A resounding chorus of “Four more years!” erupted as Athens Mayor Paul Wiehl entered a packed Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery after a landslide victory against his Republican challenger, Randy Morris.
As a 6-0 start slipped to an 0-3 slide through October, a Week 10 win was not enough to save the Spartans’ season as they finished 7-3 and missed out on the playoffs.
After a rather mediocre win against Lake Erie College Tuesday, Ohio is ready to move on to its first regular season game.
Athens Democrats were ecstatic last night as they learned that their county had defeated Senate Bill 5 by the greatest margin of any of Ohio’s 88 counties.
In what could be their final team race of the season, the Bobcat runners will compete in the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals race Saturday at the University of Toledo.
All six Athens County issues passed yesterday, granting more aid to senior and disability services as well as allowing three local businesses to sell alcohol on Sundays.
For $1,697,385, a student could buy a dream house, purchase a couple of luxury cars or pay his or her way through school at Ohio University more than 20 times.
Although Issue 2 failed by a landslide within Athens County, other statewide issues were decided by much closer margins.
Athens bands Elemental Groove Theory and The Grove will team up tonight along with Soap to perform in support of veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hordes of students and Athens residents filed into Uptown bars tonight, eagerly awaiting local and statewide election results.
Beneath a picturesque image of white walls and decorative lampposts hide four lives coping with extreme poverty.
Riding the wave of success after its “Party Rock Anthem” performance went viral on YouTube a month ago, the Ohio University Marching 110 will perform its annual Varsity Show Saturday.
A possible gridlock in Athens city government has been averted.
A resolution calling for the official installment of the gender neutral housing program will be up tonight at Ohio University Student Senate’s last meeting of Fall Quarter.
It’s often said that a team’s season doesn’t really begin until they go on the road in conference play. The familiarity, the rivalries, the upped intensity, a hostile environment — this is when a team is first thrown into the fire to sink or swim.
Of the $12.5 million the Ohio Department of Public Safety issued earlier this month for traffic-safety improvements in federal fiscal year 2012, not a penny will be spent in Athens County.
For years, Sara Seitz used her head to redirect airborne soccer balls. Now, she has the chance to use it to instruct younger players.
After 11 minutes of overtime, a jubilant Taylor Brown raised her hands into the air and ran from the front of Lafayette’s goal toward midfield. Seventeen teammates surrounded her in a giant mob-hug that became a giant dogpile. Goaltender Jen McGill ran 70 yards in full padding to join the celebration.
Sometimes, change is a good thing, and Nelsonville’s 130-year-old Opera House seems to agree.
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