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Zanesville attorney Jan Allen Baughman begins term as Ohio State Bar Association President
COLUMBUS, Ohio (July 7, 2026) – On July 1, attorney Jan Allen Baughman began her term as 2026-27 president of the Ohio State Bar Association. Baughman has served on the Ohio Bar’s Board of Governors since 2019, most recently in the office of president-elect from 2025-26, leading into her term as president.
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Legal Legacy: Human cannonball fought for his right of publicity and won
On June 28, 1977, the Supreme Court of the United States provided a landmark ruling in an Ohio case about a stuntman’s right to protect the commercial use of his identity. This is known as the right of publicity.
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Company pitted “human cannonball” Hugo Zacchini against a C ... (full story)
Today in History: July 15, discovery of the Rosetta Stone
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, July 15, the 196th day of 2026. There are 169 days left in the year.
Today in History:
On July 15, 1799, the Rosetta Stone, a key to deciphering ancient Egyptian scripts, was found at Fort Julien in the Nile Delta during the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt.
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Medicaid funding is resuming for Planned Parenthood after being cut off for most of a year
Planned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion providers are resuming billing Medicaid for services other than abortion after being cut off for most of a year.
The defunding, which was mandated in President Donald Trump's big tax and policy law last year, has been blamed in the closure of multiple clinics as well as a redu ... (full story)
'Right under our noses and nobody was able to help them.' 16 kids found in squalor shocks Ohio town
HAMDEN, Ohio (AP) — Just days after authorities removed 16 siblings from a squalid home and arrested their parents and grandparents, the question looms over their southern Ohio village: How could this have happened, for years, unnoticed, right here?
Neighbors of the family in tiny Hamden, employees at local stores where th ... (full story)