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The Ohio Department of Development and Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community ActionCommission will help income-eligible Ohioans with water and wastewater (sewer)assistance. The Low Income Household Water Assistance Program provides eligibleOhioans assistance paying water and wastewater bills.Clients need to have copies of the following documents: Copies of their most recent water/wastewater bills; A list of all household members and proof of income for the …

COLUMBUS, OHIO – Today the Ohio Department of Education will release the 2022 Ohio School Report Cards. Spreadsheets with performance information for districts, schools, community schools, Career Technical Planning Districts and schools that receive the dropout recovery and prevention report card will be available on the Report Card Resources webpage. Districts and schools will not receive overall ratings this year. The report …

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The world’s top travel companies and destinations are re-convening for the first in-person AAA Great Vacations Travel EXPO since January 2020. The show will take place Sunday Oct. 9, 2022 at Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in Lewis Center, Ohio. Just like in past shows, this one-stop shop for everything related to travel will feature everything from …

Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine will make stops at two locations in Richland County Wednesday.  Event 1: Book Reading at St. Peter’s Montessori School/Visit St. Peter’s SchoolFirst Lady DeWine will host a book reading at St. Peter’s Montessori School to promote Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio. She will then visit St. Peter’s School to speak with first-12th graders, parents, and staff.  …

 With five start dates every year at Central Ohio Technical College (COTC), there’s still time to go ahead with your goals. Register now for COTC’s accelerated term that begins Oct. 17. The popular accelerated class format allows students to earn the same college credit as full-semester (16-week) courses in half the time (approximately eight weeks). Why take accelerated classes? COTC’s …

Virginia Beach, Va. – Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Fowler, a native of Fredericktown, Ohio, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Oceana operating from Naval Air Station Oceana. Fowler joined the Navy eight years ago. Today, Fowler serves as an aviation electronics technician.“I joined the Navy to follow a family tradition,” said …

You’re invited to support Licking County Health Department’s (LCHD) and Screening and Survivor Support’s (SASS 15th annual Pink Strides for Breast Cancer Wellness Walk event on Saturday, October 1, event beginning at 9:00 am (registration opens at 8:15 am) at LCHD, located at 675 Price Road in Newark.Kick-off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a family-friendly walk on the health department’s 1/2-mile paved walking trail, …

This week, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $1 million grant for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio (RMHC), assisting the nonprofit in its goal of helping more families in their hour of greatest need. “This investment will help the Central Ohio Ronald McDonald House support more families in need of respite care as they …

COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting four fatal traffic crashes which claimed four lives over the Labor Day holiday weekend according to provisional data. The data collected points to the 2022 Labor Day holiday weekend as being the safest since 2010.  Troopers arrested 405 drivers for OVI and issued 1,992 safety belt citations. Troopers also made 221 drug …

COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging drivers to be safe this Labor Day weekend. Troopers will focus enforcement efforts on removing impaired drivers from Ohio’s roadways. The Labor Day weekend reporting period begins Friday, September 2 at 12 a.m. and ends Monday, September 5 at 11:59 p.m. “We want all Ohioans who are traveling this weekend to …