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Chief Joe Kitchen Inaugurated as 95th Chiefs’ Association President
July 31, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Fire Chiefs' Association: Columbus –Joe Kitchen, Fire Chief with the Bath Township Fire Department, was sworn in last Wednesday as the 95th president of the Ohio Fire Chiefs Association (OFCA), the state’s premier organization for fire service leaders. At his inauguration, Chief Kitchen pledged to do his very best to represent the Association and Ohio’s fire service to the best of his ability.
Ohio driver is charged with attempted murder in Thruway shooting
An Ohio tractor trailer driver has been charged with attempted murder and other offenses following a road rage incident early Monday morning on the 90 West. Additionally, the driver is accused of sideswiping another vehicle. According to State Police, two tractor trailer drivers got into a road rage incident on...
Ohio's record year for tornadoes continues to climb. Here's the latest total for 2024
2024 has already broken Ohio's record for the most tornadoes in a year, and that total continues to climb. The latest tornado, which hit in Warren and Clinton counties early Tuesday morning, was the 65th of the year for the state, said Brandon Peloquin, warning coordination meteorologist for the Wilmington, Ohio, office of...
Ohio-based Big Lots names nearly 150 stores closing amid bankruptcy risk
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Big Lots, the discount retail chain headquartered in central Ohio, has identified nearly 150 stores that are closing this year amid speculation the company will file for bankruptcy. The chain shared plans in June to shutter 35 to 40 stores by the end of 2024, a filing the company submitted to […]
Inspired by daughter, Ohio mom works to get rid of lead
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — In the first installment, 2 NEWS showed you the sneaky problem of lead lurking where our children learn, play and live. Today, it hits even closer to home. A southwest Ohio mother says her family will be dealing with the effects of lead poisoning for the rest of their lives. And […]
Vance praises a key leader behind Project 2025, a conservative effort Trump has disavowed
Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, praised the vision of Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts in the foreword of a forthcoming book that could conflict with the Trump campaign’s effort to distance itself from Heritage’s Project 2025 transition effort. The Associated Press obtained a copy...
Ohio helping farmers keep water sources clean
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The state is putting millions of dollars into ensuring clean water in Ohio. A program called H2Ohio is expanding and hoping to reach across the entire state, meaning wetland, water and sewer projects, and making farming more sustainable. What farmers are doing at farms involved in the program is work that […]
One-time benefit to Ohioans with cooling assistance during the summer months
Loveland, Ohio – The Home Energy Assistance Summer Crisis Program (SCP) will provide a one-time benefit to eligible Ohioans to assist with electric bills, central air conditioning repairs, and air conditioning unit and/or fan purchases. The program will run from July 1 through September 30. Apply for Ohio Energy...
Ohio's only Revolutionary War fort will be partially reconstructed
BOLIVAR ‒ With support from the recently passed state capital budget, the Fort Laurens Museum and grounds will get an extensive makeover in time for the Revolutionary War fort's 250th birthday in 2028. The project will include a partial reconstruction of the fort. ...
Arnold Riffle still planting garden at 88
GREENVILLE – Arnold Riffle, at age 88, is still putting out a vegetable garden on ground that is situated between where he lives and where his daughter and son-in-law (Shelley and Dennis Soward) reside on Jaysville-St. John Road. Riffle has been gardening all his life. He begins tilling the...
JD Vance’s former Yale classmate and friend says emails show political transformation on ‘literally every imaginable issue’
A Yale Law School friend of Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who has revealed years of emails the two previously exchanged, said Monday that the Republican vice presidential nominee is a “chameleon” who has changed his views on “literally every imaginable issue.”
JD Vance’s congressman blasts him and his ‘chaotic’ and ‘weird’ campaign
Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), the Democrat who represents Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) district, slammed the vice presidential candidate for his views on abortion, women and marriage, arguing his was “one of the cruelest, most chaotic and downright weirdest” VP campaigns. Landsman, in a lengthy Monday thread on...
Frank, Bonnie Turner to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary
Frank and Bonnie Turner of For Loramie will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 11 at a Mass of Thanksgiving at 11 a.m. in the St. Michael Catholic Church in Fort Loramie, followed by a dinner for family and invited guests at the Wooden Shoe Inn in Minster. Frank...
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