Candidate withdraws from Athens City Council race
Democratic at large candidate Karie Whitman withdraws from the Athens City Council race, leaving three incumbents unopposed in the May primary. No Republican candidates filed for at large, while the 3rd Ward race remains contested between Sam E. Crowl and Eric Gunn. Whitman’s name remains on ballots printed before the withdrawal.
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Athens
Karie Whitman
Pete Kotses
Arian Smedley
Sarah Grace
Jenni
Fer Cochran
Patrick McGee
Council
Sam E. Crowl
Eric Gunn
Michele Papai
Whitman
Pear
Athens County
Penny Brooks
Federal Hocking artist shines in Statehouse show
Federal Hocking High School sophomore Jaylen Rogers, initially not an artist, created Combustion an abstract watercolor and salt piece now displayed in the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts at the Ohio Statehouse as part of the 2017 Ohio House Student Art Exhibition. Her classmate Peyton Gates also has work in the gallery.
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Jaylen Rogers
Federal Hocking High School
Rogers
Vern Riffe
Ohio Statehouse
Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio
Ellen Hadley
Federal Hocking
Ohio Arts Council
Ohio Arts Education Association
Hadley
Peyton Gates
Gates
Statehouse
District 94
Jay Edwards
Messenger
Samantha Nelson
Athens County EMS workers seek union representation
Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters seeks recognition as the bargaining agent for Athens County EMS workers. County commissioners voted against including captains and lieutenants in the unit, leading to a SERB hearing to determine unit makeup. Union leaders say most EMS units include lieutenants and captains.
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Athens County Emergency Medical Services
Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters
State Employment Relations Board
EMS
Rick Callebs
Callebs
Mike Taylor
Athens County Ems
SERB
Taylor
Athens County
The
Ohio Association of Professional Fire
Classifieds and Obituaries Highlight Evening Edition
Page index lists sections including Soanewakee Classifieds Comics Obituaries Community and features on A6 A7. Readers are invited to browse notices and listings across the local page, with highlights across sections noted for quick access.
Obituaries for Frank Downhour and June Newman
Obituaries note the deaths of Frank Downhour 93 and June Betty Newman 92. Downhour's obituary records residence in Logan with service details pending. Newman, from New Straitsville, is remembered with arrangements to be announced.
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Logan June
Betty" Newman
New Straitsville
Weather note for Yvonne Short in Glouster
The page A2 forecast reports few showers with a high near 70 and a low around 57 for today. Yvonne Short, 81, is mentioned in the dateline.
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Yvonne Short
Glouster
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