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Justice Delayed: Billionaire Candidate’s Coal Companies Owe $15M in Taxes, Fines
The Democratic candidate for governor in West Virginia has never held public office. Jim Justice is instead running on his record as a businessman. He runs coal mines, farms, and… Read More
W. Va. University Bans Deadly Weapons On Campus
WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. (AP) – West Liberty University’s Board of Governors has approved a campus ban on firearms and other deadly weapons. WTOV-TV reports the vote Wednesday followed a state… Read More
Musician, Pastor, Storyteller Rev. Robert B. Jones Visits Marietta Oct. 7
Sometimes music is so deep, powerful and authentic that it speaks of experience in a way that no other art form could. Perhaps this could be said to describe the… Read More
All Ohio Contemporary Ceramics Competition, Show In Zanesville Oct. 7-8
Everyday thousands of people travel through the Holland Tunnel, connecting New Jersey and Manhattan. Whether they are staring from the driver’s seat of their car or through the smudgy windows… Read More
Ohio Retirement Fund Warning Of Fraud
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A retirement fund for Ohio police and firefighters is warning people to be on the lookout for fraudulent checks bearing its name. The Ohio Police &… Read More
Pride at Stake For New Lexington and West Muskingum
It has been quite a long time since New Lexington and West Muskingum competed for a Muskingum-Valley League title in the same year, not since 2005 to be exact. That… Read More
Cleveland Ordered To Use Partitions For Group Strip Searches
CLEVELAND (AP) – A federal judge says Cleveland must stop conducting group strip searches of inmates unless it uses partitions that provide privacy. The order issued last week by U.S…. Read More
Group: Evaluate Policing More Than Arrests
A group that criticized city policing after two fatal shootings by Columbus officers says metrics for an annual anti-crime program should include a focus on the wellbeing of families and… Read More
W.Va. Secretary Of State Sending Postcards To Unregistered Voters
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant’s office is sending postcards to residents who may be eligible to vote but haven’t registered. The deadline to register… Read More
Ag Secretary Announcing Program To Reduce Rural Poverty
BEREA, Ky. (AP) – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is visiting Kentucky to announce a program to reduce rural poverty nationwide. The project involves a partnership with 26 community development… Read More