Federal Hocking Local School District cut 12 teaching positions last night to reduce its mounting debt, which totals about $800,000 and is expected to grow to about $1.8 million next fiscal year, said treasurer Bruce Steenrod.
Working from suggestions generated in its diversity and retention forum, Student Senate made 11 recommendations to keep students at Ohio University, but members raised questions about how realistic the possibilities would be to implement.
The state representative from Athens said that he wouldn't support a 4-cent tax on beer to pay for additional police and firefighters, but such a measure probably would never pass anyway.
Despite everything that has gone wrong for the Bobcats in their last three games, coach Tim O'Shea said he still believes his team can bounce back for a late-season run.
Pay-as-you-drive automotive insurance might finally be taking off after years of sitting on the shelf. Texas passed legislation allowing PAYD insurance in 2001, but no companies have offered it yet.
Two teams heading in opposite directions will be facing each other for the second time tonight.
Humans are born with a drive to create.
Four breaks in a city water line yesterday and early this morning on the north end of Athens left at least 200 people without water pressure or any water at all.
As the Bobcats ran through defensive sets near the end of their practice yesterday, guard Bubba Walther laid on the third row of the bleachers with a bag of ice over his right ankle.
Ohio University is striving for recognition as a research institution, but printing quotas for graduate students have some wondering if the university is fulfilling their research needs.
Center Chandra Myers has already scored more points this season than she did all of last season and recorded career highs in points in consecutive games.
A New York state senator plans to introduce legislation prohibiting the use of electronic devices from crosswalks in major cities. If passed, anyone listening to an MP3 player or talking on a cell phone while crossing the street could be fined up to $100.
A splash of Irish culture will come stepping into Athens when Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance performs tonight at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.
Education majors who teach or observe at local schools might be scrambling for hours as the number of snow days mounts in those districts.
Keith Cobbin made his first stop in Athens yesterday during a bike ride from New York to Iowa for his seventh long-distance bike trip. He carts 80 pounds of luggage on carts behind him and stays in motels, outdoors and in churches, while writing a memoir about the interesting people he meets.
Elected city officials will receive a 3 percent annual pay raise for each of the next four years after members of Athens City Council unanimously voted in favor of the ordinance last night.
As a three-time Ohio grad and an avid fan of Ohio athletics, I have followed the teams in all sports since 1974 when I first was a student. In my opinion, history is repeating itself when it comes to the current basketball team, its level of play and its coaches.
An Athens County grand jury indicted Constance Connie Zwahlen, a former secretary for Athens County prosecutor, and her husband for felonious drug-related charges resulting from an October drug investigation.
The retention rate at OU has fallen again to 79.8 percent. This is a continuing trend that, as administrators have confirmed, has begun to affect the budget. Many of the monetary woes facing the university have been blamed on the falling retention rate. There is a problem keeping students at OU, and the university needs to start offering real solutions.
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