Speaking 'Cats
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Jan. 26, 2014A Speaking Bobcat could spend multiple hours preparing for just one debate that could take only minutes to perform.
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Campus Connection
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Jan. 26, 2014Enjoy driving in circles? You might be in luck — another roundabout is planned for Athens.
Legislators look to adopt 'Good Samaritan' law to decrease underage intoxication injuries and deaths
By Lucas Daprile | Jan. 26, 2014A bill that would prevent a person from facing underage possession charges if he or she calls 911 in an alcohol-related emergency has bipartisan support in the state legislature, as well as among Athens and Ohio University officials.
Nelsonville man granted reconsideration, Court of Appeals affirms sentence
By Kelly Fisher | Jan. 26, 2014The Fourth District Court of Appeals granted the state’s motion to reconsider the conviction of a local man who provided a 17-year-old girl with more than 140 oxycodone tablets.
Court of Appeals affirms convicted murderer's life sentence
By Kelly Fisher | Jan. 26, 2014A state appellate court Wednesday affirmed a convicted murderer’s life sentence without parole eligibility.
Diversity in the dorms
By Caroline Bartels | Jan. 26, 2014Despite what Ohio University claims online, international students aren’t required to live in the same residence hall once they get on campus.
Board approves resolutions at Friday meeting
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Jan. 23, 2014The Board of Trustees re-approved the base pay increase it originally granted illegally to President Roderick McDavis and his wife, Deborah, at its Friday meeting.
Voting laws up for change
By Emma Ockerman | Jan. 23, 2014A collection of bills aimed at stressing voter identification and the prevention of voter fraud may make the way Ohioans cast their ballots in the 2014 senate elections a little different.
Use of surveillance towers nixed
By Allan Smith | Jan. 23, 2014While local and state law enforcement will have many officers and agents on the ground during fest season in Athens, festgoers can rest assured they will not be watched from above.
OU Students protest Board
Jan. 23, 2014About 50 students rallied around the Board of Trustees’ buses to protest its recent decisions, including the president’s salary increase and tuition hikes.
City signs on to zero-waste plan
By Emma Ockerman | Jan. 23, 2014Athens is home to passionate environmentalists, a university with the largest in-vessel composting system in the nation, and a growing organic food movement.
Area man guilty of sex with minor
By Kelly Fisher | Jan. 23, 2014A Nelsonville man was found guilty Wednesday of having sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl in 2012.
Third person connected to murder case arraigned
By Kelly Fisher | Jan. 23, 2014The third Glouster man to be indicted in connection to an October murder was arraigned in the Athens County Common Pleas Court Wednesday, pleading not guilty to two charges.
Athens need not worry about chemical spills like the one that happened in West Virginia.
By Suhyeon Park | Jan. 23, 2014The big chemical spill that contaminated the water supply of some 300,000 West Virginia residents earlier this month has raised a number of concerns in everyone’s mind: Is our water safe?
County joins Keep America Beautiful
By Olivia Bower | Jan. 23, 2014The Athens County Commissioners joined an alliance of Southeastern Ohio counties Thursday in an effort to have a greater positive impact on
From the archives
Jan. 23, 2014Alden Library’s fifth floor has a much older collection of materials — some dating as far back as 800 years.
Budget proposal to reach Assembly
By Hannah Yang | Jan. 23, 2014Ohio University, along with other state institutions, have put together a proposal with construction projects they’d like to see receive a portion of state funds.
SENATE IN SHAMBLES
By Caroline Bartels | Jan. 22, 2014The first senate member to resign was Kelsey Higgins, the director of interns, who put on her coat in the middle of the meeting and walked out after bursting into tears.
Changes, updates on agenda for Trustees
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Jan. 22, 2014Ohio University’s first Board of Trustees meeting of the year will include discussion of disputed decisions from the end of last year.
Mother pleads guilty to theft
By Kelly Fisher | Jan. 22, 2014A 21-year-old mother pleaded guilty Tuesday to one charge of theft after stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from Athens Wal-Mart.
