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Urbana dog park to be built
Dogs will have a new place to play this summer after a two-year project to build a dog park recently received approval from the Urbana City Council.The 2.4-acre park, which will be located in Melvin Miller Park, could be complete as early as July 1, said Audra Bean, a member ...
$2.2M project to start construction
A new $2.2 million car wash on the busy Bechtle Avenue-North Street corridor will bring 11 jobs to the area later this year and fill a vacant property.GooGoo Express Wash, a national franchise based out of Columbus, Ga., will likely begin construction in July on the site at 1411 W. ...
House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of a House panel angry over the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the military took a key step toward tackling the problem by passing legislation Wednesday that would strip commanding officers of their longstanding authority to unilaterally change or dismiss court-martial convictions in rape and ...
Champaign wind farm decision nears
The Ohio Power Siting Board may decide this month whether the second phase of the Buckeye Wind Project will move forward after more than a year of debate and rising tensions between some Champaign County neighbors and the company in charge of the project.It would include construction of 56 wind ...
City to improve parking lot before garage is built
The city-owned gravel parking lot on the corner of North Fountain Avenue and West Columbia Street will get a facelift later this year.The paved lot will create approximately 104 parking spots, including five handicapped spots. Trees and other landscaping will be located along the perimeter of the property, which will ...
Clark commission opposes state plan
Clark County commissioners have signed a resolution opposing a proposed amendment to the state budget that would allow county recorders to seek additional funding for equipment expenses.Under the proposed amendment, commissioners would have to pay up to $8 for each document filed to fund the technology needs of county recorders, ...
Springfield business sued, cited
Despite the often dark windows and the for sale sign in front of Infusions Dining and Spirits, the locally owned business is still open in its downtown location — now just two days a week. But in the last month, Infusions has been sued by the Small Business Development Center ...
False alarms costly for Clark sheriff
Law enforcement agencies respond to thousands of security system alarm calls at homes and businesses each year, but in most cases, the calls turn out to be false alarms that tie up valuable resources and cost taxpayers.In 2012, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office responded to 2,955 alarm calls, 2,482 of ...
Local phone alerts could save lives
Authorities in Texas credit emergency notification alerts sent via telephone with saving lives after a deadly storm swept through the small community of Granbury on Wednesday night. The same technology is available in Clark and Champaign counties, but officials here say the system’s biggest flaw is the lack of people ...
Council OKs $20 million project
Council members unanimously approved plans to build a $20 million wastewater facility, saying it is not only necessary for the city’s future growth, but a basic responsibility of government.Council members approved on Tuesday the recommendation to move ahead with a bid from Cincinnati-based Dugan and Meyers Construction Company, and the ...
CodeBlue could add 100 jobs by year’s end
CodeBlue expects to add 30 to 35 jobs in the next five months after receiving additional federal funds to pay for on-the-job training.County commissioners unanimously approved plans to allow the Department of Job & Family Services of Clark County to provide an additional $30,000 in Workforce Investment Act funds to ...
Neighbors object to Speedway project
The Speedway gas station and store at the corner of Limestone Street and McCreight Avenue could be demolished and rebuilt with a bigger footprint, but not without objections from some neighbors.According to public documents, Speedway plans to demolish its current location at 1147 N. Limestone St. to build a 3,900-square-foot ...
BWC could return $1.8M to local agencies
Nearly 70 public employers in Clark and Champaign counties could see a combined $1.8 million refund on their 2011 Bureau of Worker’s Compensation premiums — and could see a 4 percent reduction in future rates — if a proposal is passed later this month.The plan would return nearly $1.3 million ...
Board rejects salvage yard request
A company’s attempt to rezone the Cooper Energy Services site, 1401 Sheridan Ave., to establish a salvage yard was rejected by the City Planning Board on Monday night.The board rejected Mosier Industrial Services’ application to rezone the area from general manufacturing to heavy manufacturing by an 8-0 vote.The city commission ...
Urbana project could cost $20 million
Urbana council members tonight will discuss building a roughly $20 million wastewater treatment facility, a project other cities across Ohio have taken on in recent years to attract growth and to replace or rehab aging systems.The cost would be $6 million more than earlier estimates, and it would likely mean ...
Locals pitch I-70 widening plan
Local transportation officials have asked the state again for funding to widen a portion of Interstate 70 that local officials say will improve safety and boost jobs.Ohio Department of Transportation District 7 recently submitted another application for construction money to widen a 6.8-mile stretch of I-70 and plan on May ...
Levy renewal gives Urbana time to plan
Voters in Urbana overwhelmingly approved a five-year, 9.75-mill renewal levy last week, a result district officials said will allow them to avoid cuts that would have slashed busing to state minimums and required eliminating extracurricular activities.The levy’s passage means board members can also look ahead to the fall, when the ...
Port authority gives $1M to local projects
When the Springfield Port Authority awarded grants last month to a food bank, the new ice rink and for a statue of world boxing champion Davey Moore, it pushed the total the port authority has paid for local projects to near $1 million.“Good, bad or indifferent, that’s what we’re doing ...
IRS admits to targeting tea party groups
The Internal Revenue Service Friday admitted to targeting tea party groups during the 2010 and 2012 elections for extra scrutiny, saying “mistakes were made” in the handling of those organizations’ applications for tax-exempt status.The IRS apology came after complaints from tea party organizations including the Ohio Liberty Council that they ...
VIDEO: Speaker Boehner shows reporter how to tie his tie properly
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-West Chester Twp., is known on Capitol Hill for his dapper look and perfectly tied neckwear.Recently after an interview with Peter Cook of Bloomberg News, Boehner gave the reporter a lesson in how to tie the perfect knot.“You don’t have a dimple. You’ve got ...
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