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Stuart’s to Host Legendary Jazz Group
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville will host a New Orleans institution on Tuesday, June 23: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Preservation Hall was founded in 1961 to promote traditional New Orleans jazz in all its authenticity. The band continues to tour the world and collaborate with some of music’s biggest names, including Tom Waits, Merle… Read More
Cincinnati Police Officer Shot During Gunfight Has Died
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – Cincinnati’s police chief says a policeman who was shot during a gunfight between an armed suspect and officers has died. Chief Jeffrey Blackwell says the 27-year veteran died after the shooting Friday morning in the Madisonville neighborhood. Blackwell says multiple shots were fired between the suspect and officers responding to a 911… Read More
Marijuana Ballot Issue May Clash with Anti-Monopolies Proposal
By: Associated Press, WOUB Staff Writer
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Ohio’s elections chief says a legislative proposal to bar monopolies from the state’s constitution could block a marijuana legalization amendment should both issues appear on fall ballots. State lawmakers want to make it harder to amend the constitution with ballot issues that provide economic benefits to few individuals or create monopolies. The effort comes as… Read More
Senate Budget Plan for ‘Food Deserts’ Has Less Funding
By: Tyler Buchanan | The Vinton County Courier
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After a week of political tennis, a portion of the state budget proposal designed to help “food deserts” like Vinton County remains, but features much less funding than it did before. The Healthy Food Financing Initiative was removed from the Senate’s budget plan, prompting Sen. Lou Gentile (D-Steubenville) and Sen. Bob Peterson (R-Washington C.H.) to… Read More
Ohio’s Tori Bagan Qualifies for Olympic Trials
By: Andrew Hohman
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Tori Bagan, who recently finished her Bobcat career, qualified for her third consecutive Olympic Trials in the 100-meter breaststroke. She clocked a lifetime-best of 1 minute, 11.27 seconds in a prelim session of the TYR Sport Summer Classic. Her previous best of 1:11.32 came four years ago. Bagan is one of the greatest breaststrokers in Ohio… Read More
Man Alleged In The Plains Stabbing Appears on Charges
By: Susan Tebben
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A man who is accused of stabbing another man in an incident that caused the lockdown of The Plains Elementary has entered a plea to the charges. James D. Warrener, 41, entered a plea of not guilty before Athens County Common Pleas Judge George McCarthy to two counts of aggravated burglary and two counts of… Read More
Ohio Reports Unchanged 5.2 Percent Unemployment Rate for May
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – State officials say Ohio’s unemployment rate remained at 5.2 percent in May, unchanged from April. The Friday report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services showed Ohio’s May unemployment rate was down from the same month last year, when it was 5.7 percent. Ohio had 302,000 unemployed workers in… Read More
Alleged Glouster Gas Station Robbers Plead Not Guilty
By: Sarah Hawley | Athens Messenger staff reporter
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Two people alleged to have been involved in the robbery of a Glouster gas station earlier this month are facing multiple criminal charges in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Guy Wolfenbarger Jr., 41, and Anna Spears, 33, were each arraigned on two counts of robbery, one a second-degree felony and one a third-degree felony. Wolfenbarger… Read More
Ohio State Fair Offering Alternatives to Poultry Show
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio State Fair officials are expanding an annual poultry competition and plan to offer higher cash prizes after a deadly virus prompted a recent ban on all poultry shows. The annual poultry skillathon competition on Aug. 5 will allow participants ages 9 to 18 to show off their knowledge about raising… Read More
OU’s Ashworth, Songwriter Burge to Participate in WV Music Panel
Eddie Ashworth, longtime music producer, engineer and associate professor in the School of Media Arts & Studies at Ohio University, and Parkersburg singer-songwriter Todd Burge will join West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Dave Mistich, musician/producer Bud Carroll and radio host Joni Deutsch for a panel discussion at this year’s FestivALL in Charleston, West Virginia. Their discussion,… Read More
Kelly to Give Deposition From Prison
By: Steve Robb - Athens Messenger staff reporter
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A federal judge has given permission for a deposition to be taken of former Athens County sheriff Patrick Kelly in prison. Kelly is being sued in federal court by a deputy he fired, Shannon Sheridan, and Sheridan wants to take a deposition of the former sheriff, who is at Allen Correctional Institution in Lima on… Read More