By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — While Ohio’s labor force is not growing at the preferred rate for an economic recovery, the number of unemployed people in the state is significantly lower than a year ago, the state said Friday as it announced monthly unemployment rates. Ohio’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February was [...]
From staff reports JEFFERSONVILLE — Newport resident Virgil Barker, the 69-year-old owner of Barker’s Towing in Jeffersonville, is listed in serious condition at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center as of this morning, according to the media relations department. An early Saturday afternoon explosion at Barker’s Towing, Recovery & Tire Service, 9706 state [...]
Sometimes the same old routine gets to be too much. You feel like you’re plodding along in the same footsteps you trod last week and last month and maybe last year. A rut is forming as you walk the same path. The path is familiar and the rut is not altogether unpleasant. But the longer [...]
By Dean Shipley It’s not very often the subject of a story will give the reporter “directions.” But in this case, retiring deputy treasurer, Becky McCoy, did. “Don’t make it mushy,” she commanded. Yes, Ma’am. After all, when it comes to doing the county’s financial business, county residents don’t want mush. They want a [...]
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren testified on Monday that he hung up on home diva Martha Stewart after she called to inform him on Dec. 6, 2011 that the company that bears her name had inked a deal with J.C. Penney to open shops within most of the chain’s [...]
LIMA, Ohio — With flurries and a freezing wind nipping at noses, anti-Gov. John Kasich protesters attacked the governor’s budget prior to the start of his State of the State Speech here today. The approximately one dozen protesters, organized by the labor-related group We Are Ohio, gathered about two hours outside the Veterans Memorial Civic [...]
By Jane Beathard The Madison Press LONDON, Ohio – How do you get the attention of your state legislator? Arrest him! London Mayor Dave Eades appeared to be joking on Thursday when he suggested arrest was one way to assure state Rep. Bob Hackett hear city administration’s complaints about House Bill 5, introduced into the [...]
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. factory orders increased in December even though companies trimmed their orders for goods that signal investment plans. Factory orders rose 1.8 percent in December compared to November, when orders had fallen 0.3 percent, the Commerce Department said Monday. But demand for core capital goods, a category considered a [...]
