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Wampsville, N.Y. — Due to the increase of COVID-19 cases throughout the region, Madison County has decided to reduce staff to essential in-person operations only until Jan. 18, 2021. The only operations that will be functional in-person are essential services approved by the Board of Supervisors. If you need assistance from a specific department, please call that department directly. To see how this affects each department, please visit Madison County online.  “The move to limit...

Still no deal on fate of Ohio House Bill 6: Capitol Letter Updated Dec 21, 2020; Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings Six fix? Senate President Larry Obhof told reporters Friday evening that he’s still negotiating with House GOP leaders about what to do about House Bill 6, the nuclear bailout law at the center of a massive bribery scandal. Obhof, a Medina Republican, said a number of measures are under consideration, from delaying the bailout for a year to repealing other parts of the bill that ...

Sandwich ministry offers Saturday lunch to those in need The Sandwich Ministry has resumed each Saturday. Lunches are distributed from 10 a.m. to noon in the breezeway at First United Methodist Church. Cards of Caring at Central Wyoming Hospice For kids and kids at heart, help us spread some Holiday cheer to our patients with “Cards Of Caring” at Central Wyoming Hospice and Transitions. Just make a card or send us one of your favorites, with your Holiday wishes. We’ll pass them o...

Educators at South Knoxville Elementary helped document a fall semester like no other Author: John Becker Updated: 10:12 AM EST December 17, 2020 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In a fall semester that looks like no other before it, a group of educators at a small elementary school in Knoxville are helping document what it is like to teach during a pandemic. "Its one of the sweetest schools I’ve had the opportunity to work for.  Hard-working staff hard-working community"...

Masks not the only thing Ohio legislators are clueless about Updated Dec 13, 2020; Facebook Share Absent contact tracing, there’s no way to know how several members of the Ohio House of Representatives contracted COVID-19. But it’s fair to wonder (though likely impossible to know) if the House’s mulish refusal to require masks was a factor. While grossly irresponsible, that can’t have surprised anyone who’s watched our increasingly clueless Legislature, particularly on questions of ...

Shoppers leave Walmart in Ashtabula Township, Ohio, in the early morning on Black Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP) (CN) — Despite the glimmer of hope offered by the impending arrival of a vaccine, Ohio’s Covid-19 infection and death numbers continue to escalate after the Thanksgiving holiday, with more than 10,000 new cases reported on Wednesday alone. The state has recorded an average of more than 7,000 new daily infections since Nov. 1, along with an average...

Drivers traveling west into Belen on the Reinken Avenue. overpass seldom notice an old building to the north. The modern world seems to have passed the structure by.  But it wasn’t long ago that this old building was one of Belen’s main hotels, frequented by Santa Fe railroad workers and weary travelers who arrived by train from the nearby depot. The building seems shrouded in mystery. Who had built and opened this hotel? Who owned the property over the years? How was it run? What ...

Segment of dot, dot, dot black and i have other mentality. an 11-year-old girl was tased by a police officer on the allegation of shoplifting. critics rightly took to social media to express their disgust, especially after body camera footage was released showing the child actually removing taser barbs from her arm. the issue was so egregious that the mayor issued a public apology. the prosecutor refused to issue charges against the girl. and the police department opened an internal review. but ...

But just so you know, mr. senator, where im from in brooklyn, a punk is someone who talks big but always finds something to hide behind, like a racist newsletter in a safe district that wont hold you accountable at the ballot box. i dare you trying to say half of what you said in your letter on a street corner in brooklyn. then tell me again, who is the punk? but either way, i gotcha.

Girl been his daughter, he would, quote, be ashamed and embarrassed that she did something stupid enough to get herself tased. ill deal with the kid after we get home. he didnt stop there, adding, every time i hear shouts of justice, we want justice, i want to shout back, parenting, we want parenting. based on what i see on television, it oftentimes appears to me that justice was delivered to the dead punk. now, hold on. justice was delivered to the dead punk? we obviously have drastically diffe...