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Prisoner Acquitted Of Escape After Prosecutors Can’t Prove Location of Prison
By: Debra Tobin | For The Athens Messenger
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LOGAN — Based on an error that the Hocking County Prosecutor’s Office was unable to correct in court, a convicted murderer who fled from Hocking Correctional Institution on March 27,… Read More
Ohio Police: Man Was Threatening Woman Before Officer Fired
By: Associated Press
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) – Police say an officer responding to a 911 call in Ohio shot and killed a man who was holding an 18-year-old woman around her neck. Canton’s… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court Allows Direct Appeal of Rejected DNA Testing
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio Supreme Court is allowing offenders sentenced to death to appeal directly to the high court when an application for DNA testing is rejected. The… Read More
Group Backs Plan for $20M to Fight Opioid Crisis
By: Associated Press
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Update 2:45 p.m. A state commission in Ohio has agreed to move forward on the governor’s request to invest $20 million in the fight against the state and national opioid… Read More
June at Peoples Bank Theatre Means Country Music and Theatre
The historic Peoples Bank Theatre in downtown Marietta kicks off its new Spotlight Series in June, featuring a concert with country music artist Travis Tritt and summer stock productions of… Read More
College Announces Layoffs, Pay Cuts to Handle Debt
WILBERFORCE, Ohio (AP) – One of the country’s oldest historically black private colleges is laying off workers and imposing steep pay cuts in an ongoing struggle to survive. Wilberforce University… Read More
‘Under the Elms’ Celebrates 70th Anniversary This Summer
The “Under the Elms” Summer Concert Series will present five free concerts this summer, beginning Wednesday, May 31, and continuing each consecutive week until Wednesday, June 28. Each of these outdoor concerts begin at… Read More
West Virginia Groups See Disease Threat from Surface Mines
By: Associated Press
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LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia environmentalists are urging a National Academies of Sciences committee examining the health risks from surface mining to look at rates of cancer, asthma and… Read More
White House Is Often in Turmoil but It Reflects the Style of President Trump
This White House is run differently than the West Wings of past Presidents. Those were based on fairly rigid protocols, roles, traditions and procedures. This White House is not the… Read More