AstraZeneca releases vaccine results, promising less than alternatives; OU will grant on-campus housing exemptions to select students for Spring Semester
By Jack Hiltner | Nov. 24, 2020Your daily Athens newsletter.
NEWS BLOGS
Local businesses feel confident about surviving a possible second statewide shutdown
By Bekah Bostick | Nov. 24, 2020Local businesses are looking positively toward Spring Semester and the influx of students it will bring to campus.
City Council: Water bill increases, cemetery revenue discussed
By Kyra Leckrone | Nov. 23, 2020Sewage rates would increase by 4%, and water rates would increase by 3%.
The best runway fashion dupes for winter 2020
By Hannah Campbell | Nov. 23, 2020The guide to finding designer looks for less.
Drake Bell is rebranding himself as a Spanish pop star
By Juliana Colant | Nov. 23, 2020Bell seems to be undergoing a total rebrand and it is leaving fans... confused.
OU to grant on-campus housing exemptions to select students for Spring Semester
By Abby Miller | Nov. 23, 2020Students whose dorm rooms will be used for quarantine or isolation will be eligible.
Collin’s Law, an anti-hazing bill named after Collin Wiant, passes in Ohio House
By Grant Ritchey | Nov. 23, 2020The Ohio Senate will vote on the law after Thanksgiving.
Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow suffers season ending leg injury; Spring Semester quarantine changes include a Remain-in-Room system
By Grant Ritchey | Nov. 23, 2020Your daily Athens newsletter.
Coronavirus: Athens County nears 1,800 cases
By Ian McKenzie | Nov. 22, 2020The county has nearly 350 active cases.
Late-night stops in Athens struggle for business
By Jillian Craig | Nov. 22, 2020Local Athens eateries discuss how they have dealt with the pandemic.
Every song by Cigarettes After Sex, ranked
By Bre Offenberger | Nov. 22, 2020If only life really were as dreamy as Greg Gonzalez makes it out to be.
Spring Semester quarantine changes include new Remain-in-Room system
By Anna Millar | Nov. 22, 2020Among other changes to on-campus quarantine this spring, Ohio University is implementing a Remain-in-Room plan.
Historical marker dedicated to 1881 lynching victim
By Anna Millar | Nov. 21, 2020The dedication was made virtually, but the historical marker is near Richland Avenue Bridge.
Owl found in the branches of Rockefeller Center Christmas tree; local health department administrator speaks on COVID-19 in Athens County
By Abby Miller | Nov. 20, 2020Your daily Athens newsletter.
Q&A: Local health commissioner James Gaskell discusses Spring Semester, working with OU on COVID-19
By Grant Ritchey | Nov. 19, 2020The city-county health department trusts Ohio University and its COVID-19 plans.
Campus student orgs reimagining Spring events to meet influx of residential students
By Claire Schiopota | Nov. 19, 2020Several club sports have had to get creative about how they will meet in the Spring, including OU’s club tennis and cornhole teams.
EP Review: We aren’t worthy of the beauty of Phoebe Bridgers’ ‘Copycat Killer’
By Bre Offenberger | Nov. 19, 2020The EP features orchestral versions of four tracks from her Punisher album.
Album Review: LVRN is in the Christmas spirit on ‘Home For The Holidays’
By Joey Perkins | Nov. 19, 2020Summer Walker’s “Santa Baby” is the best version of the classic song.
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine has high success rate; see what dining at OU will look like in the spring
By Melody Feazell | Nov. 19, 2020Your daily Athens newsletter. Read about the latest developments in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine.
