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One Hurt in Four Wheeler Accident

Last Updated: 4:22 AM 05/11/08 - A person out for a ride on a four- wheeler was flown to the hospital Saturday Night after an accident. - (Full Story)

Yeager Scholars Class of 2012 Announced:

Last Updated: 10:55 AM 05/09/08 - Marshall University announced today the 12 newest members of its Society of Yeager Scholars, which includes five students from West Virginia. - (Full Story)
Local Archery Team Goes Nationals!

Last Updated: 7:45 PM 05/08/08 - Bullseye! It's the coveted target for every archer!
But, in one local school district, a perfect shot is the norm rather than the exception. (Full Story)
Man Gets Jail Time for Giving Inmate Snack Cake

Last Updated: 4:42 PM 05/08/08 - A judge has sentenced a man to 30 days behind bars in the Vinton County snack cake case. (Full Story)
NEW INFO: No Grand Jury Indictment In Dragging Death; Autopsy Results

Last Updated: 11:25 AM 05/08/08 - A medical examiner could not determine the exact cause of death for the man found dead underneath an Ironton Police Car.
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Cooper Decides To Plea

Last Updated: 9:51 PM 05/08/08 - William Copper pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 13 year in prison. (Full Story)
Plea In Student Gambling Investigation
Last Updated: 8:48 AM 05/08/08 - former Ohio University baseball player has pleaded guilty to a charge of persistent disorderly conduct in connection with a gambling investigation. (Full Story)
Report: Steel Mill Gets EPA OK

Last Updated: 2:08 PM 05/07/08 - A Russian company, New Steel International could possibly build the $1 billion plant between Franklin Furnace and Haverhill. (Full Story)
NEW INFO: Grandview Inn Fire Ruled Arson

Last Updated: 7:59 PM 05/07/08 - The Fire Marshal says the ruling is based on evidence found at the scene and witness interviews. (Full Story)
Scioto Man Indicted On Arson Charges

Last Updated: 11:56 AM 05/07/08 - Fires were at three vacant houses on Marne Avenue in Wheelersburg. (Full Story)
Strickland Signs Credit Report Bill
Last Updated: 8:19 AM 05/07/08 - The new law allows Ohioans to freeze their credit if they become victims of identity theft or want to protect themselves from it. (Full Story)
Troopers Find Bodies Believed to be Missing Couple

Last Updated: 7:02 AM 05/08/08 - West Virginia State Police believe they've recovered the bodies of a missing couple from southeast Ohio. (Full Story)
South Point Man Executed in Georgia

Last Updated: 12:06 AM 05/07/08 - A man with ties to South Point, Ohio became the first inmate to be put to death since a U.S. Supreme Court review halted executions last year. (Full Story)
NEW INFO: Man Hit and Killed by Train in Ironton

Last Updated: 12:57 PM 05/06/08 - Detectives now say the victim may not have heard the train since he was wearing a head set and CD player.
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Funding Cuts Announced To Athens Co. Agencies

Last Updated: 11:47 AM 05/06/08 - Athens County Job and Family Services announced today cuts of 850-thousand dollars for eight agencies. (Full Story)
Update: Infant Drowns In Bathtub

Last Updated: 8:07 PM 05/06/08 - In Portsmouth, police say a 10- month old baby drowned Monday afternoon in a bathtub.

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Ohio Troopers Fired over Klan Outfit Prank

Last Updated: 10:51 AM 05/06/08 - Two State Highway Patrol troopers have now lost their jobs over a prank involving what looked like a Ku Klux Klan outfit. (Full Story)
UPDATE: Students Likely Drowned in Bathtub, 911 Calls Released

Last Updated: 7:48 PM 05/06/08 - The mother of one of the two 22-year-olds found dead last weekend near Ohio University told a 911 dispatcher she thought they had drowned themselves in a bathtub. WEB EXTRA: listen to the 911 call. (Full Story)
Strickland Asks AG To Resign: Dann Staying

Last Updated: 7:34 PM 05/05/08 - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and other Democratic leaders are calling on scandal-scarred Attorney General Marc Dann to resign. WEB EXTRA: watch Strickland's news conference. (Full Story)
UPDATE: Shooting in Gallipolis, Ohio

Last Updated: 1:04 AM 05/05/08 - Police say Liberty Coleman has died. She was the woman shot this morning in front of the Regency Inn. (Full Story)
Scioto County Drug Problem Tackled

Last Updated: 8:53 AM 05/05/08 - A 36 hour drug sweep through Scioto County is one way officers are trying to clean up their county. (Full Story)
Appalachian Trail Extension

Last Updated: 9:22 PM 05/03/08 - A group is working to get the mighty Appalachian Trail extended to the foothills of Alabama. (Full Story)
Pt. Pleasant Home Destroyed

Last Updated: 11:10 PM 05/02/08 - Dispatchers in Point Pleasant tell us a fire on Decatar Street ruined a home. (Full Story)
Comforting Students After Teacher Attack

Last Updated: 10:30 PM 05/02/08 - A fifth grade teacher is teaching her students about the ups and downs of life. (Full Story)
Shared Snack Could Send Man To Prison

Last Updated: 10:11 AM 05/02/08 - A judge in southern Ohio must decide whether to send a man to prison for sharing a Little Debbie snack cake. (Full Story)
Shawnee State Surpasses Goal
Last Updated: 8:20 AM 05/02/08 - Shawnee State University has announced that its fundraising campaign has raised more than 15.5 million dollars. (Full Story)
Scouts & Inmates Plant Trees

Last Updated: 2:28 PM 05/02/08 - The new, disease resistant trees were planted on one acre of reclaimed strip mine in Lawrence County. (Full Story)
Do You Live in a "Lustron" Home?

Last Updated: 12:22 PM 05/05/08 - Modular homes are nothing new,but one company, with a factory in Columbus, OH, tried to change the landscape of a America by changing the way homes were built. (Full Story)
Son Finds Father On Death Row

Last Updated: 4:00 PM 05/01/08 - Prosecutors considered George Skatzes a leader of the 11-day riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville in 1993 (Full Story)
Three Charged In Death Of Carol Evans In Court

Last Updated: 7:18 AM 05/01/08 - The 3 people charged in the brutal death of a retired Jackson County school principal pleaded not guilty yesterday.

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Possible Restrictions on Payday Lenders

Last Updated: 10:14 PM 04/30/08 - Credit counselors say an Ohio proposal to put tough limits and restrictions on those payday lender businesses is long overdue, but the weekly and monthly lenders say the state plan would close 1600 shop doors for good. (Full Story)
Tougher Caps On Payday Lending

Last Updated: 10:03 AM 04/30/08 - The Ohio House plans to approve today one of the nation's toughest caps on the storefront payday lending industry in the nation. (Full Story)
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