Student Senate, City Council meet for the first time
By Maria DeVito | Sep. 14, 2015Monday’s meeting was a first between Athens City Council and Ohio University’s Student Senate in recent years.
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Ohio University Police receives third sex-related crime report of semester
By Julia Fair | Sep. 14, 2015The Ohio University Police Department received its third report of a sex-related crime Fall Semester.
Post Haste: Mill 'riot' latest in line of out-of-control Athens parties; Ohio topples Marshall at home
By Jeremy Hill | Sep. 14, 2015Police responded to rowdy partygoers Saturday night on Mill Street.
Athens Farmers Market continues to seek new, permanent space
By EMILY BOHATCH | Sep. 13, 2015The Athens Farmers market is seeking a new location and will be asking Athens City Council for assistance.
OU football home opener attracts fourth highest attendance rate in Peden history
Sep. 13, 2015Attendance at Ohio University home opener games has fluctuated over the past six years.
Faculty Senate to hear from university officials at first meeting
By Alex Meyer | Sep. 13, 2015At their first meeting of the academic year, Faculty Senate members will discuss topics such as faculty compensation and state funding from Ohio's biennial state budget.
Ohio Supreme Court to rule on Athens County charter regarding 'fracking' laws
By William T. Perkins | Sep. 13, 2015Athens County is one of three counties that could be affected.
Witnesses report alleged Mill Street 'riot' caused by fight, suspicious individual
By Bailey Gallion | Sep. 12, 2015After a fight broke out on Mill Street early Sunday morning, students allegedly spotted a gun-toting individual in the area.
OU graduate students protest general fee, wages outside of Peden
By Megan Henry | Sep. 12, 2015Outside of Saturday's home opener against Marshall University, Graduate Student Senate protested for living wages for graduate assistants.
Bromley Hall RD: 'Stealing the elevator light bulbs is not amusing'
By Julia Fair | Sep. 11, 2015The Ohio University Police Department is working to solve a series of thefts involving stolen elevator lightbulbs from Bromley's elevators.
Ohio University's Homecoming Parade route has been approved, and it almost completely bypasses Court Street
By William T. Perkins | Sep. 11, 2015Despite backlash from some uptown business owners, Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle approved a route that almost completely bypasses Court Street.
Ohio University cadets, civilians remember Sept. 11 by running 2,071 steps in Peden
By Kaitlin Fochesato | Sep. 11, 2015ROTC cadets with students run a 2,071-stair challenge to remember heroes of 9/11.
Post Haste: No, a pawpaw isn’t ‘like a papaya;’ OU president meets Rob Portman
By Jeremy Hill | Sep. 11, 2015The Pawpaw Festival is this weekend.
As summer recess ends, Southeast Ohio legislators share upcoming projects
By William T. Perkins | Sep. 10, 2015Athens' legislators have work in store for them when Statehouse members return from break.
McDavis travels to Capitol Hill, meets with Ohio representatives
By Alex Meyer | Sep. 10, 2015McDavis met with Sen. Rob Portman and other Ohio representatives to discuss college affordability and OU's Guarantee Tuition program.
Athens' local elections often go unopposed
By Bailey Gallion | Sep. 10, 2015A majority of candidates are running uncontested in the 2015 Athens local elections — and this isn’t a rare thing.
Double Take: Ohio University campus confused in the wake of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
By Maygan Beeler | Sep. 10, 2015Ohio University students, staff and faculty gathered to watch live news footage and reflect on the events of Sept. 11, 2001
Post Haste: Consider rooting for the Steelers tonight; Business college sets enrollment record
By Jeremy Hill | Sep. 10, 2015A former Bobcat is playing in tonight’s NFL opener.
Ohio University Student Senate votes against direct democracy resolution
By Maygan Beeler | Sep. 9, 2015Student Senate voted against a resolution that would have allowed students to vote on a more directly democratic senate structure.
No citations issued under Athens' updated trash law
By Kaitlin Fochesato | Sep. 9, 2015Not a single trash fine has been issued since the updated ordinance went into effect.
