Thousands protest for the climate. And the maven rocket orbits mars, trying to find out what happened to the planets water. 100,000 Syrian Refugees fled to turkey to escape i. S. I. L. Fighters. The Islamic State of iraq and levant is threatening to take over a kurdish town in Northern Syria as the u. S. Gathers support to fight the group in iraq. Secretary of state john kerry hoped to get a stronger commitment from turkey, now turkey has domestic issues to worry about. A flood of Syrian Refugees. Stefanie dekker explains from the border. Reporter we are close to a town, across on the little hill behind us, we are on on the turkeysyria border. Over 130,000 refugees crossed. On monday the number was lower. What happened when we arrived was a stand off between a couple of tens of protesters with Turkish Police. There was a strong presence, tear gas, water canons were used to disperse them. They were throwing rocks, there was a long line of riot police. The people we spoke to, syrian kurd
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IN DISCUSSION â Wintersville Councilman Robbie Martin, seated at the end, discussed a matter during the panelâs meeting Thursday. Martin was elected council president and will preside over meetings in the absence of Mayor Bob Gale. Seated to his left is Councilman Randy Spence, who also was nominated for council president; and and to Spenceâs left is Councilman Dr. Michael Ross. Warren Scott
WINTERSVILLE Upcoming gas line replacements, a village ordinance against parking on snow-covered streets were among business and a handful of police matters were among business before Wintersville Council on Thursday.
Village Administrator Walt Ziemba said crews with Columbia Gas will be replacing gas lines in the Canton Road area from the Kroger store north to Meadow Road and starting with Springdale Avenue on Jan. 18.