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Concealed Weapons Law Expanded
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An expanded version of Ohio’s concealed weapons law would allow guns in places such as colleges and day cares and on private aircraft. The bill, sponsored… Read More
Ohio Proposal Seeks to Reduce Heroin, Painkiller Overdoses
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The availability of a drug overdose antidote being used across the state to save addicts on the brink of death would be expanded under a proposed… Read More
Ohio House Approves Police Training Expansion
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio would boost the amount of training to become a police officer and require all candidates for law enforcement jobs to have a high school diploma… Read More
Ohio Bill Lowers Amount of Heroin Needed for Maximum Penalty
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio House is considering a bill that would decrease the amount of heroin a person can possess that would trigger the maximum punishment under state… Read More
Ohio Elections Chief Flags Voter Forms from Marijuana Group
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Voter registrations collected by a marijuana legalization campaign in Ohio are to be closely scrutinized for potential fraud under orders of the swing state’s elections chief…. Read More
Budget Change Eliminates Union Rights for Ohio Care Workers
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Independent health-care and child-care workers under contract with the state could not unionize under a change Republican senators in Ohio have made to the state budget…. Read More
Three Little Pig Houses Removed from Ohio Crash Site
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XENIA, Ohio (AP) – Three miniature houses modeled after the “Three Little Pigs” folktale have been removed from the side of an Ohio road where a truck hauling 2,200 piglets… Read More
Ohio Senate Panel Weighs Online Voter Registration
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Backers of a bill that would let Ohioans register to vote online are telling a legislative panel that it would allow for more accurate voter rolls… Read More
Expanded Local Restaurant Planned for Old Dairy Queen
By: Steve Robb - Athens Messenger staff reporter
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NELSONVILLE — Plans are firming up for a Nelsonville restaurant to move to a new location. The former Dairy Queen building on Canal Street in Nelsonville has been purchased by… Read More
Cleanup of Ohio Uranium Plant Expected to Take Decades or More
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PIKETON, Ohio (AP) – The U.S. Department of Energy says the cleanup of a Cold War-era uranium plant in southern Ohio is expected to take another three decades or more…. Read More
Former Student Senate President, Members Appealing Conviction
The former president of Ohio University’s Student Senate and two other former student senate representatives are appealing their convictions relating to protest over increased tuition costs. Megan Marzec, Kyle Tussing… Read More
Local Referee Named Football Official of the Year
By: Liam Niemeyer
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A long-time referee and Athens native was honored as the 2014-15 National Federation of State High School Associations Ohio Football Official of the Year last Friday. John Keener was recognized… Read More