Athens seeks to rebudget its funds
By Emma Ockerman | Oct. 14, 2013City departments are left scrambling to re-evaluate what areas they require funding for as the Athens annual budget dwindles toward the end of the year.
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Staff classifications made clearer through groups
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Oct. 14, 2013Ohio University professors understand their roles, but their Faculty Senate is hoping to make those roles clearer to other institutions and new hires.
Criminals contribute to community with local work projects
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 14, 2013The Athens County Common Pleas Court deals with offenders every day and works to put perpetrators behind bars — and makes them clean up at the Dairy Barn Arts Center.
Man harmed in Uptown assault
By Lucas Daprile | Oct. 13, 2013Amid an upbeat Homecoming weekend, a man was “harmed” in a felonious assault in Athens’ Uptown area Saturday night, according to the Athens Police Department.
Increased student debt can await renters living in luxury
By Emma Ockerman | Oct. 10, 2013A private theater. A gym with floor-to-ceiling windows. An in-ground pool.
Local UFO sightings spark support, criticism from space enthusiasts
By Sam Howard | Oct. 10, 2013What started as a normal evening for Kathleen Covalt about five years ago turned out to be out of this world — perhaps literally.
Uptown businesses adjust opening times, services to adapt for parade
By Joshua Rogers, Xander Zellner | Oct. 10, 2013For the second consecutive year, Ohio University’s Homecoming Parade will follow a route that travels the opposite way of normal traffic on Court Street.
Athens cops reflect on violent video game, remain indifferent
By Allan Smith | Oct. 10, 2013The trigger-happy, endless stream of Los Santos Police Department officers aren’t the only cops talking about the streets of Los Santos, as leaders of local police agencies say there’s nothing wrong with an officer playing the controversial game Grand Theft Auto.
Security for large events to increase
By Joshua Lim | Oct. 9, 2013The Ohio University Police Department is not taking any chances after national incidents at the Boston Marathon and Washington Navy Yard.
County splits insurance cost with employees
By Olivia Bower | Oct. 8, 2013The Athens County Commissioners decided Tuesday that county employees not covered by a union contract will have to pay higher insurance rates.
Diet dedication: students, locals dining out less
By Emma Ockerman | Oct. 8, 2013A five-buck meal from Taco Bell?
Local fertility rates remain low
By Emma Ockerman | Oct. 7, 2013As a child, Ohio University admissions and commissions employee and freelance journalist Mary Reed mused that eventually she’d want children of her own. She thought one day she’d be ready.
Without vaccine, virus kills 4 Ohio dogs in 6 weeks
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 7, 2013The cool air of fall is here, and with the return of warm sweaters and pumpkin spice lattes come illnesses such as the common cold.
Athens City Council adopts new fringe benefits practices
By Cassie Kelly | Oct. 7, 2013Athens City Council adopted a fringe benefits package for non-union city workers Monday, including police, fire fighters and maintenance workers.
Poverty cripples test scores in Athens schools
By Olivia Bower | Oct. 7, 2013If you’re white in Ohio, state-testing data suggests you’ll probably score better on standardized tests than minority peers.
Ohio entrepreneur aids firefighters with bright idea
By Lucas Daprile | Oct. 7, 2013Zachary Green had three major goals in his life: to serve as a U.S. Marine, to be a firefighter and to be an entrepreneur. In 2010, he decided to pursue the third part of that dream.
Parts of Co. are cellphone dead zones
By Emma Ockerman, Kelly Fisher | Oct. 7, 2013Making the “Lion King” position, or holding a cellphone to the sky while looking for another service bar amid a sea of dropped calls and unsent texts, is common for many Ohio University students and Athens residents.
Mays indicted for trafficking in persons
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 7, 2013One of the two Athens residents accused of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and using her as a prostitute in exchange for money and drugs was indicted Monday.
Athens supports Munroe Falls court appeal
By Cassie Kelly | Oct. 6, 2013A Summit County city isn’t alone in its fight for regulations on hydraulic fracturing.
