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Michigan Republicans shrug off Vance Ohio ribbing in must-win state
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance’s story of overcoming personal hardship was one of the reasons former President Donald Trump tapped him to become his running mate, with the hope people in the midwestern battleground states, including Michigan, would relate to him. Although the 39-year-old Ohio senator’s nomination acceptance speech last […]
Patients or profits? Some fear recreational marijuana could kill Ohio's medical program
Andrew Hopkins wakes up every day with a dull pain in his back. He injured it nearly three years ago on the job for FedEx, winding up with two herniated discs after he lifted some tractor parts. The pain was brutal at the beginning: Doctors prescribed him Percocet, and he visited the emergency room on several occasions.
Just Askin': Which presidential election in last 50 years brought most Ohioans to polls?
The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google. With presidential debates underway, more Americans are thinking about who they are going to vote for this fall. ...
Genetic aneurysm survivor calls for more research, funding
Lisa Robarge's late mother and her older brother experienced brain aneurysms. Robarge talked with state representatives in March to press for more public funding for research. Robarge wants more awareness that some aneurysms are genetic. The pain hit like a thunderclap. Last August, Lisa Robarge was getting ready for work...
Sunset Jazz & Art Festival to light up towpath along Maumee
The Grand Rapids Arts Council will host the Sunset Jazz & Art Festival Sunday, Aug. 18 from 2 p.m. until sunset on the towpath between the old Miami and Erie canal and the Maumee River. The festival features live jazz performances and an art fair with the work of local...
Large fire breaks out at Seneca County produce farm
OLD FORT, Ohio — Smoke could be seen all the way in Fostoria and Clyde after a large fire at a farm near Old Fort in Seneca County on Saturday evening. The multi-alarm fire, at Riehm Produce Farm on State Route 53 in Seneca County, started around dusk on Saturday.
Maumee's murky waters: The ruinous consequences of an environmental crime
For more than 24 years, city of Maumee employees routinely reported to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency that the town was not discharging sewage into the Maumee River. Those affirmations were manifestly untrue. In fact, between 1996 and 2020, the city of Maumee dumped millions of gallons of sewage-contaminated water into the city’s namesake river. What’s more, during portions of that time, the city’s sewer system was not overseen by an appropriately certified sewer collection operator.
Toys from heaven: Local nonprofits to gift record number of kids this Christmas
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- A major donation by two nonprofits is going to provide children across the Miami Valley with a very special Christmas. Toys for Tots and Tackle Hunger donated toys to FLOC, which stands for For Love of Children for their toy cottage this Christmas, which has been serving the Miami valley for years, but now thanks to these donations they'll be able to serve a record number of families in the Miami Valley.
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