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Sen. Rob Portman Backs Alternatives To Gun Control
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Ohio's Republican senator has defended his opposition to legislation on new gun sales restrictions while speaking to a national police officers conference. Sen. Rob Portman tells the Fraternal Order of… Read More
Lawmakers Plan To Reintroduce “Fetal Heartbeat” Bill
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Ohio lawmakers are resurrecting a proposal to effectively ban abortions after the first fetal heartbeat is detected – as early as six weeks into pregnancy. The bill's previous sponsor says… Read More
Grand Jury Investigating Additional Charges Adjourns Until Later Date
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A grand jury in Steubenville has adjourned after three days spent considering whether other crimes might have occurred in the rape of a 16-year-old West Virginia girl a year ago…. Read More
School Considers Policy Changes For Female Athletes
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A central Ohio district's refusal to let a seventh-grader compete on a football team because she's a girl has prompted requests that the board change its policy banning female students… Read More
Natural Gas Production Up In PA & WV
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Marcellus Shale natural gas production is rising even faster this year than energy experts predicted, and that's having a national impact on energy. Bentek, a Colorado company that analyzes energy… Read More
Commissioner Makes Kiss Comment To Females
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Cabell County Commissioner Bob Bailey says he regrets telling two female commissioners that they ought to kiss each other. Bailey made the comment to commissioners Nancy Cartmill and Anne Yon… Read More
Proposed Law Would Require Local Governments To Balance Their Budgets
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An Ohio lawmaker wants to require cities, villages and counties to balance their budgets, just as the state is obligated to do under its constitution. The proposal from state Rep…. Read More
Ohio’s Elections Chief Sets Standards On Electronic Poll Books
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Ohio's top elections official is setting uniform standards for the use of electronic poll books by local boards of elections. The high-tech books allow poll workers to more easily find… Read More
Plan For Plant That Recycles Natural Gas Drilling Wastewater Approved
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Wheeling planners have approved GreenHunter Water's plan to build a plant that will recycle wastewater from natural gas drilling. GreenHunter Water said Wednesday in a news release that it plans… Read More
Supreme Court Justice Sharon Kennedy To Run For Full Term
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A justice elected to the Ohio Supreme Court last fall to finish an unexpired term through 2014 says she'll run next year for a full, six-year term. Republican Sharon Kennedy… Read More
Judge Extends Order Preventing Enforcement Of State’s Gay Marriage Ban
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A federal judge has extended a temporary restraining order preventing Ohio authorities from enforcing the state's ban on gay marriage against a couple as one of them nears death. Judge… Read More
Retired Teacher Charged With Hitting Special Needs Student
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A retired Jackson County teacher accused of hitting a special needs student has been charged with battery. WSAZ-TV reports that police charged former Ripley Elementary art teacher Vicki Shockey on… Read More
Former Officer Sentenced For Attempting To Possess Drugs
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A former eastern Kentucky police officer has been sentenced in federal court on drug-related charges. U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning sentenced Melvin Charles Schoch Jr., 33, on Monday to… Read More
Exotic Animals Owner’s Items To Be Auctioned
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UPDATE 5:09 p.m. Hundreds of curiosity-seekers, horse-traders and others have attended an auction of the estate of a suicidal man who released dozens of exotic animals in Zanesville almost two… Read More
Inmates Raise Fish For Zoo Animals
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Inmates at a Fairfield County prison are taking on a fishy assignment as they prepare to raise trout for penguins, bears and otters at the Columbus Zoo. The partnership being… Read More
Lawmakers Continue Fact-Finding Process On Possible Medicaid Expansion
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A key Ohio lawmaker says projections showing the state could save money by expanding Medicaid are just one piece of a fact-finding process. State Sen. Dave Burke, who chairs a… Read More
Air Force Base Faces Cuts
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Officials at Ohio's largest military base are bracing for more potential spending cuts for a major Air Force command based there. The Dayton Daily News reports a Pentagon directive to… Read More
Center To Help Drug-Exposed Infants Opens This Fall
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More than 250 "cuddlers" have volunteered to comfort newborns going through withdrawal when a unique, independent treatment center opens this fall in southern West Virginia. Lily's Place in Huntington plans… Read More
Marshall Fans Vote For Retro Mascot Look
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Marshall fans are getting a new – and old – Marco mascot. More than 3,000 Thundering Herd fans voted over two weeks on three options for a new mascot costume…. Read More
Gun-Safety Instructor Accidentally Shoots Student
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Police say an instructor of a gun-safety class in central Ohio accidentally shot a student during the weekend. Terry Dunlap Sr., 73, was demonstrating a hand gun on Saturday at… Read More
New Rules For Healthcare “Navigators” In Ohio Approved
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An Ohio legislative panel has cleared new rules for professionals who will help guide consumers through the online insurance marketplaces created by the federal health care law. State law specifies… Read More
450 People Asked To Be Banned From Casinos In Ohio
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About 450 people have asked to be banned from the four casinos in Ohio, where the state plans to spend more than $6 million by the end of this fiscal… Read More
Grand Jury Continues To Investigate Additional Charges
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A grand jury in Steubenville is meeting again to consider whether other crimes might have occurred in the rape of a 16-year-old West Virginia girl a year ago. A spokesman… Read More
WV Drilling Water Recycling Plant Proposed
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Wheeling planners are considering a company's proposal to open a plant that would recycle wastewater from natural gas drilling. The Wheeling Planning Commission is expected to make a decision on… Read More
Proposed Law Would Allow Online Voting Registration
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Ohioans could register to vote and request an absentee ballot online under a state legislative proposal. The measure from Sen. Frank LaRose also would let Ohio's elections chief work with… Read More
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