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Rare Tropical Cyclone to Impact Southern Gulf Coast
By: Blake Hardesty
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A low pressure system centered in the southern United States is moving in an unusual direction and setting up the formation of a rare tropical cyclone. The low pressure system has caught the attention of the National Hurricane Center (NHC). According to the NHC, this low pressure system is forecast to move southward towards the… Read More
Great Lakes Water Levels Continue Surge; 2 Set Records
By: Associated Press
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DETROIT (AP) – Water levels in two of the Great Lakes are the highest ever recorded. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday that Lakes Erie and Ontario last month reached their highest points since record-keeping began in 1918. Also setting a new mark was Lake St. Clair, which is part of the waterway… Read More
HHS Inspector General Finds Serious Flaws In 20% Of U.S. Hospice Programs
By: Ina Jaffe | NPR
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Two new reports from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have found widespread problems in hospice care and say the government needs to open its scorecards on hospice care to the public.
Athens County Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
By: Kailan Martin
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A local man who was once a well-known community youth leader is facing multiple counts of felony child pornography. Richard Adams, 74, of Athens, Ohio was arrested on July 2 after the Sheriff’s Office carried out a search warrant at his home at 11371 Hawks Road with help from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task… Read More
Big Bend Blues and Brews Bash ’19: Randy McAllister
By: Emily Votaw
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Randy McAllister will perform on Friday, July 26 at the 2019 Big Bend Blues and Brews Bash. McAllister spoke to WOUB about his multi-faceted relationship to percussion, the many genres of music that have touched his particular brand of blues, and about performing for the first time at the Big Bend Blues and Brews Bash…. Read More
Big Bend Blues and Brews Bash ’19: Albert Castiglia
By: Emily Votaw
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Albert Castiglia is slated to perform at the 2019 Big Bend Blues and Brews Bash on Saturday, July 27. The blues musician has a long history with Pomeroy, Ohio, one that shared enthusiastically a few weeks before the festival with WOUB. Castiglia also shared the awe-inspiring things that happened to him last year that led… Read More
Ohio Budget Office Reports Strong End to State Fiscal Year
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state says Ohio finished in strong financial position at the end of the most recent fiscal year, a good sign for the upcoming two-year budget. The Office of Budget and Management says state tax collections topped expectations by $651 million, or 2.9%, for the year ending in June. Overall collections… Read More
President Trump to Rally in Cincinnati on Aug. 1
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – President Donald Trump will lead an Aug. 1 rally in Cincinnati, the day after the second round of Democratic presidential debates ends. A campaign announcement Monday said Vice President Mike Pence will join the evening rally at U.S. Bank Arena. Trump also led a rally at the downtown arena in the aftermath… Read More
State Program Provides Reduced Interest Rates on Farm Loans
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Farm operators and agribusiness owners based in Ohio may now apply for a re-opened state program that helps provide reduced interest rates on loans. Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague said Monday he has re-opened the Ag-LINK Program’s application period due to the impact of recent storms and flooding on Ohio agriculture. It… Read More
Microsoft Strikes Next Deal to Extend Broadband in 3 States
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Microsoft Corp. and an Ohio-based provider of telecommunications services have announced an agreement to extend broadband internet access to underserved rural areas of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois over the next three years. The deal announced Tuesday between Microsoft and Lima-based Watch Communications aims to make reliable high-speed internet available to another… Read More
Waterville’s Oliver Hazard Headed to Casa July 11
By: Emily Votaw
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Oliver Hazard is a hardworking, indie folk band from Waterville, OH, anchored by its three members, Mike Belazius, Devin East, and Griffin McColloch. The outfit has been around since 2016, when a series of events led the group to writing and recording their first full-length over the course of a few harried weeks. The band… Read More
Bisbee ’17 | POV | Monday, July 15 at 10 pm
A Commemoration of the Deportation of 1,200 Immigrant Miners in ‘Bisbee ’17’ premieres Monday July 15, 2019 A reckoning of Bisbee’s darkest hour Bisbee, Arizona, was one of the largest copper mining centers in America until it became a virtual ghost town in 1975 when its two massive mines were closed. Forty years later, Bisbee… Read More