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PHOTOS: NMF ’19 Day 2 (Part 1)
The second day of the 2019 Nelsonville Music Festival was another warm one, and featured performances from Radattack, The Other Years, Steve Poltz, and many more. Check out some images from the daylight hours of the festival below.
Former Glouster Priest Granted Appeal in Sexual Battery Case
By: Benjamin Schwartz
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ATHENS — A former Glouster priest sentenced to prison for three separate counts of sexual battery has been granted a delayed appeal by the state of Ohio. 45 year-old Henry Christopher Foxhoven was sentenced last year to twelve years in prison, along with five years of probation and registration as a tier III sex offender. … Read More
Local Garden Focuses on Bringing Back Native Plants
By: Kailan Martin
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ATHENS — A local garden that sits right next to East State Street and across from the Athens Community Center is teaching people about the native plants found in Ohio. The Wistendahl Native Plant Garden, filled with plants like milkweed and prairie grass, is doing more than just making the landscape look good, but also… Read More
Ohio’s Libraries Weathered The Storm And Are Now Helping With Relief Efforts
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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When storms ravaged parts of Ohio during Memorial Day weekend, several libraries were forced to close their doors for a short time. Those facilities are back in operation. And many libraries are serving in relief efforts now. The Ohio Library Council’s Michelle Francis says some libraries in Green, Montgomery and Mercer counties lost power or… Read More
West Virginia University Wins NASA Robotics Contest
By: Associated Press
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia University robotics team has won a NASA competition for the second time in three years. The college on Friday announced the team’s win in NASA’s Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge. WVU’s Mountaineer Ice Driller Automated System III beat out other machines made by the Massachusetts Institute… Read More
Derailment Snarls Main Route Between Chicago, East Coast
By: Associated Press
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SWANTON, Ohio (AP) – More than a dozen derailed freight cars in Ohio are blocking a main Midwest rail route that connects Chicago with the East Coast. Authorities say a Norfolk Southern train on Thursday night smashed into an abandoned truck left on the tracks just west of Toledo. A village administrator in Swanton says… Read More
Derailment Snarls Main Route Between Chicago, East Coast
By: Associated Press
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SWANTON, Ohio (AP) – More than a dozen derailed freight cars in Ohio are blocking a main Midwest rail route that connects Chicago with the East Coast. Authorities say a Norfolk Southern train on Thursday night smashed into an abandoned truck left on the tracks just west of Toledo. A village administrator in Swanton says… Read More
Officials: Ohio Tornadoes Led to Sewage Release in River
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – Officials say 4.7 million gallons of untreated sewage was released into a river during Ohio’s Memorial Day tornado outbreak. The Dayton Daily News reports county sewer workers had to divert wastewater directly into the Stillwater River after two pump stations lost power during the storms. Hundreds of homes and businesses were… Read More
Spotted: A Swarm Of Ladybugs So Huge, It Showed Up On National Weather Service Radar
By: Merrit Kennedy | Dani Matias | NPR
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Meteorologists in Southern California were puzzled by the big green blob on their radar — it looked like a rainstorm on what was a clear day. Then they discovered it was beetles.
Ohio Governor Outlines Overhaul for County Jail Inspections
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is more than doubling the size of the state’s jail inspections team. The change comes following a review that was prompted by discrepancies in reports about a county jail in Cleveland where eight inmates died in 2018. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s 2017 report showed… Read More
Coroner: Overdose Deaths Through March Up From 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The coroner for the county that includes Ohio’s capital city says the number of fatal overdoses during the first three months of 2019 grew from the total for the same period last year. Franklin County Coroner Anahi Ortiz on Thursday reported preliminary figures of 120 overdoses from Jan. 1 through March… Read More
DRC Head Says Execution Protocol Won’t Be Rushed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine has put off all upcoming executions till a new lethal injection method is developed, which he has said will happen in the coming weeks. But the head of the prisons agency says it’s taking some time. DeWine ordered the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to come up with a new method after… Read More
Serial Killer’s Confession Resolves 1981 Murder Case
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CINCINNATI (AP) – Authorities say the confession of a serial killer who claims to have murdered 90 women has resolved a decades-old Ohio case as they seek help in identifying a second victim. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said Friday that Samuel Little has been indicted for the 1981 murder of 32-year-old Anna Stewart. She… Read More
PHOTOS: NMF Experience Day One
Believe or not, the Nelsonville Music Festival is a lot more than just music. Check out these shots below, taken by WOUB’s Rob Green and Jordan Kelley, of the first day of the 15th iteration of the festival.
PHOTOS: the Artists at NMF ’19 Day 1
June 6, 2019 marked the first day of the Nelsonville Music Festival, featuring performances by Tyler Childers, Hubby Jenkins, Sierra Ferrell, Molly Burch, and more. Check out photos, by WOUB’s Jordan Kelley and Rob Green, below.
VIDEO: WOUB at NMF ’19: Day One Experience and Food
June 6, 2019 marked the first day of the 2019 Nelsonville Music Festival, and WOUB’s Emily Votaw was on the scene, checking out the food, drink, and overall vibes of the first day of 15th iteration of the festival. Emily learned about O’Betty’s hot dogs, Donkey iced coffee, funnel cake, Nixtamalized tamales and tacos, the… Read More