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Tri-Valley Earns Trip to First State Championship Game
By: Tyler Corbit
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The Tri-Valley Scotties and the Akron St. Vincent St. Mary Fighting Irish are foils of one another in many ways. The Scotties, a rural public school and the Fighting Irish a city parochial school. The Fighting Irish have won six state titles in football alone. The Scotties were playing in their first ever state semifinals…. Read More
Nelsonville-York’s Perfect Season Falls Short
By: Nick Mullens
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Nelsonville-York gave the community a lot to cheer about over the last 14 weeks, but as the seconds ticked off the clock and a 44-0 state semi-final loss sunk in, the Buckeye fans stood tall and proud of their team as they gave the players and coaches one last standing ovation. Coming into the game,… Read More
Wheelchair Charging Station Goes Online at Ohio Statehouse
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Statehouse has added a charging station for electric wheelchairs. The first of two planned stations was unveiled last week. It is located in the Map Room on the state capitol’s ground floor. The second charging station is expected to be operational soon. Republican State Sen. Bob Peterson, who chairs… Read More
Ohio Asks Rover Pipeline to Stop Horizontal Drilling
By: Associated Press
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has told the company building the massive Rover natural gas pipeline project to stop horizontal drilling after another spill of clay-based slurry. The Repository reports EPA Director Craig Butler on Wednesday asked Energy Transfer Partners, the Dallas-based company building the $4.2 billion project, to halt drilling after 200… Read More
Ain’t No Mount High Enough as Ohio Tramples Mountaineers
By: Mitchell Lyons
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Tied at nine, Doug Taylor had an and-one in the lane to give Ohio a 12-9 lead at the first media time out. Ohio took the lead and never looked back. The Ohio Bobcats (3-2) cruised to a 96- 77 victory over the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (2-3) on Friday night. Ohio had five… Read More
Changing Course: A School Cooperative Aims To Remake Coal Communities
By: Jeff Young | Benny Becker | Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Betsy Layne High School serves rural Floyd County in the eastern Kentucky town of Stanville, population 206. Students there produce a video program called “Bobcat Banter” where they usually talk about sports and student life. But early last year “Bobcat Banter” introduced some special guests. “We’re here with Mr. and Mrs. Gates from the Gates Foundation,”… Read More