Weekly News Roundup

TOR Weekly News Roundup

OhioRegister

24 Jul 2025 — 1 min read

Headlines handpicked from around the web by TOR contributors to keep you informed!

7/24/2025

1. How One Ohio School Earned the Right to Display a Supersonic Dream - David Manney, PJ Media

2. Ohio schools adopting new cell phone policies after state budget passed ban - Lindsay Stone, WLWT 5

3. Big Story: Ohio’s Ed-Choice Program - WTVG Staff Toledo

4. 13 things you might not have known were invented in Dayton – Dayton Daily News

5. Public Utlities Commision of Ohio (PUCO) staff pushed outside auditors to make reports favorable to utilities – Staff, Cleveland.com

6. Ticks and the diseases they carry are spreading. Here's how to keep yourself safe in Ohio - Timothy McDermott, Special to the Canton Repository

7. Judges review Ohio ban on foreign donations to ballot issues - Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer

8. As sales slump, new Intel CEO's contract manufacturing plan to face investor scrutiny - Arsheeya Bajwa, Reuters

9. Budget-conscious families may find relief in back-to-school pricing strategies - Taylor Nimmo, WCPO Cincinnati

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Chesterland Residents Start Petition To Overturn Fire Station Zoning

Chesterland Residents Start Petition To Overturn Fire Station Zoning

BY JEFF SKINNER CHESTER TWP - On Monday, August 25, Chester Township trustees voted 2-1 to rezone a specific parcel of property, namely the location of the old Fire House 2 structure, to industrial. Kayleigh Varga, the owner of the property directly next to the fire house lot, is now

Not Just Tax Dollars: Big Data Is Out For Ohio’s Water, Too

Not Just Tax Dollars: Big Data Is Out For Ohio’s Water, Too

BY NICK ROGERS STATEWIDE - As giant, Generative Artificial Intelligence-supporting data centers continue to proliferate in Ohio, the narratives tend to center around job creation, economic benefit, possible electric grid strain, and the increasingly large tax breaks awarded to tech behemoths like Amazon and Google to lure them to the

Chester Trustees Vote To Rezone Fire Station Property for Industrial Use

Chester Trustees Vote To Rezone Fire Station Property for Industrial Use

BY JEFF SKINNER CHESTER TWP - Chester township trustees hosted the second portion of the public hearing regarding the plan to rezone and eventually sell the property that currently houses the old Fire Station number 2. The village hall was once again filled with residents anxiously anticipating the trustee vote

Findlay Mayor Loses Her Cool When Flood Mitigation Vote Gets Delayed

Findlay Mayor Loses Her Cool When Flood Mitigation Vote Gets Delayed

BY PATTY KLEIN FINDLAY - What began as a routine Findlay City Council meeting on August 19 turned into a battle of wills. The first reading of a resolution to adopt an updated hazard mitigation plan sparked questions from Councilwoman Holly Frische. The plan is tied to a long-awaited grant