At yesterday's Athens County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners gave authorization to the Athens Community Action Committee to begin a flood disaster relief program, which will temporarily employ Athens residents in need of work.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -Saddam Hussein underwent an operation to repair a hernia about 10 days ago and has made a full recovery, Iraqi sources said yesterday.
WASHINGTON -The Supreme Court said yesterday it will consider whether the Ten Commandments may be displayed on government property, ending a 25-year silence on a church-state issue that has prompted bitter legal fights around the country.
Ohio swimmers Irena Stavreska and Ilse Peterson completed their races at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., with swims and memories that will last a lifetime.
Graduate students will have a chance to learn about their student representatives tonight at the Graduate Student Senate's Fall 2004 Open House.
Some Ohio University students are debating the restrictions of the state's Concealed Carry Law in response to an e-mail last week reminding them that the licenses do not extend to universities. There were no incidents that led OU Police Department to distribute the e-mail, said Chief Tony Camechis.
The Ohio men's cross country team placed fourth at the All-Ohio Championships despite two runners not finishing. Due to breathing problems, Austin Schiele and Pat Harvey had to exit the race early.
(U-WIRE) -Without a doubt, Sen. John Kerry won the debate last Thursday night. Not only did Kerry have better ideas for this country, but he expressed them in a much better manner than George W. Bush did.
(U-WIRE) -My newest heroine: Nisha Sharma. Here is an inspiration to us all, a woman who fought a patriarchal tradition in Delhi, India, and won, unfazed.
Although the Athens Police Department spent almost $9,900 on Taser guns, the weapons continue to be used infrequently in the field.
LOS ANGELES -Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years.
COLUMBUS -The elections board in Ohio's largest county said Wednesday it will direct voters to their correct polling places on Nov. 2 but will accept ballots from anyone who insists on voting at the wrong precinct, despite a directive to keep them from doing so.
DALLAS -A company is seeking state permission to accept millions of pounds of radioactive waste from U.S. weapons programs, including a site in Ohio.
CLEVELAND -Whether for President Bush or Sen. John Kerry, the proliferation of political posters stuck in yards, taped to windows and plastered on buildings is a sign of the times: a neck-and-neck presidential contest in battleground Ohio.
BERLIN -Germany's intelligence chief said yesterday he believes Osama bin Laden is alive and continues to exert influence in his al-Qaeda terror network.
UNITED NATIONS -In Sierra Leone, one in four children dies before age 5. In Iraq, one in 10 does not make it to a fifth birthday. Across the globe, poor care for newborns, malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and measles snuff out lives of the very young, according to a U.N. report.
WASHINGTON -Half a dozen investigations into U.S. intelligence failures on Iraq have reached similar conclusions: limited and unreliable information from inside Iraq
Federal Hocking and Trimble high schools joined the ranks of 102 schools in Ohio given the title of State Superintendent's Schools Of Promise by the Ohio Department of Education for the 2003-04 school year.
JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip -An Israeli missile strike yesterday killed two Palestinian teenagers who were playing with a tube and a gasoline-filled bottle in a game imitating militants firing rockets at Israel, relatives said.
Senequa Barnes, the woman accused of the stabbing at Pawpurrs Aug. 20, was arraigned Wednesday in Athens County Common Pleas Court.
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