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KY Asks Trump For Help With Election Security
By: Taylor Inman | WKMS
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Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is asking President Donald Trump to urge Congress to provide additional funding for state election security after he signed an executive order Wednesday. NPR reports Trump’s executive order would impose sanctions on any foreign person or country that attempts to interfere in U.S. elections. Grimes praised this move… Read More

Chillicothe Prepares To Face Elite Opponent
By: Taylor Jedrzejek
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The Chillicothe football team has faced its fair share of adversity in their first three games. The Cavaliers (3-0) came back from a 13-2 deficit with less than nine minutes to play in their season opener against Teays Valley to win 14-13. In week two, the offense started slow, but received a huge spark thanks… Read More

Philo vs. John Glenn Preview
By: Michael Roth
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Philo (2-1) was able to defeat conference foe John Glenn (1-2) last year in the regular season (28-17) however they will be looking for revenge because the Little Muskies ended their season in blowout fashion (38-7) to advance to the state final 4 last season. John Glenn (1-2) has started off slow this season, after… Read More

Crooksville vs. Tri-Valley Preview
By: Jack Gleckler
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On Friday, the Crooksville Ceramics (0-4) will square off against the Tri Valley Scotties (3-0) Friday at 7:30 p.m. on their home turf. Tri Valley will be looking to rack up yet another win to their season, while Crooksville will be trying for their first win. Crooksville has shaped up to be the underdog of… Read More

Another Rape Reported in Athens
ATHENS — Another sexual assault case was reported to the Athens Police Department on Tuesday. The most recent case was reported at about 8 p.m. on Tuesday, when police responded to OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital to pick up evidence. “The survivor indicated she was sexually assaulted in an apartment on the city’s south side,” Chief Tom… Read More

Kentucky Secretary of State’s Father Pleads Not Guilty
By: Associated Press
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – The father of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes has pleaded not guilty in federal court to making illegal contributions to his daughter’s 2014 U.S. Senate campaign against Republican Mitch McConnell. Jerry Lundergan spoke little during a brief hearing in Lexington. His co-defendant, veteran Democratic political consultant Dale Emmons, also… Read More

Athens Center for Film and Video to Present Work of Roger Beebe
On Sunday, September 23, at 1:00 PM, the Athens Center for Film and Video will present the work of expanded cinema artist Roger Beebe at Arts West, 132 W. State Street. The event is free and open to the public. Roger Beebe is a filmmaker whose work since 2006 consists primarily of multiple projector performances… Read More

Columbus Bans Electric Scooters
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s capital city has issued an emergency order banning electric scooters from sidewalks. Columbus Department of Public Service Director Jennifer Gallagher issued the order Tuesday as city administrators wait for the City Council to return from summer recess and consider permanent code changes. Electric scooters in Columbus have ignited an intense… Read More

EPA Proposes Superfund Listing for West Virginia Site
By: Associated Press
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MINDEN, W.Va. (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing adding a West Virginia area to its National Priorities List of Superfund sites. News outlets report the EPA announced Tuesday that it’s proposing adding the Shaffer Equipment/Arbuckle Creek Area Site in Minden to the list. That would make it a federal priority for cleanup, enforcement… Read More

WOUB-HD to Broadcast ‘American Masters — Basquiat: Rage to Riches’ Sept. 14
By: Emily Votaw
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Jean Michel-Basquiat was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York to Haitian and Puerto-Rican parents. Throughout his lifetime he created a great multitude of artworks, from graffiti to visceral neo-expressionist paintings rich with symbolism and abstraction that served as direct commentary on class struggle and criticism of racism, colonialism, and the consumption of art. On… Read More

Ohio Set to Award Latest Prizes in Opioid Science Challenge
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio is awarding another round of prizes totaling $2.4 million in its global technology challenge seeking scientific breakthroughs to address the U.S. opioid crisis. A dozen winners from six states and Canada were announced Wednesday. They prevailed among more than 50 proposals submitted in the second phase of the Ohio Opioid… Read More

Cluster of HIV Cases Reported in West Virginia
By: Associated Press
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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) – Health officials in a northern West Virginia community are expressing concern about an increase in HIV cases. Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department administrator Howard Gamble said six cases of HIV have been reported in Ohio County so far this year. Gamble said the cases are classified as a cluster because they have… Read More

Election Officials Approve Grants for Voting Upgrades
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia election officials have approved more than $6.5 million in federal grants to make upgrades to voting equipment and security across the state. Donald Kersey is the election division director for the Secretary of State’s Office. He told the Charleston Gazette-Mail that the funds will be used in 41 counties… Read More

Democratic Party has Lost Its Soul Says Author/Activist Thomas Reston
Long-time Democratic activist and author Thomas B. Reston says the Democratic Party has lost its way and lost its soul over the past generation or more. In his book, “Soul of a Democrat: Seven Core Ideals that Made our Party and Our Country – Great,” Reston claims that the party has lost its focus and… Read More