Athens City Council was right in its decision to loan money to Athens Parks and Recreation to meet the $314,000 bid for the new skatepark, which was placed on the table by Maiden and Jenkins Construction Company of Nelsonville.
Josh Harris made an early case for Heisman recognition Saturday in Bowling Green's 27-26 upset victory against No. 16 Purdue.
Editor's Note: This is the first story in a two-part series previewing the Mid-American Conference
The hegemonic powers at Ohio University claim to have a vision of diversity. They claim to provide all students with firsthand exposure to unique social perspectives. They even claim to diligently recruit and retain underrepresented students, faculty and staff. But OU has done little, if anything, to support these claims unequivocally. They have yet to apply this crucial principle to the race of people that multi-culturalism left behind -
A preseason Mid-American Conference coaches' poll has the Ohio women's soccer team destined for greatness.
Rain is to blame for slow construction and continued traffic problems on East State Street.
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration yesterday exempted thousands of older power plants, refineries and factories from having to install costly clean air controls when they modernize with new equipment that improves efficiency but increases pollution.
Photo by: Ramon Espinosa of The Associated Press Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual tomato-throwing festival known as 'The Tomatina' yesterday in Buñol, Spain.
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Mars glowed bright in the night sky Wednesday, making its closest pass to the Earth in 60,000 years and delighting thousands of stargazers around the world.
CHICAGO (AP) - A gunman on the verge of losing his job opened fire at an auto parts warehouse yesterday, killing six people, authorities said. The attacker also was killed, hospital officials said.
A grand jury Monday indicted an Athens County deputy sheriff on felony counts of perjury and evidence tampering.
Here's the thing about life in this world: As I get older, I am coming to realize some questions may just not have an answer. The fact of the matter is humans can only learn and comprehend so much, and the rest is only for a higher power to understand. Nevertheless, there are many times when I can't sleep at night and I ponder the greater forces that drive this planet. This week, I would like to look at some of these unanswerable questions that have plagued mankind for so long.
Are you happy now? The University Programming Council and Ohio University's Office of Public Occasions have the remedy for the lack of a performance on Homecoming weekend.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A moving crew rolled a massive Ten Commandments monument out of the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building yesterday to comply with a federal court order, as anguished protesters prayed at the building's steps.
The most recent occurrence in the fight against smoking is a letter to the Motion Picture Association of America signed by 24 state's attorneys general, including Ohio's, asking the film industry to decrease the amount of tobacco use in films as a preventive measure to keep teenagers from acquiring the habit.
COLUMBUS - Two different companies monitor electric transmission lines in Ohio and Gov. Bob Taft wants to know if that's the best approach for the state.
BEIJING -- The United States and North Korea held direct talks for the first time in months yesterday, meeting for about a half-hour on the sidelines of a six-nation summit designed to resolve the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program.
As the six-month anniversary of the shooting that took the life of Ohio University senior Terris Ross approaches, family members are planning a protest to get the word out that this still is a high priority case.
People usually associate the phrase "We shall overcome!" with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, not with Court Street. But Tuesday, the phrase rang through Court Street and College Green as students brought their class teachings to the street.
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