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Opinion submissions The News Journal welcomes letters to the editor from area readers. Letters should be about current issues of general interest and should maintain...
DeWine: Age 40+ and those with conditions including heart disease, cancer and obesity eligible...
COLUMBUS — Ohioans age 40 and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination beginning this Friday, as well as residents with cancer, chronic...
US schools weighing whether to seat students closer together
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. guidelines that say students should be kept 6 feet apart in schools are receiving new scrutiny from federal health experts,...
Elected GOP officials join call for ex-Ohio speaker’s removal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The former Republican speaker of the Ohio House, now under criminal indictment, should be expelled from the Legislature, a group...
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma proposes $10B plan to exit bankruptcy
Purdue Pharma, which helped revolutionize the prescription painkiller business with its drug OxyContin, is proposing a $10 billion plan to emerge from bankruptcy that...
Look out, Labs: French bulldogs now 2nd most popular US dog
NEW YORK (AP) — Could the French bulldog become America’s favorite purebred pooch?After riding a rocket ship to popularity over the last quarter-century, Frenchies...
Court to hear GOP boss’s case against Ohio elections chief
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s high court agreed Monday to hear arguments in a dispute over a decision by the state’s elections chief to...
Blanchester school board member honored
Blanchester School Board member Jeremy Kaehler, right, receives an award from Mike Ewing of the Southwest Ohio School Board Association at Monday’s board meeting....
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Tuesday, March 16, the 75th day of 2021. There are 290 days left in the year.Today’s Highlights in History:On March 16, 1945,...
Shots fired inside Ohio mall for 2nd time in 2 weeks
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A confrontation between two groups of juveniles led to shots being fired inside an Ohio shopping mall Monday, police said....
