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Clergy Members Urge Candidates Take ‘Moral Agenda’
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CLEVELAND (AP) – Several clergy members are urging candidates with both political parties to embrace what they’re calling a moral agenda. The clergy plan to unveil their “Higher Ground Moral Declaration” Monday in Cleveland, a week before the Republican National Convention gets underway. Organizers of a news conference and march to GOP convention headquarters say… Read More
1850s Canal Boat Found In Buckeye Lake
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BUCKEYE LAKE, Ohio (AP) – Experts working with the state have concluded that planks and pieces of wood pulled from the muck of central Ohio’s Buckeye Lake are wreckage of a canal boat swallowed by the water in 1850. A spokesman for Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources says experts are confident the wreckage found months… Read More
W. Va. Districts Still Without Water After Flooding
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Residents in some southern West Virginia public service districts are still without water more than two weeks after severe flooding. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the Kanawha Falls Public Service District, the utility service that provides water to Gauley Bridge, has been able to restore service to the main part of… Read More
Coconut Chocolate Squares
By Aube Giroux / PBS Food My brilliant friend Katie brought these coconut chocolate bars to a party a couple months ago and they disappeared in seconds, thanks to urgent whisperings traveling from room to room and ear to ear about the incredible bars someone had just put down on the kitchen counter. When she revealed… Read More
Blackoutfest ’16 Ends On a High Note
This past weekend marked the passing of Blackoutfest, a weekend-long series of rock ‘n’ roll shows at Athens’ own beloved Union Bar. Throughout the shows, which took place Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, both regional and national acts rocked out on the club’s recently renovated upstairs stage. Check out these photos, taken Saturday night, by… Read More
Gladden House Sessions 2016: Lake Street Dive
By: Tiffanie Fogel
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Check out Brooklyn-based, multi-genre outfit Lake Street Dive on this episode of Gladden House Sessions. The quartet consists of Rachael Price on lead vocals, Mike Calabrese on percussion, Bridget Kearney on standup bass and Mike “McDuck” Olson on guitar and trumpet. Lake Street Dive formed around 2007 at Boston’s New England Conservatory, with the initial intention… Read More
Big Online Charter School Sues to Block Attendance Audit
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s largest online charter school wants to block an upcoming attendance audit that could affect tens of millions of dollars it gets in state funding. The Columbus Dispatch reports a lawsuit by the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, or ECOT, seeks to block the state Department of Education from forcing it to… Read More
Ohio Korean War Soldier Identified
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NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) – The military has positively identified the remains of an Ohio soldier who died in a prisoner of war camp in Korea more than 60 years ago. The family of Charles White Jr. had long known he died in the war but the identification means his body will be returned for… Read More
Ohio One of 10 States Suing Over Transgender Rules
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Ten states are suing the federal government over rules requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms conforming to their gender identity. The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in Nebraska. The other states involved are Ohio, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina,… Read More
W. Va. Delegate Donates Special Session Pay To Flood Relief
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BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) – A member of the West Virginia House of Delegates is donating the pay he received for the special legislative session that was held to resolve the state’s budget crisis. News outlets report Democrat Mick Bates of Raleigh is donating his special session pay of about $3,400 to the United Way of… Read More