Breaking News

Uncategorized

Ohio recovery housing has grown nearly 400%, new executive order provides more oversight

Ohio state Rep. Justin Pizzulli recently shared a story about a man struggling with an opioid addiction who received a court order to go to recovery housing in Portsmouth in Scioto County. “He was supposed to be coming to my community to rebuild his life,” Pizzulli, R-Scioto County, said at a press conference. Instead, officials who visited the recovery home with the man found cockroaches crawling across the floor, dog feces inside, and doors falling off the hinges. “Somewhere in the middle of all this was a man battling with addiction, a man who had been sent there court ...

AOC is ‘woke one’

To be successful in politics, you need to have mastered several key skills. You must be a talented orator in order to express your vision of the future to your supporters; you must be charismatic and yet approachable, so that voters will rally to your side in allegiance with their leader and their equal; and you must be willing to lie through your teeth with the unflinching ease of a total psychopath. One of the pillars of this willingness to lie is the art of gaslighting, in which you convince your potential voters that their perception of past and present reality is incorrect, and ...

Americans get rare break from quietly expensive law

Since March, America has been running an accidental experiment and glimpsing what the country might look like without one of its dumbest statutes. The results are in, and they embarrass a century's worth of U.S. lawmakers and defenders. The statute is the Jones Act, passed in 1920 to rebuild and protect the U.S. merchant marine fleet after World War I disrupted American shipping capabilities. It requires that any vessel moving cargo between two American ports must be built in an American shipyard, be American-owned and be at least three-quarters American-crewed. Miss any one of these ...

No. 1 Ohio State must navigate challenging road tests

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Buckeyes are the preseason No. 1 for the first time since 2015 after their quest for a second straight national title was derailed by Miami in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal. They return one of the more dynamic offenses in the nation with quarterback ...

Reds earn split after De La Cruz’s first walk-off hit

CINCINNATI (AP) — Elly De La Cruz delivered his first career walk-off hit in the 10th inning after Dane Myers hit a tying pinch-hit homer in the ninth, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Monday night to split a doubleheader. Down to their final out in the ...

WVU freshman cornerback opening eyes

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia true freshman Vincent Smith isn’t a normal cornerback. He's much bigger than the average corner at 6-foot-1, 215 pounds, but he's still as fast and athletic as a corner. “I talk to my teammates about it all the time,” defensive back Geimere Latimer Jr. ...