News Blogs

Anti-SB 5 coalition releases latest ad for 'no' vote on Issue 2

By Pat Holmes | Sep. 6, 2011

Students welcomed with ice-cold treat

By Amelia Osiecki | Sep. 6, 2011

Several top administrators took time out of their day to welcome students passing through Baker University Center this afternoon.

Ohio University to give $250,000 for new city fire truck

By Ryan Clark | Sep. 6, 2011

During the next five years, the city of Athens will receive payments totaling $250,000 from Ohio University for the city's purchase of a new fire and ladder truck.

Scripps school initiates internship for students to cover Statehouse

By Rebecca McKinsey | Sep. 6, 2011

Students looking to gain experience reporting public affairs now have another internship to apply for with the advent of a new partnership between the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and The Columbus Dispatch.

Albany man gets 4 years for crimes

By Marika Lee | Sep. 6, 2011

An Albany man took a plea agreement and will spend four years in prison after he tried to steal $5,000 worth of farming equipment over the summer.

Union unsure of Nelson jobs

By Alex Felser | Sep. 6, 2011

Uncertainty regarding staffing during the upcoming Nelson Dining Hall renovations has cropped up as a result of the local union’s recent rejection of a memorandum of understanding.

Council begins developing regulations on 'fracking'

By Kelly Gifford | Sep. 6, 2011

After its annual August recess, Athens City Council returned last night with a session in which 13 ordinances were adopted, many of which were motioned to bypass normal ordinance rules because of urgency.

Baker Center lounge revamp almost complete

By Jillian Fellows | Sep. 6, 2011

Students visiting Baker University Center’s lower lounge this quarter will note a drastically different appearance after summer renovations.

'Recycled' clothing store sets up racks in downtown Nelsonville

By Sara Lowenstein | Sep. 6, 2011

Nelsonville’s Public Square received an addition to its downtown scene this summer when a longtime Athens County resident opened a new clothing store.

Car crash deaths decline during holiday weekend

By Alex Westerh | Sep. 6, 2011

Fatal accidents on Ohio’s roadways over the Labor Day holiday hit a five-year low this weekend, on what the Ohio State Highway Patrol considers to be one of the most dangerous weekends on the road.

OU agrees to pay man injured in MemAud fall

By Marika Lee | Sep. 6, 2011

Ohio University owes a West Virginia man more than $80,000 after he sued the school for injuring himself at an on-campus play.

New e-tour lets potential students visit OU from home

By Jillian Fellows | Sep. 6, 2011

Ohio University unveiled its latest web enterprise yesterday with the OU e-tour.

Athens bank robbery suspect at large

By Lucas Daprile | Sep. 6, 2011

Police have yet to apprehend a man who used a written threat to make off with an undisclosed amount of money from an Athens bank yesterday.

Former Bobcat baseball player's car broken into

By Rob Ogden | Sep. 6, 2011

A car belonging to former Ohio baseball player Gauntlett Eldemire was broken into sometime between Sunday night and Monday afternoon.

Majority of Athens County districts raise state grade

By Ryan Clark | Sep. 5, 2011

After receiving mixed reviews from the Ohio Department of Education last year, four of the five Athens County school districts improved their state report-card ratings for the past academic year.

APD: Weekend crime nothing unusual

By Kelly Gifford | Sep. 5, 2011

Although Saturday’s midnight shift included all of 49 incidents — including fights, noise violations and other drunken misconduct — Capt. Ralph Harvey of the Athens Police Department said in terms of the first weekend back to school, everything was “business as usual.”