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Ohio Medical Marijuana Amendment Won’t Make Ballot
By: Associated Press
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A push to place a medical marijuana question before Ohio voters this fall has failed. Ohio Rights Group president John Pardee says the campaign managed to collect about 100,000 signatures by Tuesday's deadline, short of the roughly 386,000 valid signatures needed to qualify. Pardee said supporters of the Ohio Cannabis Rights Amendment plan to continue… Read More
Federal Hocking Asks Commissioners To Declare Holzer Agreements Void
By: Steve Robb - Athens Messenger staff reporter
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The Athens County Commissioners are being asked to declare prior actions the board of commissioners took relating to Holzer Clinic to be void from the time they were adopted. Tom McGuire, a member of the Federal Hocking School Board and an attorney, made the request Tuesday of the commissioners. Federal Hocking is currently embroiled in… Read More
Nelsonville Residents React To Doctors Hospital Closing
By: Sara Brumfield | Athens Messenger
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With the news of OhioHealth deciding to close Doctors Hospital and replace it with a new urgent care facility, some Nelsonville residents are concerned. OhioHealth announced Monday that it plans to stop inpatient services before the end of the year at the Nelsonville hospital. A new urgent care facility will be built in Nelsonville by… Read More
Squirrel Takes Out Substation, Leaving 3,200 Without Power
By: Teresa Salizzoni | Logan Daily News
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Several local businesses closed temporarily and thousands of area residents had to sweat out the heat without air conditioning after an AEP substation went out on Logan’s west end Tuesday morning. A squirrel made its way into the substation “crossing wires that should not have been crossed,” said Jeff Rennie, AEP spokesperson. AEP reported the… Read More
Ohio’s Gas Business Is Booming
By: Joanna Richards | Ohio Public Radio • WCPN
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This past year was a huge one for oil and gas development in Ohio. The state released data today showing just how huge. The enormous growth is due mostly to the new horizontal wells being drilled deep into eastern Ohio’s shale formations through the process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. In the state’s major… Read More
Cincinnati, Columbus Draw High TV Numbers For U.S.-Belgium Match
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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Two Ohio cities are helping drive television ratings of the 2014 FIFA World Cup being played in Brazil. Of the top 10 cities in terms of viewers of Tuesday's United States-Belgium game in the round of 16, Cincinnati ranked sixth with an average metered score of 11.4, and Columbus placed eighth with a 10.8 average…. Read More
Perspectives: ‘Of Course I’m Magic!’
By: Atish Baidya, WOUB Visuals
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Rebecca Darling, an Ohio University student, gives her perspective on living with albinism, a rare condition that takes away skin and hair pigment. Her albinism has also contributed to her her visual disability and sensitivity to light. This video was produced by Atish Baidya and Julia Rabe and is part of WOUB’s ‘Perspectives’ series. View… Read More
Jacksonville Man Pleads Guilty To Felony Drug Charges
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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A Jacksonville man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Forty-six-year-old Bert C. Sharrer, Sr. pleaded guilty to two third-degree felonies of aggravated trafficking in drugs and one first-degree felony engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. The charges resulted from a joint investigation into a drug ring running from Detroit through Columbus. Sharrer… Read More
Proposed Voters’ Rights Amendment Won’t Be On Ohio Ballots This Fall
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio voters won’t get the chance to vote this fall on a proposed constitutional amendment that would give voters a bill of rights. Democratic State Representative Alicia Reece is with a group that’s been collecting signatures for that campaign said it doesn’t have enough to put the issue on the ballot this fall. We are… Read More
New Funding Model Starts For Community Colleges
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Starting Tuesday, the way community colleges in Ohio earn the money they get from the state has changed. While the shake-up might sound challenging, school leaders are on board. The new formula for community colleges ties state funding to student achievement. Funding used to be based on enrollment, but it’s now based on milestones such… Read More