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Rio Grande Softball Gears Up For MSC Tournament
By: Ryan Lewis
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After a very successful regular season, the Rio Grande Redstorm will take their 29-18 record to Danville, Kentucky. They are set to face Cumberland, who sports a 35-18 regular season… Read More
Kasich Grants Clemency To Condemned Killer
By: Associated Press
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich has granted clemency to a condemned killer who was scheduled to die next month for killing a Cleveland produce vendor. Kasich's decision follows Tuesday's recommendation by… Read More
Renewal Of Huge Bond Program Is On May Ballot
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Issue 1 is the renewal of a program that would allow the state to sell $1.875 billion in bonds over a 10-year period to provide money to local communities for… Read More
New Poll Shows Ohio Voters Favor $1 Cigarette Pack Tax
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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A new poll conducted for some major health organizations shows Ohioans support raising cigarette taxes. Shelly Kiser with the American Lung Association says the poll shows 63 percent of Ohio… Read More
DeWine Calls On Communities’ Help In Heroin Fight
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. John Kasich and Attorney General Mike DeWine visited a group of school superintendents in central Ohio to discuss the state’s heroin epidemic. They talked up the state’s new drug… Read More
Accurso Named MAC Scholar Athlete Of The Week
Ohio University track and field athlete Juli Accurso has been named Mid-American Conference Scholar Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. She received the award twice during the 2013… Read More
BP Pulls Out Of Ohio Utica Shale Play
By: Brian Bull | Ohio Public Radio • WCPN
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BP announced the pullout from Ohio shale country as part of its first quarterly report of the year. The company is writing off more than half a billion dollars from… Read More
Tuition Increases At More Than Half Of Ohio’s State-Funded Universities
By: Amy Hansen | StateImpact Ohio
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Editor's note: Ohio University administration announced a plan to recommend raising tuition 1.5 percent for the 2014-15 academic year. The school's Board of Trustees will vote on the matter at its… Read More
Capcik, Hillstrom Named Academic All-MAC
By: Abigail Carnivale
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Ohio senior divers Kristin Capcik and MaryRose Hillstrom were each named Academic All-MAC for the third time in their careers, the Mid-American Conference announced Wednesday morning. Teammates Morgan Srail, Haley… Read More
Commissioners Oppose Balderson Energy Bill
By: Steve Robb - Athens Messenger staff reporter
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Legislation that would freeze Ohio's renewable energy and energy efficiency mandates is being opposed by the Athens County Commissioners. On Tuesday, the commissioners signed a letter to be submitted as… Read More
Kemp Excited To Rejoin Phillips’ Staff
The Ohio men’s basketball program welcomes new assistant coach Jason Kemp to the team after spending last season with the Toledo Rockets. “Things have moved really fast and I’m looking… Read More
Alexander Middle School Student Named Ohio’s Doodle 4 Google Winner
By: Sarah Hawley | Athens Messenger staff reporter
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Emi Olin with her winning entry (Sarah Hawley/Athens Messenger) An Alexander Middle School student has become the second Athens County student to be named the Ohio winner in the Doodle… Read More
Former Ohio Men’s Basketball Asst. Stewart To Coach At UT-Martin
By: Michael Drapcho
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Former Ohio assistant basketball coach Anthony Stewart will continue his coaching career as the associate head coach at the University of Tennessee-Martin, the school announced today. Stewart, 43, spent the… Read More
Affordable Care Act Explained
Host Jackie Wolf sits down with assistant professor of health policy Daniel Skinner about the common myths behind the new Affordable Care Act. One myth, stating that it is a… Read More
Three Ohio Wrestlers Named Academic All-MAC
The Mid-American Conference announced its 2014 Academic All-MAC Wrestling Team Wednesday. Ohio grapplers Jeremy Johnson, 285, Cody Walters, 174, and Sparty Chino, 157, fill three of the 10 awarded spots…. Read More
Update: 74-Year-Old Pomeroy Resident Dies In Route 33 Accident
By: WOUB Contributing Writer
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Update 2:10 p.m. Tommy R. Reuter, a 74-year-old from Pomeroy, Ohio, was identified as the man who died in the crash along route 33, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol…. Read More
Ohio Mumps Outbreak About Three-Quarters Of Reported Cases Nationwide
By: Associated Press
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Public health officials say a mumps outbreak in central Ohio has reached 295 cases. That's about three-quarters of all the reported cases nationwide. The running total of the cases of… Read More
Two Former Laurelville Police Chiefs Indicted
By: Debra Tobin | Logan Daily News
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A former Laurelville Police Chief was recently indicted by the grand jury on 11 felony charges and two misdemeanor charges. James E. Taylor, 44, of Circleville, has been charged with… Read More
Washington State Community College Cuts Jobs
By: WOUB Contributing Writer
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Without warning, Washington State Community College eliminated seven jobs last week and made three others part time. School officials blame the budget and declining enrollment. President Bradley Ebersole also pointed… Read More
20-Year Sentence Handed Out To Little Hocking Man
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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A Little Hocking man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday by an Athens County Common Pleas Court judge. Alan Brigner, 35, was charged in 2012 with six counts… Read More