After its annual August recess, Athens City Council returned last night with a session in which 13 ordinances were adopted, many of which were motioned to bypass normal ordinance rules because of urgency.
Ohio University owes a West Virginia man more than $80,000 after he sued the school for injuring himself at an on-campus play.
Police have yet to apprehend a man who used a written threat to make off with an undisclosed amount of money from an Athens bank yesterday.
After facing domestic violence charges earlier this year, County Commissioner Mark Sullivan is being investigated for allegedly growing marijuana plants in the backyard of his Millfield home.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol and Athens Police Dept. are investigating a bank robbery that occurred earlier this afternoon on Richland Ave.
A new candidate was added to a 2012 Democratic primary ballot this past week, when Shade, Ohio, resident Mike O’Brien announced his plans to run for Athens County commissioner.
Note: This is an update of an earlier story that said Joseph Cherico was arrested. He was not arrested but only fined.
Ohio voters, including 7,134 in Athens County, have submitted the necessary valid signatures to push a citizen’s vote on Senate Bill 5, completing a petition process that began in April of this year.
About 36 hours after going missing, the Athens man who failed to return home from a Rotary Club meeting early this week has been located.
The city of Athens will borrow more than $500,000 to begin the construction on the Waste Water Treatment Plant, which would make it more energy efficient.
Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly announced he will be running for re-election in 2012, according to a post today on his Facebook page.
Ohio beer enthusiasts will have reason to rejoice this fall when the Pennsylvania brewery, D.G. Yuengling & Son, will begin selling its products in the Buckeye state.
About three weeks after spending time in a hospital for jumping from the second tier of her female housing unit at the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail, Sandra Inman was court ordered to be transferred to a separate institution yesterday.
While last night's Athens City Council meeting resulted in zero adopted ordinances, members read and discussed amendments to the noise ordinance as well as using grant money to fund an energy-efficiency project.
An Athens man is suing a local Mexican restaurant after his wife died allegedly from contracting a Salmonella infection from the restaurant.
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