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Out with drought across parts of the area
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The latest drought monitor updated Thursday and there is some improvement in parts of our region across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. We will see more improvement as showers and storms return to the forecast to end the week and push into the weekend. What...
Ohio Projects Expected to Create 1,600 Jobs, More Than $185M in Investments
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted announced the approval of eight projects that will create 1,664 new jobs and retain 2,201 jobs statewide. During its monthly meeting, the Ohio Tax Credit Authority (TCA) reviewed economic development proposals brought to the board by JobsOhio and its regional partners. Collectively, the projects are expected to result in more than $138 million in new payroll and spur more than $185 million in investments across Ohio.
'Squish it': Spotted lanternfly invasion continues to spread across Ohio
CLEVELAND — White-tailed deer frequent Mary Keith's garden on Cleveland's east side, or what's left of it. Something else got to her vegetable plants before the deer: spotted lanternflies. "I've got a tree in the back there that's full of them," Keith says. "They sure can hop!" To the...
Fiddlers unite at Ohio contest to keep music tradition alive
As the sun set on a horse farm in eastern Ohio’s Columbiana County, Kerry Varble tuned her fiddle in front of a piano decorated with blue ribbons and trophies. She plays the fiddle competitively at contests all over the country, from Texas to Tennessee. But on this recent evening, she was preparing for a competition closer to home: the Ohio State Old Time Fiddlers Contest.
Wake Up Tri-Counties with RaeAnn Tucker from the Henry and Stark Health Departments
RaeAnn Tucker from the Henry and Stark County Health Department joined Wake Up Tri-Counties with RaeAnn Tucker to talk about student immunizations and physicals, the upcoming flu season, and mosquitoes. First Choice Healthcare clinics are holding “Pop Up Walk-in” school and sports exam days this week, August 12th to August 16th, all day at the clinics in Kewanee, Colona, and Toulon. These special clinics offer school and sports physicals for $40, but bring insurance information if you have insurance. The clinics offer physicals for junior and senior high school athletes, freshmen, sixth graders, kindergarteners, and preschoolers. To help reduce wait times, complete the physical forms obtained from your child’s school. For more information, you may call the First Choice Healthcare clinic nearest you: Kewanee, 110 N. Burr Blvd. 309-852-5272; Colona, 103 1st St. 309-792-4011; or Toulon, 120 E. Court St. 309-852-3115.
Bond set at $200,000 for man police say had 88 pounds of meth, kilo of cocaine in Canfield
A 36-year-old man from Arizona has answered a felony drug charge in court Friday after police say he ran from a car in Canfield carrying more than 88 pounds of methamphetamine and one kilo of cocaine. Jeffrey Battle of Phoenix was arraigned on a charge of drug possession following his...
Vitatoe named new president of STVM High School
AKRON — St. Vincent-St. Mary High School (STVM) announced July 29 that David Vitatoe will be the school’s next president. Vitatoe earned a bachelor’s degree from John Carroll University, a master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management and a master’s in education from Xavier University. He most recently served at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) as interim vice president of advancement and president of the NEOMED Foundation. An Akron native, Vitatoe attended St. Hilary grade school and Walsh Jesuit High School. His mother, Rose (Mastrolonardo) Vitatoe, is an alumna of St. Vincent High School. He is a member of St. Rita Parish and lives in Reminderville with his wife and three children.
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