Hot-button issues fail to make 2014 ballot
Ohio 2014 ballot topics such as gay marriage right to work medical marijuana clean energy and voter rights did not reach the signature threshold by the deadline. Activists say pursuing direct democracy in Ohio is more costly and difficult though the constitutional right remains. Some observers note campaigns keep issues visible and influence public discussion and legislation.
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Columbus
Ohio
League of Women Voters of
Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac
Ohio Rights Group
John Pardee
Legalization Group
Three charged after children found in filthy Bloomingburg home
Fayette County deputies responded to a street-side welfare call and returned five children aged 4 to 12 to a home with trash, rotten food, and filthy conditions. Children’s services removed the youngsters. three Bloomingburg women face child endangering charges after pleading not guilty and posting bond.
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Bloomingburg
Southwest Ohio
Fayette County
Vernon Stanforth
Wbns-Tv
Columbus
Washington Court House Record Herald
Stanforth
Children’s Service Agency
WBNS
Veteran 83-Year-Old Pitcher Delivers in Masters Baseball Tale
In the Masters Division game at Schoolhouse Park, 83-year-old Dick Pavlak of the Miami Valley Roy Hobbs league hurls sliders for the 48s against the Dodgers. His son Randy, fire chief of Sugarcreek, and daughter Sandee Dilley watch as the dugout buzzes about age and the strange “magic cream” used for his right shoulder. The scene frames a Father's Day moment as age and sport collide on the mound.
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Centerville
Schoolhouse Park
Louisville Slugger
Nevada
Wintercrest
Sacred Ground Healing Ministries
Pahrump
Nev
Dick Pavlak
Miami Valley 48S
Dodgers
Sandee Dilley
University of Dayton
Orlando
Pops
Randy
Sugarcreek Township
Miami Valley
Priest convicted of killing nun dies in prison
A 76 year old Roman Catholic priest who killed Sister Margaret Ann Pahl inside a Toledo hospital chapel in 1980 died in a Columbus prison hospice. Federal judges denied compassionate release to die in Toledo. Robinson was sentenced 15 years to life after being convicted in 2006.
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Columbus
Toledo
Richard Kerger
Gerald Robinson
Kerger
Robinson
Margaret Ann Pahl
Pahl
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Carrie Davis
Athens
Athens Messenger
Glouster
Lucas Mace
Athens County
Mace
Joe Nemec
Cleveland
Kathy Hirko
KAZ Company
South
Abbe Road
Elyria
Abbewoodretirement
Kantele Franko and
John Seewer
Associated Press
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