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Pediatricians Stand By Meds For ADHD, But Some Say Therapy Should Come First
By: Alex Smith | NPR
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New treatment guidelines don’t assuage concerns that some children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are being prescribed medication too soon, before behavioral interventions are tried.
Waiver Gives Ohio More Options in Treating Opioid Addiction
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The federal government is allowing Ohio more flexibility in what services it can provide to Medicaid patients addicted to opioids. The expanded options are coming through a substance use disorder demonstration waiver that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently approved. Gov. Mike DeWine says the waiver will help the… Read More
Report: Water Unaffordable for Nearly Half of Martin Co., Kentucky
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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A new report finds nearly half the residents of Martin County, Kentucky, cannot afford water service. Local activists with the Martin County Concerned Citizens are ringing alarm bells about water affordability as the beleaguered county faces another likely water rate increase in the coming months. Since the ReSource first reported on its water crisis two years ago,… Read More
West Virginia Governor Under Scrutiny for State Aircraft Use
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – An analysis of flight records shows West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has used state aircraft less than the state’s previous two governors. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel received the records from the state’s aviation division Wednesday through a Freedom of Information Act request. The analysis found flights between Charleston and where… Read More
Family Treatment Courts to be Unveiled in W.Va.
By: Associated Press
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MADISON, W.Va. (AP) – The first family treatment courts in West Virginia will be unveiled in early October. The state Supreme Court says in a news release that members of the high court will attend the opening Oct. 7 at the Boone County Courthouse in Madison. The Legislature approved the new courts in March. They… Read More
APD: Use of Force In Court Street Arrest ‘Reasonable and Restrained’
By: Susan Tebben
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ATHENS (WOUB) — The chief of police in Athens says the use of force in a weekend arrest on Court Street was “reasonable and restrained,” despite public criticism that officers actions were excessive. Chief Tom Pyle held a press conference along with Mayor Steve Patterson and Service Safety Director Andy Stone on Monday to address… Read More
Federal Grant Awarded to Combat Lead Poisoning
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $45 million to Ohio to identify and eliminate lead paint in homes. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says the grants will help make Ohio homes safer. Grants will go to Columbus, Akron, Canton, Cleveland and Lima as well as Cuyahoga, Erie, Mahoning,… Read More
3 of 4 Escapees From Gallia Co. Jail Arrested in North Carolina
By: Associated Press
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CARY, N.C. (AP) — Three of four inmates who overpowered two female corrections officers and escaped from an Ohio county jail were caught in North Carolina after slightly more than a day on the run, authorities in both states said. The three men who escaped from the Gallia County jail early Sunday were “captured without… Read More
An Interview with American Public Media’s Chris Thile
By: Emily Votaw
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Chris Thile is an acclaimed musician and songwriter, as well as the host of American Public Media’s nationally syndicated live, weekly variety show Live From Here. On Tuesday, October 1, Thile will perform on Ohio University’s campus in the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium starting at 7:30 p.m. You can find more information and tickets here…. Read More
WOUB Asks Locals to Contribute Old Photos and Items to Our Town: Gallipolis
Filmmaker will hold event at Bossard Memorial Library October 18 ATHENS, OH – Your photos and local stories could be a part of the next installment of WOUB Public Media’s Our Town historical documentary series. WOUB announced earlier this month that Gallipolis will be the next town featured, and WOUB would like the people of… Read More
Press | MASTERPIECE | Premieres Sunday, October 6 at 10 pm
MASTERPIECE on PBS to Co-Produce “Press” Contemporary Drama Set in the Turbulent World of Newspapers Through New Deal with BBC Worldwide and Lookout Point Press, written by Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster, King Charles III) and produced by Deep Indigo, Lookout Point and BBC Studios for BBC ONE, will premiere in the US as a co-production… Read More