COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016 - NATIONAL NO DIRTY DISHES DAY
Ohio Senate President Keith Faber Faber Honors Ohio Nurses
COLUMBUS - Senate President Keith Faber (R-Celina) was joined by State
Senator Jim Hughes (R-Columbus) this week to present a Senate gavel to
the Ohio Nurses Association. The gavel was used when the Ohio Senate
unanimously passed Senate Bill 233, legislation to create the "Ohio
Nurses Association" license plate. “Nurses are a vital part of our
healthcare system, and they are often the first line of defense and... Read
More. More News
E-CIGARETTE REGULATIONS
Cui Bono?
By Kate Burch
The Food and Drug Administration, through its newly-released
regulations on electronic cigarettes, sounded the death knell for the
numerous start-up businesses that are developing and marketing the
devices. The regulations forbid marketing of an e-cigarette until
the FDA has approved an application that provides proof that the
product: 1.) is safer...Read
More. More Opinion
STATE REPRESENTATIVE STEVE HUFFMAN
Ohio House Passes
Bill Increasing Access
to Biological Drugs HB 505 aimed at reducing cost of prescription medications
COLUMBUS—Today, the Ohio House passed legislation that allows
pharmacists to substitute biologically similar products, or
“biosimilars,” for any biological product prescribed by a physician.
This is a similar concept to a consumer... Read
More. More News
BROKE WIFE, BIG CITY
A brief guide to
modern parenting
By Aprill Brandon
First of all, you should really already have kids. That biological
clock doesn’t tick forever, you know. I mean, wait until you’re
financially stable and all that, of course. It’s completely
irresponsible to have kids before you’re fully prepared. But if you
wait too long, that’s just selfish. Honestly... Read
More. More Opinion
SENIOR SCRIBE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Eight college scholarships presented at SSSF Awards Banquet Organization announces name change
GREENVILLE – The Senior Scribes Scholarship Fund presented scholarships
on April 28 to eight Darke County students either just getting started
with, or continuing... Read
More. More News
DARKE COUNTY OSU EXTENSION OFFICE
Weekly Beef Cattle,
Corn Newsletters
From Sam Custer
Three new articles have been posted in this week’s 985th issue of the
Ohio BEEF Cattle letter. Lots of seed heads have emerged over the past
week! Today Chris Penrose offers some reminders on managing the “spring
flush.” Articles include: Managing the Spring Flush; When a cow is
called “pregnant” but turns up “open”... Read
More. More News
ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE
Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative Update for May
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released a
status update on the progress of DNA testing being conducted as part of
the Ohio Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing
Initiative. As of May 1, 2016, 292 law enforcement agencies have
submitted 13,765 kits to be tested as part of the initiative. Of those,
4,434 kits were submitted... Read
More. More News
FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016
From
the Editor: Darke County Center for the Arts recognizes Greenville
Federal as an Impresario sponsor of “The Music of Rodgers &
Hammerstein” performance as the final show in DCCA’s 2015-2016 Artists
Series. For more info, read the story tomorrow.
Community
Events photo
sets posted here.
Check
out our new Facebook pages: County News Online Community and Empowering Darke County Youth. Like them and
invite your Facebook friends to like them. Sports
photos are updated on a regular basis here.News: Facebook scrambles to contain fallout; May is National Drug Court Month. Obituaries:
Obituaries are posted daily here.
See
yesterday's postclick
here.
