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Colleges ease COVID-19 restrictions as fall semester begins for millions of students
By: Elissa Nadworny | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Millions of students are heading back to college for their third full academic year since the COVID pandemic hit. But as students move into their dorms… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine (left) talks with Whitehall Police Chief Mike Crispen and Whitehall Mayor Kim Maggard after the event announcing the ARPA funds going to the Violent Crime Reduction Grant program.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dewine-withwhitehall-police-chief-mike-crispen-and-whitehall-mayor-kim-maggard-kasler-kasler-e1660665862854-900x422.jpg)
Republican governor announces money for grant program from federal package opposed by GOP
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio is putting $42 million in additional funds toward local efforts to reduce crime in a program started last year. The… Read More
![Chief Glenna Wallace of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma was among the speakers at the Ohio History Connection's Tribal Nations Conference in 2019 at the Ohio History Center in Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/chief-glenna-wallace-ohc-tribal-nations-2019-scaled-e1660665156579-900x422.jpg)
An Ohio organization is No. 2 in Native American artifacts required to be returned by federal law. What’s being done?
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (WVXU) — A federal law from 1990 requires institutions like museums and universities that receive federal funding to return Native American artifacts — things like hundreds of thousands… Read More
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Gov. DeWine and Lt. Gov. Husted react to the violent attempt to breach the Cincinnati FBI office
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican team running for re-election as Ohio governor and lieutenant governor have made their first comments about the attempted violent attack on the… Read More
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Skate Jam returns Aug. 27 to raise money for the Athens Skate Park and programming for at-risk youth
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Skate Jam returns to the Athens Skate Park (701 E. State St.) Saturday, August 27 to raise funds for both the park itself and the free… Read More
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Second time was a charm for Rick Wagar
Wagar graduated from Ohio University in 1978 ATHENS, OH – Rick Wagar’s Ohio University story has a false start, then a restart, with an ending that contains a strong passion… Read More