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KY, WV Move to Weaken Mine Safety Rules
By: Glynis Board/Ohio Valley ReSource
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Lawmakers in both Kentucky and West Virginia are working to loosen mine safety regulations, alarming some mine safety experts. Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill that reduces the number of underground mine inspections. Similar legislation is pending in West Virginia’s Senate but with more substantial changes. Under that bill, the state’s mining inspection system would move… Read More
Couple Pleads Not Guilty in Death of 5-year-old Daughter
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) – An Ohio couple who reported their daughter missing before the 5-year-old’s body was found hidden at their restaurant in January have pleaded not guilty to murder and corpse-abuse charges. Twenty-nine-year-old Mingming Chen and her husband, 34-year-old Liang Zhao, entered their pleas Wednesday in a Canton courtroom. They remain held under $5 million… Read More
Ohio Hockey’s Season Ends with ACHA Championship Game Loss
By: Robbie Dipaola
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As the final horn sounded and Central Oklahoma rushed the ice to celebrate, the Ohio Bobcats slowly skated off the ice in disbelief and disappointment as they had fallen just one game short of their ultimate goal. “We did something that hadn’t been done in a decade and I am proud of every single (teammate)… Read More
Coming Home: the Family Success Of the O’Connor Band
By: Emily Votaw
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Internationally lauded multi-genre violinist Mark O’Connor is one of those rare folks who can say that he has not only two, but three GRAMMY Awards under his belt. O’Connor said the most recent one might mean the most to him. “It was probably the sweetest of my Grammy wins – by far,” he said of the… Read More
Video Shows Man Pepper-sprayed, Hit by Officer at Hospital
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Three security officers are suspended after video shared on Facebook showed a man being pepper-sprayed, hit with a baton and forced to the ground outside an Ohio hospital. A spokesman says OhioHealth Grant Medical Center near downtown Columbus is investigating the Monday altercation. Thirty-eight-year-old Shelton Adams was jailed on a disorderly… Read More
Miami University Increases Police Presence for Green Beer Day
By: Associated Press
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OXFORD, Ohio (AP) – A university in Ohio is offering alternative activities and increasing police patrols in preparation for a decades-old tradition of celebrating with green-dyed beer on the Thursday before spring break. Green Beer Day at Miami University in Oxford begins this Thursday morning. The campus community is changing education and safety after several… Read More