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Eastern Tops Warren Despite Faltering
By: Molly Kennedy
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The Eastern Lady Eagles began their home opener strong powerful offensively, defeating Warren 53-44. The Lady Eagles dominated the court, pushing themselves and the Lady Warriors to the limit. While down, Warren started to pick up a fast offense that Eastern couldn’t keep up with. As the second half started, Warren’s pace increased and Eastern… Read More
Lady Marauders Run Over Southern
By: Mary Ryznar
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The Lady Marauders of Meigs battled the Southern Lady Tornadoes to a 49-34 victory Thursday night. The Lady Marauders started off strong offensively making three consecutive shots to begin the game. Offense slowed, though, and the first quarter ended with Meigs ahead 9-6. Meigs sophomore Kassidy Betzing sparked a shooting spree in the second quarter… Read More
Trimble Falls to Wellston in Season Opener
By: Paul Roth
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The game between the Trimble Lady Tomcats and the Wellston Lady Golden Rockets was one plagued with turnovers caused by superb defense by both squads, but the Lady Golden Rockets pulled out a 46-37 victory. Trimble was led by strong defense from a number of players, specifically Emily Ward and Kaitlyn Spears who both had… Read More
Ohio’s John Kasich Not Attending Trump Rally in Cincinnati
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Republican John Kasich of Ohio is continuing to keep his distance from Donald Trump. A spokesman says the Ohio governor is not scheduled to attend an event with the GOP president-elect taking place in Cincinnati on Thursday. The campaign-style rally is the first of several stops on Trump’s post-election victory tour…. Read More
Benefest Turns It Up To 11 For a Good Cause
By: Emily Votaw
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Tonight marks the kick off of the sixth annual Benefest, a weekend-long music extravanganza that rocks out for a good cause. The event, which takes place at Casa Cantina tonight and then moves to The Union on Friday and Saturday, will raise funds for Stuart’s Opera House’s After School Music Program, which provides music lessons… Read More
Episode 001: Dr. Brad Cohen
Senior Vice Provost for Instructional Innovation at Ohio University, Dr. Cohen discusses various trends in educational innovation ranging from e-learning to learner-centered classroom spaces.
Report: Charleston Adults Have Very High Rate Of Diabetes
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A new report says Charleston, West Virginia had the second highest rate of diabetes last year out of nearly 200 communities surveyed across the nation. News outlets report that a Gallup-Healthways report released Wednesday says 17.6 percent of adults in Charleston in 2015 had diabetes. Of the 190 communities studied, only… Read More
Virtual reality: An Emerging Game Changer in Healthcare
The Scripps College of Communication Immersive Media Initiative (IMI) collaborated with academics and healthcare experts at Ohio University, Northern Arizona University, and OhioHealth, to create a virtual emergency room for teaching medical students. The experience was created by a virtual reality team from Ohio University’s Immersive Media Initiative at the OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in… Read More
Gingerbread Competition Brings Sweet Cheer to Uptown Athens
By: Emily Votaw
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Since 2013, the Uptown for the Holidays Gingerbread House Display and Competition has been bringing sweet-tooth satisfying holiday cheer to the windows of Court Street businesses. The call for entries kicked off in early October, with categories for professional and non-professional bakers, kids, teens and groups. Last night marked the judging for the 2016 competition,… Read More
Cleveland Area Logs Dozens More Overdose Deaths From October
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CLEVELAND (AP) – The Cleveland-area medical examiner says heroin and fentanyl overdoses killed at least 42 people in his county in October. An additional 16 deaths are suspected opiate overdoses. Cleveland.com reports that if testing confirms those 16, it would be CuyahogaCounty’s highest monthly total of overdose deaths to date. The current record is from… Read More
Judge’s Error Makes Man’s Guilty Plea to Ohio Murder Invalid
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A central Ohio man imprisoned for murder must choose whether to pursue a new plea deal or a trial after an appeals court concluded his guilty plea is invalid because of a judge’s error. The Columbus Dispatch reports the Franklin County Court of Appeals vacated Raymond Johnson’s pleas and reversed his… Read More
Ohio Drops First Game of Season to Marshall
By: Mitchell Lyons
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The Ohio Bobcats scored 88 points, on the road, against a very good team who is a rival. Normally that is good enough to get the win. But not on Wednesday night. The Ohio Bobcats lost 98-88 to the Marshall Thundering Herd. Marshall point guard Jon Elmore showed why he was a preseason All-Conference USA… Read More
Ohio Patrol, 5 Neighboring States To Target Impaired Driving
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – State Highway Patrol troopers in Ohio and their counterparts in five neighboring states will target impaired driving in an enforcement effort this weekend. The effort starts early Friday and continues through Sunday. It will include the state police agencies from Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Ohio troopers have made… Read More
Ky. House Republicans Announce Leadership Team For Next 2 Years
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Republicans preparing to take control of the Kentucky House have selected the rest of their leadership team for the next two years, and it includes some newcomers to leadership. Rep. David Osborne was chosen by his colleagues on Wednesday as speaker pro tem, while Rep. Jonathan Shell was selected majority floor… Read More
Feds Find No Major Environmental Issues With NEXUS Pipeline
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GREEN, Ohio (AP) – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has found no major environmental issues with the NEXUS Gas Transmission pipeline project, paving the way for construction to begin in early 2017. The findings were included in FERC’s 541-page final environmental impact statement, which the agency released on Wednesday. In addition, FERC determined that the… Read More
Some Ky. Farmers May Be Eligible For Drought-Related Aid
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Agriculture officials say farmers in 10 southeastern Kentucky counties may be eligible for federal aid as part of an agricultural disaster declaration due to the drought. State Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles says the drought has hurt crops and forced livestock producers to feed hay earlier than usual because their pastures are… Read More