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All in for Ohio kids April 28, 2021 April 28, 2021 Fully and fairly funding Ohio’s public schools Great public schools provide a foundation of opportunity for children, their families, communities and the entire state. All children, regardless of ZIP code, race or family income deserve to be educated in fully and fairly funded schools. In fact, the framers of Ohio’s constitution required the state to provide a “thorough and efficient system of common schools” for all students.[1] Yet f...

Remembering the deadly April 2011 tornado outbreak in AL, TN, GA 10 years later On this day, a severe storm system produced a deadly super tornado outbreak that devastated Alabama and also caused destruction and deaths in Georgia and Tennessee. Author: 13WMAZ Staff, 10 News Staff Published: 2:17 PM EDT April 27, 2021 Updated: 2:37 PM EDT April 27, 2021 MACON, Ga. — April 27, 2011, is a date that many people living in the southeastern United Stat...

Times Leader Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jill Hunkler of Barnesville testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Environment on Thursday — Earth Day 2021 — opposing government subsidies to the natural gas and oil industry. Her appearance was virtual, using an online platform rather than an in-person visit to Washington. Also speaking were representatives of Harvard University and Stockholm Environmental Institute’s Climate Policy Program, along with Swedish youth activist Gr...

Staff Writer T-L Photo/ROBERT A. DEFRANK Martins Ferry Police Chief John McFarland works at his desk while sharing his thoughts on police standards in light of legislative reforms proposed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Local officers say training, high standards, community connections and accountability are keys to success in law enforcement as reforms are being considered at the state and national levels. The conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the ...

Ohio anti-fracking activist joins Greta Thunberg to decry fossil fuel subsidies at Earth Day congressional hearing Sabrina Eaton, cleveland.com WASHINGTON, D.C. - A self-described “fracking refugee” from Belmont County, Ohio on Thursday joined Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Earth Day to urge a congressional subcommittee to abandon subsidies to the fossil fuel industry when Congress passes its next infrastructure bill. Jill Antares Hunkler told the House Committee...

Woman flown to burn center after RV explosion in eastern Pa. state park Updated 7:37 AM; BARNESVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Virginia woman was flown to a burn center after an explosion in a recreational vehicle that blew one of her two dogs through the front windshield at a state park in eastern Pennsylvania over the weekend, authorities said. Ryan Township firefighters called to Locust Lake State Park at about 6 p.m. Sunday found “damage from a pretty heavy explosion and a small fire,” Capt. Mat...

For The Times Leader BARNESVILLE — Village officials on Monday announced that two local projects had been selected for federal funding totaling over $3.5 million. Mayor Dale Bunting announced that the long-in-the-works Slope Creek Waterline Project had been selected for funding through the Army Corps of Engineers’ Section 594 Program in the amount of $1,075,000, applicable toward project design and construction costs. “I definitely want to thank Congressman Bill Johnson for his support, a...

Woman flown to burn center after RV blast, official says Follow Us Kay C. James Question of the Day     By - Associated Press - Tuesday, April 20, 2021 BARNESVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A Virginia woman was flown to a burn center after an explosion in a recreational vehicle that blew one of her two dogs through the front windshield at a state park in eastern Pennsylvania over the weekend, authorities said. Ryan Townshi...

VFWs see decline in memberships The Daily Jeffersonian While many Veterans of Foreign Wars posts have survived the COVID-19 pandemic, they may not survive the next decade.  Membership in the VFW declining as  the older generation of foreign combat veterans die off and the many of the younger generation opt not to join. Bill Strawsburg, commander of the Cambridge VFW, and Benny Ankrom, quartermaster of the Barnesville VFW, both believe that VFWs are an important part of a community because ...

You can hike around a lake in these Pennsylvania state parks Updated 6:30 AM; Today 6:30 AM Facebook Share Most of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ state parks feature a lake. All of them have hiking trails. Many hold the potential for combining the two. While a few state parks have individual trails that entirely encircle their lakes, many have trail and road systems that can be combined into a lake-circling route. Maps of all these state parks showing the...