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Wahama Continues to Restructure
By: Kelsi Steele
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Wahama remembers the feeling like it was yesterday: winning the 2012 Class A West Virginia State Championship. Three years ago, the White Falcons held the hardware high in the air after outshining Madonna 43-42 in an overtime thriller. Today, the team across the river in Mason, West Virginia continues its rebuilding process. “We don’t have… Read More
Man Dies After Motocross Event At Meigs Co. Fair
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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An event at the Meigs County Fair ended sadly with the death of a 21-year-old Long Bottom man, according to authorities. Justin Hill was competing in a motocross race at the Meigs County Fairgrounds on Tuesday night when he crashed his motorcycle and was thrown from it, according to Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood. Hill… Read More
Lancers Seek Improvement Through Battling
By: Corbin Bagford
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Luke Richards is the fourth football head coach at Federal Hocking in as many years. Despite the program’s instability, Richards believes in his Lancers. “As long as we stay healthy, we’ll have a chance at winning every game,” the first-year head coach said. Health is key for Federal Hocking because depth is not one of… Read More
Guilty Plea Hearing Set For W. Va Executive In Spill
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The last executive charged in a chemical spill that contaminated West Virginia’s biggest drinking water supply is expected to plead guilty. Former Freedom Industries President Gary Southern is scheduled for a guilty plea hearing Wednesday in Charleston federal court in front of Judge Thomas Johnston. Southern faces up to 93 years… Read More
Marshall University Expands Neuroscience Program
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has expanded its neuroscience program. The university is creating separate departments of neurosurgery and neurology. Joseph I. Shapiro, dean of the school of medicine, says Anthony Alberico will become chairman of the department of neurosurgery. Alberico received his medical degree from the… Read More
Fall Trial Set For Cop Charged In Fatal Traffic Stop In Ohio
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – A University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder for shooting a motorist he had stopped over a missing front license plate is scheduled for trial in November. A judge on Wednesday set a Nov. 16 trial date for 25-year-old Ray Tensing in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The university fired Tensing… Read More
Democratic Panel To Meet On Ohio Redistricting Endorsement
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An internal panel charged with recommending whether the Ohio Democratic Party should endorse the legislative map-making changes going before fall voters is convening again. The party’s screening committee meets privately Wednesday. Any recommendation heads next to the party’s Executive Committee, which has the final say on whether Democrats urge support for… Read More
President, Investigator Depositions Proceed in OSU Band Case
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A judge has ordered depositions to proceed on schedule in the discrimination lawsuit of Ohio State University’s fired band director. In a Tuesday order, U.S. District Judge James Graham declined to postpone questioning of university President Michael Drake and compliance investigator Chris Glaros about circumstances surrounding the firing of Jonathan Waters… Read More
Federal Grants to Fight Drug Abuse Aim to Help Ohio Counties
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government has awarded $265,000 in grants to fight heroin and prescription painkiller abuse in 13 Ohio counties. The money from the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy will help counties designated as Ohio High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas. They are: Adams, Cuyahoga, Fairfield, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Lucas, Mahoning,… Read More
Variations on a Rhythm: Meet OU Percussionist Roger Braun
By: Andrea Gibson
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In the music rehearsal space, seven students cluster around a vibraphone—a metallic cousin to the xylophone—to peer at the curious things Roger Braun has done to it. Along the steel bars are wooden clothespins and tubes of cardboard that look oddly familiar. “This toilet paper tube—as silly as it is—has a pitch-bending effect,” the Ohio… Read More