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Kentucky Attorney General Rules Closed Meeting Violated Law
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A ruling from the Kentucky attorney general’s office says the state Board of Education violated the Open Meetings Act by discussing in closed session changes to former Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt’s contract. WDRB-TV sought the opinion. The station reports the opinion this week said the April 17 execution session should have been limited… Read More
Feds OK 55 West Virginia ‘Opportunity Zones’ Under Tax Law
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal officials have approved 55 locations across West Virginia to become “opportunity zones,” an economic development designation created under President Donald Trump’s tax law. In a news release Friday, Gov. Jim Justice and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced that the U.S. Department of Treasury certified the 55 areas, which will… Read More
Ohio Senate OKs Bill To Stop Suspensions Of Young Students
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Senate has unanimously approved a bill preventing schools from imposing out-of-school suspensions to young students who have committed minor infractions. The Columbus Dispatch reports Ohio elementary schools have handed out 35,000 suspensions in each of the last two years. About half were for disruptive or disobedient behavior. The newspaper reports… Read More
Ohio Sets Dates, Regulations For 2018-19 Hunting Season
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Wildlife Council has approved regulations for the state’s 2018-19 hunting season. The deer archery season will run from Sept. 29 to Feb. 3. The youth deer gun season will be Nov. 17-18. The deer gun season will run from Nov. 26 to Dec. 2 and Dec. 15-16. The muzzleloader… Read More
West Virginia Governor Calls Lawmakers Into Special Session
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has called lawmakers into special session beginning Sunday with a handful of items on the agenda. One item on the call is a bill that would establish the Department of Arts, Culture and History, with the curator of arts, culture and history reporting directly to the… Read More
Paramount Costume Exhibit in Ohio Satisfies ‘New Nostalgia’
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LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — Costumes play a leading role as movies transport viewers to other times, open doors to foreign cultures, and imagine wars in distant galaxies. Now, some of those ensembles are on display for the first time in “Creating the Illusion: Costumes & Characters from the Paramount Pictures Archive,” opening Saturday at the… Read More
West Virginia High School Soccer Coach Accused of Sex Abuse
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A high school soccer coach in West Virginia has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl younger than 16. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reports that 23-year-old Trent Stanley was indicted this week on 15 counts of sexual assault and abuse involving a single juvenile. Stanley was suspended by Belpre City Schools in… Read More
Ohio Warns Against Graduation Party Alcohol Violations
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The spring graduation season has prompted state officials to once again remind parents and students about Ohio laws prohibiting those under age 21 from consuming alcohol. The Ohio Investigative Unit warns it’s illegal for parents to serve alcohol to people under age 21 who are not their children even at parents’… Read More
Judge Apologizes to Ohio Man Kicked by Officer at Sentencing
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A judge in Ohio’s capital city of Columbus has apologized to a man who was kicked in the head by a police officer before sentencing him to prison. The Columbus Dispatch reports Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Richard Frye told 27-year-old Demarko Anderson Thursday he was apologizing on behalf of the… Read More
Two Killed in Fatal Crash in Meigs County
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PORTLAND – Two people were killed and two others flown to area hospitals following a crash in Meigs County on US Route 33 on Thursday morning. According to the State Highway Patrol 80-year-old Brooks Boulware of Clemmons, North Carolina, was driving a 2018 Toyota Rav 4 westbound on US Route 33 near Portland when it… Read More
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