COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 5 -- Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: The City of Columbus, through its Department of Public Utilities' Division of Power, broke ground today on the Parsons Avenue solar project - one of two new solar projects that will provide 45 MW of additional clean energy to Division of Power customers. Both projects are being developed and constructed by NextEra Energy. "We're delivering on our promise to provide local clean energy to   more

NEVADA, Missouri, May 6 (TNSper) -- Cottey College issued the following news: Cottey College is pleased to announce that Dr. Karla S. McCain has been hired as the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. Dr. McCain earned a Ph.D. in physical/analytical chemistry from the University of Utah and a B.A. in chemistry from Ohio Wesleyan University. Prior to joining Cottey College, Dr. McCain served as the Provost of Blackburn College and was a member of the Faculty at Austin Col  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 6 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that starting Monday, thanks to a multistate settlement, checks will be sent to Ohioans who were tricked by Intuit into paying for free tax services. The $141 million settlement with Intuit, the owner of TurboTax, includes $5.3 million to be paid to the 174,000 Ohioans who were misled by the company. Nationwide, 4.4 million consumers fell victim t  more

LONDON, Ohio, May 6 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, members of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission, and law enforcement officers from throughout the state paid tribute today to eight Ohio peace officers- eight heroes - who died in the line of duty in the past several years. "Each of them defended our society and its values against those who seek to steal, kill and destroy," Yost said during his remarks  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 5 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: In case you missed it, Ohio veteran Connie Pillich penned an op-ed for Cincinnati.com this week outlining the ways that Frank LaRose's anti-voter legislation is also anti-veteran. The bill, championed by Frank LaRose, prevents veterans from using their county-issued photo IDs to cast their votes and shortens the window for service members to return their absentee ballots when they're serving overseas. "Our servicemen  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 5 (TNSper) -- The University of South Carolina issued the following news: Ann Vail has been selected as dean of the Graduate School, effective July 1. Vail comes to South Carolina from the University of Kentucky, where she currently serves as a professor in the Department of Family Sciences in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. She has a long career in academia: Vail got her start in the academy as a lecturer at Ohio State University in 1988 after s  more