In an effort to encourage a stronger election-day turnout among voters with disabilities, the Help America Vote Act Project is advocating their voting rights in five Southeastern Ohio counties.
Leadership, experience and the student-resident division were the main topics of discussion yesterday as the two Athens mayoral candidates squared off at the only public forum scheduled before the November elections.
After the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced the purchase of more than 2,600 acres of land for the purpose of oil and natural gas drilling in Athens County, area public officials and residents have raised vocal concerns.
The Green Energy Ohio Tour, one of the largest of its kind in the nation, drew Ohio residents to 51 counties in the state over the weekend, promoting the use of renewable energy.
Known for his charm and genuine kindness, Paul Abraham personified and perfected the role of the small-town business owner. After he died last week, customers and friends, often synonymous at the Campus Sundry, began leaving notes and flowers at the doorstep for the West Union Street storeowner.
The State of Ohio is relocating its death row operations to Chillicothe in an effort to save money by cutting transportation costs and freeing up beds for the state's most violent inmates.
A recent study by Ohio State University shows that pediatricians in the Appalachian region are less likely to encourage the human papillomavirus vaccine.
Athens is now home to Campus Kicks, a student- and alumni-run business that sells wholesale fitted and snapback caps, shoes, apparel and other accessories to students.
Athens police arrested a 25-year-old man after he allegedly robbed a gas station at knife-point early Friday morning.
With 1,389 concealed-carry licenses issued since 2004, Athens County is no stranger to the Second Amendment.
A former Ohio University student could spend three years in prison after an appeals court denied his case yesterday.
The city of Athens will receive more than half a million dollars to improve low-income housing as a part of an Ohio Department of Development grant to improve more than 70 eligible communities statewide.
Even though Athens City Schools received an “excellent” rating from the state during the 2010–11 academic year, about 80 students living within the district are expected to enroll in online charter schools this year, taking almost $400,000 in state money with them.
A former Ohio University student could spend three years in prison, after an appeal court denied his case yesterday.
For the past year, the Ohio tourism industry quietly established itself as one of the state’s most efficient and profitable. Yesterday, state officials came to Athens to explore opportunities that could potentially strengthen the diverse industry.
The Ohio legislature made an attempt to eliminate employment and housing discrimination against the LGBT community yesterday, introducing a bi-partisan bill to the Ohio House of Representatives.
After nearly two years of legal arguments, a lawsuit regarding University Estates was settled this past May leaving a plot of land untouched while the City of Athens and local land developers eye the property.
On Friday, Ohio House Bill 194 is slated to go into effect and would shorten the absentee-voting period as early as this November’s elections. However, if Fair Elections Ohio’s referendum is validated today, the bill would be shelved and eventually decided upon in 2012.
Despite his ousting last June by the Hocking College Board of Trustees, Ron Erickson has returned to his post as president of the school.
The Ohio Apportionment Board voted 4-1 along party lines yesterday to approve a new set of Ohio House and Senate districts that have been called “highly gerrymandered” by state Democrats but “fair and constitutional” by state Republicans.
Solutions by The State News