Schweitzer challenges Brenner, promising ‘honest representation’

Craig Schweitzer is hoping to replace “politicking” with community values, as he vies for the 67th Ohio House District.

Craig Schweitzer is hoping to replace “politicking” with community values, as he vies for the 67th Ohio House District.

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to create a lunar colony that he says could become a U.S. state. There’s his grand research plan to figure out what makes the human brain tick. And he’s warned about electromagnetic pulse attacks leaving America without electricity.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will allow Yemen’s outgoing president to come to the U.S. temporarily for medical treatment, a move aimed at easing the political transition in Yemen, a key counterterrorism partner.

To quell rumors spreading in the community about upcoming budget reductions, Buckeye Valley School District officials plan to unveil a proposed list of cuts totaling $1.3 million in savings at the February board of education meeting, they announced Tuesday.
Longtime Powell Councilman Richard Cline was elected as the new mayor by his fellow council members at Tuesday night’s organizational meeting.

BAGHDAD (AP) — A terrifying wave of bombs tore through mostly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 69 people and evoking fears that Iraq could dissolve into a new round of sectarian violence now that American troops have left.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Even as Iraqis celebrated the departure of the last American troops Sunday, the dangers left behind after nearly nine years of war were on full display. Politicians feuded along the country’s potentially explosive sectarian lines and the drumbeat of deadly violence went on.
WASHINGTON — The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service said Monday it is seeking to move quickly to close 252 mail processing centers and slow first-class delivery next spring, citing steadily declining mail volume.