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Data centers are on the November ballot in 18 Ohio communities

Voters in 18 Ohio municipalities and townships will decide the future of data centers in their communities this Election Day. The deadline to file charter amendment petitions with Ohio’s city councils in time to make the Nov. 3 ballot passed Sept. 4. Registered voters in charter cities can file charter amendment petitions at any time, but if the next regular election is less than 60 days or more than 120 days away, a special election is held instead. Nine petitions — in Conneaut, Defiance, Granville, Oregon, Pataskala, Piqua, Sunbury, Trenton, and Upper Sandusky — mirror a ...

Ohio outlasts Jacksonville State in 4OT, 29-27

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Freshman and third-string quarterback Levi Davis ran for a 2-point conversion in the third overtime to give Ohio a 29-27 victory over Jacksonville State on Saturday night. Neither team scored in the first overtime and both kicked field goals in the second. After Davis ran in the conversion, Jacksonville State's Cade Creel hit Darius Cannon with a pass but DJ James-Hamilton made the tackle just shy of the goal line. James-Hamilton also returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. Davis entered the game with 1:49 left in regulation when second-stringer Matt Vezza ...

Texas leapfrogs to No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll

The unprecedented comeback by Texas to knock off Ohio State moved the Longhorns to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday and pushed the Buckeyes out of the top five for the first time in two seasons. Oregon, meanwhile, plummeted 15 spots to No. 21, its lowest ...

Florida State fires athletic director

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State fired athletics director Michael Alford on Monday morning, school president Dr. Richard McCullough announced. Alford had been Florida State's athletics director since January 2022 after he was hired in the fall of 2020 to be the president of ...

T-minus two weeks for baseball’s regular season

Clinching season has begun, with the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers becoming the first teams to wrap up spots in the postseason. Here's a quick rundown of baseball's remaining unresolved races: In the American League The New York Yankees and Boston are almost certain to join ...

Shelton joins Team USA for Davis Cup in Prague

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Shelton isn't taking much time off after his run to the U.S. Open final. Shelton was confirmed on Monday for the U.S. Davis Cup team that will play the Czech Republic in Prague this week. Then he'll join Team World for the Laver Cup in London the following weekend. Shelton lost to Alexander Zverev in his first Grand Slam final on Sunday. He moved up to a career-high No. 4 in the rankings on Monday. Zverev is on Germany's Davis Cup team that will host Croatia in Halle; and he will be on Team Europe for the Laver Cup. Also named to the U.S. team for the ...