You are viewing the September 29, 2019 daily archives
Sheriff: 4 Inmates Escape Gallia County Jail
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff says four inmates have overpowered two corrections officers with a homemade weapon and escaped from a county jail in Ohio. The Gallia County Sheriff’s Office says the four men forced open a secured door at the jail in Gallipolis, along the Ohio River in southeast Ohio, early Sunday. A… Read More
Advocates: People Held at W.Va. Mental Hospitals Unnecessarily
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Disability rights advocates in West Virginia say patients who are sent to state-run psychiatric hospitals after being found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental illness are being held for years after they are well. The Register-Herald reports the problem was discovered after Sharpe Hospital in Weston lost permission to accept… Read More
Ohio Releases List of 183,000 Cancelled Voter Registrations
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief is urging voters to see if they’re among almost 183,000 registrations canceled as part of the state’s voter rolls maintenance. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose said the process is incomplete, but he released the searchable list Friday so that affected voters still have time to register by the Oct…. Read More