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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 run down and died while walking to her school bus in Columbus one early morning in September. “We don’t want any other family to have… Read More
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 Natalie Nutter, 34, had been abducted by her estranged husband, Kevin Nutter, 34, from a residence on Nutter-Boring Road in Logan. Deputies engaged in a… Read More
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 program works with The Gathering Place and Stuart’s Opera House Afterschool Music Program to present Benefest, a benefit concert held annually at The Union. This… Read More
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. Chris Dodd is a record collector and local musician on hiatus. An OU alumnus and general manager of the Union, Chris has spent the last… Read More
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 negotiated by his talent agency assured the two-time Republican presidential candidate a five-star hotel room, cool water on stage, and an armed security guard. His… Read More
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 been notified she was being bullied by a fellow kindergartner. The court will consider whether teachers and principals can be sued when a student is… Read More
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 special account for the money. The Cuyahoga County Council in Cleveland approved creation of the Opioid Mitigation Fund this week. Councilman Jack Schron proposed the… Read More
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 fire rapidly. Columbus, which banned the devices last year, is challenging an appeals court ruling allowing gun rights activist Gary Witt to challenge the ban…. Read More
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 Plain Dealer reports legislators last year approved use of a tracking system. The law also requires use by medical facilities, law enforcement, and labs once… Read More
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 revolution is breaking out across Europe. In Britain, one woman stands between order and chaos: Queen Victoria. Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) stars as the young… Read More