Athens City Council is back from recess and met on Tuesday for its first meeting since July 15. The biggest topic of discussion was Halloween, covering precautionary measures for the city’s biggest event of the year.
As Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly was served four subpoenas Friday, a new chapter was written in the grand jury investigation into complaints of wrongdoing in his office.
Local companies in Athens generally enjoy the business Ohio University students bring, and though a lot of students live in dorms, the Athens Farmers Market isn’t an exception.
By the time Labor Day rolls around each year, Charles Hammer said it’s safe to assume the West Nile virus has made its way into Athens County’s mosquito population.
After a deadly spring at Hocking Hills State Park this year, state employees swore to make the park safer than ever before.
Noise complaints and reports of break-ins are the most typical types of activity local police deal with when students return to Athens, law enforcement officials said.
Kari Labello, 40, had planned on beginning a new job as an art teacher in the Gallia County school district Monday, but instead she’s behind bars at the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail under a $10,055 bond.
Athens City Council approved the Safe Routes to School project this summer to install and repair school sidewalks, and now that classes are in session, school officials are happy with the progress.
A group of family members living as close as Michigan and as far away as Paris all have one geographical location in common: 15 acres of land in Athens, Ohio.
After being convicted on July 31 of raping an intoxicated Ohio University student and being granted his appeal last week, Levi Canterbury is awaiting his next hearing.
If you drove through Nelsonville during your move back to Athens this past week, blame bad weather earlier this summer for your trip on the one-lane road through town.
Police are still looking for a man who held up the Chase Bank at 920 East State St. in Athens earlier today.
While students were off cam pus doing internships, odd jobs and being couch potatoes, Ath ens City Council was still in ses sion. Most of the time.
Whether a long night at Alden Library or an evening party has students out late, there are sev eral services throughout cam pus aimed to help students get home safely.
After nearly two years, the jury reached a verdict Wednesday morning at approximately 10:45—a Gallipolis man was found guilty of two counts of rape.
UPDATE: Levi Canterbury, 23, was found guilty on two counts of raping an Ohio University student in September 2011, according to a news release.
Keith “PJ” Rutter was a “loving son and father," according to his mother, Nannette Justus, despite his struggles after losing his father as a child and his battles with substance abuse.
The Athens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the armed robbery of the Foodland Grocery Store in the Plains Thursday night.
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