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Ben Cors cuts to the chase about determination to make good showing at Open Championships
WESTFIELD CENTER − When Ben Cors walked off the course at Westfield Group Country Club last July, he left more motivated than ever. After missing the cut at last summer's Ohio Open Championships, the Wooster resident is back to get back to the final day for the second time in his young career as the three-day event opens Monday in Westfield Center.
July includes lots of interesting things to do: Whit & Whimsey
BRUNSWICK, Ohio – It’s going to be a very busy month. Let’s start with the near future: July 7. For the first time in several years, there will be a parade in Brunswick. At 2 p.m. marchers and riders will step off from the Brunswick Middle School on Pearl Road and head to the high school via Pearl and then Center roads. Roads around the area will be closed because of it until about 4.
10 most expensive homes sold in Medina County, June 17-23
A house in Hinckley Township that sold for $1 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Medina County in the past week. In total, 118 residential real estate sales were recorded in the county during the past week, with an average price of $336,152. The average price per square foot was $183.
New parks and pickleball courts and plenty of school construction: Our Towns
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If schools are under construction, it must be summer in Northeast Ohio. Districts like Orange and Parma are undergoing improvements before school starts back up in August, and Middleburg Heights and Seven Hills are upgrading their parks. If you purchase a product or register for an account...
Powerball jackpot worth $115.5 million: See the winning lottery numbers for June 29, 2024
CLEVELAND — Although nobody won the $115.5 million Powerball jackpot in the latest drawing on Saturday, June 29, 2024, the Ohio Lottery says there were plenty of other prizes hit throughout the state. Here's a list of those prizes, according to the Ohio Lottery... $300 prize: 9 winners. $100...
NE Ohio man works to raise awareness of Alzheimer's, dementia within the Black community
Older Black Americans are twice as likely as whites to have Alzheimer's or dementia. More than 21% of Black Americans 70 and older have Alzheimer's or dementia. Jerome Childers of Akron is working to raise awareness in the Black community. Alzheimer's disease and dementia are devastating maladies with no known...
Northern Ohio Faces Small Craft Advisory and Beach Hazards Warning
Cleveland, OH – The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a small craft advisory and beach hazards statement for Lake Erie, effective from this morning through Monday. According to the National Weather Service, northwest winds of 15 to 20 knots will shift to the north later today, causing...
From $600M for new schools to teaching on out-of-wedlock pregnancies, lawmakers make big changes to education in one day
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio lawmakers passed dozens of bills on Wednesday before leaving the Statehouse until after the November election, including numerous changes to Ohio education – from pouring millions into new school construction to changing the message kids get in health class about out-of-wedlock pregnancies. Lawmakers passed...
Lawmakers gutted Ohio’s energy efficiency rebates in HB6. The Ohio House wants to revive them, over GOP opposition
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A policy designed to reduce net electricity demand statewide by offering rebates in exchange for energy-efficient upgrades, gutted by state lawmakers in 2019 via legislation that sent a House Speaker to federal prison, cleared the Ohio House last week. That’s the closest lawmakers have come to...
Once a commercial footnote, walleye now being touted as Ohio's state fish
Context isn’t much a requisite in a realm of limitless amusements, and western Lake Erie rates as the handiest Xanadu on Ohio’s pleasure-dome portfolio. Pointedly, promoters who don’t employ enthusiasm generally aren’t employed long. In a roomful of people important and people not so much, depending...
Take precautions this July 4 not to let bacteria ruin your holiday spread
As summertime rolls around, families will begin to fire up the grill and make seasonal salads, preparing for the months of summer cookouts ahead. What they may not prepare for are foodborne illnesses that can occur as a result. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says each year, 48 million people get sick from a foodborne illness, with the top five foodborne germs causing illness being Norovirus, Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, Campylobacter, and Staphylococcus aureus (staph infection). Norovirus can be contracted by eating undercooked shellfish, leafy greens, fresh fruits, and is often associated with stomach flu, according to research from The Cleveland Clinic.
Thousands of Ohio Duke Energy customers are without power
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - As of 8:31 p.m., more than 8,000 Duke Energy customers are without power. At 8:00 p.m., more than 9,000 were reported. Most of the outages were reported in Butler, Hamilton, Warren and Clermont counties following the storms. According to Duke’s website, repairs and assessments are underway.
Drugstore Chain Shuts Down 27 More Locations, MI And OH Impacted
Many businesses in Michigan and Ohio have faced financial struggles and staff shortages, and more consumers moving to do business online has led to restructuring efforts to save them. And one drugstore chain that has already shut down several locations will continue closing nearly 30 more stores in Ohio and Michigan.
Ohio drivers could put Dolly Parton’s face on their license plate for a good cause
Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio has introduced Senate Bill 290 to create a Dolly Parton's Imagination Library license plate, which will feature the music icon and support the Imagination Library program, with proceeds going to book distribution.
‘Pack Mule 300’ hikes across Ohio to fund-raise for sons’ lacrosse program
Some people fund-raise for their kids’ schools with bake sales. Others might go door-to-door to ask for donations. Greg Senyo is not one of those people. Seventeen months removed from a heart attack that required three stents, the 47-year-old set out to hike 301 miles in 10 days from his home in Temperance to the Allegheny Mountains in Pennsylvania. People who had previously done similar trips believed he would have to slow down or quit altogether. Senyo explained that he woke up in pain every day of the journey. As the unexpectedly strong heat rose from the asphalt roads he...
'A treasure trove of scenic beauty': Selfie stations placed at state's most iconic scenes
Visitors of select state parks and nature preserves across Ohio will notice new selfie stations at iconic scenes. The selfie stations were unveiled this spring at 15 state parks and three state nature preserves, according to a news release provided Karina Cheung, an Ohio Department of Natural Resources spokesperson. "Ohio...
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