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Toxic Algae In Buckeye Lake Prompt Warnings
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Toxic blue-green algae found in one of central Ohio's largest lakes have prompted state warnings for swimmers at three beaches. Tests of water samples taken last week at Buckeye Lake… Read More
OU Drops In Annual Ranking Of Top Party Schools
By: Atish Baidya
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Ohio University dropped four spots in this year’s Princeton Review rankings of top 20 party schools in the country. OU was on the top of the list in 2011, dropped… Read More
Deputies Make Largest Heroin Bust In Meigs County History
By: WOUB Contributing Writer
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Deputies made the largest heroin bust in Meigs County history. Sheriff Keith O. Wood says Andrew "Luke" Barstow of Pomeroy and Anthony R. Wervey of Middleport, both 23, were arrested… Read More
Four Arrested In Two Separate Traffic Stops
By: WOUB Contributing Writer
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A pair of traffic stops in Scioto County, Ohio on Friday night led to the arrest of four men on drug charges. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, troopers… Read More
Federal Judge Extends Voting Rights Court Order
By: Associated Press
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A federal judge has extended a court decree in Ohio that governs provisional ballots and voter identification. U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley said Monday that the agreement ensures that election… Read More
OU Math Professor Develops Model To Explain Yeast Communication
By: Atish Baidya
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An Ohio University math professor and his team of math students have developed a mathematical model to explain how yeast cells coordinate activity in large populations. Researchers growing large populations… Read More
Rootwire: Celebration Of Creation
By: Sara Brumfield | Athens Messenger
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Melding the musical, art and consciousness realms, the Rootwire Music and Arts Festival is anything but your standard summer music festival. Held Aug. 15-18 at Kaeppner’s Woods in Logan, Rootwire… Read More
Property Of Man Who Released Exotic Animals In Zanesville To Be Auctioned Off
By: Associated Press
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More than 60 cars and three dozen ponies, horses and donkeys are being put up for auction from the estate of a suicidal man who in 2011 released dozens of… Read More
Movie Review: “Despicable Me 2”
By: Scott Pfeiffer
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For Minions maniacs! Despicable Me 2, the new animated comedy from Illumination Entertainment, revisits the hapless Gru (Steve Carell), an ex-would-be evil genius and current single dad.
Nelsonville-York Names Two New Principals
By: Arian Smedley | Athens Messenger
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Students of Nelsonville-York’s elementary and middle schools will have two new faces greeting them as their principals this coming school year, but they’re not unfamiliar faces. Becky Dalton — who… Read More
Athens City Schools Install New Security System
By: Arian Smedley | Athens Messenger
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Starting this fall, students and parents approaching any school building within the Athens City Schools district will have to follow a new protocol now that the district has installed a… Read More
Alexander Schools Offer Online Classes
By: Associated Press
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In an effort to provide additional schooling options to some of its students, Alexander Local Schools is now able to offer some classes online. For now, Supt. Jeff Cullum expects… Read More
Underground Pipeline Work Starts In Ohio
By: Associated Press
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Work on an underground pipeline to transport liquid petroleum products across Ohio has begun in the eastern part of the state. The pipeline will connect to existing lines between Pennsylvania… Read More
Deputy Resigns After Using Taser At A Church Camp
By: Associated Press
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A Putnam County sheriff's deputy has resigned following an incident involving a Taser at a church camp. Sheriff Steve Deweese tells media outlets that the deputy used the device on… Read More
Man Sentenced In Shaken Baby Death
By: Associated Press
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A Huntington man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in the shaking death of a 4-month-old girl he was babysitting. Cabell County Circuit Judge Paul T. Farrell gave… Read More
Parkersburg Native Killed In Afghan Crash Honored
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A memorial honoring a Parkersburg native who was killed in Afghanistan has been installed at City Park. Media outlets report that the monument honoring Navy Chief Petty Officer Nicholas H…. Read More