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Auctioning Drug Family Fortune Set In Marietta
By: Tim Sharp, WOUB Contributing Writer
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Charlie McLeish is saving his voice for one of the largest auctions his company has ever conducted. "We expect 600 to 700 people here tomorrow," he said. Cars, jet skis,… Read More
Guilty Plea For School Bus Attacker Mom
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A mother has pleaded guilty to attacking a bus driver and a young child on a school bus. Jamie Qualls, 30, of Proctorville, was arrested last month after the Lawrence… Read More
Rural, Elderly Ohioans Could Be Hurt By Phone Deregulation
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Advocates for the poor and elderly in Ohio say the impacts of the proposed elimination of landline phone service in parts of the state next year aren't being properly studied…. Read More
Ohio University’s Management Information Systems Near Top In Country
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The Management Information Systems (MIS) program in Ohio University’s College of Business was ranked sixth nationwide in the 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek annual ranking of the “Best Undergraduate Business Programs by… Read More
Supreme Court Affirms, Reverses Portions of Multi-Million Dollar Civil Judgment
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The Supreme Court of Ohio Tuesday partially affirmed and partially reversed rulings by the Tenth District Court of Appeals in a Franklin County lawsuit that resulted in an award of… Read More
Gas War Drives Down Prices In Guernsey County
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It had been more than 18 months since fuel prices had fallen below $3.00 per-gallon in our listening area – that is, until Tuesday evening. The so-called "gas war" raged… Read More
Hundreds Of Miners Lose Jobs
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Alpha Natural Resources reported Tuesday that it's eliminating 1,200 jobs company-wide, including 400 with the immediate closing of eight mines in West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The decision comes as… Read More
Car Deal May Help Byesville Police Department
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Cambridge City Council's Finance Committee approved a deal that may help Byesville begin to put a police officer back on the village streets. Cambridge Police Chief Dick Wayt asked finance… Read More
Vote Planned on Constellium Contract Offer
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They will vote. Local 5668 union officials say they'll let their members vote this week on the most recent contract offer from Constellium. Union members say they're thankful for finally… Read More
Son Accused Of Shooting Father With Shotgun
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A father is in stable condition at a Huntington hospital after being shot by his son, according to the Gallia County Sheriff. The shooting happened Friday morning at a trailer… Read More
Guilty Pleas For Men Charged In Dog Stabbings
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"This is the meanest act I've ever seen," we're the words of Judge Oakley Clark Collins Jr. just before sentencing the two men who pleaded guilty to stabbing and slitting… Read More
Small Town – Big Bucks
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Officials with the village of Barnesville have signed a gas drilling lease agreement worth $5.5 million. Barnesville's Village Council approved the lease agreement that will allow Antero Resources to use… Read More
Heroin Seizure Largest In Scioto Co. History
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A traffic stop ended in the largest seizure of black tar heroin ever in Scioto County. The Portsmouth Police Department says they found a little more than 150 grams of… Read More
Washington Co. Man Arrested For Growing Marijuana
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Police say a Washington County man was growing more than 60 marijuana plants in his garden. Deputies found 68 plants while executing a search warrant in William Keel's garden, inside… Read More
Husted Backs Down On Early Voting Ruling
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Secretary of State Jon Husted has rescinded a ruling he sent to boards of elections earlier this week ordering them not to set hours for early in person voting on… Read More
Trial Date Set For Chained-Barrel Protester
By: Tim Sharp, WOUB Contributing Writer
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The woman charged with chaining herself to barrels to protest injection wells will go to trial November 8. Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn's office says Madeline ffitch, charged with inducing… Read More
Parkersburg Medical Center Reducing Staff
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More than 20 jobs at Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg are on the chopping block, according to a memo sent out by the center's CEO Thursday. President and CEO… Read More
South Point Native Struck By Dump Truck At OSU
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The bicyclist left hospitalized after being hit by a dump truck on the Ohio State University campus has been identified as an 18-year-old student. Ohio State police said Thursday that… Read More
Scioto Co. Crash Claims One, Injures Three
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A Lawrence County man died following a crash between two trucks Wednesday afternoon on Ohio 104 just north of Ohio 348, according to a news release from the Ohio Highway… Read More
Triple Family Murder Shocks Small WV Town
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A family murder has rocked a small community in the north central part of West Virginia. Investigators are remaining tight-lipped after a mother, father and daughter were shot and killed… Read More
EPA Taking Water Samples After Large-Scale Fish Kill
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Officials in Tuscarawas County are investigating the cause of the second large-scale fish kill in the area in less than a month. According to reports, wildlife officers were called to… Read More
WV Red Cross Volunteers Help Isaac Victims
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It's been almost a week since Isaac pounded the Gulf Coast, and Red Cross volunteers are still down south helping those devastated by the storm. Mike and Carol Kesterson are… Read More
Wood Co. Child Dies In Hot Car
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Wood County Sheriff Jeff Sandy says his office is investigating the death of a young girl. Preliminary reports indicate she was left in a hot car for a period of… Read More
Doctor Says Rape Victim Too Badly Burned To Determine Other Injuries
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UPDATE 12:35 P.M. A coroner says a woman who died after being found naked and suffering on a rural Ohio road was too badly burned to tell if she'd been… Read More
Three-State High-Speed Chase Ends In Southern Ohio
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A police chase through three states ends with a man under arrest along a dead-end road outside Chesapeake, Ohio. Lawrence CountySheriff Jeff Lawless says that Roy Bentley, 46, was arrested… Read More
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