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Supreme Court Allows Ohio To Delay Redrawing Congressional Map

Ohio does not need to immediately draw a new congressional map, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday.

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A memorial in front of Shady Lane Elementary School pays tribute to two teens shot, one fatally, on Wednesday evening.
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East Side Shocked By Teen Gun Violence: 'It's Heartbreaking'

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Ohio State Board Of Trustees Chair Abruptly Resigns

Busting The Myth Of Community Colleges, Two Years At A Time

The perception that community colleges are the place you end up when you can’t get in anywhere else – that’s finally changing.

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East Side Shocked By Teen Gun Violence: 'It's Heartbreaking'

By • May 24, 2019
A memorial in front of Shady Lane Elementary School pays tribute to two teens shot, one fatally, on Wednesday evening.
Paige Pfleger / WOSU

Bonnie, 73, was enjoying a quiet Wednesday night on her porch. Across the street, a couple of teenagers gathered near the playground at Shady Lane Elementary School.

“I seen a black car pull up in the gravel, and the kids started walking toward it, and I went ahead and started to step in the house, and as I got one foot inside...the house I heard five fire crackers,” Bonnie says.

Supreme Court Allows Ohio To Delay Redrawing Congressional Map

By • May 24, 2019
U.S. Supreme Court
J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Ohio does not need to immediately draw a new congressional map, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Piketon Will Keep Middle School Closed After Radiation Scare

By • May 24, 2019
Nick Evans/WOSU

Students at a Piketon middle school that closed over radiation concerns will attend classes elsewhere next fall.

Sherrod Brown Says Democratic Candidates Still Not Connecting With Workers

By • May 24, 2019
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks at a Culinary Union hall Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, in Las Vegas.
John Locher / Associated Press

When he decided not to run for president, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) urged Democratic candidates to take up the cause he championed: workers. That’s proving to be a more difficult task than expected, though.

Ohio State Board Of Trustees Chair Abruptly Resigns

By • May 24, 2019
The Ohio State University

The chair of The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has resigned, effective immediately.

Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Reverse Protections For Transgender Patients

By & • May 24, 2019

Updated at 6:01 p.m. ET

The federal Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to roll back an Obama-era policy intended to protect transgender people from discrimination in health care.

Dayton Community Groups Hosting Alternative Events During KKK Rally

By • May 24, 2019
In this Saturday, April 23, 2016 photo, members of the Ku Klux Klan participate in a "white pride" rally in Rome, Ga.
John Bazemore / Associated Press

Dayton activists have organized a number of events this Saturday for residents planning to stay away from Courthouse Square during a planned rally by an Indiana-based KKK group. 

Sheriff: Two Teen Girls Arrested In Stabbing That Killed Woman

By Associated Press • May 24, 2019
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Authorities say a 15-year-old girl and a 13-year-old girl have been arrested in a stabbing at an Ohio home that killed a woman and injured a man and a 17-year-old boy. The 13-year-old girl is the daughter of the woman that was fatally stabbed, according to the Springfield News Sun. 

DeWine Appoints Ohio's First 'Americans With Disabilities Act' Coordinator

By Associated Press • May 24, 2019
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine speaks during a public inauguration ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Columbus.
Ty Greenlees / AP/Dayton Daily News, Pool

Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed the state's first-ever "Americans With Disabilities Act" coordinator to establish the state as a model employer of people with disabilities.

House Committee Passes Energy Bill Bailing Out Nuclear, Dropping Renewables

By • May 24, 2019
The entrance to FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.
Ron Schwane / Associated Press

Opponents are outraged over changes made to the so-called “clean air” bill approved by a House committee. The legislation subsidizes nuclear and coal plants, repeals required support for renewable energy and strips the ability for wind and solar to receive credits.

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