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Ohio lawmakers want parents protected for affirming child’s sex

Ohio government agencies would be barred from defining a parent as “harmful” or “dangerous” for affirming their child’s biological sex rather than their gender, under a bill introduced in the Ohio legislature. The proposed legislation, House Bill 693, is called the Affirming Families ...

Bridgeport Schools leading the way, prepping for The Wall That Heals

BRIDGEPORT – Bridgeport Middle School Principal Anne Haverty Lawson has teamed up with Roberta Raymond, co-chairwoman of the Belmont County The Wall that Heals Committee to make the most of educational opportunities when the ¾-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial comes to Belmont ...

Numerous candidates file for Ohio elections

The area’s state representatives and its congressional representative will face primary challenges in Ohio’s May 5 primary, according to filing information from the Jefferson and Belmont county boards of elections and the secretary of state’s office. Incumbent State Rep. Ron Ferguson of ...

Indian Creek educators speaking at OETC

WINTERSVILLE – Educators at Indian Creek High School will highlight hellbenders and high-tech happenings at the annual Ohio Educational Technology Conference (OETC) in Columbus this week. High school science teacher Crystal Fluharty, who heads the natural resources pathway, will join school ...

Ohio Fugitive arrested in Wheeling by U.S. Marshals

Members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force in Wheeling on Monday arrested an Ohio man wanted since 2010, according to the U.S. Marshals Office. Dennis Russell Nagle, 59, had been one of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force’s most wanted fugitives since 2010. In ...