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Divestment Proposal Pits Coal States Against California
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Political leaders in West Virginia and Kentucky are joining a coalition of states threatening to sue California over a program the state is pushing that would drop investments in coal. This week the attorney general of West Virginia joined 11 other Republican attorneys general and the governor of Kentucky in signing a letter to the commissioner of… Read More
Serial Rapist Gets 40 Years
By: Susan Tebben
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An Athens man hunted by local law enforcement as a serial rapist admitted to his crimes and received four decades of prison time on Tuesday. Shawn Lawson, 26, formerly of Hawks Nest Road, changed his plea to guilty in Athens County Common Pleas Court, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison by Judge George… Read More
Tantrum Theater’s “Caroline, Or Change”
By: Emily Votaw
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Caroline, Or Change is the lauded sung-through musical by acclaimed playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America). Kicking off on July 7, Ohio University’s professional theater company, Tantrum Theater, will host a production of the work at Dublin’s Abbey Theater, directed by Robert Barry Fleming. On this installment of Conversations from Studio B, WOUB’s Emily Votaw… Read More
Gladden House Sessions 2017: The Cactus Blossoms
By: Maria Meece and Clarence Thomas
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The Cactus Blossoms hail from St. Paul, MN, and since 2013 they have been building a thoroughly infectious sound with a hybrid of aching songwriting and Everly Brothers inspired vocals. Recently “discovered” by rockabilly revivalist JD McPherson, brothers and guitarist/vocalists Jack Torrey and Page Burkum joined McPherson in the studio to deliver the widely heralded debut You’re Dreaming (Red… Read More
GOP Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio Under Pressure on Health Bill
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – U.S. Sen. Rob Portman faces intense pressure back home to oppose the Senate’s GOP health care bill. The Ohio Republican is being subjected to baseball game flyovers, demonstrations, television ads and a verbal onslaught by GOP Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Kasich has been highly critical nationally of the bill’s cuts to… Read More
Prosecutor Not Saying Yet if He’ll Try Cop for 3rd Time
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – An Ohio prosecutor says he’s delaying comment on the case of a white police officer whose trial following the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist ended last week with a hung jury for the second time. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters has not said whether he’ll try the case for a… Read More
Report: Overdose Deaths in Kentucky Climbed by 7.4 Percent in 2016
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Officials say overdose deaths in Kentucky have increased to unprecedented levels. A report released Tuesday by the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy says there were 1,404 fatal overdoses in 2016, a 7.4 percent increase from the previous year. The report found that fentanyl contributed to at least 623 overdose deaths… Read More
Official Orders School to Stop Using Taxpayer Funds on Ads
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – One of the nation’s largest online charter schools has been ordered to stop using taxpayer dollars on television ads attacking a decision by Ohio officials to seek $60 million in repayment from the 2015-16 school year. Ohio Auditor Dave Yost sent an order to the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow Friday, saying… Read More
Flags to be Lowered for Former West Virginia Delegate
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Gov. Jim Justice has ordered that state flags be lowered Tuesday on state buildings at the West Virginia Capitol Complex and in Monroe County, home of former Delegate Mary Pearl Compton. Compton died Wednesday in the Greenbrier County Community of Fairlea after a long illness. She was 86. Compton was a… Read More
Democrats Enter 2018 Races for Ohio Treasurer, Auditor
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Two more Democrats in Ohio have launched campaigns for statewide office in 2018. Former University of Cincinnati board chairman Rob Richardson Jr. has filed to run for state treasurer and former U.S. Rep. Zack Space has filed to run for state auditor. Their decisions give Democrats at least one candidate for… Read More
Bevin Reluctantly Supports Senate Health Care Overhaul
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s Republican governor said he reluctantly supports the Senate’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act and blamed its shaky prospects for passage on “mushy moderates” who “don’t have enough spine” to pass the bill. Kentucky was one of 31 states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. It did… Read More
Pike Co Sheriff Warns Against MS-13 Gang “Visit”
By: Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio sheriff has issued a safety alert after receiving several reports of gang members planning on “taking out” snitches and spreading heroin doses intended to cause overdoses. Sheriff Charles Reader says in the alert sent Monday that members of the international criminal gang MS-13 are planning on coming into Pike… Read More