Voting details: when, where, how
By Nora Jaara | Nov. 3, 2014The Athens County Board of Elections has a slew of polling locations in Athens for students.
LOCAL
Social Media on Unseen, Yik Yak threats difficult for police to trace
By Emma Ockerman | Nov. 3, 2014Students and anonymous users of Yik Yak and Unseen rejoice, police aren’t on creeping on your posts — yet.
OUPD uses Twitter to increase communication with students
By Will Gibbs | Nov. 3, 2014At Ohio University, police officers are no longer inaccessible uniforms on bikes and in cars. Now, they’re just a tweet away.
Council may be seeing more trash
By EMILY BOHATCH | Nov. 3, 2014Proposed changes to the Garbage and Rubbish Ordinance have cleared all the procedural hurdles it needs to be adopted this week, but the councilwoman who introduced and authored the legislation has said that might not happen.
There’s a graveyard of lost phones, keys and IDs floating around Uptown.
By Emma Ockerman | Nov. 3, 2014There’s a graveyard of lost phones, keys and IDs floating around Uptown, awaiting their owner’s return to the bars.
Transformer failure left some off-campus students without power
By Joshua Lim | Nov. 1, 2014Officials on the ground worked to restore power Saturday morning and into the afternoon.
BOOgying down at the Athens center
Oct. 31, 2014Goblins, ghouls and some choo-choo trains gathered at the Athens Community Center for another candy-filled evening
Chemicals injected beneath Athens County without regulated testing
By M.C. Tilton | Oct. 31, 2014A new report by the Government Accountability Office shows Ohio isn’t testing for chemicals before they enter hydraulic fracturing injection wells.
Student voter turnout consistently low
By M.C. Tilton | Oct. 31, 2014Even though college-aged residents of Athens have adequate opportunities and resources to vote, turnout stats are still disappointingly low.
Fracking network report finds toxic air in Athens County
By Emma Ockerman | Oct. 31, 2014The report centered on locations in six states, including Athens County.
The beacon of blue light: 77 blue lights maintained on campus
By Joshua Lim | Oct. 31, 2014OU students are more likely to use blue lights to call anyone else besides the police.
Court Street gunshots most significant crime of the month
By Julia Fair | Oct. 29, 2014The Halloween gunfire was among the November crimes of the month
Congressional candidate Wharton stops by OU
By Nora Jaara | Oct. 29, 2014A candidate for U.S. Congress stopped by Baker Wednesday
Athens Police Department has recovered several stolen items
By Emma Ockerman | Oct. 29, 2014Stolen items outnumber reports of stolen property
Burglary reports have increased significantly in 2014
By Joshua Lim | Oct. 29, 2014Athens City burglary reports have almost doubled this year, and the year hasn’t even ended.
Students arrested at senate meeting keep not-guilty pleas
By EMILY BOHATCH | Oct. 29, 2014During their pretrial Wednesday, the students arrested on Sept. 10 at Student Senate had their charges reduced from a fourth degree misdemeanor to a minor misdemeanor
Candidate forum allows judge candidates an opportunity to speak
By William T. Perkins | Oct. 29, 2014The League of Women Voters held their final candidate forum featuring common pleas court judge candidates Herman Carson and George McCarthy
OU students to appear in court for pretrial
By Suhyeon Park | Oct. 29, 2014Four students who were arrested at the Student Senate meeting after Megan Marzec’s “blood bucket” challenge will have their pretrial Wednesday afternoon.
East State Street to receive makeover
By EMILY BOHATCH | Oct. 29, 2014The East State St and U.S. 33 interchange will become the home of Ohio’s second diverging diamond interchange.
'Haunted Hocking' paranormal thrill-seekers share ghost-hunting strategies with students
By Bethany N. Bella | Oct. 28, 2014Pat Quakenbush of Haunted Hocking encourages Athens residents to get involved with ghost-hunting tours just in time for Halloween.
