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Gearing Up for 'Healthy Tri-State's Biggest Loser'
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Last Updated: 10:17 PM 02/08/10 - Losing weight and gaining a healthy lifestyle can be a challenge. But many are also turning that fitness challenge into a contest. The winners gain better health, and that's the whole point of our own show here -- "Healthy Tri-State's Biggest Loser." - (Full Story)

Keeping Track of Sex Offenders in Your Community
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Last Updated: 7:40 PM 02/08/10 - Knowing where sex offenders are in your community is ultimately up to you. - (Full Story)
Sheriff: Search Turns Up Pills From Florida; Couple Arrested
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Last Updated: 11:01 AM 02/08/10 - A couple from Otway is in jail after deputies raided their house last week. (Full Story)
Stimulus Money Could Pay for Ohio Passenger Trains
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Last Updated: 5:47 PM 02/07/10 - Ohio transportation officials say $400 million in federal stimulus money for a new passenger train service should arrive by spring. (Full Story)
Buckeyes Win 7th Straight Big Ten Game
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Last Updated: 3:27 PM 02/07/10 - Evan Turner matched his career high with 32 points, leading No. 13 Ohio State past Iowa 68-59 on Sunday. (Full Story)
State Employee Accidentally Clicks Send
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Last Updated: 1:04 PM 02/07/10 - The state of Ohio says an employee accidentally attached a spreadsheet with banking information for about 6,000 workers to an e-mail sent to state payroll administrators.
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Putting Up with the Snow
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Last Updated: 2:30 AM 02/07/10 - While this weekend's winter storm wasn't quite as powerful as some we've seen in recent weeks, Old Man Winter is definitely taking his toll. (Full Story)
Home Destroyed by Fire, Resident Charged With Arson
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Last Updated: 1:55 PM 02/06/10 - A Lewis County woman has been charged with arson after police say she burned down her own house Friday night. (Full Story)
Longtime South Point Mayor Bill Gaskin Dies
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Last Updated: 11:03 PM 02/05/10 - William "Bill" Gaskin, a longtime South Point mayor, has died.
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Region Prepares for Massive Winter Storm
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Last Updated: 12:19 AM 02/06/10 - Our entire region is braced for a massive winter storm that is expected to leave a path of snow, ice and even localized flooding in some areas. (Full Story)
Funds Needed to Send Medical Supplies to Haiti
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Last Updated: 7:47 PM 02/05/10 - Good intentions in southern Ohio have hit an unexpected roadblock in getting supplies to those who need it most. (Full Story)
Athens & Meigs Drinking Water Project Approved
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Last Updated: 12:26 PM 02/05/10 - Construction will begin soon on a project that will provide drinking water to 73 homes in Athens and Meigs counties.
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Marijuana Growing Operation Busted Near South Point; Two Arrested
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Last Updated: 2:56 PM 02/06/10 - Officers with the Lawrence Drug/Major Crime Task Force raided a house in the 500 block of County Road 15 in South Point on Thursday. (Full Story)
Gallia Men Face Poaching Charges
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Last Updated: 12:37 PM 02/05/10 - The ODNR say the men are accused of poaching deer and wild turkey in Jackson and Gallia counties. (Full Story)
Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Dies
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Last Updated: 12:43 AM 02/05/10 - J. Craig Wright, a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1985 to 1996, has died. He was 80. (Full Story)
Your Weekend Ahead (2/4)
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Last Updated: 5:33 PM 02/04/10 - Check out some fun activities happening in and around our region this weekend. (Full Story)
Alum Donates Additional $28 Million to Ohio University
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Last Updated: 3:59 PM 02/04/10 - Violet Patton, a 1938 College of Education graduate, is giving the gift in honor of her parents, David and Gladys Patton.
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Fire Causes Heavy Damage to House in Ironton
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Last Updated: 11:09 AM 02/04/10 - Firefighters were called to 1014 North 5th Street around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night. (Full Story)
Regional Leaders in Washington to Talk Coal with President Obama
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Last Updated: 11:17 PM 02/03/10 - Leaders from West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio were in Washington on Wednesday to talk face-to-face about the future of coal.
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Ohio Officials Braced for Possible End of Extended Unemployment Benefits
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Last Updated: 10:39 PM 02/03/10 - State officials say they are bracing for anger and confusion from tens of thousands of jobless Ohioans if extended unemployment benefits are cut off at the end of the month. (Full Story)
Greenup Locks Problem Hurting Business for Some Along Ohio River
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Last Updated: 6:49 PM 02/03/10 - Towboats are still backed up waiting to get through the hampered Greenup Locks. It's a tough situation that's starting to hit some companies where it hurts most -- in their bottom line. (Full Story)
2010 Signing Day Central
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Last Updated: 1:26 PM 02/04/10 - Check out the lists of players Marshall, WVU, Ohio State, Kentucky and Ohio (Full Story)
UPDATE: Ohio Executes Man Who Killed Shopkeeper, Clerk
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Last Updated: 11:46 AM 02/04/10 - Mark Brown arrived at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday, a day ahead of his scheduled execution. (Full Story)
OSU Football Tickets to Increase
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Last Updated: 11:04 AM 02/03/10 - Ohio State's Board of Trustees plans to vote Friday on a proposal to increase 2010-2011 football ticket prices as much as $7 apiece and basketball tickets as much as $1 each. (Full Story)
NEW INFO: Boil Advisory Lifted in Ironton
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Last Updated: 11:33 AM 02/05/10 - Boil advisory lifted on Friday (Full Story)
Two Ohio Men Arrested After High Speed Chase in South Charleston Area
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Last Updated: 10:05 PM 02/02/10 - A high speed chase Tuesday evening that stretched from Interstate 64 to the Riverwalk Plaza in South Charleston ended with two men from Ohio facing charges. (Full Story)
Man Seriously Injured in Wreck on Ohio 7
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Last Updated: 11:14 PM 02/02/10 - A man was seriously injured Tuesday evening when his truck crashed into a utility pole on Ohio 7 just south of Athalia, an Ohio Highway Patrol dispatcher said. (Full Story)
Slow Ohio River Traffic Means Big Business for Some
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Last Updated: 7:02 PM 02/02/10 - The slowdown on the Ohio River from the broken gate at the Greenup Lock isn't bad news for everyone. (Full Story)
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland Visits Our Area, Talks Jobs and Education
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Last Updated: 8:29 PM 02/01/10 - Gov. Ted Strickland says when it comes to jobs, what's good for the entire Buckeye State is also good for southern Ohio.
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McCann Enters Plea in Ironton Shooting that Left Man Disabled
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Last Updated: 12:11 PM 02/01/10 - Court records show that Floyd, McCann, 51, entered an Alford plea to the shooting during a hearing in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court on Friday. (Full Story)
Ball State Downs Bobcats in OT
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Last Updated: 6:51 PM 01/31/10 - Jarrod Jones scored on a layup with 3 seconds left in overtime to send Ball State to a 67-66 victory over Ohio on Sunday. (Full Story)
Buford Leads Bucks Past Gophers
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Last Updated: 3:26 PM 01/31/10 - William Buford scored a career-high 26 points to lead the 20th-ranked Buckeyes past Minnesota 85-63 Sunday for their fifth win in six games. (Full Story)
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