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Local sweet treat favorite receives statewide recognition landing spot on Ohio’s Ice Cream Trail
BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — One Belmont County business has received some sweet statewide recognition. Kirke’s Homemade Ice Cream in St. Clairsville has received a spot on the map of Ohio’s Ice Cream Trail. To be on the trail, you must make the ice cream on site–which they do– and you must be nominated for […]
Reporters roundtable: Our favorite memories covering central Ohio high school sports
Another year of high school sports is in the books. The final event was held June 9, when four baseball state finals were played at Canal Park in Akron. In central Ohio, the top athletes of 2023-24 received a final moment in the spotlight at the Central Ohio High School Sports Awards on June 20 at Mershon Auditorium.
Illinois cold case finally solved nearly 50 years later
MORRIS, Ill. (CBS) – A woman found murdered on the side of a rural road about 50 miles southwest of Chicago in 1976 has been identified, officials announced Thursday.The woman found dead in Grundy County had been nameless. Officials identified her on Thursday as JoAnne "Vicki" Smith, who was only 20 years old when she died.Detectives said the woman's DNA led them to surviving relatives. Earlier this year, a DNA match led authorities to identify the body as Smith's.For nearly 50 years, her family has wondered what happened to their loved one, who vanished from their home in Ohio in...
Ohio congressional delegation pushes Air Force to home new planes at Rickenbacker Airport
Ohio's congressional delegation, led by Sen. Sherrod Brown, is urging the Air Force to make Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base the home for eight new refueling planes. In a letter sent Wednesday to Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and Gen. David W. Allvin, the lawmakers urged the military to make Rickenbacker the operating base for the Air Force's eight new KC-46A aircraft used for aerial refueling. ...
Four-star Ohio EDGE picks UK over Penn State, Florida
Justin Rowland has been CatsIllustrated.com's publisher since 2015. He covered college football recruiting at programs nationwide for 15 years prior to that. Kentucky hosted Ohio EDGE defender Cedric Works on a recent official visit in Lexington. Now Works is a Wildcat.The 6'4, 225-pound 2025 prospect from Clayton (Ohio) Northmont is rated a four-star p...
Ohio Senate approves bill meant to protect elections workers from personal threats
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Senate has approved a bill that would remove elections workers’ home addresses from public records, a change the bipartisan bill’s sponsors say is a reaction to rising threats these workers receive. Senate Bill 173 -- sponsored by Sens. Bill Demora, a Columbus...
Families enjoy fishing fun at HOFNOD event
NEW LEXINGTON — Great weather on Saturday, June 15 greeted 193 young anglers and their family members as the Perry County Sheriff’s Office hosted their sixth annual Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs event. Fishing began at 7:30 a.m. when youngsters up to 18 years old cast the first lines of the day ahead of the noon deadline that ended the fishing for the day. Sheriff William R. Barker’s usual crew of Perry County deputies and staff employees, as well as three Ohio Division of...
Funding available for projects advancing conservation, environmental stewardship
NELSONVILLE — The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO), through its Environmental Stewardship Pillar of Prosperity, has announced new funding opportunities to advance conservation, environmental stewardship and the greater well-being of Appalachian Ohio. Thanks to a transformative $5 million investment from the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD), funding is available to support community projects, scholarships, fellowships, research and innovation in the areas of conservation and environmental stewardship. “We’re grateful to the...
Adopt the zipper merge: ODOT says cars zooming to orange barrels before merging are right
Picture it: You're driving on the interstate when traffic slows because a lane is closed ahead. You merge over right away and patiently wait, and watch (perhaps with increasing annoyance) while a dozen or so other cars zoom past, right up to the orange barrels before merging. Well, guess what? The Ohio Department...
2 Ohio Hospitals Continue To Earn ‘D’ Grade for Patient Safety
Find out what 2 hospitals in Ohio continue to have an issue with patient safety. Out of 177 hospitals in Ohio, only 2 earned the dreaded 'D' grade for patient safety according to HospitalSafetyGrade.org. There is both good news and bad news with this information. Let's get the bad news out of the way.
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