As voters hit the polls today, about 1,000 fewer Athens County residents will be fighting polling lines compared to 2009, having cast their ballots long before the second Tuesday this November.
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Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series profiling impoverished residents of Athens County.
The last time the city of Athens had a Republican mayor, the Athens Bulldogs football team recorded an undefeated regular season.
After a year of running the Chica Chica Chop Chop, food-buggy owners Todd and Tuti Wilson are losing their wheels and trying their hand at the stationary restaurant business.
A panel discussion at Ohio University yesterday saw about 50 people gather to debate the possibility of hydraulic-fracture mining in Athens County — though, some attendees were not intimidated by the possibility.
After serving two years in the Army, including five months as a prisoner of war during World War II, a local resident will be inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame for his efforts fighting causes much closer to home.
A Chillicothe man was charged with one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor Monday at a residential center in Nelsonville.
Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part series about campaigning for office in Athens.
As Athens City Council prepares to finalize its budget plans for the upcoming fiscal year, 3rd Ward candidates believe council should utilize innovative approaches to create more revenue for the city.
There is a roadblock keeping Ohio University from extending Bobcat Lane, the strip of street that runs from the Peden Stadium parking lot and dead ends in front of Baker University Center, into Richland Avenue. But that block is more than just the physical curb owned by the city.
Angry birds, Zanesville exotic animals, and university and city officials ambled away from Court Street after a quieter-than-usual Halloween jubilee. Arrests were down from last year, and there were no major incidents throughout the night, officials reported.
With congressional redistricting in Ohio delaying the date that candidates can register to be on the ballot, state residents will hit the polls twice before reaching the November 2012 elections.
Although city officials believe it’s a bright idea to bring in lights for increased safety during Halloween weekend, those thoughts will not translate into any permanent lighting changes around town.
Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series about campaigning for office in Athens.
With Athens County experiencing a 9.6 percent unemployment rate and 32 percent poverty rate, both Athens mayoral candidates agree there needs to be a focus on economic change after this November’s elections.
In less than five years, Southeast Ohio could lose a significant source of natural beauty and timber to the emerald ash borer.
With a recent Ohio poll showing a widening gap between supporters and opponents of Ohio Senate Bill 5, local politicians are taking sides on the controversial law.
Morgantown, W.Va. has more in common with Athens than its college-town charm.
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