COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2014 - BLUEBAG MEDIA
New cameras planned for Sheriff’s vehicles
GREENVILLE – During the public questions segment of its regular public
meeting Dec. 3 Greenville resident Fred Dean asked the Darke County
Commissioners if they’d had discussions with the Sheriff about using
body cameras. Darke County Commissioner Mike Stegall said they wanted
to think about it. “There are two problems with the ones currently
available…” He said they are too easily blocked by the officer’s
actions, such has holding his weapon or crouching behind the door of
his vehicle. “Those... Read
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GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH
Kasich launches new effort
to combat infant mortality Also Signs HB 465, Establishing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Week
COLUMBUS – Calling it unacceptable that more than 1,000 Ohio babies die
each year before their first birthday, Governor John R. Kasich today
announced new efforts to combat infant mortality before 1,500 leaders
from across Ohio attending the 2014 Ohio Infant Mortality Summit.
The goal of the summit... Read
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Reach Higher Initiative
First Lady Michelle Obama
Hi, all -- Homero Magaña moved to America with his family from a small
town in Mexico in 1993. Growing up in California, where his father was
an agricultural worker, Homero had the chance to attend a summer
program focused on preparing students for higher education. This
program inspired Homero to go to college, and years later, he earned
a... Read
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OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE JON HUSTED
Legislative redistricting
reform proposal
COLUMBUS – Regarding movement on a bipartisan legislative redistricting
reform proposal in the Ohio House of Representatives, all of the
following may be attributed to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted: “The
latest proposal in the Ohio House of Representatives provides us with
new hope that a bipartisan redistricting reform plan can be
accomplished before year’s... Read
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THE HILL
Conservatives complain
House GOP leaders ramming through spending bill
By Scott Wong
House conservatives are griping that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is
putting the squeeze on them by rushing through a $1 trillion spending
bill in Congress’s last week in session. Appropriators are expected to
roll out the legislation early next week, giving critics scant time to
figure out what’s... Read
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RASMUSSEN
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last
Week’s Key Polls
It’s often been said that there are two or more Americas within the
fabric of this great nation. Racially, that’s certainly true. The
refusal of grand juries in Ferguson, Missouri and on Staten Island in
New York to indict white police officers following the deaths of two
young black men has highlighted this division... Read
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THE DAILY SIGNAL
Federal Agency
Faces Fallout From Controversial Study
That Put Babies at Risk
Sharyl Attkisson
A federal agency has taken controversial new steps to marginalize its
own ethics body, according to new information revealed by the watchdog
group Public Citizen. That after the federal ethics body criticized a
government... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2014
Editor's
Photo: “Amazing!” Readmore’s Hallmark Manager Kirsten Berghoff’s
response to the success of Small Business Saturday was immediate and
enthusiastic. Find out more about this new, exciting event from Main
Street Greenville tomorrow. New Posting on
Community Events
Photo Gallery: Click here. This week's
Paul
Ackley
cartoon has been posted here. Blogs: Since Obama Took Office, the Federal Debt Has Increased by Almost 70 Percent. Events: Citizen of the Year nominations taken. Obituaries: Richard C. "Dick" Francis; Jeanne Withrow Barr; John Wendell Spidel. See
yesterday's postclick
here.
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