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![Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, walks into the Potter Stewart U.S. Court House in Cincinnati on Jan. 23, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-e1675451613955-900x422.webp)
Jurors hear final statements in the Householder bribery trial
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Federal prosecutors told jurors as former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder‘s corruption trial neared its close Tuesday that the Republican was “at the top” of a criminal… Read More
![Some of the railcars that derailed Friday night when a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed are in the process of being cleaned up on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AP23040745941722-e1676569734663-900x422.jpg)
National Transportation Safety Board opens probe into rail operator Norfolk Southern
By: Josh Funk | John Seewer | AP
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators on Tuesday announced a probe into rail operator Norfolk Southern following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in February and several other accidents, including… Read More
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Tantrum’s ‘Carrie: the Musical’ asks ‘what does it cost to be kind?’
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Tantrum Theater opens their production of “Carrie: the Musical” March 9. It’s based on Stephen King’s novel about an awkward teenage girl who discovers she has… Read More
![A customer shops for eggs at a H-E-B grocery store on February 08, 2023 in Austin, Texas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gettyimages-1464257602-copy_slide-a8100033ce6d90e04b1d208fae2bd5d409c152cb-scaled-e1678205979834-900x422.jpg)
What SNAP recipients can expect as benefits shrink in March
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — This month, as many as 16 million American households have received a sharp reduction in the size of their benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,… Read More
![A clerk waits for customers at a marijuana dispensary in Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-e1678204562174-900x422.webp)
Advocates say a Senate bill to “fix” Ohio’s medical marijuana program would be a disaster
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s medical marijuana program has been the subject of complaints by some Ohioans since it was created. Critics have said it’s complicated, the products… Read More
![Lisa Martin Headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lisa-Martin-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
WOUB connections helped throughout Lisa Martin’s production career
Martin graduated from Ohio University in 1982 ATHENS, OH – Lisa (Bowman) Martin calls herself a “late bloomer” when it comes to WOUB but says once she discovered the opportunities available… Read More