Founder's Day delights Coolville residents on Main Street
Cheyenne Heskett rode her bike along a car free Main Street during Founder's Day as crowds lined the sidewalk. She navigated clumps of celebrants with a blue balloon on her wrist while her grandmother Roxanna Rube, Coolville Public Library manager, watched nearby in a cheerful festival scene captured by Tyler Buchanan.
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Coolville
Cheyenne
Heskett
Cheyenne Heskett
Roxanna Rube
Glouster man faces charges in Perry County death
A 23 year old Glouster man Brandon Keith is charged in Perry County with felonious assault a second degree felony after a fight with Fred Fisher a 55 year old Corning man who died in a Columbus hospital over the weekend Keith scheduled to appear in court Tuesday as details unfold death noted on page A5
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Corning
Glouster
Columbus
Brandon Keith
Perry County
Fred Fisher
Brick festival highlights Nelsonville brick heritage event
The Nelsonville festival gathers at Ralphs Brick Yard behind McDonalds for a two day brick swap fund raising event founded by Scott Douglas. Attendees enjoy brick toss bricklaying contests a brick horse shoe style game live music a tour cooking out and a scavenger hunt.
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Ralph's
Nelsonville
McDonald's
Scott Douglas
Man indicted on 122 counts dies before arraignment
An Athens man, Jeffrey Shira, 60, facing a 122 count indictment for child and adult material, died by self harm at his Old Route 33 residence the Monday before his scheduled arraignment. Deputies investigated a gunshot injury, with a gunshot residue test deeming it self-inflicted. Shira, once with Ohio University computer services, had been free on $100,000 bond after February arrests tied to USB drives with explicit materials found after a church donation.
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Athens
Jeffrey Shira
Old Route 33
Athens County
Keller Blackburn
Shira
Rodney Smith
Smith
Computer Services Center
Ohio University
Messenger
Athens County Municipal Court
Boy Scouts end total ban on gay adults policy shift
The Boy Scouts of America ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders and allowed church-sponsored units to keep exclusions for religious reasons. The policy takes effect immediately after a 45-12 National Executive Board vote. President Robert Gates said the move aims to unite the organization. Initial reactions suggest continued divisiveness.
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New York
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
BSA
Robert Gates
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