Ohio’s 15th Congressional District GOP primary might have ended in a landslide for incumbent Rep. Steve Stivers Tuesday, but the Democratic face off was a lot less decisive.
Mark Sullivan was uprooted Tuesday from his decade-long hold on his commissioner’s seat after he was defeated by Chris Chmiel for the Democratic nomination.
Jeff Maiden celebrated his landslide victory over Archie Stanley, a 32-year incumbent, in fitting fashion for an incoming county engineer — cutting into a cake topped with gray icing roads and yellow construction trucks.
Months after Ohio’s redistricting process left Athens County with a new congressional representative, three men are seeking to take his seat before he can get comfortable.
One of the most heated campaign races of the Athens County election season will come to a simmering end this Super Tuesday.
With nine people competing for two seats as Athens County commissioner, Tuesday’s primary election will narrow the field to a maximum of four candidates for November’s general election.
Laura O’Neil’s hands are much more comfortable holding a paintbrush than a chainsaw.
Hoop skirts and Union soldiers dominated the Ohio University Inn’s ballroom Saturday evening.
For a rock with no adhesive properties, gravel has become a major sticking point in the Athens County engineer’s race.
Fire departments on-call in the college towns of Athens and Oxford are feeling the heat of tight budgets and shrinking staffs, but Bowling Green’s department has put that fire out.
Although concerns surrounding hydraulic fracturing have been well-received by city and county officials, negative testimony given to several congressmen has seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but a series of counterfeit bills found in Athens seems to indicate some are trying to grow money in their basements.
Nelsonville resident Chris VonBargen wanted to be a taxidermist since he was a small child. Last year, he decided to join Ohio’s almost $800 million hunting industry and opened Wildlife Reflections in Nelsonville.
Though Athens mail carrier Charlie Rose defines firefighters, policemen and soldiers as true heroes, the Southeastern Ohio American Red Cross has distinguished Rose and three others as Hometown Heroes.
Although water fluoridation was once again a topic at Athens City Council, the silent camp of fluoride supporters finally voiced their opinion at last night’s committee meeting.
With Ohio University’s classes ending 36 days earlier on the semester system, this May will be the last chance for local businesses to soak up the benefits of the most profitable warm month in Athens.
A tight, reassuring embrace between a 13-year-old and his worried grandmother highlighted the fear and uncertainty exuding from the front row of the Athens County Municipal Courtroom Friday.
Athens County Commissioner Mark Sullivan was found not guilty today of domestic violence stemming from incident Jan. 10.
As each “yes” signaled the closing of their beloved elementary school, the only thought of Chauncey residents was “no.”
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