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![Brittany Robertson and Audrey Napier are the mother and grandmother of 11-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzie” Robertson-Rutland, who died after two cars hit and then ran her over as she was walking to her school bus on Sept. 18.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/brittany_robertson_and_audrey_napier-e1575323507825-900x422.jpg)
Lawmakers Consider Hiking Penalties For Drivers Passing School Buses
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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State lawmakers are looking at a bill that would hike the penalties for passing a school bus as it’s picking up or dropping off kids. Audrey Napier’s 11-year-old granddaughter Lizzie Robertson-Rutland was… Read More
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Hocking County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Murder-Suicide
By: WOUB News Team
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LOGAN, Ohio — A domestic violence incident has claimed two lives in Hocking County. According to the sheriff’s office, Hocking County 911 received a phone call early Monday morning reporting… Read More
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9th Annual Benefest Returns to The Union Dec. 6-7
Benefest, an annual fundraiser supporting local non-profits The Gathering Place and Stuart’s Opera House Afterschool Music Program, returns to The Union this December. WLCI and the Hocking College Music Management… Read More
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Top Tunes ’19: Chris Dodd
Every year WOUB Culture spotlights what music-centric folks in the region have been listening to all year round right in time for the holidays in our annual Top Tunes feature. … Read More
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Kasich Collects $40K for Talk at Miami University
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Miami University paid former Gov. John Kasich $40,000 for a recent speech on civility. Kasich spoke Nov. 13 on the public university’s Hamilton campus. A contract… Read More
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Ohio Court Will Hear Case Over Bullying, Teacher Liability
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over whether educators were reckless in not preventing an injury to a student even though they’d… Read More
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Cuyahoga County Dedicates Fund to Hold Opioid Settlement Cash
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) – One of the Ohio counties that struck a major settlement last month with the three biggest U.S. drug distributors and a major drugmaker has set up a… Read More
![The Ohio Supreme Court building in downtown Columbus, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Ohio_Supreme_Court-e1504696468122-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Supreme Court Accepts Case Over City’s Gun Restrictions
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A divided state Supreme Court has accepted an appeal by Ohio’s capital city fighting to keep its ban on bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to… Read More
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Ohio Selects Rape Kit Tracking System Created by Idaho
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CLEVELAND (AP) – Ohio plans to use a system developed in Idaho that lets sexual assault survivors anonymously track the processing and testing of rape kits collected as evidence. The… Read More
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ENCORE! Victoria; Season 3 on MASTERPIECE | Starting Sunday, December 15
Will revolution in Europe threaten Victoria’s reign? Jenna Coleman returns as Her fearless Majesty Queen Victoria in an all-new season of the hit drama on MASTERPIECE It is 1848, and… Read More