Baker head sets sights on Sunshine State
By Brian Vadakin, Rebecca McKinsey | Jan. 5, 2012As Vice President of Student Affairs Kent Smith interviews at Langston University, another member of the department will be packing his bags.
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Local landowners jump gun on leases
By Kelly Gifford | Jan. 5, 2012Editor’s Note: This is the last of a four-part series about the economic factors of hydraulic fracturing.
Obama appointment could lower OU students' debt
By Brandon Carte | Jan. 4, 2012The average student graduates with more than $20,000 in federal student-loan debt.
Water chiller replacement closes President Street
By Lucas Daprile | Jan. 4, 2012As a crane lifted huge silver water chillers into the air, traffic backed up on Court Street and students stopped and stared.
Men's Basketball: Ohio 12-2 despite fewer high scorers
By Rob Ogden | Jan. 4, 2012Down three points with five seconds remaining in Monday’s eventual loss to Robert Morris, the Bobcats needed a 3-pointer to tie the game.
Boys Basketball: Area teams shooting for strong start to new year
By Paul Meara | Jan. 4, 2012With the beginning of the new year, each game grows in importance as the season grows older for local high-school boys basketball teams.
Athens County's new U.S. representative stops by to cull support from OU's GOP
By Allison Wichie, Kaitlynn Grady | Jan. 4, 2012As Republican presidential candidates jet across the country to campaign in various states, U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers also hit the campaign trail last night.
OU, Kellogg's to kick off cereal-donation project
By Brandon Carte | Jan. 4, 2012This month, Ohio University will fight hunger with an unlikely tool — cereal.
Local lawyer digs up dirt on fracking leases
By Kelly Gifford | Jan. 4, 2012Editor’s note: This is the third of a four-part series about the economic factors of hydraulic fracturing.
Shooter receives 10-year sentence after pleading guilty
By Stefan Malmsten | Jan. 4, 2012What began 17 months ago as a manhunt for Craig Oxley’s shooter ended yesterday when Matthew Wolfe pleaded guilty to three felonies and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
A more adult 3-wheeler
By Sarah Grothjan | Jan. 4, 2012It’s a car. It’s a motorcycle. Actually, it’s a little of both.
Burger grease smoke causes Baker evacuation
By Pamela Engel | Jan. 4, 2012Baker University Center was evacuated at about 11:15 a.m. today after smoke from burger grease in the food court set off the emergency alarm.
Ohio's old coal towns gold mines of history
By Bridget Mallon | Jan. 4, 2012Editor’s note: This is the last in a three-part series exploring the Little Cities of Black Diamonds, 61 coal towns in Southeast Ohio.
Free donuts distributed in Baker today
By Lucas Daprile | Jan. 4, 2012Ohio University has resurrected its popular “free donut day.”
Black Student Cultural Programming Board announces search for openers for Sib's Weekend's Big K.R.I.T. concert
By Olivia Young | Jan. 4, 2012Ohio University’s Black Student Cultural Programming Board (BSCPB) tweeted last night that it will hold its first Battle of the MCs, a competition for one student to perform during this year’s Sib’s Weekend concert.
French oil company invests $2.3 billion in Ohio natural gas
By Will Drabold | Jan. 4, 2012Anti-fracking advocates in Athens County now have to fight against natural-gas interests from outside not only the state but also the country.
