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The Detroit News Less than two weeks after being freed from federal prison, Kwame Kilpatrick might have made a brief comeback in the city he once led as mayor. The Detroit native was pictured in a photo posted Friday on the Instagram page of Al Wilson, who is listed as affiliated with a local barbershop called Cut It Out International. Earlier Friday, the page featured a video showing Kilpatrick, clad in a red hooded sweatshirt, scrawling on a message board with a marker. The caption reads: "W...

For the News-Register Bridgeport Exempted Village School District Board of Education President Jerry Moore, right, and Superintendent of Schools Brent Ripley review school facilities in earlier days. School districts in the area have been working to educate students during the coronavirus pandemic and will continue to await vaccinations for staff. The latest information from the governor’s office places Monroe and Harrison counties’ school districts vaccine schedule in the third week ...

Staff Writer The civil rights March on Selma, Alabama, will be one of many events celebrated in February in a series of videos this month from the Underground Railroad Museum. FLUSHING — Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31 — except February, which this year will feature 28 Days of Black History, courtesy of the Underground Railroad Museum in Flushing. The museum is celebrating Black History Month with online presentations this year. The COVID-19 pand...

Dir. George C. Wolfe — 4.5 Stars Viola Davis stars as Ma Rainey in "Ma Raineys Black Bottom." The year is 1927, and blues legend Ma Rainey has just arrived in Chicago to record her latest album, accompanied by her Georgia Jazz Band. Outside in the midsummer heat, temperatures are rising. Inside the studio, fierce ambitions and disparate passions mean that tempers are heating up as well. Directed by acclaimed playwright George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “Ma Raineyâ...

Jan 26, 2021 William David Hunkler, 71, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away of prostate cancer at home surrounded by his family on Sunday, January 24, 2021. He was born in Barnesville on January 18, 1950 to Mancel and Virginia (Bailey) Hunkler. Bill graduated from Barnesville High School in 1968 and Bowling Green State University in 1972 earning a bachelor’s in education. He went on to earn the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation from The American College and worked as a Financial Repre...

Jan 26, 2021 Judith A. Schanks, loving mother, grandmother, and sister, now sings with the angels, as she was welcomed into her eternal home, January 23, 2021. She was born August 12, 1936 in Brookside, Ohio, daughter of the late Herbert and Virginia (Bass) Thoenen. With a rich welcome and much rejoicing, she now joins her husband, Lowell, who preceded her in death in 1977. Judith will forever be missed by those who survive; son, Jeff Schanks of Woodsfield; grandaughter, Faith Ann Schanks; gr...

Fraud may be rampant among Ohio pandemic unemployment claims: Capitol Letter Updated Jan 22, 2021; Posted Jan 22, 2021 The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services homepage has a place for people to report fraudulent unemployment claims under their names. (Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.) Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings False claims: More than half of Ohio’s 1.4 million Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims (which total $7.8 billion in payments) have been flagged for fraud,...

For The Intelligencer Plans for a Mountaineer Natural Gas Liquids storage facility near the Ohio River in Monroe County are raising fears of pollution and long-term damage to the area and its people. A virtual meeting was held Thursday evening in which environmental groups shared information and comments, with the overall goal of telling the public to reach out to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources during a 30-day comment period that ends Feb. 6. PTT Global Chemical America has reached a...

Local News Briefs: County Road 4 closing for bridge repair Staff Report Road closed for bridge repair County Road 4, Colerain Pike, is scheduled to be closed for a bridge repair project beginning on Feb. 8.  The road will be closed in both directions for a period of four weeks. Advance warning signs will be posted.  Project is weather dependent. Wheeling University announces Fall 2020 Dean’s List  Wheeling University has issued its Dean’s List for outstanding academic performance during...

Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Jill Hunkler of Barnesville spoke to the Belmont County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, asking members to further oppose a plan to install two saltwater injection wells at the intersection of U.S. 40 and Ohio 331. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued permits late in 2020 to New Jersey-based Omni Energy Co. permitting the wells. Multiple local residents and officials have objected and raised a variety of concerns ranging from pollution to ground...