Athens County residents voted in favor of incumbent Tommy Adkins and first-time candidate Steve Pierson on Tuesday, defeating incumbent Brian Baker and other first-time candidate Ronnie Ervin.
Athens County voters chose to increase property taxes Tuesday by approving a levy to support Athens County Emergency Medical Services.
Tuesday night, when Athens County Commissioner Lenny Eliason’s smartphone lit up in his palm, a collective breath was held by Athens City Council at-large candidates at Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery.
The nation was in trouble in 2009. Amid a wounded economy and rising unemployment, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in an effort to jumpstart the ailing economy.
For some Nelsonville business owners, it has been business as usual, but others are suffering since the opening of the Nelsonville Bypass on Oct. 1.
Dan Innis, Ohio University alumnus and former associate dean of Ohio University’s College of Business, has decided to run for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District seat in 2014.
After having to keep cars at the Athens Fairgrounds for almost three months, Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly is getting a new parking lot for impounded cars and — possibly — about 25 sheriffs’ cruisers.
As the semester drags on and finals loom on the horizon, health is the last thing on many students’ minds. However, the rising diabetes percentage in Ohio may force students to reconsider their priorities.
Some critics of the city’s role, or lack thereof, in controlling the incident involving a public sex act Uptown are confused as to why no police officer witnessed the event.
A Logan man accepted a plea deal Wednesday to an indictment charging one count of felonious assault.
As soon as Ohio University was established in 1804, the next action of the committee that established the university was to create a Board of Trustees.
From health classes to anti-smoking campaigns, high school students are discouraged from smoking.
Without a clear-cut plan in place, the old National Guard Armory won’t be seeing renovations anytime soon.
From a school shooting in Chardon, Ohio, last year to one in Sparks, Nev., this month, mass school shootings are becoming all too familiar, and school boards throughout the country are scrambling to find a way to prevent the acts from repeating.
The candidates for Athens City Schools Board of Education all agree on at least one thing: by and large, state policy enacted in Columbus hinders learning in Athens classrooms.
Pharmacists and other health officials in Athens are all too aware of the blurred lines between patients who are in dire need of prescription medicine and those who are just talented actors.
The Murray City police chief pleaded guilty to multiple charges Tuesday to receiving stolen property owned by Paul E. Roberts, a Glouster man allegedly murdered by his son.
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