MANSFIELD — More than 14,000 households were reportedly experiencing power outages as of 4:40 p.m. on Friday amid high winds ripping across north central Ohio. First Energy/Ohio Edison reported several outages throughout the county, impacting around 11,000 customers, or about one in four of the Ohio Edison’s Richland County customer base. AEP Ohio was reporting several […]
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Lack of needed power supply hurt chance at ‘large’ economical development in Richland County
MANSFIELD — Spec buildings can be constructed. Roads can be built. Storm sewers can be dug and installed. Tax abatements can be proposed. All of that work can be done in advance in the hopes of greasing the skids to attract new economic development. But if a potential new industry has electrical power needs that […]
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Ex-Ohio House Speaker indicted on 10 state felony charges
CLEVELAND — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been indicted on multiple state felony charges alleging misuse of campaign money and ethics violations – including one count that would permanently ban him from holding public office again in Ohio, Attorney General Dave Yost announced Monday. “This case seeks to hold Mr. Householder accountable for […]
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Former PUCO chairman, FirstEnergy executives indicted
COLUMBUS — A former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives and two entities have been indicted by a Summit County grand jury as a corrupt enterprise for their alleged role in the House Bill 6 scandal, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh and […]
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FirstEnergy power outage affecting Lucas residents
LUCAS – Village residents are experiencing a partial to complete loss of electrical power Thursday, according to Mayor Todd Hall. Hall said the outage was reported to FirstEnergy around noon by village administrator Tim Stallard. “Some residents are completely without power,” Hall said. “Others still have partial power.” The village is a part of the […]