Jumping into a frozen lake doesn’t immediately come to mind when formulating Valentine’s Day plans, but for participants at Ohio University’s 8th annual Polar Plunge, getting cold and wet was just the beginning of their steamy holiday.
The incident is alleged to have happened in Wilson Hall.
Following the Athens City School board's suspension of the district superintendent, Keller Blackburn says he sent a 'list' of any past or present district employees who did not report Isaac Thomas relationship with his students to the Ohio Department of Education.
OU is stockpiling five hundred tons of salt this winter, twice as much as last winter.
The Athens City prosecutor’s office is refiling fourth degree misdemeanors for the four Ohio University students who were charged with disrupting a Student Senate meeting in November after both parties agreed to lower charges.
Less than a week after Athens High School teacher Isaac Thomas pled guilty to having a sexual relationship with a student, the district superintendent was placed on paid administrative leave after allegations surfaced he failed to report Thomas illicit actions.
After a nearly three-week trial, a jury found suspended Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly guilty on 18 counts.
After Athens Municipal Court Judge William Grim agreed to lower charges against the four Ohio University students charged with disrupting a Student Senate meeting in November, the city prosecutor’s office has decided to refile the original charges.
The jury is still deliberating the verdict in Athens County Sheriff's Pat Kelly's trial.
A $1 million settlement between OU and the father of a student who died of meningitis in 2010 was approved last week in the Ohio Court of Claims
Eric Heis, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, said the department is taking a number of precautions to address a recent report that linked hydraulic fracturing to seismic activity.
Some choose to head to house shows in Athens as opposed to Uptown bars, although these shows are occasionally shut down by the police for noise levels
But some experts say that label doesn’t always mean what consumers think it means.
But another legalization measure in the Statehouse is on the table, too.
It marks the first reopening of an Uptown business completely affected by the West Union Street fire.
Athens County Commissioners met Tuesday morning to discuss the possibility of installing a visitor’s center on Court Street.
Jury now tasked with reaching a verdict.
A six-inch waterline burst beneath Richland Avenue around 7 a.m. Tuesday, Andy Stone, city engineer and director of public works, said.
Concern with "statute of limitations problems" means employees who had heard allegations against the teacher who pled guilty last Friday to having a sexual relationship with a student will not be charged with failing to report, a misdemeanor in Ohio.
Athens City Council members might move to support fire-damaged West Union Street buildings as historic.
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