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SportsBeat: Interview With Ohio Basketball Coach Saul Phillips
By: Pat Moore
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SportsBeat host Pat Moore and Matthew Doyle interviewed the new Ohio men's basketball coach, Saul Phillips, in studio on Thursday. Topics included his reasons for coming to coach Ohio, how… Read More
Defense, Prosecutors Seek Clemency For Death Row Inmate
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The defense team for Arthur Tyler, who’s scheduled to be executed next month, says an innocent man is on death row. While arguing for clemency before the parole board, Tyler’s… Read More
A National Fight For The Heart Of The GOP Plays Out In Northeast Ohio
By: Kabir Bhatia | WKSU
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Steve LaTourette was in Congress for 18 years, and his old district now starts north of Akron, then fans out north and westward to take up much of the northeast tip… Read More
Court Won’t Rehear Case On Ohio Exotic Animals Law
By: Associated Press
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A federal appeals court in Ohio has denied a request to rehear a challenge to the state's law on dangerous, wild animals. Seven exotic animal owners sued the… Read More
Helicopter Crashes In Central Ohio; 1 Person Hurt
By: Associated Press
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A sheriff's spokeswoman says a helicopter crashed in a rural area of central Ohio, injuring at least one of two people aboard the aircraft. Delaware County sheriff's spokeswoman… Read More
Appalachian Spring Celebration Hits Nelsonville This Week
By: Sara Brumfield | Athens Messenger
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The 12th annual Little Cities Appalachian Spring Celebration will kick off on Thursday on Nelsonville’s Historic Public Square. The annual celebration — which highlights the region’s coal mining history —… Read More
OU Doctoral Student Follows Her Ancestry To Ghana
Above: Carol Hector-Harris finds Sangmorkie Tetteh, her tribal cousin, less than 24 hours after she landed in Ghana. Below: Hector-Harris at the Elmina Fort, where slaves were detained before becoming part… Read More
Rory Block At The Fur Peace Ranch Set 2
The second set from Rory Block's performance at the Fur Peace Ranch from October 9, 2013.
Ohio Watchdog Releases Investment Scandal Report
By: Associated Press
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The state watchdog has released a much-anticipated investigative report on the investment scandal that engulfed Ohio in 2005 and resulted in 19 convictions. Inspector General Randall Meyer makes no new… Read More
Inmate’s Starvation Death Sparks Lawmakers’ Review
By: Associated Press
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A Kentucky lawmaker is pledging to hold hearings on prison medical issues after an inmate at a maximum-security facility starved to death on a hunger strike. State Rep. Brent Yonts,… Read More
Male Students Questioned In Trimble High School Bomb Threat
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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For the second time in a week, school officials and law enforcement are investigating bomb threats made in a high school. Trimble High School called law enforcement Thursday at around… Read More
Former Partner To Testify Against Mason Lawmaker Pete Beck
By: Associated Press
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A former business partner has agreed to testify against an Ohio lawmaker charged with theft and fraud for allegedly misleading investors about a company's financial status and using their money… Read More
Kanawha Prosecutor Barred From Child Abuse Cases
By: Associated Press
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Special prosecutors have been installed to handle child abuse cases in Kanawha County. The action comes after Circuit Judge Duke Bloom disqualified prosecutor Mark Plants and his staff from… Read More
Sentencing Set For Ohio Woman In Forced-Labor Case
By: Associated Press
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An Ohio woman accused of using ice cream to lure a mentally disabled woman and her child to captivity in a forced-labor case is scheduled to be sentenced. Dezerah Silsby… Read More
Ohio Teen Will Get Life In Stabbing Of Jogger
By: Associated Press
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A 16-year-old boy who was living in a group foster home when he was accused of fatally stabbing a jogger in a central Ohio park last year will be sentenced… Read More
Autism Awareness And Summer Fun For Special Kids In Appalachian Ohio
By Noriko Kantake April is Autism Awareness Month. The CDC just released the new number for autism prevalence: 1 in 68 children has autism. This is astonishing, given that just 10… Read More
Athens Pop Culture Convention Celebrating Third Year
By: Emma Perrin
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Organizers are hard at work preparing for the third annual Ratha Con Convention, taking place Saturday, April 26 at the Athens Community Center.
Previously a comic and sci-fi/fantasy convention, the event has been re-classified as a pop culture convention, incorporating gaming, comics, costume contests and displays by local artists and collectors.
Company Won’t Be Cited For WV Pipeline Blast
By: Associated Press
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Williams Energy won't be cited by state environmental regulators for a natural gas pipeline explosion in Marshall County. The April 5 explosion and fire scorched trees over a 2-acre area… Read More
Man Charged With Murder In Gallia County Homicide Case
By: WSAZ News
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A man who was a person of interest in a homicide investigation in Gallia County has now been charged with murder. According to WSAZ, 44-year-old David Brewster of Gallia County… Read More
West Virginia Group Wants Family Resource Funding Restored
By: Associated Press
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A nonprofit coalition is urging Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to restore $1 million in state funding for early childhood and other family resource programs. The Our Children, Our Future campaign… Read More
Gay Rights Group Seeks To Expand Ohio Marriage Case
By: Associated Press
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A gay rights group wants to intervene in an existing case in hopes of getting a federal court to overturn Ohio's gay marriage ban and allow same-sex couples to wed… Read More
Kentucky Democratic Candidate For U.S. Senate Seat Wants Keystone Pipeline OK’d
By: Associated Press
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes called Wednesday on President Obama to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline as she tries to defeat an incumbent Republican in the heart… Read More
Tomoko Court Scene Of Two Alleged Crimes
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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Two people were arrested in separate incidents at a trailer court in The Plains on Tuesday. The first incident to happen at Tomoko Trailer Court was a report of a… Read More