Ohio University’s men’s water polo team has been disbanded for hazing after the Office of Community Standards and Student Responsibility investigated an Ohio University Police Department report involving alcohol as part of an initiation ritual.
While fest-goers were raving over the announcement of the 12Fest lineup — including headliner Wiz Khalifa — others took to Twitter with questions concerning the new green cup campaign, which will force attendees to pour beer into a plastic cup once opened.
Athens city leaders plan to put some of the city’s oldest vehicles — such as street cleaners, police cruisers and pumper trucks — to rest this year and replace them with state-of-the art vehicles that are more efficient but pricey.
An Ohio University mechanical engineering professor has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for his research.
Fifty years ago, former President Lyndon B. Johnson made a promise to the American people to end the nation’s poverty.
Ohio University’s streak of receiving a record number of applications for first-year freshmen could be coming to an end, but university officials say they aren’t too concerned.
A Guysville man was killed and two others were hospitalized Thursday in a fatal two-vehicle collision on Old Route 33 near the Athens Boarding Kennel, authorities said.
Two Shade residents involved in a fatal crash Thursday have been released from O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, police are saying.
Gym junkies found Ping Center packed with almost double its usual attendance when they returned to Ohio University for the new year.
The Ohio University Police Department received a service call around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning for a man "with a knife stating he wants to kill people tonight," according to police logs.
While most Ohio University students went home over Winter Break, 19 Scripps College of Communication students studied overseas in Ghana.
An Athens man, accused of taking money from an Athens woman to clean out a culvert but never performed the service, changed his plea to guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to prison.
Both Athens County and City officials entered 2014 with resolutions of their own: see improvements at the local wastewater treatment plant, renovate the city’s parking garage, implement electric aggregation county-wide and seek a new location for the county sherriff’s office. But budgets can be sparse, more pressing issues can arise and projects can be put on the backburner. That’s why officials are now planning for the likelihood (or unlikelihood) of some of the area’s largest projects coming to light.
A safety blog recently named Athens as one of the 50 safest cities in Ohio, as well as the safest college town in the state.
As of Wednesday evening, Ohio University’s Student Senate is run by a woman — for the first time since 2006.
Where there are people, there is crime.
The FIFA World Cup is known worldwide as the biggest event in the sport of soccer, and students from Ohio University have the chance to travel to Brazil this summer to cover the global spectacle.
Three families The Post showcased in December spent their holidays with a few more gifts under their tree and in their wallets.
A second former Ohio University employee was indicted in connection to the theft and sale of bones and preserved human remains from a university anatomy lab.
Along with 1.3 million other Americans, 150 Athens County residents lost unemployment benefits when Congress allowed the benefits for many long-term unemployed people across the county to expire last month, a state official said.
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