, which is a prescription painkiller, in Logan County. He was placed on home confinement after he tested positive for taking Valium. During the hearing it was… Read More
U.S. Fish and Wildlife To Donate $11 Million to West Virginia
By: Associated Press
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will distribute about $11 million to West Virginia for conservation and recreation projects. The funding comes from excise taxes on sales of sporting firearms, ammunition, archery equipment, fishing equipment and tackle, and electric outboard motors. It also includes revenue from fuel taxes on motorboats and small engines. West Virginia… Read More
Freshman Longo Thriving In Center Field
By: Eric Singer
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When Mitch Longo stepped foot on the campus of Ohio University for the first time as a Bobcat, he had one goal in mind for his first year as a member of the baseball team: be the starting center fielder. On paper, the odds to be the starter were not in Longo’s favor, as the… Read More
West Virginia Holding Slowest Growing Personal Income
By: Associated Press
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A decline in mining and other industries leaves West Virginia with the slowest growing personal income nation-wide in 2013. Statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis indicated West Virginia's personal income grew 1.5 percent in 2013 as compared to North Dakota's highest increase of 7.6 percent. The national average of growth has… Read More
Ohio Teen At Shooting Appeal
By: Associated Press
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The age of a teen gunman in a school shooting two years ago in northeastern Ohio is at the center of an appeal over his life sentences. T.J. Lane's defense attorneys and prosecutors will go before an appeals court Wednesday. They're expected to debate whether Lane, who was 17 at the time of the shooting… Read More
Designing News For Devices And Finding The Heart Of The Story
Sara Quinn is an affiliate at the Poynter Institute and consultant for Pixelbots, a company that offers consultation and training for media companies. Quinn is to speak at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism's 6th annual Schuneman Symposium on this year's theme: Data Visualization. Quinn has been a journalist and educator all over the world,… Read More
Texas Roadhouse Is Open In Athens
By: Sara Brumfield | Athens Messenger
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Athens has a new place for steak as Texas Roadhouse opened its doors to the public on Monday afternoon. The approximately 160 new employees began “intense” training on March 17, according to Texas Roadhouse managing partner Deedra Semones. Nearly 900 people applied for jobs at the new establishment, which is in the parking lot of… Read More
Page Given ‘Hall Of Fame’ Honors To Kick Off OU Communication Week
By: Athens Messenger staff reports
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The Scripps College of Communication is observing Communication Week 2014. Events kicked off Monday afternoon with Visual Communication Day speakers and continued in the evening with the induction of 1969 alumnus and Pulitzer Prize winner Clarence E. Page, into the Ohio Communication Hall of Fame. Page has been a Chicago Tribune columnist and a member… Read More
West Virginia Asked To Void Chemical Wastewater Dumping Permit
By: Associated Press
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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is being asked to void a permit that allowed wastewater to be transported from the site of a Charleston chemical spill to a Putnam County landfill. The county and the city of Hurricane made the request last week. Hurricane Mayor Scott Edwards says he wasn't told about Waste… Read More
Kentucky Lottery Sales Up From Last Year, Below Budget
By: Associated Press
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Kentucky lottery sales have improved from last year, but are running below budget. That's the news the lottery's board of directors heard this month. Year-to-date sales through February were more than $564 million, and that's more than $12 million better than the total from a year ago, but it is $18.5 million less than budgeted…. Read More
West Virginia Asked To Void Chemical Wastewater Dumping Permit
By: Associated Press
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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is being asked to void a permit that allowed wastewater to be transported from the site of a Charleston chemical spill to a Putnam County landfill. The Charleston Gazette reports the county and the city of Hurricane made the request last week. Hurricane Mayor Scott Edwards says he… Read More
HCSO Detectives Investigate Murder/Suicide in Murray City
By: Debra Tobin | Logan Daily News
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Hocking County Sheriff’s Office investigated a murder/suicide in Murray City Saturday afternoon.At about 4:30 p.m., dispatchers at Hocking County 911 transferred a call to HCSO from the 18-year-old daughter of the deceased, reporting the apparent murder/suicide of her parents. The daughter also said that her 16-year-old brother was in the home at the time of… Read More