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An Ohio EPA inspection of the former Parker Hannifin contamination site in Waverly has found that the facility’s groundwater pump and treat system has been shut down for two years, that trichloroethylene violations were never reported to state regulators as required, and that the company’s permit renewal was filed late — all at a site where a known carcinogen continues to spread through the groundwater beneath a Walmart and a newly built Aldi grocery store.
The compliance evaluation inspection was conducted on April 22, 2026, by Ohio EPA’s Division of Surface Water at the Parker Hannifin facility at 11197 US Route 23 in Waverly.
The Ohio EPA documented four findings from the inspection.
The recent announcement by the Department of Justice regarding a $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is not merely a policy decision; it is a profound affront to the American taxpayer and a dangerous distortion of the rule of law. We are witnessing the formalization of what can only be described as a federal "slush fund"—a mechanism designed to provide financial redress to a select few, while the systemic harms inflicted upon ordinary citizens go ignored.
This dangerous pivot in federal priorities underscores a fundamental question: who does our government choose to value? Heartbeat Movement Inc. is currently evaluating action on behalf of thousands of Ohio families whose constitutional rights have been systematically violated. Unlike the political interests this fund intends to serve, these families have never received acknowledgment, redress, or a single dime of taxpayer support.
We are asking you, as neighbors, to commit to 10 conversations. Some might be short: a lot of people are ready and willing to sign the petition. Some might be longer: maybe they have a question about the effort. Some conversations might surprise you, and this is where the real magic happens. This is a grassroots effort run on the love, strength, and stubborn will of neighbors.
This petition seeks to amend the Ohio Constitution in order to ban the construction of data centers that consume over 25 megawatts (MW) of energy per month. 25 MW is the threshold between a manageable, community-friendly facility and an industrial scale data center that can use as much power as a small town. Our petition simply says that anything bigger than 25 MW should be prohibited. Ohio already has approximately 200 data centers and does not need any more.
If we all commit to 10 signatures each, we WILL change the future together.
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The autonomous weapons company moving into central Ohio just signed a deal to mass-produce cruise missiles.
Anduril Industries — the autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence defense company founded by Palmer Luckey — has signed a framework agreement with the U.S. Department of War to produce a minimum of 3,000 surface-launched cruise missiles over three years, with production starting by the end of the year at the nearly $1 billion, 5 million square foot facility in Pickaway County.
Saturday, May 23, 6pm
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In difficult moments, we find each other. Join us as we gather in remembrance and stand in solidarity with the Islamic Center of San Diego community.
It’s no surprise the pro-Trump, police-state apologists at WSYX (ABC Channel 6 news) have infiltrated the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Running the Sheriff office’s media relations office is former WSYX reporter Maria Durant who refuses to answer whether Sheriff Baldwin is reviewing or making changes to Procedure No. 802:1.8.
If you’re not in the know, Procedure No. 802:1.8 is the Sheriff office’s “ICE Notification” protocol. Or as the Ohio Immigrant Alliance refers to it, “One of the broadest ICE cooperation policies in the country.”
This is from a recent Dispatch article: “Jail staff notifies ICE for a list of reasons. This includes when the detainee speaks little English, does not have a government-issued identification, requires consular notification or simply was born outside of the U.S.”
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Yesterday, Vivek Ramaswamy posted an outrageously long, rambling tweet about the desperate need for voter ID laws in Ohio.
Chris Quinn of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said, "What a fascinating report about ICE detainees in Ohio, that completely flies in the face of what president Donald Trump said his immigration policy is about." He was talking about Ohio Immigrant Alliance's new detention data report, which found only 5% of the nearly 8,000 people locked up in Ohio immigration jails during the first 15 months of Trump's second term had been convicted of violent crimes.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 12:00 PM
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Columbus Metropolitan Library and our Local History & Genealogy division are hosting this free virtual event.
Ask questions and live chat with LH&G staff and guest speakers from your computer or mobile device.Join our Black Heritage Special Collections Librarian Nicole Sutton for this month's afternoon talk about Black History in Columbus. We will have a conversation with special guest Edward Roebuck using photographs and materials from the library's digital collection, My History, to give context to the past.
PPG Industries has operated a manufacturing facility at 559 Pittsburgh Road in Circleville for decades. Beneath that facility, and spreading west toward the Scioto River, sits a plume of 1,4-dioxane — a synthetic industrial chemical the EPA classifies as a probable human carcinogen. The plume has been there since at least August 1998. That is the earliest data in the monitoring records. Nobody knows how long it was there before anyone started looking.
This is not a secret. Ohio EPA knows about it. PPG knows about it. The monitoring has been ongoing for 27 years. The documents are public record.
What is not being talked about is what those documents actually show.
