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Student math scores are down from pre-COVID levels, the National Report Card finds
By: Sequoia Carrillo | NPR
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – Math and reading scores for students across the country are down following years of disrupted learning during the pandemic. On Monday, the National Assessment of Educational… Read More
Environmental groups petition federal government to revoke Ohio’s authority over injection wells
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ohio Statehouse News Bureau) – A collection of environmental advocates and local government officials argues that Ohio’s regulation on injection wells falls short of protecting safe drinking water… Read More
An Ohio man pleads guilty to plotting a mass shooting of college women in 2020
By: Jonathan Franklin | NPR
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (NPR) – An Ohio man who federal authorities say planned to “slaughter” nearly 3,000 women at a local university in 2020 has pleaded guilty to an attempted hate… Read More
As charter schools continue to open in the Ohio Valley, a controversial curriculum begins to gain popularity
By: Kaitlin Thorne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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CINCINNATI (WOUB) – A small private school in Michigan with ties to former President Donald Trump is shaping how thousands of students are educated in publicly funded charter schools across… Read More
Athens County Commissioners candidates focus on jobs during the League of Women Voters’ forum
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Creating job opportunities was the major talking point of all three candidates at the Athens County Commissioner’s Forum on Thursday evening. The event, hosted by the… Read More
Vinton County Board of Education passes changes to disclipnary standards after attack on student
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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MCARTHUR, Ohio (WOUB) – Two days after its regularly scheduled monthly meeting, the Vinton County Board of Education met again for an emergency meeting to discuss and implement changes to… Read More
Community demands change from Vinton County Board of Education following August attack
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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McARTHUR, Ohio (WOUB) – The Vinton County Board of Education faced community outrage during Tuesday’s monthly meeting, stemming from the district’s lack of public response to the August attack of… Read More
Pawpaw Festival sees large crowds and traffic accidents in 24th year
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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ALBANY, Ohio (WOUB) – Fans of the pawpaw united this weekend in Albany to celebrate the eponymous fruit at the 24th annual Pawpaw Festival. Amid the music and fruit-themed revelry,… Read More
You may get an IRS refund if you filed your taxes late during the pandemic
By: Joe Hernandez | NPR
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – People and businesses that paid a penalty for filing their 2019 and 2020 tax returns late will automatically get a refund from the IRS. The IRS… Read More
The U.S. marks the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks
By: Associated Press
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Updated September 11, 2022 at 9:17 AM ET NEW YORK CITY (NPR) — Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with readings of victims’ names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years… Read More
Fighting bogus claims is a growing priority for election offices
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WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) – Local election officials preparing for the rapidly approaching midterm elections have one more headache: trying to combat misinformation that can confuse, anger and disenfranchise voters. Some… Read More
Attempt to oust Ohio Republican Party chair fails
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – Shortly after newly-elected members of the Ohio Republican Party’s Central Committee were sworn into office at a meeting in Columbus, the fight to change… Read More
Columbus police now limit serving certain warrants overnight
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Columbus, Ohio will no longer serve warrants overnight on certain suspects in the wake of last month’s fatal police shooting. The Columbus Dispatch reported… Read More
President Joe Biden proclaims ‘industrial Midwest is back’ during Intel groundbreaking in Ohio
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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LICKING COUNTY, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – A large, bipartisan group of leaders — including President Joe Biden and Gov. Mike DeWine — gathered at the site of Intel’s new… Read More
An attack on a Vinton County High School freshman leaves family with questions for the district
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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VINTON COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – A freshman at Vinton County High School was treated for a concussion and other minor injuries after an attack by a fellow student during lunch… Read More
How gender-affirming care may be impacted when clinics that offer abortions close
By: Juliana Kim | NPR
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – When someone set ablaze the only Planned Parenthood health clinic in Knoxville, Tenn., earlier this year, the center was immediately inundated with patients’ questions of what… Read More
Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear?
By: Associated Press
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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — A major economic bill headed to the president has “game-changing” incentives for the nuclear energy industry, experts say, and those tax credits are even more… Read More
Group plans to put Christian schools inside Ohio churches and allow kids to attend with public money
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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A new, private school has been commissioned in Columbus but it’s not like many others. What makes this one different is the elementary school is housed in a church, in… Read More
Americans have increasingly negative views of those in the other political party
By: Domenico Montanaro | NPR
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – The age of Trump has been hotly polarizing in a country that was already seeing its social fabric stretched thin. A large Pew survey out this… Read More
Lawmakers considering bill that would retroactively reduce sentences to match future reforms
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – As Ohio lawmakers consider ways of overhauling the state’s criminal justice system to direct criminal offenses away from prison sentences, a bill would make… Read More
Ohio elections officials being hit with requests for lots of records from the 2020 vote
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – Despite no credible claims of problems with the November 2020 vote in Ohio, dozens of huge requests for voting records from that election are… Read More
Residents petition City Council to decriminalize abortion in Athens
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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ATHENS, Ohio – The subject of abortion wasn’t on the agenda for Monday’s Athens City Council meeting, but city residents turned out in force to ask the Council to protect… Read More
Prison nurseries allow for ‘intimate moments’ important to childhood development
By: Kaitlin Thorne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MARYSVILLE, Ohio (OVR) — Every morning Gianna wakes up in a wooden crib next to her mother’s bed. Sunlight streams through the window, warming the room and displaying the razor-wire… Read More
160 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Athens County for July 7-14
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 16,181 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 160 additional cases were reported since last week’s update…. Read More
Rural pride gatherings provide safe spaces for the LGBTQ community
By: Kaitlin Thorne | Ohio Valley ReSource, Katie Meyers | Ohio Valley ReSource, Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley ReSource · Rural Pride gatherings provide safe spaces for LGBTQ community PIKEVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — It wasn’t long ago that Tonya Jones felt she couldn’t be out and… Read More