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LISTEN: The Tornado That Devastated Wheelersburg, Ohio
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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This past Monday, April 23, 2018, was the 50th anniversary of the Wheelersburg, Ohio, tornado of 1968. The F5-rated tornado destroyed countless homes, injured 92 people and killed 7 people,… Read More
Statewide Candidates in Ohio to Reveal Money Raised, Spent
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Thursday is the deadline for candidates in Ohio’s raucous gubernatorial primaries and other statewide races to report their latest fundraising totals. Republican Ohio Secretary of State… Read More
High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University
By: Ashley Gross | Jon Marcus | NPR
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Huge shortages loom in the skilled trades, which require less — and cheaper — training. Should that make students rethink the four-year degree?
Former Cleveland Councilman Indicted on 26 Misdemeanors
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CLEVELAND (AP) – A former Cleveland city councilman has been indicted on 26 misdemeanor charges for his votes on legislation awarding money to a design company that employed his wife…. Read More
Athens Shoots for First-in-Nation Carbon Tax
By: Taylor Bruck
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If voters approve the opt-out carbon fee in the May 8 election, Athens will be the first in the nation to implement a program like this. The fee would… Read More
Ohio Secretary of State Honors Vinton County National Bank
Vinton County National Bank (VCNB) was honored to be named one of the April businesses recognized by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted as part of the Secretary’s Ohio Business… Read More
Bobcat Softball Hungry For More Wins
By: Thomas Garverick
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Danielle Steine is good- really good. That’s why she was named the Mid-American Conference East Player of the Week for the fourth-straight week Tuesday afternoon. For the past month, Steine… Read More
2018 Seabury Quinn Jr. Playwrights’ Festival Continues Through April 28
The 24th Annual Seabury Quinn Jr. Playwrights’ Festival will kick off on Friday, April 27. Every year the festival brings impressive productions of MFA playwriting student’s thesis plays to the Elizabeth Baker… Read More
White Nationalist’s Ohio Lawsuit Ends
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – A lawsuit over white nationalist Richard Spencer’s effort to speak at an Ohio college has been dropped. A federal court filing Wednesday showed both Spencer’s campus tour… Read More
Vietnam Memorial Wall Replica To Be Dedicated In Kentucky
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ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) – A permanent replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall will be dedicated this weekend at the Elizabethtown Nature Park in central Kentucky. The News-Enterprise reports crews were… Read More
Marshall University Employees To See 5 Percent Raise
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia university’s operating budget that includes a 5 percent raise for university employees has been approved. News outlets reported Wednesday the Marshall University Board… Read More
Peace Activist Behind Kucinich Fee Met Hamas
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The treasurer of an organization that paid former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich for a speech on Syria that’s become an issue in Ohio’s gubernatorial race says his… Read More
Episode 027 : Geoff Dabelko, A Career in Environmental Peacebuilding
Professor Geoff Dabelko recently was awarded the prestigious Al-Moumin Award for Environmental Peacebuilding. Throughout his groundbreaking career, Geoff has been showing security and environmental groups how their objectives are often… Read More
Episode 029 : Katie Carter, Executive Director of the Susan G Komen Branch in Columbus, Ohio
Katie Carter is the executive director of the Susan G Komen branch in Columbus, Ohio, where she leads a team of people motivated to ending breast cancer forever. She often… Read More