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Ohio receives three 'F's from American Lung Association

by Maeve Walsh / Jan 27, 2022

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio flunked three out of five categories from the American Lung Association's most recent assessment of the state's ability to mitigate tobacco use, according to a report released Wednesday.

In this year's annual report, the ALA handed Ohio -- a state that raked in more than $1.2 billion in tobacco-related revenue in 2020 -- failing grades in three areas: tobacco prevention and cessation funding; tobacco taxes; and flavored tobacco products.

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Shadyside fire had crews busy Thursday morning

A scary scene in Shadyside as crews battled a house fire Thursday morning.

Fire departments from Bellaire and Shadyside fought the flames on Lincoln Avenue.

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West Virginia Senator addresses the 700 letters, not emails, she’s received on broadband

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTRF) -- It is a problem almost all West Virginians are all too familiar with: Slow internet. And Thursday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is rejuvenating the fight to expand broadband.

The senator says with the Build Back Better Plan failing to go through, broadband efforts went back to the drawing board.

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