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IRONTON — Lawrence County grand juries in January and December returned more than 30 indictments, primarily in drug possession cases that will end in treatment rather than jail time.

IRONTON — An Ashland man was indicted on a charge of murder with a gun specification, tampering with evidence, trafficking in marijuana and involuntary manslaughter with a gun specification.

Take a look around you. Perhaps you’re snacking on a banana, sipping some coffee or sitting in front of your computer and taking a break from work to read this article. Most likely, those goods — as well as your smartphone, refrigerator and virtually every other object in your home — were once loaded onto a large container in another country and traveled thousands of miles via ships crossing the ocean before ultimately arriving at your doorstep. Today, an estimated 90% of the world’s g...

Take a look around you. Perhaps you’re snacking on a banana, sipping some coffee or sitting in front of your computer and taking a break from work to read this article. Most likely, those goods – as well as your smartphone, refrigerator and virtually every other object in your home – were once loaded onto a large container in another country and traveled thousands of miles via ships crossing the ocean before ultimately arriving at your doorstep. Today, an estimated 90% of the wor...

ANNA NAGURNEY After the initial excitement following the authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccines, a harsh reality set in. People who want a vaccine can’t get it, some counties have more than others and older people are camping out for it the way they once might have for tickets to a Bruce Springsteen concert. All of this would seem to be an indication of supply chain problems or systems breakdowns. In fact, it’s more about a shortage of employees to support the supply chains and distr...

Labor problems – and a lack of taking them into account – have contributed in a major way to these delays.