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The Buckeye Flame is growing and glowing
The Buckeye Flame, the only Ohio newsroom dedicated exclusively to LGBTQ+ issues, is making waves. Driving the news: Staff writer H.L. Comeriato last week was named the 2024 recipient of the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award by the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists (NLGJA). The award honors the journalist of the year...
‘The best version of myself’: Stivers grad, Miss Ohio USA 2024, competes in Miss USA pageant soon
Miss Ohio USA Macy Hudson, a 2017 Stivers School for the Arts graduate, is feeling confident, determined and grateful as she prepares to compete in the 73rd Miss USA pageant, which will take place Aug. 4 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “I’m hoping for the very best but...
Sixth Circuit tosses parent group’s challenge to Ohio school district’s pronoun policy
(CN) — A Sixth Circuit panel ruled in favor of a suburban Columbus, Ohio, school district on Monday, upholding its protections for transgender students. The Olentangy Local School District's anti-harassment policies and code of conduct bar discrimination based on "sexual orientation and transgender identity." The national conservative group Parents Defending Education argued in their May 2023 lawsuit that these policies mandated the use of transgender students' preferred pronouns and violated the First Amendment.
Free breakfast, lunch for all Bedford City School District students beginning 2024-2025 school year
BEDFORD, Ohio – The Bedford City School District will offer free breakfast and lunch to every student this school year, regardless of household income. The meals, which will continue to meet USDA nutritional guidelines, will be offered as part of the district’s participation in the National School Lunch Program’s Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
CALL FOR ENTRIES: NOGA Great Lakes Scratch Stroke Play #3
The Northern Ohio Golf Association is accepting entries for the Great Lakes Auto Scratch Series Stroke Play #3 at Glenmoor Country Club in Canton on August 12th. Registration is open until 11:59 pm on Monday, August 5th.
Cleveland schools join growing cohort of districts banning cell phones to boost student learning
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Beginning this academic year, all Cleveland Metropolitan School District schools will enforce a cell-phone-free environment to enhance student learning and academic performance. This initiative comes as part of a broader movement observed across various school districts and legislative actions aimed at minimizing distractions caused by personal electronic...
Girard City School district alleges deception in contract agreement with former treasurer
In late May, 21 News aired a Watchdog Report on former Girard City School District treasurer Mark Bello being paid half a million dollars in one fiscal year. Now the district is alleging that this all happened due to deception. According to a press release from the district, the district's...
ZHDC Launches New Homebuying Program
ZANESVILLE, OH – A local non-profit organization just launched a new housing program for first time homebuyers. The Zanesville Housing Development Corporation recently started to give the residents of Greenwood Homes a chance to purchase the property they have been living in, for a fraction of the cost. Steve...
"No Touch With Reality": Teen Diagnosed With Schizophrenia After Killing Mom with Skillet
Sydney Powell and her mother, Brenda, were described as the best of friends, with a close, loving relationship. “It was almost like sisters, that they just really got along,” said Steven Powell, Sydney’s father and Brenda’s husband, on Snapped, airing Sundays at 6/5c on Oxygen. “Sydney was the mini-me of Brenda. I mean, they had the same personalities.”
VIDEO: Missing horse trapped in local swimming pool
A Northeast Ohio man says he was not quite sure what he was witnessing, when the camera on his drone captured images of a horse trapped in a swimming pool and then the eventual rescue of the animal by first responders.
New COTA CEO salary higher than most peer cities' transit chiefs
As the Central Ohio Transit Authority asks Columbus-area voters for more funding this November, its new chief executive officer is already raking in more money than any other public transportation leader in Ohio. Monica Tellez-Fowler earns an annual base salary of $363,825, which is more than what the transportation agency leaders in Cleveland,...
Early harvest continues with peaches, apples, grapes: Don’t wait or they’ll be gone
CLEVELAND, Ohio --If you love local, seasonal fruit, pay attention. Starting with strawberries in May, fruit grown in Ohio has been coming into markets at least two weeks ahead of schedule. Ohio cherries are already over and peaches, which are usually ramping up about now, are well into their season....
Ohio OK’s more marijuana companies to operate in recreational market – including 4 testing labs
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Thirty-four Ohio medical marijuana businesses now have certificates of operation to expand into the recreational market, including the first four testing labs to receive permits. Twenty-four of these growers, processors and testing labs are new as of Friday. The Ohio Division of Cannabis Control initially granted...
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