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How to watch 'Carmen's Crew' in round of 32 in TBT
The Ohio State alumni team known as Carmen’s Crew took care of business in the first round of The Basketball Tournament, also known as TBT. The former Buckeyes won by a margin of 35 points over the Purple Hearts team. The No. 3 seeded Carmen’s Crew moves on to...
What will happen with medical marijuana?
Hi, I’m Anthony Shoemaker, the statehouse bureau chief for The Enquirer. Last year, Ohio voters approved recreational marijuana use in the state. Sales have not started yet, but patients in the state’s current medical marijuana program are already concerned. State bureau reporter Haley BeMiller has been covering marijuana...
Showers and storms early in the week, when will we warm up?
Partly to mostly cloudy skies to wrap up the weekend. We will see on and off cloud cover overnight, and getting into the early morning hours some showers could move through. That chance will continue through the morning for isolated showers and thunderstorms and continue into the early afternoon. Highs will be in the lower to mid 80s with mostly cloudy skies. Chances of storms on Tuesday will be isolated in nature, with highs in the mid 80s. We will remain in the mid 80s for the rest of the work week with storms chances tapering off on Thursday. The weekend we will warm up to the upper 80s with mostly sunny skies.
Blade staff bring home 13 awards from Associated Press Managing Editors’ Ohio awards
A Blade sports columnist and photographer took top honors in the Associated Press Managing Editors’ Ohio awards announced Sunday during a banquet in Columbus. David Briggs took home the first place award for best sports columnist during 2023 in Ohio. Jeremy Wadsworth was selected as the state’s best photographer. Artist Joe Landsberger won third place for best full page design, best graphic artist, and best illustration or informational graphic. Photojournalist Steven Zenner won second place for best photo story, as well as third place for best news photo and third place for best feature photo. Sarah Readdean, The Blade’s religion writer, was named the third best features writer in Ohio.
The Lima News wins 12 awards in 2023 contest
COLUMBUS — The Lima News won 12 awards, including three first-place awards, at the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors awards announced Sunday at an event in Columbus. The newspaper tied for third place in general excellence in Division IV, a category for mid-sized newspapers across the state that included newspapers in Canton, Cleveland, Elyria, Findlay and Warren.
Ohio gets millions from the feds to plug abandoned oil, natural gas wells
Ohio is getting another chunk of money from the Biden administration to clean up and plug abandoned oil and natural gas wells that plague the state's countryside. The Interior Department has awarded the state $57.25 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the federal law passed in 2021 that commits $1.2 trillion to fix roads and bridges, expand internet access, provide access to clean water, improve ports, invest in public transportation and other purposes. The law provides $16 billion to address what the Biden administration calls legacy pollution by reclaiming abandoned coal mines and plugging orphaned wells.
Brunch at the Brightside's food truck rally brings farm fun to downtown Dayton
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Brunch at the Brightside, a food truck rally, is being held Sunday, July, 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The rally was at Brightside Music and Event Venue on Third Street in Downtown Dayton. It had a “Down on the Farm” theme. There...
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...
Animal shelter needs help after taking in 30+ dogs Friday
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Montgomery County Animal Resource Center is asking for urgent help from the public after taking in over 30 dogs on Friday. On July 19, the ARC assisted the sheriff’s office and removed 33 dogs from a property. The shelter is over maximum capacity, and is in urgent need for people […]
1 dead after head-on, wrong-way crash on I-75 in Middletown
A Dayton man was killed Saturday afternoon in a head-on, wrong-way crash on Interstate 75. In a news release, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said the two cars collided near milepost 33 in Middletown around 3:14 p.m. Troopers said a 2016 Nissan SUV, driven by Geiner Hidalgo, 46, of Dayton,...
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