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Alexander Looks to Continue Improving in 2015
On the back of each Alexander Spartans team t-shirt reads one simple phrase, “GLORY: Never Retreat, Never Surrender”. During his brief tenure in Albany as head coach, Alex Penrod took… Read More
Annual Assessment Test Results Released
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – State education officials are releasing the results of this year’s annual assessment test. The preliminary statewide results are due to be released Tuesday. The tests administered… Read More
Former Delaware County Sheriff Candidate Faces Child Porn Charges
DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say a former central Ohio deputy who twice ran for sheriff has been charged with having child pornography on his computer. Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old… Read More
Two More Drug Ring Players Sentenced
Two Glouster residents arrested in connection with a heroin and cocaine ring were sentenced in Athens County Common Pleas Court on Monday. Patricia Nichole Vore, 29, and John E. Rutter, 55,… Read More
Ohio Judges Can’t Choose Marriage Type They Perform
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio judicial board has ruled that judges who perform weddings can’t refuse same-sex couples based on personal, moral or religious beliefs. The board also says… Read More
Judge Rules Against Ex-Coal CEO in Several Document Motions
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) – A judge has ruled against ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship in motions over documents in his criminal case. In Beckley federal court Monday, Judge Irene Berger… Read More
Ohio Board Proposal Limits When Police Deadly Force is OK
Update 11:45 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A proposed statewide standard in Ohio would permit police to use deadly force only when officers are defending themselves or other people from… Read More
Sales Tax Holiday Popular with Ohio Back-To-School Shoppers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s first sales tax holiday appears to have been a hit with back-to-school shoppers. The numbers won’t be available and analyzed for economic impacts until later,… Read More
What Came First: The Rubber Chicken or the Stuffed Chicken?
Rubber chickens, papier-mâché chickens, stuffed chickens wearing sunglasses. All of those could be found in the poultry barn this year at the Athens County Fair except for real, live chickens…. Read More