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'It is traumatizing' 3 Ohio State educators recount arrests at Israel-Hamas war protest
During her 12-year journey at Ohio State studying security and intelligence, Courtney DeRoche felt nothing but pride for the academic prestige at the institution that helped develop her knowledge of world conflict. “I have such a strong anti-genocide stance because of the education I received here," she said. ...
Ohio bill would charge teachers, librarians with felonies for handing out ‘obscene materials’
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio lawmakers are advancing a new bill that would charge teachers and librarians with felonies for handing out books and materials deemed “obscene.” House Bill 556 has been introduced to establish “criminal liability for certain teachers and librarians for the offense of pandering obscenity,” the legislation states. Introduced by Rep. Adam […]
Ohio high school track and field | Live results, updates Saturday from 2024 OHSAA state meet
DAYTON — The Ohio High School Athletic Association three-day state track and field championship meet started Thursday at Welcome Stadium on the University of Dayton campus and continued Friday. Things wrap up Saturday, with finals in Divisions I and II, and in seated track events. Greater Akron is well represented, as usual, with...
Euclid, Green Local Schools and Barberton get clean school bus money from feds
WASHINGTON, D. C. - More than a dozen Ohio school systems were among 530 school districts around the country set to receive nearly $900 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law money to replace older, diesel fueled school buses that have been linked to asthma and other ailments. The Environmental Protection Agency...
Senior connection energizes Heath in regional shutout to earn state baseball berth
FAIRBORN ― From the fields at Hoback Park and the yards on Heatherview Lane to Nischwitz Stadium, it remains a simple game of pitch and catch for seniors Riley Baum and Paul Gould. That battery again sent the Heath baseball team to the state tournament. Baum fired a two-hit...
Area D-III girls kick off the state track meet
DAYTON – Coldwater junior Izzy Zahn is accustomed to staying busy. Zahn was very busy on Thursday, the first day of the Ohio High School Athletic Association State Track and Field Championships at the University of Dayton. Zahn qualified in four events for this year’s Division III state track...
Luke Snyder, Tess Shultz earn double All-Ohio honors at OHSAA state meet
DAYTON — Sometimes you just have to reminded that it will be worth it. The pain of a final workout and getting up when you’ve been knocked down are all elements of any sport. That was the case for Rittman’s Luke Snyder Friday at the Division III OHSAA...
Ohio schools adjust cell phone policies ahead of new state law taking effect
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- With some students already out for the summer, school districts across the Miami Valley and the state are taking time to add or revise their cell phone use policies. This is in accordance with new legislation Governor Mike DeWine recently signed requiring all Ohio districts to...
FAFSA issues leave Northeast Ohio students, parents in the lurch
Problems with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) have meant headaches and outright delays in college plans for students across the country, including in Northeast Ohio. Advocates with local nonprofits that help prospective college students with college applications, like College Now Greater Cleveland and the Lake/Geauga Educational Assistance...
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