'Posties' part of Pulitzer-honored teams
By Maria DeVito | Apr. 14, 2014As the winners for the Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon, two former Post reporters had a reason to celebrate.
NEWS BLOGS
Former OU student missing
By Hannah Yang | Apr. 14, 2014The whereabouts of Patience Sharrer-Durant of Zanesville remain largely unknown, but the way she disappeared — dropping out of school, closing social media accounts, turning off her cell phone — makes law enforcement believe there was no foul play involved in her sudden disappearance.
Grant could take city buses all the way to Chauncey
By Emma Ockerman | Apr. 14, 2014The city of Athens is considering a grant that could expand Athens Public Transit’s routes all the way to Chauncey and back, city officials said, but it has less than a month to secure the money.
Senior Week events give free food
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Apr. 13, 2014Ohio University’s Alumni Association plans to end seniors’ time in Athens with a lot of opportunities to eat complimentary food.
Hall-Jones: OU's code to be clarified
By Maria DeVito | Apr. 13, 2014Ohio University administrators are looking to make changes to OU’s Student Code of Conduct — but the changes are for the language, not its policies.
Kidfest draws families, fun
By Suhyeon Park | Apr. 13, 2014Families who attended the 27th annual Athens County Children Services’ Kidfest on Saturday at The Convo enjoyed activities both fun and educational.
Faculty Senate elects new officials, questions compensation plan
By Hannah Yang | Apr. 13, 2014Ohio University’s Faculty Senate convened Monday night, bringing updates on faculty compensation, admissions statistics and the election of new officers to the senate floor.
AVW show to collect food for local kids
By Dina Berliner | Apr. 13, 2014Most college students have outgrown watching children’s TV shows, but for a group of Ohio University students, a children’s show is their outlet to lending a hand to Athens’ youth.
Man stabbed uptown early Sunday morning
By Allan Smith | Apr. 13, 2014A 22-year-old man was stabbed and later found laying on an East State Street yard early Sunday morning.
12Fest arrests down from 11Fest last spring
By Hannah Yang | Apr. 13, 2014The spectacle of people sliding in the mud and drinking from beer bongs in the hazy, smoke-filled atmosphere at 12Fest drew the attention of not only other festgoers, but also of law enforcement.
Contest provides youth with agriculture awareness
By Heather Hare | Apr. 13, 2014Gov. John Kasich is promoting a program he created to raise awareness for Ohio’s leading industry — agriculture.
Council to meet on armory, summer plans
By Emma Ockerman | Apr. 13, 2014Athens City Council will congregate tonight at 7 p.m. for its biweekly committees meeting, hosted on the third floor of Athens City Hall.
Weather will prevent lunar eclipse sighting
By Suhyeon Park | Apr. 10, 2014The worst that the first of fabled Four Blood Moons, a series of four lunar eclipses in two years, will likely bring Athens Tuesday is a cloudy sky.
Student Senate candidates go head to head on vital issues
By Maria DeVito | Apr. 10, 2014About 100 students came to the Baker Ballroom to hear each executive candidate running for Student Senate during Ohio University’s Board of Elections second debate of the election season.
Scavenger hunt, race to hit Athens in July
By Emma Ockerman | Apr. 10, 2014Athens Mayor Paul Wiehl will give 80 cars the go-ahead on Court Street this summer when Rally North America makes it’s second-day stop in uptown Athens, heading around 1,500 miles west.
Exposing talent
By William Gibbs | Apr. 10, 2014A whole different game was played on The Convo court Thursday afternoon.
Students gathered last night to talk interational relations with Post-A-Secret campaign
By William Gibbs | Apr. 10, 2014Some secrets were shared Thursday night in the Bobcat Student Lounge.
Professors create dream classroom for students after receiving University Professor award
By Dina Berliner | Apr. 10, 2014Students will have the opportunity next spring to learn about sex in the Bible or sit down with a cup of coffee to read The New York Times — all for class credit.
12Fest strives to be safest yet
By Stan O’Neill | Apr. 10, 2014Sleeveless neon jerseys and matching sunglasses, brimming plastic cups and grinning faces; it’s already the end of another fest season in Athens and students are ready to relieve their academic rigors with a little fun.
