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Ohio sales tax holiday returns Tuesday
Jul. 25—LIMA — Ohioans will have 10 days to shop without paying sales tax when Ohio's sales tax holiday returns next Tuesday. The tax holiday will be in effect from midnight Tuesday, July 30 through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, just in time for back-to-school shopping. This year's sales tax holiday is the biggest yet, as lawmakers extended the holiday from three to 10 days and lifted the ...
Ohio FOP passes on endorsing Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Fraternal Order of Police has endorsed Sen. Sherrod Brown each time he’s run for reelection. But they are passing on doing so this year, citing comments the longtime Democrat made about a controversial police shooting in Columbus three years ago. If you purchase...
Arts and entertainment events happening July 25th-28th across the Mid-Ohio Valley
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Here is a look at all the arts and entertainment events happening this weekend across the Mid-Ohio Valley. A complete list of events can be found at artsbridgeonline.org. Thursday, July 25th. STEM Camp- grades 1-3 9:00am - 3:00pm @ Discovery World- Market St Parkersburg, WV. Wes...
“Matilda the Musical” is coming to the stage at the Actors Guild
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The famous Roald Dahl book and 1996 movie, Matilda now has a musical adaptation. The musical is coming to the Actors Guild of Parkersburg starting Friday, July 26th. The show will run July 26 &27 and August 2,3,9,10 at 8 p.m. It will also showing on...
Patton College of Education’s Aspire Program awarded FY25 grant funding by the Ohio Department of Education
Ohio University’s Patton College of Education’s Aspire Program has been awarded a $379,532 grant by the State of Ohio for the Fiscal Year 2025, enabling the important program to continue offering essential, free instruction for adult learners across Athens and Hocking County. "Aspire offers a wide range of...
Jim Locke’s technology and marketing career started at WOUB
Jim Locke’s career took a turn after he graduated from the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University in 1966. But he still remembers his time working at WOUB fondly, and credits it as an essential part of the foundation of his technology and marketing career, at places like IBM and General Electric, was built upon.
Crooksville football has its new leader: 'Sometimes you have to roll with the flow'
McLUNEY — Crooksville's new football coach is a name all too familiar. Nathan Van Meter, a 2006 Ceramic graduate, was hired to become the school's fourth head coach in the last decade on Tuesday. He replaces Gage Lotozo, who resigned last week because of health issues. Van Meter has coached a variety of sports...
Delegates from Ashland, Richland counties reflect on Republican National Convention experience
MILWAUKEE — Ashland Mayor Matt Miller has followed politics for several years, first attending a Republican National Convention in 2004, when former President George W. Bush clinched the party’s nomination and went on to win the presidency. Miller said this year’s convention, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last week...
One more day this week with the chance of rain
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Our week has been quite cloudy with sporadic showers and heavy downpours moving through. The rain has been needed here in the Mid-Ohio Valley as drought conditions persist, but one county seems to have picked up more rain than it has needed. That county is Washington County in Ohio. It has had two straight evenings with decent rainfall totals and a few spots picking up torrential downpours leading to some localized flooding. Now, a new drought monitor will be released this morning. We do not expect most of the Mid-Ohio Valley to be taken out of the drought category, but we do see some of the region improving a cut out of the severe drought category. More rain is definitely needed, and, in fact, we will see shower and thunderstorm chances return next week.
Chicken wings sold as boneless can include bones, court rules
Restaurant patrons who order chicken wings marketed as "boneless" can't expect them to actually be boneless, according to a Thursday ruling from the Ohio Supreme Court. The decision comes in the case of Michael Berkheimer, who in 2016 was eating his usual order — boneless wings with parmesan garlic sauce — at an Ohio restaurant called Wings on Brookwood when he felt like some meat went down the wrong pipe, according to legal documents.Over the next few days, Berkheimer ran a fever and was unable to keep food down, prompting him to visit an emergency room, where a doctor found a 5-centimeter...
National Democrats say early presidential nomination vote is needed to stay on Ohio’s ballot. Secretary of State Frank LaRose disputes that
COLUMBUS, Ohio—National Democrats are moving ahead with plans to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president via an online vote prior to next month’s Democratic National Convention, arguing that it’s needed to forestall a GOP legal challenge intended to keep Harris off the Ohio ballot in November.
Ohio pension adds four new funds
The $19 billion School Employees Retirement System of Ohio in Columbus added four new investments at this month’s board meeting totaling $275 million. According to Chief Investment Officer Farouki Majeed, higher interest rates have caused more market volatility, and the team has been proactively managing the portfolios to maximize returns. The staff has maintained an […]
Rock Entertainment Group, Gray Media Launch Rock Entertainment Sports Network
CLEVELAND—Rock Entertainment Group (REG) and Gray Media, owner of WOIO and WUAB in Cleveland and WXIX in Cincinnati, have reached an agreement to launch “Rock Entertainment Sports Network.” The parties plan for the new network to start over-the-air broadcasts on Gray’s television stations in Cleveland and Cincinnati this August, with future over-the-air, multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs), and streaming components to be announced as the network grows.As part of their plans, the two companies said that the partnership will bring free, 24/7 access of local Ohio sports and entertainment programming to millions in Ohio. Gray and Rock Entertainment Group will also...
Contractor indicted for alleged home-improvement scam costing Ohioans over $105,000
CINCINNATI, Ohio — A Hamilton County grand jury has indicted Roger Glenn Gray, 52, of Aurora, Indiana, on three felony charges related to an alleged home-improvement scam that defrauded 14 Ohio residents of more than $105,000, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced yesterday. Gray, who has a significant criminal...
Ignite Reading certified as 'high-quality tutoring program' in Ohio
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Ignite Reading has been approved as a "high-quality tutoring program" in Ohio as the state works to improve literacy rates that have been suffering since the COVID-19 pandemic. It gives students virtual one-on-one tutoring daily to help them in areas of reading they struggle with. Ohio...
Parkersburg man sentenced to prison for tax evasion
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - A Parkersburg man was sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion on Thursday. Brian E. Drake, 56, of Parkersburg, was sentenced to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,036,141.59 in restitution for tax evasion. According to the release, Drake admitted to evading payroll and corporate income taxes while the owner and operator of River City Chem Dry (RCCD).
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