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Real estate value hikes leading to increased taxes to counties
Aug. 16—LIMA — As property values have been on the rise in recent years, counties have begun seeing an impact in property tax revenue, an increase county officials say they are working to keep as low as possible for taxpayers. The state of Ohio mandates that counties reappraise real property values every six years, with those values updated in the third year of that cycle. With that cycle ...
Blazing a trail: Firelands Scientific fuels Ohio’s cannabis industry boom
HURON, Ohio — It has been nearly nine months since the sale of marijuana became legal in the state of Ohio. On Friday, 3News got a behind-the-scenes look at one of the state’s unique cultivation centers, Firelands Scientific. "There's a whole backbone supporting this, and we are well...
Proof That Ohio is Full of Bad Drivers
According to a recent study, Ohio drivers have the 2nd most speeding tickets in the United States. Insurify crunched numbers of Ohio drivers in each state with speeding tickets on their driver records over the last 7 years compared to those without,. The Insurify data team compared the number of...
Politicians address ongoing energy issue, bribery scandal with conflicting plans
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Making reforms following the state’s biggest bribery scandal has been a slow path forward, but Ohio lawmakers are working to close that chapter and move forward with new energy legislation. “It’s a balancing act when you look at moving forward with trying to decarbonize and how we achieve that, while at […]
Backers of Ohio redistricting measure vow lawsuit over ballot language they call 'deceitful'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a fall redistricting amendment in Ohio vowed swift legal action Friday, after the state ballot board approved language describing their proposal for voters that they decried as inaccurate, devious and manipulative. Over the objections of Citizens Not Politicians’ lawyer, the Republican-controlled panel approved language that will describe the proposed 15-member citizen redistricting panel as “not elected by or subject to removal by the voters of the state.” It describes the amendment’s restrictions on lobbyists and politicians influencing the map-drawing process as limits on citizens’ rights to free expression. And, in a particularly...
Video: Watch as Ohio trooper rescues puppies from danger near highway
In a heartwarming video, two adorable puppies were saved from a busy highway, thanks to the watchful eye of an Ohio Highway Patrol trooper. "Watch out for the dog, watch out for the dog," the trooper says repeatedly as a motorist comes dangerously close to hitting the puppies that wandered onto a...
Suspicions abound; dog taken to pound: Hunting Valley Police Blotter
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First full moon of August is coming to West Virginia and Ohio on Monday
WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) – The first full moon for the month of August is named after North America’s largest fish, the sturgeon. Hence why it is called the Sturgeon Moon. This event will take place on Monday August 19, with it achieving peak fullest at 2:25 PM. Other names for Augusts Full Moon are: Grain […]
College move-in day: When do students return to the biggest Ohio universities? What to know
It's that time of the year again—time for classes to start. And students heading to Ohio colleges and universities for the first time, or returning to campus, will soon be moving into their residence halls, if they haven't already. Here's a look at when those move-in dates are happening at Ohio's largest...
Ohio company leading fight against 'forever chemicals' in firefighting foam
An Ohio company is the first in the U.S. to find a way to destroy toxic firefighting foam, which had been piling up in storage across the state with no safe way to dispose of it. Since the 1960s, Ohio’s firefighters have put out oil and gas fires with aqueous...
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