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May ballot will likely ask Ohio voters to approve $2.5B in bonds for bridges, roads27m ago

Dennis Blank, a pharmacist currently practicing part-time for the Medicine Shoppe of Urbana, testifying before the Ohio House Insurance Committee on Dec. 4, 2024, in favor of H.B. 505, or the Community Pharmacy Protection Act. COURTESY OF THE OHIO CHANNEL

‘Customers are panicking’; Pharmacists make their case for reining in pharmacy benefit...47m ago

FILE - Buttons in support of Issue 1, the Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment, sit on display at a rally held by Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)

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Ohio won’t have another Issue 1 on the ballot in near future1h ago

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Sunny, cold today; Chilly, breezy weather expected over weekend

$Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was joined by Dom Tiberi of the Maria Tiberi Foundation to announce a new driver training initiative Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 at the High Street Church of the Nazarene Clark County. The initiative will primarily focus on teaching members of the migrant population the skills of safe driving. Dom Tiberi (left) and his wife, Maria, who have donated several driving simulators, stand with DeWine and Springfield Mayor Rob Rue while they watch Van Burns operate one of the simulators. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Haitian driving: Springfield area gets 10 new simulators for driver training

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Clark County Municipal Court cases

Dancing, singing and mash-ups of holiday classics will be part of the holiday stage show "Who Brought the Humbug?" coming to Urbana's Gloria Theatre on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 7, 2024. CONTRIBUTED

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Holiday fun with ‘Who Brought the Humbug?’ at Urbana’s Gloria

There were 92 reports of minor burns associated with the Temp-tations by Tara oven gloves under recall.

QVC recalls 1.1 million oven gloves; more than 90 people suffer burns

The Ohio Forestry Association Foundation awarded conservation education grants to seven organizations, including $500 to Graham Local Schools. In this photo is a a Chainsaw Safety Awareness That Works (CSAW) course is one example of projects that are eligible for OFAF funding. Contributed

Graham schools get Ohio Forestry grant, hope to build on wood shop effort

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Donna Lewis, education and volunteer director at the Clark County Heritage Center, puts the final touches on the Enchanted Forest display on the second floor of the Center Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. The display features more than a dozen holiday trees, each uniquely decorated to capture a theme. The display is open to public during museum hours throughout the month of December plus on Dec. 12 & 19 Santa will be visiting the Enchanted Forest from 5-8pm. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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PHOTOS: The Enchanted Forest at the Clark County Heritage Center

The 52nd annual Dayton Holiday Festival featuring the Grande Illumination and Dayton Children’s Parade Spectacular in Lights, happened in downtown Dayton on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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PHOTOS: Dayton Holiday Festival Grande Illumination & Parade 2024

Fireworks returned to Holiday in the City in downtown Springfield Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. This year they were accompanied by a drone display. BILL LACKEY

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PHOTOS: Springfield Holiday in the City 2024

$Black Friday shoppers pour into Cabela's looking for good deals for Christmas. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

PHOTOS: Black Friday shopping in southwest Ohio

Members of the Springfield Police Division and volunteers load food into a bus at Meijer in Springfield Tuesday, Nov. 26 2024 during the Police Division's Operation Thanksgiving. This was the 33nd year that the police have adopted needy families and supplied them with a complete Thanksgiving dinner along with other food with the help of Meijer. This year they are helping 15 families in the Springfield area. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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PHOTOS: Springfield Police 33rd Annual Operation Thanksgiving

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Cold, windy weather hit southwest Ohio early Thursday morning, Dec. 5. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

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School closings already? Cincy closes, Dayton urges kids to bundle up in cold

The Central State University campus on Oct. 24, 2024. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF

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Central State faces struggles as university makes major changes

The 2025-26 FAFSA application for federal student aid is available.

FAFSA college aid application now ready for students, year after awful rollout

Southeastern Local Schools has served the area for 100 years.

Southeastern school report card: Some scores down, but highest in county on tests

$Teralee Herl launches a marshmallow from a catapult her and her partner Freata Williams made MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Teaching collaboration, math skills with catapults in Xenia

Tecumseh Local School District Board of Education held a meeting on Nov. 19. Brooke Spurlock/Staff

Tecumseh schools’ vote to arm staff delayed to January; issue surprises teachers

State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio is the second largest public pension systems in the state.

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State Teacher’s Retirement Board names new temporary leader

$First grade students in Sarah Jacobs math class work on addition and subtraction skills Monday, April 22, 2024 at the Primary Village North school in Centerville. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Ohio bill would increase base teacher salaries to $50K