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Number Of Power Outages Cut In Half From Last Night
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UPDATE 9:26 A.M. American Electric Power is now reporting 90 percent of customers without electricity can expect to have the lights back on by midnight Friday. Complete restoration is expected… Read More
WV Gov. Requests Federal Aid For Storm Victims
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West Virginia is seeking federal assistance to individuals and businesses to help them recover from recent severe storms that ripped across the state. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Thursday requested… Read More
Severe Weather Hits State Fair
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A powerful storm rolling through Ohio has shut down operations at the annual State Fair after a public announcement urged visitors to take nearby shelter. Spokeswoman Alicia Shoults says rides… Read More
Exotic Animal Owner Will Not Be Charged In Biting
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A prosecutor says the owner of a pet cougar that bit an Ohio social services worker won't be charged. A Licking County caseworker said her finger was bitten through a… Read More
Morgan Co. Couple Reaches Settlement With Gas Company
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A rural southern Ohio couple says it has settled with Houston-based Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. over a November gas line explosion that destroyed four structures, including the couple's home. John… Read More
Athens Officials Seek Federal Help In Boulder Removal
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Officials are seeking federal funding to remove a massive rock from a southeast Ohio cliff where a similar boulder fell and crushed a car in March. They've been monitoring the… Read More
Gov. Requests Federal Aid For Storm Damaged Counties
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich has asked the federal government for a review of damage from June 29 storms to see if the state qualifies for federal relief. The Republican governor… Read More
10-Year-Old Crash Car Into House, Father Faces Charges
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Police in central Ohio say a father faces a charge of endangering children after his 10-year-old daughter got behind the wheel of an SUV and crashed it into a home…. Read More
Union Workers To Vote On Constellium Contract
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A proposed contract covering around 700 union workers at an aluminum rolling mill in Ravenswood is up for a vote this week. Media outlets report that United Steelworkers Local 5668… Read More
Scioto Co. Drug Collection Sites Garner 300+ Pounds Of Pills
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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says hundreds of pounds of prescription drugs including many painkillers were collected over the weekend in a southern Ohio county hit hard by drug overdose… Read More
NCAA Hands Down Penn State Penalties
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The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the… Read More
Ohio Gas Prices Jump Nearly A Dime
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Ohio drivers can expect to pay a little bit more at the pump this week. The average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.45 in Monday's survey from… Read More
Jackson County Child Dies After Being Left In Car
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Jackson County police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl who was left in a car after her family returned home from church. Chief Deputy Tony Boggess says that… Read More
Gunman Opens Fire At Colorado Movie Theater
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UPDATE 1:50 p.m. A man who lives next door to the California family of a man suspected of shooting dozens of people at a Colorado movie theater says he was… Read More
Redistricting Coalition Falls Short On Signatures
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Ohio's top elections official says a voter group has failed to get the thousands of signatures needed in its effort to get a redistricting question on November ballots. Secretary of… Read More
Power Restored To Most Following Severe Weather
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UPDATE 10:38 A.M. Utilities have restored power to most of the tens of thousands of Ohio customers left in the dark after the latest string of storms. By Thursday morning,… Read More
Lesbian Den Mother Delivers Petition Signatures To Boy Scouts
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An Ohio woman ousted as a den mother because she is a lesbian has delivered a petition with 300,000 signatures to the Boy Scouts of America headquarters urging the organization… Read More
Number Of Jobless West Virginians Rises
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West Virginia's unemployment rate increased slightly in June. Workforce West Virginia said Tuesday that the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 7 percent last… Read More
Crews Constructing Mine Explosion Memorial
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Workers are installing six granite slabs for a memorial in Whitesville honoring 29 miners killed in the 2010 explosion of the Upper Big Branch mine. Media outlets report that Beckley… Read More
Man Charged In Trumbull Co. Fracking Protest
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A Maryland man faces two misdemeanor charges after chaining himself to a gate at a northeast Ohio deep-injection well in order to block trucks carrying wastewater from oil and gas… Read More
Ohio Gas Prices Dip 15 Cents A Gallon
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Ohio drivers are paying less at the pump after gas prices spiked during the Fourth of July holiday week. The average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.36… Read More
Man Receives Diploma After 80 Years
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A 98-year-old southeast Ohio man who quit high school to work on a farm and help his family during the Great Depression has received an honorary diploma more than 80… Read More
Kasich Still Wants Statewide Income Tax Cut
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Gov. John Kasich says he's exploring an overhaul of Ohio's tax code to eliminate loopholes and other "special deals" that could be responsible for high state tax rates. The Republican… Read More
Blennerhassett Island Deer Hunt Set For November
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The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will conduct a controlled deer hunt on Blennerhassett Island near Parkersburg on Nov. 5 and 8. DNR Director Frank Jezioro says the hunt… Read More
No Track Or Speed Problems In Train Derailment
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Investigators say a train that partly derailed and exploded in Columbus was traveling below the speed limit before the crash, and its operators noticed no problems with the track as… Read More
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