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Republican VP nominee JD Vance to visit Oklahoma this week for GOP fundraiser, per report
Donald Trump's vice presidential pick JD Vance is scheduled to be in Oklahoma City this week raising money for the Republican presidential campaign. The event is private, and there is no public rally scheduled for the Ohio senator. ...
Ohio Associated Press honors WTOL 11 with 10 awards
COLUMBUS, Ohio — WTOL 11 took home 10 awards at Sunday's Ohio Associated Press Media Editors contest in Columbus, including top honors for excellence in reporting, photography and investigations. First place awards were bestowed on the station in the following categories:. Best Photographer: Eric Rerucha. Best Reporter: Brian Dugger.
A year after expansion, criticism, praise for Ohio's EdChoice vouchers
Critics say Ohio’s expanded school voucher program is draining funds from public schools, while proponents argue that parents should be able to decide who educates their children. Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship program was enacted in 2005 to help students from low-income families and those in underperforming districts afford tuition at private schools. It was expanded in 2023, raising the income levels and dropping the requirement that a school district be underperforming. In a class-action lawsuit filed in January, 2022, a handful of public school students, 200-plus districts, and the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding argued the EdChoice program violates the state constitution’s mandate for a single public system of education. The Vouchers Hurt Ohio lawsuit claims taxpayer-funded private school vouchers are draining hundreds of millions of dollars from Ohio’s constitutionally required public education system — though they started out as a way to help lower-income families escape failing schools.
Ohio will require AEDs in schools and public athletic facilities in effort to save lives
The state of Ohio will require automated external defibrillators be available in schools and sports facilities around the state. On Tuesday, Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 47, which mandates that AEDs be placed in every public and chartered nonpublic school in Ohio, as well as all municipally owned or operated sports and...
How a region responded to Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ with their own book
As a tenth generation Appalachian, Ivy Brashear sees J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” as a “really one-sided and simple view of the region.” In an effort to help broaden people’s view of Appalachia, she decided to share her own narrative as part of a collection of writings in the 2019 book, “Appalachian Reckoning: A Region […]
Ohio Supreme Court will hear Senate president’s fight against deposition
The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments as part of a lawsuit against private school vouchers in the state, to decide whether or not Senate President Matt Huffman needs to answer questions on the topic. The court announced on Tuesday that it would take up the case, in which Huffman is asking to […]
Ariane Kirkpatrick And Amonica Davis Are Behind The First Black Women-Owned 100% Vertically Integrated Cannabis Company In Ohio
Ariane Kirkpatrick was undeterred by the limited presence of Black entrepreneurs in the cannabis sector. In 2017, she made her official foray into the space, according to WKCY-3. “We made the decision that we, despite the barriers, despite the obstacles, despite being Black and female, we were going to make...
Card skimmer investigation expands across southern Ohio
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – Law enforcement officials are investigating a string of credit card skimmer incidents that have plagued grocery stores across southern Ohio in recent weeks. The Ross County Sheriff’s Office confirmed this week that skimmers were found attached to card readers at the Corner Market on Charleston Pike...
Dog of the Week: Pam
PAM, 6-7-24, female feist/mountain cur mix, ~2yo, 20.6#, FOUND with 2 pups (Gwen & Delroy) at Fox Lake, New Marshfield. Pam is one lucky shelter dog because she scored a loving foster home. It is hard to show in pictures, but Pam is one tiny dog at just 20 pounds. At a recent adoption event, everyone thought she was a young puppy, but she is indeed full grown and has already raised two puppies of her own. One of the great things about foster homes is that you can learn what dogs are like outside of the stressful shelter environment.
Matters of Graves Importance: Frankfort Sunflower Festival this weekend, including mullet contest
I was driving down High Street in Chillicothe last week and came upon a cluster of traffic by the BP station. I could see ahead that my traffic light was red, so I stopped a few feet from the entrance and motioned for a car to pull out. When I did, I looked in my rearview mirror and saw a man losing his mind. Waving his hands in the air, yelling at me, and trust me, I could read his lips. What I did next is what you would expect me to do…I let the other two cars out that...
New Pugliese STEM Academy to open, offering innovative pathways for Steubenville students
STEUBENVILLE, OH — The Pugliese STEM Academy, located on 4th Street in Steubenville, is waiting to welcome the students of Steubenville City Schools as the $20 million project has been completed ahead of the 2024-25 academic year. The three-story building has 11 rooms, which will include programs and courses...
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