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'It can save lives' | ProMedica placing Narcan kits at every Stop N Go in northwest Ohio
TOLEDO, Ohio — Drug overdose deaths in the state of Ohio are down nearly 20% this year compared to last year, according to the CDC, and there are local efforts to keep that trend going. ProMedica has received a grant from The Ohio Department of Health, enabling the healthcare...
MetroHealth lawsuit dismissed: The Wake Up for Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024
Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. MetroHealth fired its CEO, Akram Boutros, in November 2022 after the board said he improperly awarded himself $1.98 million in bonuses over several years. He had led the hospital system for nearly...
H.S. Roundup: Bloom-Carroll volleyball clinches third straight Mid-State League title
Here’s a roundup of local high school sports this week, starting with volleyball. Bloom-Carroll 3, Liberty Union 0: The Bulldogs cruised to a 25-12, 25-9, 25-18 Mid-State League-Buckeye Division win to secure at least a share of their third consecutive league championship. B-C improved to 18-1 overall. Evelyn Brown had 21 kills and...
SE Ohio Foodbank’s Bringing Healthy Home program sees positive results
ATHENS — In the nearly three years since its inception, SE Ohio Foodbank’s Bringing Healthy Home program has reduced preterm births by nearly 3.6%, according to recently released figures. The program, which strives to improve birth outcomes among underserved women in seven southeast Ohio counties, also showed measurable improvement in increasing infants’ birth weights and in reducing the number of infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units. Since the program’s...
Disputes over access to the vote intensify as Ohioans begin to cast ballots
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several disputes over voter rights in Ohio were unresolved Tuesday as the state began accepting early ballots in this fall’s election for president, a key U.S. Senate race and a redistricting measure. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose had not yet responded to Common Cause and the League of Women Voters, which notified him last week that voters were being systematically removed from the rolls in several counties as a result of third-party challenges. The advocacy groups alleged the actions violate provisions of the National Voting Registration Act. LaRose’s office said he had cast a tie vote keeping most of the challenged voters in one of the counties, Delaware, on the rolls. He is reviewing claims in three additional counties. National groups allied with former President Donald Trump have been facilitating these citizen-powered efforts to systematically challenge the legitimacy of large numbers of voter registrations. LaRose praised their efforts and believes accurate voter rolls are a core tenet of any well-run election, said spokesman Dan Lusheck.
Highland ties Johnstown in boys’ soccer
Highland tied visiting Johnstown 2-2 in boys’ soccer on Monday. The contest was evenly played throughout, with both teams scoring once in the first half and once in the second half on their way to the draw. In the girls’ contest, an early Johnstown goal was the difference in...
Request an absentee ballot now to ensure your right to vote in the Nov. 5 election
Yet again, Ohioans are being subjected to an outsized effort to fix something that wasn’t broken, through the requirement to get a government-issued ID to vote. “Ohio could be on the verge of rejecting an historic number of ballots in the 2024 presidential election after Republican lawmakers adopted one of the strictest voter ID laws in the country last year,” The Plain Dealer reported Oct. 7 (”Thousands blocked from casting votes since 2023″). All to repair a voter integrity issue that didn’t exist, in line with the former president’s claim of a “rigged” election.
Vote for the Eagle-Gazette Male Athlete of the Week
LANCASTER – Several male high school athletes had outstanding weeks, and it’s your chance to select the Eagle-Gazette Male Athlete of the Week. Eagle-Gazette readers can now vote online for who they think deserves to be the Male Athlete of the Week. The poll will run from 6 a.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Thursday. ...
Pro-Palestinian protesters pitch encampment outside Jewish Democrat's Ohio home
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Masked pro-Palestinian demonstrators escalated their harassment of a Jewish congressman on the eve of Monday’s anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, pitching an encampment outside Ohio Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman ’s Cincinnati residence. Landsman said Monday that the protesters arrived outside his home early Sunday. By evening, they set up tents, cots and sleeping bags in the road and spent the night harassing him and his family members, forcing them to secure a police escort in order to enter and exit safely, the congressman said. “On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the October...
Area companies get meat processing grants
Oct. 7—COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted and Ohio Department Development Director Lydia Mihalik announced a state investment of $14 million to improve and expand meat harvesting and processing facilities across Ohio. A to Z Portion Control Meats in Allen County will receive $500,000. Rodabaugh Bros. Meats in Putnam County will get $440,762. In Mercer County, Cooper Hatchery ...
OHSAA Week 8 high school football schedule 2024
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Here is a full list of the Week 8 high school football games around Northeast Ohio, including schools in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit counties. Be on the lookout for breakdowns of the best games this week, too. In case you missed it,...
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