Although there were almost 30 percent fewer arrests during last weekend’s Palmer Place and Palmer fests than at last year’s parties, Ohio University students made up about half the partiers who ended up in cuffs.
Less than an hour after Saturday’s house fire on Palmer Street was declared arson, Athens and Ohio University officials met to discuss the future of the spring fests.
The number of homeless students attending Ohio public schools climbed to 21,000 during the 2010-11 school year, according to a report by the Ohio Department of Education, an increase of more than 2,000 students from the previous school year.
After waiving his right to a grand jury indictment, former Buchtel police chief Kelsie Lanning, Jr., pleaded guilty in the Athens County Court of Common Pleas.
After spending more than 10 years on the West Coast, the Community Food Initiatives’ new director has returned to her native Appalachia with the hope of ending hunger and promoting healthy food in the region.
A documentary about the food economy in Athens is in the works thanks to a Trout and Fisher team.
Hundreds of people tuned in on their sofas last Friday morning to watch Connect Ohio’s live broadcast of the first quarter Technology Association meeting at the Vern Riffe Center in Columbus.
Though the “Buffett Rule” was voted down in Congress April 16, President Barack Obama said he would push for the plan on the campaign trail — an effort to which several democratic Southeast Ohio officials have contributed.
With only three items on the agenda Monday night, Athens City Council members postponed making a decision on the abandoned Columbus Road gas station in a meeting that was adjourned in less than 30 minutes.
When the Athens Farmers Market debuted on a summer day in 1972, three farmers arrived to hawk their locally grown produce.
Rainy weather sent partygoers seeking cover under porches and ponchos during Saturday’s High Fest, contributing to a low-key celebration to kick off the final Spring Quarter fest season.
A local man accused of producing and possessing child pornography is asking the federal court to dismiss evidence and his interrogation because of alleged Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights violations.
The landlord for the Pi Kappa Alpha house is asking the court to grant a partial summary judgment to avoid one count of his lawsuit from going to trial May 1.
With more than $400,000 spent and more than a year’s worth of construction work almost complete, a major infrastructure enhancement project approved by Athens City Council last year is coming to a close.
Amid tough economic times, there is no doubt that cuts are being made around town. Whether cuts to funding head-lice prevention are resulting in an increase in cases of the parasitic bug, however, is up for debate.
This Saturday a group will walk three miles to raise money to fight for those who no longer can.
Monday night’s hour-and-a-half-long council meeting featured a Student Senate presentation about the controversial Bobcat Lane and closed with an executive session about the city’s possible takeover of a former gas station on Columbus Road.
Weeks after Mark Mathews was fired from his position as an Ohio University Police Department captain, he is still fighting to get his job back.
Local environmental activist Chad Kister was arrested Sunday on burglary charges after allegedly forcibly entering a tenant’s residence.
Tonight’s the night. Athens City Council is expected to make a decision about accepting an abandoned gas station and to hear arguments from Student Senate for opening the controversial Bobcat Lane.
Solutions by The State News