After a former Ohio University graduate student was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2007 murder of his father, he was sent to a Columbus mental facility in the name of public safety.
After Senate Bill 5 was signed into law last month, many unions and interest groups sought to put the law to a citizen’s vote in the November elections.
The senator and state representative for Athens’ district are split about a bill that would bring the controversial Teach for America program to Ohio.
A compromise between an Ohio University Student Senate group and Athens Police could lead to possible changes to the city’s noise ordinance.
A former Ohio University student was sentenced to two years in prison after taking a plea agreement last week.
On April 26, 1986, the nuclear reactor explosion in Chernobyl produced devastating health and environmental effects for Europe. Twenty-five years later, the contamination continues to affect the surrounding area.
This is how I imagine the pitch meeting for Treme between HBO and co-creator David Simon went:
I think – or at least I hope – that I am not the only one who is frequently repulsed by the excess of cigarette butts that exists on Ohio University’s campus.
The Major League Baseball season is 27 days old, with 155 more to go before 22 teams head home at the end of summer. It’s time to talk about the playoffs.
Students who will be in school when Ohio University switches to semesters now have a better idea of how their school days will look.
Upon arriving at the Campus Involvement Center’s poverty simulation, students received a packet — inside the pouch was a new identification, residence, job, and a whole new life of poverty.
In last Thursday’s Post column, freshman Bentley Weisel claimed that men are incapable of being friends with members of the opposite sex. Friend of course meaning, “one attracted to another without romantic affection.”
For the fifth time since 2001, Ohio University is searching for a new chairman of the Department of African American Studies.
The Athens County prosecutor announced yesterday he will resign from his position next month — leaving the office with more than a year remaining in his term.
After picking up some ammo from Ohio Valley Trading & Exchange, I was excited for my second outing of the year to Strouds Run State Park’s shooting range. When I arrived, I was appalled to see that the range will be closed until 2012.
This Friday, commoner Kate Middleton’s dreams will come true when she marries Prince William of Wales. In attendance will be Ohio University alumna Molly Gross, her dreams recently made reality by her sister and the Today show.
Junior center fielder Ethan Newton leads off an April 15 game against Northern Illinois with a hit. As he jogs onto first base, another game begins.
Although Athens is not home to any Internet cafés, a push by Ohio legislators to regulate gambling in these cafés prompted city officials to look into stricter guidelines.
For the past four weeks, four days a week, coach Frank Solich took to the turf at Peden Stadium to oversee his squad’s progress through spring football practice. Rain or shine, 3 p.m. or 9 p.m., he wore a beige sun hat and a green Ohio polo shirt.
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