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New Ohio Law Makes Abusing Pets A Felony Crime
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A new law in Ohio stiffens penalties for abusing pets. The law that took effect Tuesday makes it a fifth-degree felony to knowingly cause serious physical… Read More
Appeals Court: Precise Standard For Ohio Ballots A Burden
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A federal appeals court has blocked rules requiring precise completion of thousands of absentee ballots in swing state Ohio, but upheld other challenged election-law changes as… Read More
City Passes Medical Pot Freeze Citing Lack Of Regulations
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) – A northeast Ohio city is freezing the cultivation, processing or sale of medical marijuana in the city for a year. Akron’s City Council passed the moratorium… Read More
New Ohio Law Shields People Trying To Help Overdose Victims
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A new Ohio law offers immunity from prosecution to people trying to get help for someone overdosing on drugs or overdose victims themselves who seek assistance…. Read More
Chelsea Clinton To Campaign In Ohio On Her Mother’s Behalf
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Chelsea Clinton plans to campaign in swing state Ohio for her mother this week. According to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, Chelsea Clinton will headline events… Read More
Trump Campaign Pays $20K To Ohio City Ahead Of Visit
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) – The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has paid $20,000 to an Ohio city ahead of Trump’s scheduled appearance there this week. The Canton Repository… Read More
Ohio AG Rejects Petition Seeking To Criminalize Abortion
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A ballot effort in Ohio seeking to criminalize abortion has failed to clear an initial hurdle. The state’s attorney general said Monday the petition for a… Read More
Trump To Return To Ohio For Wednesday Rally In Canton
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will be back in the battleground state of Ohio on Wednesday. His campaign says the businessman will be at a rally… Read More
Student Contest To Promote Opioid Abuse Awareness
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Attorney General’s office is sponsoring a contest among schoolchildren to promote awareness of prescription painkiller abuse. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says in a… Read More
Former State Official Forms Coalition For Elderly Ohioans
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A former state official will lead a coalition of Ohio seniors and their families to identify and solve problems facing the population. The Columbus Dispatch reports… Read More
Biologists Battle ‘Ecological Train Wreck’ Of Feral Pigs
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Wildlife biologists are fighting what they call the “ecological train wreck” of wild pigs running amok in Ohio fields and forests. Biologists Steve Blatt and Patrick… Read More
New Wave Of Heroin Overdoses Hits Ohio City
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio city is experiencing a new spike in deadly heroin overdoses. Authorities say at least eight deaths this weekend in the Akron area could be… Read More
Officials Seek Cleanup Funding For Ohio Uranium Plant
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PIKETON, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s U.S. senators are again pushing for continued federal funding for the cleanup of a Cold War-era uranium plant in southern Ohio where workers periodically have… Read More
Ohio Republicans Meeting for Reorganization, Convention
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Republicans are gathering in the Columbus area for a state party organizational session and a meeting of their delegation to this summer’s national convention in… Read More
Marshall Ceramics Event Raises $17K for Food Pantry
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – Marshall University ceramics students have raised $17,000 for a food pantry. The university says the 2016 Empty Bowls event raised enough money to allow the Facing… Read More
Former Ohio Deputy Sentenced to Life in Colleague’s Slaying
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MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) – A former sheriff’s deputy convicted of fatally shooting an ex-colleague more than three decades ago because the victim had fired him for inappropriate conduct has been… Read More
Breaking: Threat Closes Schools in Athens County
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Update 3:27 p.m. In a release by local law enforcement, the threat was found not to be specific to Athens or the Ohio University. Find the full update here. Update… Read More
Ohio House GOP Shifts Leadership Positions After 2 Step Down
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Republicans in the Ohio House are shuffling leaders after two term-limited representatives stepped down from their caucus positions. House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger says Rep. Kirk Schuring… Read More
Sex Trafficking Panel Planned at Marshall University
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – A panel discussion on sex trafficking in West Virginia is scheduled next week at Marshall University. Democratic House of Delegates member Barbara Evans Fleischauer of Monongalia… Read More
Ohio Bill Expected to Address Public Records Disputes
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The leader of the Ohio Senate says he’s planning to introduce legislation that addresses disputes over public records. Senate President Keith Faber, a Celina Republican, has… Read More
Ohio Sheriff Wants to Give Jailed Users Anti-Overdose Drug
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A northwest Ohio sheriff hoping to save more heroin users has floated the idea of giving opioid addicts an anti-overdose drug when they leave jail and… Read More
Cash-Strapped West Virginia May Delay Medicaid Provider Pay
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia officials warn that payments to Medicaid providers may be delayed amid state budget woes. The Department of Health and Human Resources told providers in… Read More
Ohio Senate Weighs Shielding Violence Victims’ Address Info
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio Senate is continuing debate of legislation that would shield the addresses of victims of domestic violence, stalking and other crimes from use by government… Read More
Coroner: More Fentanyl Deaths Than Heroin in Ohio County
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CINCINNATI (AP) – The coroner in southwest Ohio’s largest county says overdose deaths from the powerful painkiller fentanyl have overtaken heroin deaths. Hamilton County coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco says overdose… Read More
Activists Pack License Hearing for Ohio Abortion Clinic
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Update 11:47 a.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Anti-abortion activists have packed a hearing to determine the fate of an Ohio abortion clinic’s state license. Women’s Medical Center of Dayton was… Read More
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