The Adena Health Foundation has awarded seven grants to organizations in Fayette, Highland, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike, Ross and Vinton counties.

The Greenfield Rotary Club Wheels of Progress festival will roll into town July 16-18 and organizers say the annual event will feature something for every member of the family. The three-day event will have a host of games, music, food, a pageant, and multiple parades.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has announced $24,990,000 to the city of Cincinnati for the creation of a streetcar line. The funding is distributed by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Urban Circulator Grant Program, according to a news release from Brown's office.

Brenda Hale, RN, MSN, has been named the Director of Accreditation at Adena Health System, a newly created position in Adena’s Department of Quality.

Cincinnati and southwest Ohio will be the destination for more than 350 bicyclists on Aug. 1 as they finish their journey from Cleveland in the American Cancer Society's Pan Ohio Hope Ride.

The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF http://ofbf.org/) has announced its support for the agreement announced between the Ohioans for Livestock Care coalition and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The agreement validates Ohio voters’ decision last fall to pass State Issue 2, which established the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board as the appropriate venue for defining acceptable farm animal care practices, the OFBF said.

Former Ohio congressman John Kasich holds a 7-point edge over Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland in the Buckeye State's gubernatorial race, according to a recent poll.

The ongoing property tax dispute between the Highland County commissioners and the legal counsel for Hangar 6, a business located at the Highland County Airport, appears no closer to being resolved after commissioners received a letter this week from the business’ legal counsel.

"The opening bid of $15.9 million will come from a group including Roy Brown, the president and chief executive officer, of Brown Publishing," Bloomberg reported. "Other bids are due initially by July 16. The hearing for approval of the sale will take place July 22."

Eric LaMont Gregory, an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, was in Hillsboro June 25 to discuss issues related to the campaign. Gregory, 61, is one of several candidates seeking to garner votes against the two perceived front-runners, former Congress Rob Portman, a Terrace Park Republican, and Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, a Cleveland Democrat.

As a result of the enactment of House Resolution 3221, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded more than $3.9 billion of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funds to states and communities across the country to address the nation's abandoned and foreclosed homes crisis.  In total, Ohio received an allocation of $258,089,179, with more than $116.8 million awarded to the state and the remaining funds awarded directly to Ohio cities and counties. The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) specified that all of the funds appropriated under the NSP program be used with respect to individuals and families whose income does not exceed 120% of the area median income.

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