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SHELBY -- It will take Marilyn John about 80 minutes to drive to her new office in Columbus next week. It's a route that's seemingly been mapped out for the last decade. The 52-year-old Shelby resident will be sworn in Jan. 4 as the new state representative for the Ohio House 2nd District, representing Richland County's 121,000 residents in the state's General Assembly. It's been a rapid, but organized, political path for John, first elected as Shelby mayor in 2009 and then as county commissioner in 2014. She was re-elected to both positions. John will move literally into the office being vac...

Outdoor Recreation Alliance gathering feedback on new Miller Bluff trail in La Crosse December 16, 2020 8:45 PM Mike Tighe Updated: LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) — The Outdoor Recreation Alliance is ramping up its planning for a new hiking trail to get there — the top of Miller Bluff — from here, the lower Hixon Forest parking lot. Participants in a virtual meeting on the topic that the city’s La Crosse Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department sponsored Wednesday evening were enthusiastic about the hiking trail on city-owned property. Most of their interactions wit...

The komen group sparked controversy last week by cutting funding to planned parenthood for breast cancer screening for low income women. a court ruling in california has knocked down the state's ban on same-sex marriages. at least for now. protesters gathered outside the courthouse in san francisco to hear the federal appeals court decision that the proposition 8 ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. the court also said that there was no evidence that former chief u.s. judge von walker was biased and should have disclosed that he was gay before overturning proposition 8. lawyers for the ...