IRS Last Call for Taxpayers to Claim $1.5 Billion in tax Refunds From Unfiled 2019 Tax Returns: July 17 Deadline Rapidly Approaching

 

IR-2023-122, June 30, 2023

WASHINGTON ― The Internal Revenue Service issued a final reminder today to nearly 1.5 million taxpayers across the country to claim their refunds for tax year 2019 by filing before the July 17, 2023, deadline.

For these unclaimed refunds, the IRS estimates average median refund for tax year 2019 amounts to $893.Read full story

Social Media Day – June 30

 

Social Media Day is observed annually on June 30th. In its short life, social media has redefined how people interact, communicate, and share with family, friends, and the world.

#SocialMediaDay

With the launch of Friendster in 2002 and MySpace in 2003, social media became mainstream.Read full story

Hazardous Weather Outlook – June 30, 2023

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
442 AM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023...

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-010845-
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-
Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
442 AM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.
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Governor DeWine, Lt. Governor Husted Announce State Support for 38 Historic Rehabilitation Projects

 

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik today announced state support for 38 historic preservation projects that will rehabilitate 59 historic buildings across Ohio. The projects are expected to leverage approximately $523 million in public and private investment. Read full story

Flag Lowering – June 29, 2023


In honor of the life and service of South Richland Fire Chief Matthew “Matt” Hanenkrath, I hereby proclaim, by the authority vested in me as the Governor of the State of Ohio by the Ohio Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Defiance County, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower today, and will remain until sunset on the day of his funeral, July 3, 2023

All other public buildings and grounds throughout the state may lower at their discretion for the same time period.

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Highland County Man Sentenced to 19 to Life for Raping Child, Sexually Abusing Another

 

(HILLSBORO, Ohio) — A Highland County man was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for the sexual abuse of two children, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

Clayton Collins, 26, of Hillsboro, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of rape, a first-degree felony, and one count of gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony.Read full story

Air Quality Alert – June 29, 2023

OHZ003-006>009-017>019-023-027>033-036>038-047-302215-
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Trumbull-
Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-
Including the cities of Toledo, Bowling Green, Perrysburg,
Port Clinton, Oak Harbor, Genoa, Fremont, Bellevue, Clyde, Sandusky,
Huron, Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Norwalk, Willard, Warren, Niles,
Upper Sandusky, Carey, Bucyrus, Galion, Crestline, Mansfield,
Ashland, Wooster, Orrville, Rittman, Canton, Massillon, Alliance,
Youngstown, Boardman, Austintown, Marion, Mount Gilead, Cardington,
Millersburg, Killbuck, and Mount Vernon
1001 AM EDT Thu Jun 29 2023

...AIR
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Townsend Farms Inc. Voluntarily Recalling Specific Frozen Fruit Products Because of Possible Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination

 

Townsend Farms Inc. of Fairview, Oregon out of an abundance of caution is voluntarily recalling specific frozen fruit products linked to mango chunks supplied by SunOpta (Sunrise Growers) due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.Read full story