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Proposed Changes To Ohio Budget Due To House Panel On Friday
By: Associated Press
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An Ohio legislative panel reviewing the governor’s $72.3 billion state budget proposal expects to get some ideas on how to change it Friday. House Finance Chairman Ryan Smith says he anticipates getting more than 800 amendments by the afternoon. His committee has recently heard hours of testimony on a provision to phase out independent health… Read More
Non-Profit Education Center Closes, Language Center Changes Hands
By: Steve Robb - Athens Messenger staff reporter
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The Athens-based nonprofit Appalachian Progressive Education Center, which over the years has offered language classes and arts and anti-bullying programs, has ceased operation. However, its Athens Language Center remains open under new management. The Appalachian Progressive Education Center was formed in 2006, an outgrowth of art and theater programs launched at ARTS/West by Dominika… Read More
Zanesville Child Care Worker Indicted on Child Porn, Sexual Battery Charges
A man who spent six years working in Zanesville as a child care worker faces a maximum of 559 years in prison if convicted on all charges accusing him of sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old. According to the Zanesville Times Recorder, 34-year-old Rodney Curtis of Sunset Ave., pleaded not guilty to 74 charges Wednesday in… Read More
Community Arts Space To Open For Final Friday
By: Tyler Buchanan | The Athens Messenger
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A new community arts space is set for downtown Nelsonville, with an official grand opening scheduled for this week’s Final Friday celebration. Around the Corner Studio, located at 49 W. Washington St., will host visitors Friday from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. The studio was inspired by Jennifer L’Heureux, who said the goal is to have… Read More
MedFlight Launches First Responder Mobile App
By: Sarah Hawley | Athens Messenger staff reporter
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A new mobile application launched by medical helicopter company MedFlight will help connect first responders to MedFlight crews and dispatchers in situations where a helicopter may be needed. The MedFlight Metro Alert app allows for those on the scene of an accident or other emergency to connect directly with MedFlight relaying necessary information. There is… Read More
House Again OKs ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban; Senate Fate Dim
By: Associated Press
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A ban on most abortions after the first detectable fetal heartbeat has once again cleared the Ohio House, leaving the rest of the two-year session for advocates to lobby the bill’s opponents in the Ohio Senate. Wednesday’s approval followed a startlingly emotional floor debate in which one veteran female lawmaker revealed she’d been raped and… Read More
Group Starts Collecting Signatures For Ohio Pot Amendment
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Backers of an effort to legalize marijuana in Ohio for medicinal and recreational use have started collecting the thousands of signatures needed to get the proposal before voters. The group ResponsibleOhio started gathering signatures on Wednesday to get on the ballot in November. The group says it will start in the state’s larger cities and… Read More
Ohio House Plans Vote On $7 Billion Transportation Budget
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Ohio’s transportation budget was expected to head to Gov. John Kasich without a provision to boost the speed limit to 75 mph on certain rural freeways and the turnpike. The $7 billion spending blueprint was slated for a House vote Thursday. The Senate passed the measure Wednesday. The proposal lays out transportation and public safety… Read More
Agreement Reached Over Lethal Injection Information Request
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An agreement has been reached over death row inmates’ subpoenas of Board of Pharmacy information about drugs used for lethal injection in Ohio. At issue were attempts by inmates’ lawyers to find out more about the state’s lethal injection process, which now calls for two drugs Ohio doesn’t have and which may only be available… Read More
Ohio Governor’s Police Relations Panel Holds Next Meeting
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The panel commissioned by Gov. John Kasich to study police and community relations in Ohio is getting closer to a final report. Kasich formed the 24-person committee of city council members, religious leaders and law enforcement officials after several police-involved shootings in Ohio and across the country raised concerns. The task force has collected information… Read More