Despite yet another career performance from one of its players, the Ohio women's basketball team's losing streak keeps growing while hopes for a first-round game at home for the Mid-American Conference tournament are fading.
A man who reportedly left his infant son in a car for several hours before the infant died of dehydration resigned from the Athens County Convention and Visitors Bureau yesterday.
The Ohio Liquor Control Commission has suspended the liquor permit of Skipper's Bar & Grill, 22 W. Union St., for five days, an official at the Liquor Control Commission said.
A call to activism led yesterday's sixth annual Malcolm X Commemorative in Baker Ballroom as two-time Olympic gold medalist Lee Evans explained how the civil rights hero affected his influence on the movement.
Athens feels like a safe place to be and a great place to walk.
A supporter of the now-rescinded drug testing policy at Alexander schools resigned from the school board Thursday as the remaining members continued to discuss a new drug policy.
Athens City Council adopted an ordinance yesterday giving city patrol officers a four percent salary increase but requiring them to pay small portions of prescription drug and deductible costs.
For the Ohio women's basketball team, this final two-game home stand could not have come at a better time.
Drugs, violence and sex: all the ingredients of a fun weekend.
The Ohio women's basketball team concludes its regular season home schedule this week with games against Buffalo and Bowling Green. While the majority of players will be back in the green and white next winter, senior forward Ciara Iglehart will treasure these last two home games as a Bobcat.
Ohio University administrators are considering removing university-provided computers from dorm rooms in the future, and also requiring all students to own a computer before coming to OU.
Ohio is one of the 15 states applying for additional flexibility under the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind Act. In response to criticism about the rigid nature of the law, the government has adapted its guidelines to allow leeway for as many as 10 states in meeting the federal guidelines for student progress by the 2014 deadline. Given the overwhelming changes the law requires - with no financial assistance from the government to meet these standards - Ohio is one of the many states lagging in adequate funding to comply with the federal standards.
Last week, I felt a little guilty for writing my entire column about the Canadian women's hockey team instead of anything pertaining to Team USA.
Seniors graduating in June might have an easier time starting their careers thanks to two new Internet resources designed to help college students find entry-level jobs.
Students, faculty, staff and local residents will have a chance today to discuss proposed changes to Ohio University's alcohol policy in a Day of Dialogue.
Voters now will have to show identification before stepping into the voting booth, thanks to a bill recently signed into law by Gov. Bob Taft.
The critics are right: Woody Allen's Match Point is a change of pace for the 70-year-old director because of its London setting and deadly serious tone. But it's also the most exhilarating and disturbing film he has ever made.
I would like to begin by thanking The Post for printing a story on Jan. 17 about the Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Casa Nueva. As an independent, student-run community paper, I believe that it is important to give young journalists an opportunity to build their skills, gain some experience and get feedback from the people they are writing about.
Ohio freshman swimmer Sarah Vaughn, who has lived in Athens for the past four years, is preparing to compete in her first Mid-American Conference championships later this week. She took some time out to sit down with The Post's Julie Goldberg to talk about life in Athens, her favorite foods and soccer star David Beckham.
Editor's note: This is the seventh story in a series about aging in Athens and the concerns of soon-to-retire baby boomers.
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