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Full Production Returns To Hino Motors
Hino Motors Manufacturing USA is preparing to resume full production at its West Virginia plant following a cutback caused by a parts shortage. Sandy Ring with Hino's home office in… Read More
Ohio Looking At Opting Out Of “No Child Left Behind”
Ohio is exploring how to take advantage of President Barack Obama's plan to let states opt out of parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law. State schools Superintendent… Read More
Rally Held In Support Of Texting While Driving Ban
Lawmakers, police and families have met on the lawn of the Ohio Statehouse to rally in support of a measure to ban texting while driving. An estimated 75 people showed… Read More
New Law Changes Ambulance Rules
A new Ohio law allows ambulances to head to emergency scenes with only one certified paramedic or emergency medical technician on board – namely, the driver. Ambulances still would be… Read More
Two Cases Of Legionnaires’ Disease At Athens Hospital
An Athens hospital has diagnosed two people with Legionnaires' Disease in the same week, but health officials say the cases are not part of any outbreak. Regional public health epidemiologist… Read More
Obama In Cincinnati Today
President Barack Obama is marketing his $447 billion boost to the economy on the turf of House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The defiant gesture at… Read More
Inman Allowed Material For Religious Observance In Jail
The father-in-law of a Hocking County woman found dead in a septic tank will be allowed to have a sackcloth and ashes for a religious observance in jail. William Inman… Read More
Licking County Murder/Suicide Under Investigation
The Licking County Sheriff's office is investigating a murder/suicide inside a house. The sheriff's office has confirmed that the shootings Tuesday night involved a man and a woman. The sheriff's… Read More
Panel Expected To Vote On Redistricting Map Wednesday
The chairman of an Ohio Senate committee considering a Republican-drawn congressional map says he expects the panel to vote on the map Wednesday. If the map is approved by the… Read More
Drug Sweep In Jackson County, WV
Sixty-one people face charges stemming from an undercover operation targeting the drug trade in Jackson County. A special grand jury issued indictments last week containing nearly 200 charges ranging from… Read More
Woman Dies After Tree Cutting Accident Near Parkersburg
A woman has died from injuries suffered in a tree cutting accident near Parkersburg. Deputy Wood County Coroner Curtis Thomas says that the accident occurred Sunday on Campbell Drive. Thomas… Read More
MAP: Resdistricting Map Goes Before Ohio Senate Today
The Ohio Senate is poised to take up a Republican-drawn U.S. House map in committee today. The map, which critics say was drawn to protect Republicans' majority in Ohio's congressional… Read More
West Virginia Employment Outlook Not Good
Moody's Analytics says job growth in West Virginia over the next year won't be enough to reduce the state's unemployment rate. Moody's latest forecast expects about 1,000 jobs a month… Read More
Gas Prices Down In Ohio
The cost of gasoline is down 15 cents a gallon from last week at Ohio pumps. Monday's survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express… Read More
Ohio River Ferry Won’t Shutdown
The financially struggling Sistersville Ferry has averted a shutdown, thanks to a last-minute infusion of money from the state. Sistersville City Council voted last week to immediately stop the ferry… Read More
Energy Summit To Talk Shale
What natural gas trapped in shale formations beneath Ohio could mean for the state's economy is one of the topics of an energy summit coming up in Columbus. Gov. John… Read More
Contract Approved
Union workers at a dozen Kroger Co. stores in West Virginia and eastern Ohio have approved a new three-year contract. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23 says in an… Read More
Ohio Unemployment Rate Rises Again
State officials say Ohio's unemployment rate rose for the third straight month in August, to a level matching the national jobless rate. The Department of Job and Family Services said… Read More
Three SE Ohio Mail Processing Centers On Possible Closure List
The struggling U.S. Postal Service says it's considering whether to close more than 250 mail processing centers across the country, including three in southeast Ohio. There are 10 centers in… Read More
Parkersburg Post Office On Postal Service Review List
Four mail processing facilities in West Virginia are on the Postal Service's review list for possible closure. Facilities in Bluefield, Clarksburg, Parkersburg and Petersburg are among 252 nationwide that will… Read More
WVU At Parkersburg Trying To Attract SE Ohio Students
Some students at West Virginia University at Parkersburg who live in seven Ohio counties would pay lower tuition under a proposed policy. The policy would apply to students living in… Read More
Redistricting Bill Advances
While groups called for more time to review the maps, a state House committee has advanced a bill that would redraw Ohio's congressional lines. The proposal was passed along party… Read More
Inman Pleads Not Guilty To New Murder Charge
The mother-in-law of a southeast Ohio woman found strangled in a septic tank has pleaded not guilty to murder. Sandra Inman, 46, is also charged with kidnapping, tampering with evidence… Read More
Kleins Plead Not Guilty to Charges
An eastern Ohio couple have pleaded not guilty to charges in the drowning of the woman's 3-year-old son and his missing 2-year-old brother. Thirty-eight-year-old Richard Klein Jr. and 25-year-old Kasey Klein of Zanesville… Read More
Economic Development Tariffs Hearing
Ohio utility regulators are preparing to hear testimony on a plan that would offer utility-bill breaks to businesses that create jobs. The idea of these "economic development tariffs" was pitched… Read More