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Facebook report challenges claims that fracking is 'environmentally-friendly'
A new Facebook page monitoring thousands of fracking-related accidents and cleanups happening nearly every day over the last nine years challenges the Ohio gas and oil industry's claims that it's environmentally-friendly. Report trends indicate a pattern of lax regulation along with superficial attempts to clean up oil, gas and radioactive fracking wastewater from lands and water across the state, according to FracTracker Alliance, a national nonprofit that studies, maps, and communicates the risks and impacts of oil, gas, and petrochemical development. ...
Ohioan Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon 55 years ago
On July 20, 1969, awestruck viewers around the world watched on television as Ohioan Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and spent his childhood moving because of his father’s career as an auditor with the state. He lived in 16 different...
Returning state champion Bartlett highlights 2024 high school storylines, golfers to know
The final weeks of July begin the high school sports season in Ohio and Kentucky as preps golfers begin their seasons on July 22 in Kentucky and July 29 in Ohio. Last season was another full of success for local golfers, including many returning athletes like Wyoming senior Finley Bartlett who won the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II individual state championship. Here are some of the top returning golfers and storylines to watch in the...
Huckabee applauds JD Vance as Trump’s VP pick, says inexperience is ‘good’
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) lauded former President Trump’s decision to pick Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), noting that his inexperience in elected office is “good.” “When people say JD Vance hasn’t been in office that long … good,” Huckabee said Saturday in an interview with NewsNation’s Hena Doba. “The longer people stay in a…
Christina Spring aims so offer 'better options for health care' in Ashland County
A nurse practitioner is taking a new brand of health care door-to-door in Ashland in a van loaded with medical supplies. Christina Spring's new business, Ashland MobileMed, began as a part-time venture in December and quickly grew to full-time. Spring is rebirthing the era of house calls, returning to "old-school"...
Hot Stove baseball: Mavericks come out blazing, cruise past North Ridgeville to set up all-Grafton Midview final
ALLIANCE — Grafton Midview did not waste its one chance to make a first impression. The Mavericks blew open their Hot Stove baseball Class F state semifinal with nine runs in the first inning and rolled to a 12-2 win over the North Ridgeville Scorpions in five innings at Butler Rodman Park on Saturday afternoon.
Volunteers spruce up historic caboose in Grafton
GRAFTON – A group of volunteers picked up paint brushes and rollers on Saturday to spend their weekend beautifying and preserving a fixture of Grafton’s Main Street and a piece of its history. That fixture is the iconic yellow caboose which has stood at the corner of Grafton’s...
Cuyahoga County to Hold Reappraisal Meetings
(Cleveland) Property owners in Cuyahoga County who haven't received their property valuation letters from the County by Monday, July 22nd, 2024, are asked to call the County's Fiscal Office at 216-443-7420, option 3 to get their property value information. The County will be hosting four community meetings next week to...
See all homes sold in Wadsworth, July 15 to July 21
The following is a listing of all home transfers in Wadsworth reported from July 15 to July 21. There were 10 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,180-square-foot home on Tolbert Street in Wadsworth that sold for $267,000. 167 Simcox...
Gather Food + Drink poised to be ‘third space’ for gourmet guys (and gals) in Rocky River
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio – In sociology, a “third place” refers to a social location separate from home and work where people can let down, get comfortable and be themselves. Author Ray Oldenburg coined the term, thinking such a place should be a convivial, low-key home away from home.
Men found trying to steal water from hydrants: Hinckley Township Police Blotter
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Pool project at Wooster High on schedule
A major pool renovation project at Wooster High School in the Gault Recreation Center is expected to be completed in early August. Wooster said that the greatest priority was to replace the HVAC system to regulate and move air to provide thermal comfort and maintain indoor air quality, The project kicked off in early June. There were multiple phases to the pool renovation project.
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