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ACA Enrollment Surges In Ohio, But Many Must Wait
By: Sara Jane Tribble | Ohio Public Radio • WCPN
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A steady stream of people filed through the doors of a free clinic on Cleveland’s near west side. But Leah Pallant, an outreach and enrollment coordinator at the Neighborhood Family Practice, expected many of them to leave without actually selecting a plan before the Monday midnight deadline. “The web site is already in and out……. Read More
Hundreds Participate In Geocaching Competition
The world's largest geocaching event was held in Athens March 27-30. The Midwest Open Geocaching Adventure (MOGA) attracted people from all over the United States, some traveling from as far as Alaska. Geocaching is described as a real-life treasure hunt, using GPS receivers and coordinates to find objects hidden almost anywhere. Lenie Holbrook, local geocaching… Read More
Cleveland Group Promotes Alternate Nuclear Power
By: Jeff St. Clair | Ohio Public Radio • WKSU
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It has the makings of a classic conspiracy theory. Government scientists in the 1960’s developed a smaller, potentially safer form of nuclear power using a cheap and abundant fuel, only to have the program mothballed and kept secret for decades. The Thorium Molten-Salt reactor was one of several nuclear reactor designs developed at Tennessee’s Oak… Read More
National Sleep Awareness Week Highlights Sleep Disorders
By Nicole Eugene During Ohio University’s spring break this year, an important awareness campaign took place and we wanted to both honor and recognize it. National Sleep Awareness week was March 2-9 —which coincided with daylight saving time this year. Recent research has shown that losing just that one hour of sleep has resulted in… Read More
Hutchinson Snags MAC East Player Of The Week Honors
By: Austin Carpenter
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Ohio’s freshman infielder Casie Hutchinson was named MAC East Player of the Week on Moday, joining sophomore Amanda Dalton and junior Adrienne Gebele as the three Bobcats to win the award this season. The freshman lead the Bobcats to an offensive explosion this past weekend. In the first four league games, she hit .625, had a… Read More
Motions Opposed In West Virginia Bankruptcy Case
By: Associated Press
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A request by the president of Freedom Industries to get paid is facing opposition in bankruptcy court. Freedom Industries is the company at the center of a Jan. 9 chemical leak that spurred a tap water-ban across nine counties. The company sought Chapter 11 protection from its creditors less than two weeks after the spill…. Read More
Science Center In Columbus To Reopen Planetarium
By: Associated Press
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A Columbus science museum is making plans to reopen its planetarium. Officials with COSI, the Center of Science and Industry, say they plan to open the attraction this fall. The planetarium was closed 10 years ago as the science center struggled with financial problems. COSI officials say that they are trying to raise $1 million… Read More
Exotic Animal Owners In Ohio Appeal Court Decision
By: Associated Press
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Exotic animal owners in Ohio are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision that upheld the state's restrictions on exotic animals. The owners sued the state over the regulations, arguing that the law violates their free speech and free association rights. A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in… Read More
Photos: Spirits Still High As Cold And Rain Dampen Palmerfest 2014
By: WOUB Visuals
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Cold, wind and rain put a damper on the 2014 edition of Palmerfest, perhaps the most famous of Athens' street fests, but Ohio University students still flooded the sidewalks and yards around the street on Saturday. Thirty-three people were arrested at the party, which was largely over by mid-afternoon, when temperatures dropped and snow and… Read More
Ohio Man’s 18 Dogs Poisoned With Antifreeze
By: Associated Press
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Authorities say an Ohio man's 18 dogs were poisoned with antifreeze, and that one of them has died. Seventy-three-year-old Don Butts says he has no idea who would have poisoned his Labrador retrievers in their outdoor kennels in Gratiot, about an hour east of Columbus in Licking County. Butts called the Licking County Sheriff's Office… Read More
Appalachian Prisons Symposium To Be Held At WVU
By: Associated Press
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A symposium on the prison infrastructure in Appalachia will be held at West Virginia University in April. The three-day Educational Justice & Appalachian Prisons Symposium will run from April 4 to April 6. The university says events will include roundtables with people who've been imprisoned, teachers inside prisons, corrections administrators, judges, law and humanities faculty,… Read More
West Virginia Redistricting Resulted In Simple Swap
By: Associated Press
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The complicated redistricting process prompted by population shifts resulted in one simple change in West Virginia's congressional districts. After two legislative committees adjusted political district boundaries to ensure equal representation, and an ensuing lawsuit challenging the plan was dismissed, Mason County was moved from the 2nd to the 3rd congressional district. A more ambitious draft… Read More
Ohio Congressional Map Is Little Help To Moderates
By: Associated Press
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Ohio has more Democratic than Republican voters, but is headed toward another rock-solid Republican majority in Congress this fall. This bellwether state provides one of the clearest examples in the nation of how congressional districts drawn after the 2010 Census using a combination of geography and gerrymandering gave Republicans a 33-seat majority despite heavy voting… Read More
Uninsured In Ohio Have Until Monday To Sign Up
By: Associated Press
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Health care advocates are holding their final enrollment events around Ohio as a key deadline under the federal law approaches. People who start an application by Monday can enroll for this year in the insurance marketplaces created by President Barack Obama's law. The latest enrollment numbers covering Oct. 1 through March 1 showed that almost… Read More
OU Alumnus’ “OJ: The Musical” Opens Athens International Film Festival
By: Sara Brumfield | Athens Messenger
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An Ohio University alumnus’ mockumentary film about a theater company that produces a musical about O.J. Simpson will be the opening film at the Athens International Film and Video Festival on April 11. Jeff Rosenberg, originally from Shaker Heights, graduated from OU in 2004 with a BFA in playwriting. He has since pursued a career… Read More
Cold And Rain Put Slight Damper On Palmerfest
By: Lindsay Friedman | Athens Messenger Intern
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In years past, Palmerfest gained a considerable reputation for house parties that get out of control and behavior that included lighting couches on fire and even a house a few years ago. However, this year's Palmerfest Saturday was dampened by cold and rain. Considerably smaller crowds of people showed up for the festivities on Palmer… Read More
Aging and the Arts: Expert to Give Talk at OU
On April 3, national aging expert Linda Noelker will deliver a talk on how older adults can stay healthy by participating in the arts. Noelker, senior vice president of the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging and board president for the National Center for Creative Aging, will discuss: • Research evidence that older adults’ participation in… Read More
Mountain Melodies, Desert Blues This Week At Stuart’s
By: Mark Hellenberg
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Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville presents two very different musical performances this week: Americana string band The Steel Wheels on Thursday, April 3 and Saharan blues band Tinariwen on Friday, April 4.
WOUB's Mark Hellenberg has a preview.
Three Dead After Fire in Calhoun County
CALHOUN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) — The West Virginia State Fire Marshal says three people are dead after a house fire in Calhoun County. The fire happened on Leading Creek Road in Big Bend, West Virginia. It started around 9:30 Saturday night. Neighbors say a man in his 60s, his mother, and his daughter lived in… Read More
McDowell County Delegate Arrested for Second DUI
MAYBEURY, W.Va. (AP) – A McDowell County lawmaker has been charged with driving under the influence. State police arrested Delegate Clif Moore during a traffic stop early Saturday morning on U.S. 52 on Elkhorn Mountain. Media outlets say Senior Trooper B.D. Gillespie wrote in an incident report that he observed Moore's vehicle swerving and crossing… Read More
Man, Woman Arrrested Following High Speed Chase In Putnam County
By: Associated Press
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Two people have been arrested in connection with a high speed chase that reached more than 100 miles per hour early Monday morning. Putnam County Chief Deputy Eric Hayzlett tells WSAZ that Joseph Fowler III is charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession of a stolen vehicle and numerous traffic charges. His passenger,… Read More