NELSONVILLE -In an emergency session, Nelsonville City Council passed a resolution last night mandating the city auditor prepare a certificate to renew a property tax that would produce estimated revenues of 2 mills on the November ballot.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -The U.S. Energy Secretary said that Saudi Arabia has assured Washington it will supply up to 2 million barrels a day in additional crude oil if the market demands it.
In late 2001, a couple from Columbus traveled to Southeast Ohio for a short retreat in one of Hocking County's cabins. The husband had made all the plans and drove them to their location. During their stay, the husband suffered a medical emergency. Using her cellular phone, his wife called 911 for help.
A bill to update county 911 systems is on the fast track to Gov. Bob Taft's desk before the General Assembly recesses for the summer this Thursday.
Rhode Island field hockey player Jess Arnold used to play basketball. So did her younger sister Amanda. She used to play softball, too -and so did Amanda.
(U-WIRE) -There are ideas and ideologies at war across the globe -from the conflicts in the Middle East to the election year conflicts in American homes. While these wars are vastly different from situation to situation, one constant can be seen in them all -it is futile to use force to oppose an idea.
CARLISLE, Pa. -President Bush, trying to dispel rising doubts about the war, declared last night the United States would stay in Iraq until it was free and democratic, but he also said insurgents probably would become more active and more brutal and suggested more U.S. soldiers might have to be sent.
A reporter for The Post received an award for business writing from the Associated Press Society of Ohio Sunday.
Lately, I've been much more into the prize money sports of golf and tennis rather than the guaranteed money sports. Maybe it's just the free market in me. Monday marked the start of the French Open, the second tennis Grand Slam tournament of the year. Being one of six Americans that still pays attention of men's tennis, I feel obligated to do a little pro bono marketing.
Congratulations to Roderick McDavis, Ohio University's next president.
Athens City Council members revamped monthly garbage pickup rates for renters and, amid much criticism, talked about the costs of Palmerfest at last night's meeting.
JERUSALEM -Israeli troops and tanks left the Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza-Egypt border after sundown yesterday following a weeklong sweep for militants and weapons-smuggling tunnels, military officials said.
The Franklin County Coroner's Office has ruled a former Ohio University student's death a suicide, according to autopsy results.
Because of a reporting error, Brooke Dagnan's degree program was incorrect in yesterday's article, Graduate students will vote for senate online. Dagnan is pursuing a master's in fine arts, or M.F.A.
Palmerfest cost the city of Athens close to $81,500, which is much higher than previous years because of the cost of employing outside police officers.
Ohio University's Student Senate members voted last night to allow the names of the Boston Tea Party's treasurer Kelly Felter and vice president Joey Gibson to appear on senate election ballots today.
Easy Mac and ramen noodles have no place on the dinner table in apartment 402A, where Ohio University seniors Mark Dietsche, Mark Villwock, Scott Francesangelo and Jonathan Lorincz appreciate the value of a sharing a good meal.
Journalism professor Bill Reader stood before his 8 a.m. class last week and, between sips of coffee, addressed the students before him, How many of you drink coffee?
It is an obvious fact that college students eat a lot of pizza. Ohio University students are no exception.
Those traveling through parts of Athens, Hocking, Perry and Vinton counties might need to find alternate routes because of emergency flooding in areas.
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