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Rules for Medical Marijuana Cultivation Nearly Finalized
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s rules for medical marijuana cultivators have cleared their final legislative hurdle. Cleveland.com reports the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review cleared the rules for growers, including application and license fees, without objection on Monday. Columbus attorney David Patton told the panel he was concerned about banning people with certain criminal… Read More
OU’s Brick City Records Showcase Headed to The Union April 20
By: Emily Votaw
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Some years ago, Jack Hentosh was restocking La Croix cases at his hometown Marc’s, where he worked throughout high school. Hentosh admits that he has always struggled with naming things, including his various musical projects. Something about the vaguely vaporwave, airbrushed aesthetic and the dancing tropical colors of the cans must have clicked with Hentosh… Read More
Gov. Kasich Featured Guest at Live Town Hall on CNN
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s Republican governor is going before a live studio audience to discuss his experience in the 2016 presidential race, his new book and President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. CNN will host the town hall-style event with Gov. John Kasich in New York. It begins at 10 p.m. EDT… Read More
New Route to Start Between Airports in Ohio, North Carolina
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A new air service route between Ohio and North Carolina will take flight later this summer. The president and chief executive officer of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority says American Airlines will launch a twice-daily nonstop service between Toledo Express Airport and Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina. The… Read More
Coal Company Wants to Turn Former Strip Mine into Solar Farm
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – An Appalachian coal company wants to turn one of its former strip mines into a solar farm. The Berkeley Energy Group, EDF Renewable Energy and former state Auditor Adam Edelen announced Tuesday they are looking at two mountaintop removal sites just outside of Pikeville in the heart of Kentucky’s coal country…. Read More
An Odd Happening In Gallipolis April 22
By: Emily Votaw
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April 22, something a little odd is coming to Gallipolis’ historic Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre. That Saturday marks yet another visit to the little town on the banks of the Ohio River by writer R. Scott Williams, who will be signing copies of his most recent work A Odd Book: How the First… Read More
Bulldogs Outlast Spartans
By: Joseph Payton
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ATHENS, Ohio — On Tuesday night, the Athens Bulldogs and the Alexander Spartans met up for a TVC-Ohio baseball showdown. With two hard-throwing pitchers on the mound in Chace Harris and Waylon Bradbury, runs were hard to come by. But the Athens Bulldogs came out victorious over the Spartans four-to-two. The offensive action started in… Read More
Local Businesses Turn to Solar Energy
By: Brett Hanebrink
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An ordinance establishing the Athens Sustainability Action Plan was approved unanimously at Monday’s City Council meeting. The 32-page plan focuses on improving energy efficiency, the economy, housing and development, and reducing greenhouse-gas commissions. “This report has been created as a road map to a healthier, cleaner, more equitable and prosperous future for us all,” said Athens Mayor Steve… Read More
Critics: DuPont Spent More On Legal Fees Than Chemical Tests
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Critics say DuPont has spent too little on testing Ohio and West Virginia residents for contamination from a chemical used to make Teflon, while paying millions to a lawyer overseeing the testing program. The Columbus Dispatch reports DuPont spent about $860,000 on testing for contamination from the chemical used to make… Read More
City Spends $430K To Defend Officers In Wal-Mart Shooting
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BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio city has spent over $430,000 defending two officers in connection with the fatal police shooting of a man at a Wal-Mart who was carrying an air rifle from a store shelf. The Dayton Daily News reports the cost to the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek includes about $210,000 paid to… Read More
Ohio Dealer Who Caused West Virginia Overdoses Sentenced
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – An Ohio man who sold heroin laced with an elephant tranquilizer that caused more than two dozen overdoses in West Virginia has been sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison. Twenty-two-year-old Bruce Lamar Griggs, of Akron, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Huntington. Authorities have said 28 people… Read More
Yarmuth To Seek Re-election In Kentucky 3rd District
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The only Democrat in Kentucky’s congressional delegation has announced that he’ll run for re-election next year. In a statement critical of President Donald Trump’s administration, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth’s campaign said on Monday that the congressman has “never been more invigorated” to serve as Louisville’s ally in Washington. Yarmuth represents Kentucky’s… Read More