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Here’s how much Mahoning Valley arts organizations will receive from Ohio Arts Council
Donna Collins is the executive director of the Ohio Arts Council. According to Collins, the OAC board approved 935 grants to Ohio arts organizations. It’s a total of $22,704,702, the largest single round of grant awards distributed to OAC funding applicants in the agency’s history, according to Collins.
Overview: JD Vance and rail safety
Before Donald Trump chose Ohio’s JD Vance as his candidate for vice president, the U.S. Marine Corps veteran, lawyer, and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” gained the national spotlight as one of the authors of the Railway Safety Act of 2023. The bipartisan legislation — sponsored by six U.S. senators, three Republicans and three Democrats — came in the aftermath of the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern derailment and chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio.
Harris sees opening in Vance pick as she considers her own choice for vice president
Kamala Harris’ plan as a running mate was to brush past JD Vance as nothing but a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. But now that she’s the presumptive Democratic nominee, her campaign is seizing on the Ohio senator as a major liability, looking to her own vice presidential selection process and the contenders’ public auditions to drive home the point.
Older LGBTQ+ people often face social isolation and fear, but groups working to bring inclusion
Two Columbus documentary film makers interviewed more than 50 people who once frequented Ohio's longest-running lesbian bar. They found a common theme among many of the patrons. As the many of the patrons age, they've started to lose the sense of community they once found at the bar. Evidence shows...
Canton accepts Civic Center land donation, creates new parking pact with ArtsinStark
CANTON – The city of Canton will now own the land underneath the Canton Memorial Civic Center for the first time in the facility’s 73-year history. Canton City Council agreed Monday to end its 90-year lease with the Stark County commissioners for the land underneath the Canton Memorial Civic Center and agreed to...
Biden expected to sign Sen. Brown’s All-American Flag Act
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - American flags purchased by the federal government will soon be required to be completely produced and manufactured in the United States. President Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill soon with the new mandate. The government had previously only been required to buy flags that...
Village officials visit commissioners seeking funds for new ladder truck
Carroll County Commissioners were visited by Carrollton Village Administrator Mark Wells and Carrollton Fire Department Chief Shane Thomas at its Monday, July 22 meeting. Wells and Thomas approached commissioners to make their case asking for help to bring Carroll County its first ladder fire truck. “The village is undertaking a...
Scarlet and Gold: Former Buckeye wins gold at Paris Olympic Games
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Dover, Ohio, native and former decorated Ohio State swimmer Hunter Armstrong is adding more gold to his collection. On Saturday, Armstrong propelled Team USA to its first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after swimming 46.75 in the third leg of the 4x100 free relay, clocking the fastest time of his team.
Local anti-human trafficking coalition observes worldwide awareness day
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 29, 2024) – Tusc Against Trafficking is using a global occasion to draw attention to its mission. Coordinator Amanda Baxter says Tuesday is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. “This year the theme is ‘No Child Left Behind’ and so we really just want to...
Guernsey County Senior Center requests levy renewal with an increase
CAMBRIDGE − The Guernsey County Senior Center has requested a levy renewal with an increase be placed on the November ballot Commissioners Jack Marlin, Dave Wilson and Skip Gardner Jr. met on July 16 and adopted a resolution declaring it necessary to levy a renewal of an existing 1.5 mills tax levy with an increase of 0.3 mills. (1.8 total mills) for the center. The current levy expires Dec. 31, 2025. ...
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