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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...
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 […]
Ohio’s unemployment rate increases for 5th straight month, though filled jobs also increase
COLUMBUS, Ohio — New state economic data released Friday shows that Ohio added jobs in July, but it also shows that the Ohio unemployment rate increased for the fifth straight month. Ohio gained 2,200 full- and part-time jobs during July from the revised June estimate, increasing the total employment...
Plea accepted in Ohio business owner fraud case
William Anthony Bailey, owner of Movin and Groovin Productions, a supply and rental company, was charged in February with one felony count of obtaining money by false pretenses, but according to news partner Herald-Star the court accepted a guilty plea to a reduced charge.
Ohio AG Yost and three other AGs push for grocery mega-merger between Kroger and Albertsons
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and his counterparts in Alabama, Georgia and Iowa went to court Wednesday to urge that the merger between Kroger and Albertsons go through. Opponents of the merger — including the Federal Trade Commission and eight state attorneys general — say that such a huge merger in a consolidating marketplace will […]
DeWine orders flags at half-staff in Ohio
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has ordered flags to be lowered. The order follows the death of Robert Hagler, a former judge in Greene County. Hagler’s obituary details the former judge died on Aug. 3 at 84-years-old. On all public buildings and grounds within Greene County, flags should be flown at half-staff […]
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