Athens County nudges canine owners to obtain dog licenses
By Laura Scheer | Jan. 16, 2012Canines across Athens County are howling at their owners to purchase a dog license that will keep them safe — and area dog owners are listening.
Canines across Athens County are howling at their owners to purchase a dog license that will keep them safe — and area dog owners are listening.
As Stephen Colbert transferred his super political action committee to Jon Stewart Thursday, a local politician was planning his fight to end corporations’ ability to donate unlimited funds to election campaigns.
In May 2010, Craig Cooper forcefully entered his ex-girlfriend’s home, kidnapped her and later used her as a human shield during a police standoff.
After a planning session Monday, more than 160 frustrated parents and faculty suggested alternatives that would allow the doors of Chauncey Elementary School to remain open for a little while longer.
In more than 60 years of business, the Regis Hair Salon on Court Street has seen everything from bobs and mohawks to updos and purple spikes while styling the hair of Athens residents and Ohio University students.
Athens County Commissioner Mark Sullivan, 52, pleaded not guilty to one count of domestic violence this morning in Athens County Municipal Court.
The discussion of Nelsonville City Council’s first meeting in the new year quickly turned trashy. The majority of the meeting was spent reviewing the local plan for trash removal for 2012, which was first read at council last night.
A small room across the street from a local elementary school was packed with citizens concerned that closing Chauncey Elementary could negatively impact the school’s students.
A recent advancement in stroke treatment is sending neurologists throughout Ohio to the bedsides of stroke patients at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital.
Editor’s note: The Glouster woman identified in this story is anonymous due to a possible custody battle over her unborn child.
Although Athens ranked in the bottom 15 percent of a national “quality of life” analysis last month, local residents and officials disagree with the study’s methods, saying they distort the values of the college town.
A local group hosted a meeting Sunday afternoon at the Athens Community Center designed to organize the region’s resistance to hydraulic fracturing.
Editor’s Note: This is the last of a four-part series about the economic factors of hydraulic fracturing.
Bar hoppers descending on Athens for their weekend crawls will soon have a new destination in a familiar location.
After two years of tuning into Columbus-based TV stations, Athens County viewers had to ring in the new year with Charleston versions of their CBS and FOX stations.
Although more than half of Ohio’s 88 counties saw a decrease in traffic fatalities in 2011, Athens County was one of only 21 that saw an increase of two or more.
Editor’s note: This is the first of a four-part series about the economic factors of hydraulic fracturing.
A resident of North Congress Street was shot in the leg this morning after a burglary turned violent.