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Republican Incumbent Wins Tight Ohio House Recount
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A House incumbent has been declared the winner of a northeast Ohio recount by a razor-thin margin, helping Republicans secure a three-fifths majority at the Statehouse next session. State Rep…. Read More
Obama Calls For Meaningful Action After Shooting
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UPDATE: 3:20 PM A tearful President Barack Obama says the country's leaders must "take meaningful action" regardless of politics in response to the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school…. Read More
Conn. School Shooting Among World’s Worst Mass Shootings
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A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass shootings. Here is a look at… Read More
Police: 27 Killed At Conn. School; One Other Dead
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UPDATE: 4:38 p.m. A law enforcement official says the suspect in the Connecticut school shootings is 20-year-old Adam Lanza, the son of a teacher at the school where the shootings… Read More
Columbia Gas Transmission: We Are Working To Find Cause Of Explosion
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Columbia Gas Transmission says it's working tirelessly to find out what happened when a natural gas pipeline exploded in Sissonville this week. Company chief executive Jimmy Staton issued an open… Read More
Republicans Retain Majority In Ohio House After Ballot Recount
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A House incumbent has been declared the winner of a northeast Ohio recount by a razor-thin margin, helping Republicans secure a three-fifths majority at the Statehouse next session. State Rep…. Read More
Companies Getting Economic Perks Doing Better Job Of Keeping Their Promises
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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says more than six in 10 recipients of economic development grants, tax credits and other perks have met the conditions of their state agreements. The… Read More
Arson Registry Compromise Clears Ohio Legislature
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Convicted arsonists in Ohio would be required to register with local sheriffs under a bill headed to the governor's desk. Gov. John Kasich plans to sign it. The legislation creates… Read More
Ohio Governor Expected To Sign School Performance Scale Bill
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Ohio schools would receive their own A through F grades under a bill creating a new state performance ranking system that is now headed to the governor. A spokesman for… Read More
Two Killed On Icy West Virginia Bridge
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Cabell County police say icy conditions appear to have contributed to an accident that killed two people. Sheriff Tom McComas says the two-vehicle accident occurred around 9:20 a.m. Thursday on… Read More
Ohio Senate Approves Bipartisan Redistricting Proposal
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A bipartisan proposal to change the way Ohio draws state legislative and congressional lines has cleared the state Senate with almost unanimous support. The resolution would create a seven-member commission… Read More
Governor Proposes Using Bonds To Raise Money For Local Road Projects
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Ohio's governor won't lease the Ohio Turnpike and instead proposes raising $1.5 billion in bonds to fund local road projects. Up to an additional $1.5 billion could be generated by… Read More
West Virginia County Regains Control Of Its Public Schools
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West Virginia has restored public school control in full for one county and in part for another. Lincoln County regained its nine schools with around 3,700 students with a Wednesday… Read More
Ohio Reaches Agreement On Coordinated Medical Care
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Ohio has reached an agreement with the federal government on a plan aimed at better coordinating medical care for some of the state's sickest and most expensive patients. State officials… Read More
Gas Pipeline Safety Under Scrutiny After Explosion
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Nearly 15,000 miles of natural gas pipeline stretch across West Virginia, and as Sissonville residents now know, accidents can happen. Federal regulators say there have been 20 significant incidents involving… Read More
New Law Beefs Up Regulation On Dog Breeders
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich has signed into law a measure to crack down on high-volume dog breeding operations that critics call puppy mills. Kasich's office says he signed the bill… Read More
Drug Clinic Opens In Scioto County
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A new for-profit, cash-only drug clinic that uses medicine to treat painkiller addicts is raising concerns in a county known as an epicenter of Ohio's prescription painkiller epidemic. Kentucky-based SelfRefind… Read More
Emergency Crews Responding To Major Gas Line Explosion
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UPDATE: 12/12/12 @ 9:00 a.m. Part of Interstate 77 in West Virginia has reopened after crews worked through the night to repair damage from a massive natural gas line explosion and… Read More
Walnut Tree Pest Leads To Quarantine
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State officials say a beetle that threatens walnut trees has been found in Ohio. Walnut tree products have been quarantined in southwest Ohio after the discovery of Walnut Twig Beetles. … Read More
Budget Cuts Put State Prisons On Chopping Block
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Ohio's prisons director tells Gov. John Kasich's administration that a 10 percent budget cut would mean closing up to four state prisons. In an Oct. 1 budget request,… Read More
Exotic Animal Owners Suing State Testify On New Rules
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An animal owner has told a federal judge that Ohio's new regulations on exotic creatures would wipe out most of her business and put her animals' lives in danger. … Read More
Correctional Officer Resigns Amid Use-Of-Force Investigations
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One West Virginia corrections officer has resigned in the wake of two separate use-of-force episodes at the Western Regional Jail. Jail authority Executive Director Joe DeLong said six other officers… Read More
Study Aims To Address Jail Overcrowding In West Virginia
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UPDATE: 11:21 a.m. West Virginia can ease prison and jail crowding by refocusing drug treatment efforts in the communities. That's one emerging recommendation from a study of the state's crowding… Read More
Vandals Destroy Christmas Tradition
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A central Ohio family has decided to put an end to a long neighborhood tradition after vandals destroyed an elaborate front-yard Christmas light display. The Hall family has been putting… Read More
Senator Manchin Calling For MTV To Cancel Reality Show
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Sen. Joe Manchin is asking MTV to cancel the West Virginia-based reality show "Buck Wild" that's set to air next year. Manchin's office said Friday that he sent a letter… Read More
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