HOMELESS MAN “GOLDEN VOICE” GETS a JOB

HOMELESS MAN “GOLDEN VOICE” GETS A JOB – ed Williams, a homeless US man with a deep, refined voice has become an overnight online sensation after being “discovered” by a local reporter on a street corner in Columbus, Ohio. The 53 year-old has now been offered a job by the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers and is being pursued by NFL Films for possible work. Williams said the team had offered him a two-year contract and said they would pay his living expenses. Williams was recently living in a tent and whose past includes a lengthy list of arrests. He has served time in prison for theft and forgery and has been cited with numerous misdemeanours, including drug abuse. In New York, Williams’ mother Julia was thrilled her only child was turning his life around.

Trooper Stryker receives award

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COLUMBUS — Thirteen felony arrests and convictions have earned the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Criminal Patrol Award for Trooper Joshua G. Stryker. A Mount Vernon native and graduate of Mount Vernon High School, Stryker is with the patrol's Mount …
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Scioto Valley well-represented in Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame

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He also pioneered work reducing the number of limb amputations with extreme trauma to arteries and was a co-founder of the Scioto County Drug Abuse Council. • Allen Trimble, Highland County, War of 1812 Army veteran. After service, he was instrumental …
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Drug sweep suspects make pleas

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Clifford pleaded guilty to selling the painkiller Percocet on March 6 and permitting drug abuse on Feb. 18. He faces up to … Tammi N. Herschell, 36, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to theft and misuse of a credit card between March 13 and June 2. She …
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