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A new stadium awaits Crooksville by the end of 2022
By: Tim Hanna
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CROOKSVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) — 2021 was a difficult year for the Crooksville Ceramics. Due to issues with their stadium, the team was forced to play the entirety of their season on the road. They were also unable to get into the win column finishing 0-9. The tough schedule of the MVL did not make it… Read More
“WHO Lies Beneath: The Asylum” Episode 2: Viola Rapp
https://ohio.streamguys1.com/WhoLiesBeneath/mp3/EP002_MIX_220301.mp3 With the help of voice-actor Jan Hodson, Viola Rapp tells her own story as a young mother in the late 1920s when she admitted to The Old Athens Lunatic Asylum. Rapp was likely placed in the Asylum after suffering from postpartum depression. Her story is one that started with childhood tragedy and the continuation… Read More
Whitesburg, Kentucky begins to clean up and recover after record flooding
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — In the Parlor Room, a longtime tattoo shop and music venue in downtown Whitesburg, the art-covered walls meet a bare floor, covered in mud. John Falter oversees rows of sketchbooks, with the tattoo artists’ drawings, drying beneath fans. “The water pressure pushed the doors wide open,” Falter said of the storm… Read More
Binders, backpacks… and inflation are on this year’s back-to-school shopping list
By: Alina Selyukh | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Back-to-school shopping for her three children, Stephanie Maddox recently picked up a bottle of hand sanitizer and noticed it was more expensive than she remembered. Then, she looked at binders, finding fewer options, all with higher price tags. “My budget is bigger this year … but it seems like it doesn’t… Read More
Record low turnout and incumbent upsets mark historic Ohio August primary
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The statewide primary for state legislative races — which could cost Ohio up to $25 million — saw a voter turnout of just 7.9%. Candidates were vying for their party’s nomination in 99 Ohio House district races and 17 Ohio Senate district races. There were also contests to be… Read More
DeWine says school safety issues go beyond shootings
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine touted a “holistic” approach to protecting students and said — without dismissing shootings — that the issue of school safety is more than just the tragic events that make headlines. DeWine made these comments in an address to the Ohio School Safety Summit in Columbus. More… Read More
The Senate passes help for veterans exposed to toxins, after a reversal drew fury
By: NPR Staff
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Senate, in a bipartisan 86-11 vote, approved a measure to provide health care and benefits for millions of veterans injured by exposure to toxins, from Agent Orange in Vietnam to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Known as the PACT Act, the bill no longer would force generations of… Read More
An investigation into the Taliban’s crackdown on women in “Afghanistan Undercover” on FRONTLINE, August 9 at 10 pm
FRONTLINE : Afghanistan Undercover Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 10:00 – 11:00 p.m. An undercover investigation into the Taliban’s crackdown on women in Afghanistan. FRONTLINE correspondent Ramita Navai (Iraq Uncovered, Syria Undercover) finds women who are being punished by the regime and confronts Taliban officials. Navai reveals the harsh realities of life for women under… Read More