Concerns regarding a proposed county engineer’s policy that could cost about $100,000 lingered during the relatively brief Athens County Commissioners meeting Tuesday.
The Hockhocking Adena Bikeway will soon have a new attraction at the 5.5-mile marker, as a new chapel being built by Good Earth Farms broke ground on Saturday.
For Freedom to Marry Ohio’s “Court the Vote” campaign and its volunteers, the influx of moms Saturday meant a significant bevy of potential supporters.
From bonding over brunch to meeting at the market, attending sporting events and taking shots at bars, Ohio University students had plenty to do with their mothers during Moms Weekend.
A Glouster man had his first appearance in court Monday on a new charge of murder after his alleged victim of felonious assault died in Columbus Friday.
An Amesville-area woman drowned after her husband’s truck stalled in high water Friday night.
Almost six months after a Zanesville man released dozens of lions, tigers, and other wild animals from his farm, Ohio is on its way to regulating such animals.
Challah covers are used to hide the bread for weekly Shabbat services in the Jewish religion, but for junior Morgan Blumenfeld, those covers gave her a different idea.
In a time when academic budget cuts are eliminating art classes in many school systems, an Athens High School sophomore set out to prove that art should still play a role in education.
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.
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