ODNR speaker cancels last night's meeting
By Kelly Gifford | Jan. 5, 2012The keynote speaker at last night’s open Seirra Club meeting cancelled last minute.
NEWS BLOGS
Bacterial meningitis absent from OU in 2011
By Pamela Engel | Jan. 5, 2012For the first time in two years, Ohio University has gone a calendar year without any reported cases of bacterial meningitis among its students.
Time Warner swaps 2 TV stations for Athens County
By Will Drabold | Jan. 5, 2012After two years of tuning into Columbus-based TV stations, Athens County viewers had to ring in the new year with Charleston versions of their CBS and FOX stations.
After analysis, Alden admins hold off on 2nd-floor hardware updates
By Pamela Engel | Jan. 5, 2012Ohio University students will have to wait another year for new computers on the second floor of Alden Library.
Water main break cripples water pressure
By Stefan Malmsten | Jan. 5, 2012Yesterday a contractor working for O’Bleness Memorial Hospital drilled though an eight-inch water main near the hospital.
OU-HCOM revives CDC's ditched meningitis study
By SARA JERDE | Jan. 5, 2012Next month, the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine will pick up an on-campus meningitis study that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was forced to abandon a year ago.
OU librarians try to maintain human helpfulness in research
By Sabrina Fawley | Jan. 5, 2012A wealth of information and resources is housed beneath the ceiling of Alden Library — a wealth that Ohio University librarians fear students aren’t using.
New J-Bar shuffles into spot formerly called The Junction
By Sara Lowenstein | Jan. 5, 2012Bar hoppers descending on Athens for their weekend crawls will soon have a new destination in a familiar location.
Baker head sets sights on Sunshine State
By Brian Vadakin, Rebecca McKinsey | Jan. 5, 2012As Vice President of Student Affairs Kent Smith interviews at Langston University, another member of the department will be packing his bags.
Local landowners jump gun on leases
By Kelly Gifford | Jan. 5, 2012Editor’s Note: This is the last of a four-part series about the economic factors of hydraulic fracturing.
Obama appointment could lower OU students' debt
By Brandon Carte | Jan. 4, 2012The average student graduates with more than $20,000 in federal student-loan debt.
Water chiller replacement closes President Street
By Lucas Daprile | Jan. 4, 2012As a crane lifted huge silver water chillers into the air, traffic backed up on Court Street and students stopped and stared.
Athens County's new U.S. representative stops by to cull support from OU's GOP
By Allison Wichie, Kaitlynn Grady | Jan. 4, 2012As Republican presidential candidates jet across the country to campaign in various states, U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers also hit the campaign trail last night.
OU, Kellogg's to kick off cereal-donation project
By Brandon Carte | Jan. 4, 2012This month, Ohio University will fight hunger with an unlikely tool — cereal.
Local lawyer digs up dirt on fracking leases
By Kelly Gifford | Jan. 4, 2012Editor’s note: This is the third of a four-part series about the economic factors of hydraulic fracturing.
Shooter receives 10-year sentence after pleading guilty
By Stefan Malmsten | Jan. 4, 2012What began 17 months ago as a manhunt for Craig Oxley’s shooter ended yesterday when Matthew Wolfe pleaded guilty to three felonies and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Burger grease smoke causes Baker evacuation
By Pamela Engel | Jan. 4, 2012Baker University Center was evacuated at about 11:15 a.m. today after smoke from burger grease in the food court set off the emergency alarm.
Free donuts distributed in Baker today
By Lucas Daprile | Jan. 4, 2012Ohio University has resurrected its popular “free donut day.”
French oil company invests $2.3 billion in Ohio natural gas
By Will Drabold | Jan. 4, 2012Anti-fracking advocates in Athens County now have to fight against natural-gas interests from outside not only the state but also the country.
