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Former 5/3 Bank building set to become new Portsmouth City Hall
PORTSMOUTH – On Monday evening, City Manager Sam Sutherland unveiled his plan for a new City Hall in the City of Portsmouth.He asked members of ...

US added 428,000 jobs in April despite surging inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation,...

Election 2022: JD Vance wins Ohio’s GOP Senate primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance won Ohio’s contentious and hyper-competitive GOP Senate primary on Tue...
Republican Senate president leaves Ohio mapmaking panel
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s political mapmaking panel planned to meet again Wednesday ahead of a court-ordered Friday deadline to fix a f...

2022 midterms: What to know about the Ohio primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The first multistate contest of the 2022 midterm election season unfolds on Tuesday, as Ohio voters pick nominees for gove...

Biden taking ‘hard look’ at student loan forgiveness
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he’s “taking a hard look” at canceling additional federal student loa...
United States is ‘out of the pandemic phase,’ Fauci says
The United States is finally “out of the pandemic phase,” the country’s top infectious-disease expert said in a television interview...

Thompson found not guilty of the death of inmate
PORTSMOUTH- A former Scioto County corrections officer was found not guilty of the death of an inmate.Billy Thompson, a corrections officer at the Sci...

Ohio doctor found not guilty in 14 hospital patient deaths
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio doctor accused of ordering excessive amounts of painkillers that led to multiple patient deaths at a Columbus-area...

Federal judge voids US mask mandate for planes, other travel
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation a...