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AKRON - A large chemical fire erupted at the SMB Products building located at 1081 Rosemary Blvd. in East Akron leading to an evacuation of the surrounding area. Concerned citizens have made comparisons to the chemical fires that polluted East Palestine, Ohio. At around 1:00 p.m., Akron fire
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Find stories below that have been hand-selected by citizen journalists to keep you up to date on State News from around the web. Ohio Bulletin Issued for New, Deadly Drug Combinations - By J.D. Davidson, Ohio Star by way of Center Square Republicans want stay of order that stops
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BY PATTY KLEIN Photos by Patty Klein The Mayor of Findlay has released drawings for a new vision of Emery Adams park. Many adults and kids made great memories at “the castle park,” as the Emory Adams playscape is affectionately called. It is officially known as Fort Findlay. The current
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BY PATTY KLEIN FINDLAY - On Monday, the Findlay City Council Ad Hoc committee held, what was supposed to be, their final meeting. The Ad Hoc committee was formed to review the rules of oral comments at city council meetings and presented new restrictions on public communication at their July
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By: Sandie Zimmerman Black Fork Strategies is an Ohio organization whose mission, as stated on their website, is "Building Long-Term Progressive Power." One of their initiatives include voter registration canvassing, where they pay canvassers to register voters in Ohio and they may have recently been caught with their
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BY PATTY KLEIN FINDLAY - Findlay City Council met Tuesday, June 18 with a mixed bag of items. Council accepted liquor license requests, letters and committee reports. Councilman Russell asked for a correction to a water and sewer report that incorrectly stated that there was a vote regarding a water
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BY NICK ROGERS CHARDON, OHIO - Ohio Citizens whose properties lie above rich oil and gas deposits are facing stringent legal pressure from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) in the form of a long-existing-but-only-recently-common legal process called “unitization.” Contrary to wind and solar projects which are regularly stalling
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This Article was originally published on The Heartland Beat. TOLEDO - Greg Allan is a family man, the kind that comes from a long line of hard workers birthed in the American Dream. A dream that told us all that if we worked hard enough and followed the rules we
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Patty Klein FINDLAY - What exactly happened that prompted Findlay City Council to create an Ad Hoc committee to change city council rules? According to leadership within the city council, the possible rule change came about due to “a few” whose comments were seen as disruptive personal attacks. Who are
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BY NICK ROGERS CHARDON - With the Biden/Harris administration’s goal of “decarbonizing” the U.S. electrical grid by 2035, the push is on for “renewable” energy options such as solar and wind. The “public utility exemption” has long-since paved the way for the ongoing buildout of electrical grid
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BY NICK ROGERS CHARDON - Smart Meters are slowly taking hold of homes throughout the state. But as the digital trend trickles ever upwards so too are customers' energy bills, sometimes seemingly without cause. Local technology expert Vince Welage has been investigating the root causes for these anomalies sweeping
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BY NICK ROGERS CHESHIRE, OHIO - Recent enforcement of a 2015 EPA “Final Rule” on the disposal and sequestration of Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) at Cheshire, Ohio’s Gavin Power plant was met with two energy industry lawsuits accusing the EPA of misinterpreting its own mandate. A third, contextually paradoxical