This year on September 11th, Americans will mourn the 18th anniversary of one of the most horrific days in U.S. history. We will pause and remember the way we felt when we first heard the news. We will recall where we were and who we were surrounded by. We will mourn the lives lost and the families who still grieve.
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This year on September 11th, Americans will mourn the 18th anniversary of one of the most horrific days in U.S. history. We will pause and remember the way we felt when we first heard the news. We will recall where we were and who we were surrounded by. We will mourn the lives lost and the families who still grieve.
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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has released the 2018 edition of Ohio Sunshine Laws: An Open Government Resource Manual. The release of the manual, commonly referred to as the “Yellow Book,” coincides with the beginning of National Sunshine Week.
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State Senator Troy Balderson (R-Zanesville) announced Monday, Dec. 18, the approval of $1,475,753 in state funds to Ohio University for the construction phase of the Herrold Hall renovations in Zanesville.
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Supporters of the “Ohio Citizen Participation Act” thanked State Sen. Matt Huffman, R-Lima, for introducing a bill to protect Ohioans from frivolous lawsuits that chill their First Amendment rights of free speech.
Have you driven through the Helmick Covered Bridge lately? You might want to change your plans and go somewhere else for your Sunday drive. I just returned from the Helmick Road area, and I almost wish I’d stayed home.
Editor’s Note: In the Court of Morgan County, Sitting by Assignment Judge, Michael A. Cicconetti, ordered Bobbie Hanson, of Zanesville (formerly of Morgan County), to write this Letter to the Editor, in the “Morgan County Herald,” as part of her sentence for helping her son, a Morgan County resident, while he was refusing to turn himself into authorities. Her son was eluding the law, and she pled guilty to assisting him remain at large.
We have all seen the poor guy standing on a street corner, a little down on his luck, with a handwritten sign stating ”Will work for food!” I can relate to that man’s predicament.
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