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.
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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.
Kent Smith places as 1 of 4 finalists in search for new president of historically black college
By Brian Vadakin | Jan. 4, 2012A top Ohio University administrator is a finalist for the presidency of Langston University, and his departure would mark a 100 percent turnover among OU’s vice presidents in the past three years.
Post Modern: OU student activitsts are taking it to the bricks
By Bridget Mallon | Jan. 4, 2012Around the world, 2011 was characterized by young people’s taking charge and making their mark as activists. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement, young people refused to be ignored; Time magazine even named “the protester” person of the year.
Bright orange bikes peddle local rental agency
By Amy Worrell | Jan. 4, 2012Along with a snow-covered campus, returning Ohio University students have been hit with the sight of neon-orange bicycles appearing at random bike racks.
Athens welcomes new fire truck to fleet
By Ryan Clark, Sara Jerde | Jan. 4, 2012After five years of planning, two years of funding debates and nearly a year of waiting, the Athens Fire Department finally received its new fire truck yesterday.
Kill 'Em With Kindess: Showing respect for someone goes a long way
Jan. 4, 2012How many of you have ever been interrupted while telling a story you were excited to tell? Or maybe discriminated against for whatever reason? Or even, let’s go way back, picked last on the playground? I can safely bet every person has felt disrespected at least twice in his or her lifetime, and we’re not even truly into the “real world” yet.
Women's Basketball: 'Cats rope in Bulls to nab 1st MAC opener win since 2008-09
By JIM RYAN | Jan. 4, 2012Buffalo gave Ohio a run for its money in both teams’ Mid-American Conference opener, but it was the Bobcats who ended up taking the win to the bank, finishing off the Bulls 73-64.
Let's Be Unreasonable Here: History's dirty secrets hide behind nursery rhymes
Jan. 4, 2012At first glance, nursery rhymes seem childish, with nonsensical meanings hardly worth another look. I myself listened to them for years as a child, and all they solicited from me were a few laughs. After all, no sane mind would feed innocent children anything other than innocuous nonsense. Right?
Between the Lines: Cancer scare turns into stressful waiting game
Jan. 4, 2012“You may want to consider getting these lumps removed as they might be cancerous,” my doctor suggested to me as I sat on the edge of my seat in his brightly lit examination room.
