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Athens residents may have to drop 740 area code by 2015

The 740 area code could be exhausted by 2015, leaving the state with two possible solutions: splitting the current 740 region into two area codes or installing an overlay that would allow existing numbers to stay the same and force new subscribers onto the new code.



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DeWine: Ohio has a heroin problem

After a month’s worth of research from his office, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced Monday he will oversee the creation of a new unit within his office to fight heroin use statewide.



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Brushing It Off

There’s nothing a little Goof-Off and a morning spent scrubbing, painting and scraping can’t fix.


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Two arrested in Athens meth lab bust

Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly’s office seized eight meth labs Friday during an operation in conjunction with the Waterloo Fire Department and Athens County Children’s Services.


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County-wide drug bust successful

The Athens County Sheriff’s Office seized more than 200 grams of cocaine and other drugs this past Thursday in a combined effort with six other law enforcement entities.


Uptown cameras not useful, officials say

Uptown cameras not useful, officials say

The Athens Police Department has several surveillance cameras on Court Street that can clearly be seen from sidewalks, but they might not be able to see in detail the happenings along Athens’s main drag.


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Diaper demands too high for local food pantries

Reba Robinson, the pantry coordinator at Friends and Neighbors Community Choice Food Center in Coolville, said she’s torn between feelings of generosity and fear. She wants to help struggling families, but her inventory is shrinking.


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Home Sweet Home

ith Ohio University’s graduation only six months away, many seniors are up to their waists in job and graduate school applications and also looking for places to live.


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Council members discuss East State house demolition

Athens City Council’s Planning and Development Committee began discussion on the demolition of a 120-year-old house located at 667 E. State St. at its Oct. 28 meeting. The house, which Mayor Paul Wiehl said once housed a family of Hurricane Katrina survivors, was built in 1893 and remodeled in 1988.


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