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Ohio Begins MAC Play On a Strong Note Against Toledo
By: Matt Summers
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Star pitcher Savannah Jo Dorsey has received plenty of run support recently and tonight was no exception as Ohio cruised to a 10-1 victory over Toledo. For most of the game, the green and white had more runs than they did hits, capitalizing on Toledo’s errors and poor play. Many of the Bobcats’ singles earned resulted… Read More
White Wins MAC Co-Golfer of the Week
By: Nick Mullens
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Ohio senior men’s golfer Peyton White has been named the Mid-American Conference Co-Golfer of the Week. He shares the honor with Kent State senior Josh Whalen. This marks the second time in 2016-17 White has earned such honors and his sixth time in his career. White made history for Ohio when he won the 2017… Read More
Defunding Appalachia: Coal Communities Resist President’s Budget Cuts
By: Benny Becker | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Danny Ferguson didn’t like what he saw happening in Lincoln County, West Virginia, where he grew up. The downturn in the coal industry had hit hard, and young people had few job options beyond some fast food places. “We don’t have nothing else for them to be employed,” Ferguson said. “Lincoln County is in bad… Read More
Pluck Your Heart Strings Raw With Joan Ellison Singing Judy Garland March 25
By: Emily Votaw
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In 1935, teetering on the edge of an enormous Hollywood career, a 13-year-old Judy Garland performed an aching, haunting rendition of “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart” on the Shell Chateau Radio Hour. It was her first professional performance of the song, and it was from the last performance that her beloved father, Frank… Read More
Kentucky Returns $302 Million in Tax Refunds
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – State officials say they have returned more than $302 million in refunds to Kentucky taxpayers. The Kentucky Department of Revenue said in a news release it has received more than 1.1 million tax returns, with more than 1 million of those returns having been processed. Nearly 98 percent of the returns… Read More
Ohio Feels Prepared for Weekend vs. Toledo
By: Matt Summers
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Ohio weather finally seems to be heating up so is conference play as the Bobcats (19-6) kick off a three-game series against Toledo (12-20). Senior pitcher Savannah Jo Dorsey has been cruising lately and will have a fascinating matchup against the Rockets’ Chandler Rice who is batting .400 with 20 RBI on the season. Toledo’s… Read More
Ohio Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.1 Percent
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – State officials say Ohio’s unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent in February, slightly higher than the 5 percent reported for January and for February 2016. Ohio’s rate was a bit higher than the national rate, which dropped from 4.8 percent in January to 4.7 percent last month. The state Department of… Read More
OUL’s Robert Cooperman Brings Conservative Theater to Southeast Ohio
By: Emily Votaw
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Robert Cooperman is a conservative in the world of theater. Perhaps it goes without saying that he often feels excluded because of his political persuasion. Last year, Cooperman, who is an instructor at Ohio University Lancaster in both the English and Theater departments, had had enough of seeing his conservative political views torn apart whenever… Read More
Troopers: Ohio National Guard Humvee Swiped From Armory
By: Associated Press
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STOW, Ohio (AP) – State troopers in Ohio are looking out for a stolen vehicle that shouldn’t be hard to miss. The State Highway Patrol says someone cut through a fence at the Ohio National Guard Armory in Stow, about 8 miles north of Akron, and made off with a military Humvee. Troopers say the… Read More
Ohio Paying 2 Men Declared Wrongfully Imprisoned $1.45M Each
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio has agreed to pay about $1.45 million each to two men declared wrongfully imprisoned for more than 16 years in a woman’s 1988 slaying. The Ohio Court of Claims announced Thursday it has approved a settlement between the state and Robert Gondor and Randy Resh. The men were 24 years… Read More
Ohio School-Funding Suit Leaves Mark After 20 Years
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Twenty years after the first decision in Ohio’s landmark school-funding lawsuit, hundreds of new school buildings dot the landscape and the notion of what constitutes an adequate education is regularly debated in U.S. state capitals. Experts say those are two of the lasting impacts of DeRolph v. State, a lawsuit first… Read More