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Conrad Balliet reads Robert Brimm's poems, "I Wish" and "There, Almost"

Native Americans knew that the land where Akron now sits lay between two waterways – the Cuyahoga and the Tuscarawas rivers. The Indians had established a portage path through the area to carry their canoes from one water route to the next. What they probably did not know is that they were crossing a continental divide.

"Everything North of Akron the rivers flow towards Lake Erie and ultimately out toward the Atlantic ocean. Everything South of Akron flows South to the Ohio River, Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico," says Jennie Vasarhelyi of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

There’s a spot in southern Akron near the Portage Lakes today where you may see water from the Ohio canal split in those two directions.

Ellen Belcher, who's filling in for Emily McCord, interviews Attorney General Mike DeWine about the $75 million he's awarding to counties in Ohio to tear down the tens of thousands of homes that have been foreclosed on and abandoned.

Montgomery County is eligible for $4 million; Greene County could get $700,000 and Clark County could take in $1 million.

The money comes from a $25 billion settlement that attorneys general across the country reached with five major banks in the "robo signing" scandal. DeWine explains how counties can tap the money -- and talks about more lawsuits that might be coming.

Some Ohio mail-processing facilities are being spared from the first round of closings by the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service this summer and instead are slated to close later.

The Dayton Dragons, along with  the Dayton Development Coalition, will host the first of two “Hometown Heroes Celebration Nights” at Fifth Third Field on Saturday, when the Dragons host the Great Lakes Loons. The program is part of a season-long celebration to pay tribute to all service men and women associated with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Springfield Air National Guard Base.