Our second half of results will be revealed next week.
PEOPLE
K9 Alex â OUPD
For another year, K9 Alex reigns supreme in terms of area law enforcement officer popularity. To be fair, most categories in our âPeopleâ section that find an animal as a nominee also find an animal as the top finalist. In K9 Alexâs case, itâs really hard to compete with those soulful, brown eyes.
Also garnering honors were Jimmy Childs, of the Athens County Sheriffâs Office, and Athens County Sheriff Rodney Smith.
Local business owner/entrepreneur
Emily Christine â Tavolino
This yearâs top business owner or entrepreneur is Emily Christine, who owns and operates Tavolino. The restaurant is well known for its Italian cuisine, but many may also recognize it as a business that continually gave away free lunches â packed with fresh bread and hearty soup, no less â during the pandemic. Congrats, Emily!
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, college presidents, discuss push for stronger hazing laws after Bowling Green student’s death © DAVID I. ANDERSEN/cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Bowling Green State University
CLEVELAND, Ohio Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the state’s university presidents discussed stronger hazing laws in a call on Tuesday, following the death of a 20-year-old student at Bowling Green State University.
DeWine discussed Stone Foltz’s death during a Monday coronavirus briefing, saying Ohio needs to resolve to be a hazing-free state. Stone died in a suspected alcohol-related hazing incident at an off-campus Pi Kappa Alpha house, according to multiple reports. Pi Kappa Alpha is commonly called “PIKE.”
Biden administration expected to replace U.S. attorney overseeing House Bill 6 investigation
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
David DeVillers, seen left in a 2014 file photo, is expected to be replaced by the Biden administration as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. DeVillers has risen to statewide prominence as he s overseen a federal corruption probe into the Ohio Statehouse. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The U.S. attorney overseeing the massive House Bill 6 corruption investigation is being replaced under the Biden administration, Sen. Sherrod Brown said Thursday.
The same day President Joe Biden assumed office, Brown, a Democrat, put out a call for applications to replace David DeVillers, whom former President Donald Trump appointed as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio in November 2019. It’s common for new presidents to appoint their own U.S. attorneys, who oversee teams of federal prosecutors i