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Maine governor vetoes bill that bans large new data centers — says legislature should’ve exempted one particular well-supported data center

Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have enacted a moratorium on all data center projects because it would affect one site to be built on a former paper mill in Jay, Franklin County.

Tom’s Hardware

Ohio Teacher With History of Homicidal Threats Hired Student to Kill Her Husband: Police

An Ohio substitute teacher has been arrested after allegedly attempting to bribe a student to kill her husband, authorities say.

Latin Times

Bird Flu outbreak in US: How to eat eggs and chicken safely

Bird flu has been on the rise across the United States as 27 cases of avian influenza A(H5) have been reported in the country since April 2024. Now four workers at an egg farm in Southeast Washington's Franklin County have been found positive with the avian influenza after exposure to…

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Four egg farm workers appear to test positive for bird flu in Washington state

Washington is sixth state to detect H5N1 in workers, with farm in Franklin county source of known outbreak

The Guardian - US

A Central Kentucky farm is home to sculptures from across the world

Sam Dick visited a Franklin County farm featuring artistic sculptures from across the globe

WEKU

Two incumbents lose election for South-Western City Schools Board of Education in Ohio

Denise D’Angelo and Julie Liskany defeated incumbents Anthony Caldwell and Lee Schreiner in the general election for South-Western City Schools Board of Education in Franklin County, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 2023. Two of five school board seats were up for election, and voters could choose up to two candidates.

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Illinois Youth Lockup Is 'No Place for Children,' According to ACLU Lawsuit

Children held in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center are routinely subjected to solitary confinement, inadequate meals, and filthy cells, according to legal documents.

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Four candidates running for two seats on the South-Western City Schools Board of Education on Nov. 7

Four candidates are running in the general election for South-Western City Schools Board of Education in Franklin County, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 2023. Two of five school board seats are up for election, and voters can choose up to two candidates.

Ballotpedia

A Virginia mother and her three children went missing. Her husband says there is ‘no reason’ for concern

The Franklin County Sheriff’s office is still searching for Lauren Cook and her three children, nearly two weeks after the family was last seen by family members. Andrea Blanco reports

The Independent UK

Husband of mother missing with three young children says he’s ‘not concerned’

Police are still trying to search for any clue as to why Lauren Cook and her three children have vanished

The Independent UK

Fears for Virginia mother who has vanished with her three children

Police are still trying to search for any clue as to why this mother and her three children have vanished

The Independent UK

Solar and wind companies are coming to rural Texas. These residents are trying to keep them out.

In Franklin County, a group of locals are concerned about potential environmental harm from renewable energy facilities and support a bill that would impose more regulations on solar and wind. The industry says it’s being unfairly singled out.

The Texas Tribune

New Franklin County judge-executive concerned about loss of barrel tax revenue

Franklin County Judge-Executive Michael Mueller wonders how his county will pay for services as the state barrel tax is phased out.

WEKU

If Parody Seems to Imply That the Parodied Person Is Responsible for Racist Actions, Can That Be Libelous?

From Corso Ventures, LLC v. Paye, decided Sept. 7, 2021 by Judge Karen Held Phipps (Ohio Ct. Com. Pl. Franklin County), but just posted several days ago on Westlaw; it's now on appeal. {In January of 2020, Defendant Jordan saw a story on the local news that the Short North…

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All candidates for Franklin County Court of Common Pleas General Division in Ohio complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Franklin County Court of Common Pleas General Division in Ohio — Jessica Barwell and Julie Lynch — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to…

The Independent UK

Ex-sheriff's deputy seen kicking prisoner defends actions

A fired Vermont deputy sheriff who is the only candidate on the November ballot to become sheriff says he did nothing wrong when he kicked a handcuffed and shackled prisoner

Tribune News Service

Judge rules against Kentucky deputy who sued over criticism for attending Trump rally

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy who claimed that the county’s public defenders defamed him and violated his First Amendment rights when they criticized him for attending a Trump rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

John Fetterman is about to hold his first Philly rally of the Pennsylvania Senate campaign. What took so long?

PHILADELPHIA — He rallied in Erie and marched in Pittsburgh. He held a town hall at a rural inn in Franklin County, spoke to union members in the Lehigh Valley, and headlined Democratic dinners in Northeastern Pennsylvania. But since launching his campaign in February 2021, Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman…

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Editorial: Pennsylvania's GOP gubernatorial candidates need to unite against Doug Mastriano

For the sake of the state Republican Party and Pennsylvania politics as a whole, most GOP candidates for governor should drop out and unite behind the strongest challengers to Franklin County state Sen. Doug Mastriano for the May 17 primary.

Tribune News Service

Judge grants Baffert delay of Medina Spirit drug suspension to April 4

Bob Baffert's career as a racehorse trainer may be hanging by a hair. And Monday Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas D. Wingate split that hair.

Tribune News Service

Judge denies Democrats’ motion to block ‘gerrymandered’ redistricting maps, hearing set

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A motion by the Kentucky Democratic Party and Democratic voters in Franklin County to block new, Republican-drawn redistricting maps from taking effect was denied by Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Judge restores historic barber chair as symbol of civil rights

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The 65-year-old barber chair that Franklin County, Ohio, Common Pleas Judge Carl Aveni recently placed in his courthouse chambers is more than a mid-20th century curiosity to the judge.

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