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In another set-back for the owners of a Licking County golf course, the Ohio Supreme Court has decided not to take up a case involving Ohio History Connection and the Moundbuilders Country Club.
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The case will now return to the court in Licking County unless it's appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Every December, on the shortest day of the year as fall officially gives way to winter, a feat of ancient astronomy and mathematics is on display in the Southwestern Ohio community of Oregonia.
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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled last year in favor of the Ohio History Connection's bid to reclaim land it leases to a golf course. Now, a jury is slated to determine how much the historical society must pay to Moundbuilders Country Club.
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Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks is the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ohio.
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Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are the 25th site in the United States — and the first in Ohio — added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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They now take their place alongside such wonders as the Grand Canyon, the Statue of Liberty and the 20th-century architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Wednesday's ruling affirms two lower courts' decisions allowing the Ohio History Connection to acquire and reclaim the prehistoric site, currently leased to a country club, and turn it into a public park.
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The USA's bid to have Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage sites is progressing. The bid is in the formal review process. Recently, a reviewer from the International Council on Monuments and Sites visited Ohio for a tour.
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A team of reviewers is expected in Ohio this month to review the United States' proposal to bestow World Heritage status to Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks. The bid is moving forward despite disruptions to the process that led to no sites being added to the World Heritage List this summer.