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Ohio Supreme Court denies Nelsonville’s request to remove candidates (Updated)

By Keri Johnson ● Government ● September 18, 2025

The city asked that certified candidates seeking municipal offices be removed, based on Nelsonville’s upcoming transition to a statutory government.

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Equitas Health facing racial discrimination lawsuit

By Soleil Woolard ● Courts ● September 2, 2025

Former Equitas employee Ivory Davolio sued over alleged pay inequalities and retaliation in the workplace.

A sign for Nelsonville City Hall, and the building's exterior.

Nelsonville elections Ohio Supreme Court case reopens

By Keri Johnson ● Government ● August 28, 2025

The Ohio Supreme Court granted the city’s motion for reconsideration after it closed a suit seeking to remove some races from the November general election ballot.

Survivor advocacy org says former director misused nearly $1 million

By Dani Kington ● Courts ● August 21, 2025

In a countersuit, SAOP alleges that Jen Seifert improperly spent grant funds, lost $700,000 through an unauthorized transaction, and benefited inappropriately from a land sale.

Nelsonville files to stop elections to statutory offices (Updated)

By Keri Johnson ● Courts ● August 14, 2025

Three days after city council repealed Issue 23, the City of Nelsonville filed suit to remove races for statutory-based offices from the November general election ballot.

Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program faces lawsuit from former director

By Dani Kington ● Courts ● August 14, 2025

Jen Seifert alleges that SAOP, its board and its contractor cost her and her consulting company over $4 million by spreading false statements about her and interfering with her business relationships.

Athens plastic bag ban is officially dead

By Dani Kington ● Courts ● August 6, 2025

Given the political make-up of the Republican-dominated Ohio Supreme Court, Athens will not appeal a court decision that blocked the city from implementing a ban on single-use plastic bags.

Environmental group weighing another challenge to fracking in the Wayne

By Dani Kington ● Courts ● July 31, 2025

The Bureau of Land Management issued a decision in April that would allow fracking in the Wayne National Forest’s Marietta Unit. No new oil and gas leases have yet been approved.

Athens vendors may continue providing plastic bags after city loses legal fight

By Dani Kington ● Environment ● July 24, 2025

The Fourth District Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision that the city’s bag ban is unconstitutional. The city is considering whether to appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court.