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Ohio’s unemployment rate falls to 3.3% in August

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Staff report Ohio’s unemployment rate was 3.3% in August 2026, down from 3.4% in July 2026. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 2,100 over the month from a revised 5,686,600 in July to 5,688,700 in August. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services issued its findings last week. Figures have been seasonally adjusted. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in August was 195,000, down from 200,000 in July 2026. The number of unemployed has decreased by 66,000 in the past 12 months from 261,000. The August unemployment rate for Ohio decreased 1.1 ...

Sound of Music museum opens where the von Trapp story met Hollywood

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SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — An Austrian museum is alive with “The Sound of Music,” a first-ever venue devoted to the classic 1965 singalong movie starring Julie Andrews. The Sound of Music Salzburg museum, situated in an Austrian city famed for music and perhaps best known as the home of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, opened Sunday. The attendees included Elisabeth von Trapp, granddaughter of Georg and Agathe von Trapp, whose family story inspired the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical and Hollywood blockbuster. She continues to give guided tours of movie sites in Salzburg today. “It is ...

On the record

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Weathersfield WHAT: Board of education meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Cheryl Basista, Mark Bodo, Sam Caputo, Josh Garris and Matt Glidewell The board: • Approved an agreement with Valley Christian School for use of the Joe Lane Football Stadium from 6 to 10 p.m. for five Saturdays for football games. • Approved Cetina Hannah on a one-year contract as a bus driver. — Bob Coupland Fowler WHAT: Township trustees meeting Sept. 14 PRESENT: Lynn Michalec, Jeff Davis and Todd Williams Trustees: • Reported the delivery of the fire truck and new ambulance is on ...

Hubbard officials hear about redistricting

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HUBBARD — League of Women Voters representatives emphasized the importance of transparency and reaching a state of equal representation in their presentation about redistricting to Hubbard residents Monday night. City officials heard from Lisa Kohler and Trevor Martin of the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization founded in 1920 by leaders of the women’s suffrage movement to empower all citizens to participate in democracy. Kohler said they were there to speak with residents and officials to talk about malapportionment and redrawing wards so Hubbard’s ...

Liberty officials hear finance updates

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LIBERTY — The township is more than halfway through its first full year with its new cemetery under its control, and has the potential to break even, according to Fiscal Officer Matthew Connelly. Trustees at a recent regular meeting heard from Connelly, who provided a cash-fund summary report, which shows the purchase orders and outstanding reserved funds for encumbrances that trustees have agreed to. The report gives officials an idea of the township’s real balance, which will put it at $7.674 million, and Connelly said the township’s general and other funds are “doing ...

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney asks judge to investigate the lone juror who wanted to convict her

National News

BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for Lindsay Clancy is asking a judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who wanted to convict the mother from Massachusetts of murder in the deaths of her three young children. In a motion filed Friday but made public Monday, Clancy’s lawyer asked the court to question juror Michael Desronvil about his alleged use of a cellphone during deliberations, his truthfulness on a questionnaire that prospective jurors filled out before the trial began and his truthfulness when jurors were questioned by the judge a day before the trial ended. Among other ...