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McDonald’s Makes Pitch For Tax Reduction Due To Nelsonville Bypass
By: Steve Robb - Athens Messenger staff reporter
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A hearing was held Wednesday on the request by McDonald's restaurant of Nelsonville for a reduction in property taxes because the Route 33 bypass has hurt business. However, the restaurant… Read More
Davidson Gets 11 Years For Child Rape
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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After hearing from the victim and apologizing to the court, an Albany woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison for raping a 10-year-old girl. Jennifer Davidson, 37, previously accepted… Read More
Athens Presented With $400,000 EPA Grant
By: Ann Jacob
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented Athens with $400,000 for environmental cleanup. The award was given to the Athens County Port Authority Wednesday with brownfield grants for new investments to… Read More
OU Professor Talks About Angelou’s Impact On Women’s Issues
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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Maya Angelou, one of the most influential writers of the 20th and 21st centuries, died at age 86 on May 28. Pam Kaylor, a women's and gender studies professor at… Read More
House Speaker Wants Change To Term Limits
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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House Speaker Bill Batchelder says he’d like to see the voters of Ohio take on the issue of term limits as early as this year. Term limits require a legislator… Read More
Ohio House Bill Addresses Guns On School Grounds
By: Associated Press
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An Ohio House committee has signed off on a bill clarifying that guns legally carried onto the grounds of a school must remain in a locked car. Ohio law currently… Read More
Ohio Urges Vaccinations For Measles, Mumps After Outbreaks
By: Associated Press
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State health officials urging Ohioans to ensure they're vaccinated for measles and mumps say graduation celebrations and summer travel can be opportunities for such diseases to spread if people don't… Read More
Kent State Offers Second Chance To Some Students
By: Amy Hansen | StateImpact Ohio
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Kent State is looking for a specific group of students: those who have dropped out over the past two years, have above a 2.0 grade point average, haven’t graduated from… Read More
State Relaunches OhioMeansJobs Website To Link Employers And Job-Seekers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The state has a new tool to help the thousands of Ohioans who are looking for jobs, and the employers who need to hire workers. Gov. John Kasich says the… Read More
Three People Will Be Arraigned In Youngstown Corruption Case
By: Associated Press
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The three defendants in a northeastern Ohio corruption case have pleaded not guilty and have been ordered not to leave the state without the court's permission. Youngstown Mayor John McNally… Read More
Quick Look: Obama’s Foreign Policy
President Barack Obama gave the commencement speech at West Point Military Academy on May 28, and in his speech he laid out a broad framework for how he views America's… Read More
Spirit in the Ether: Kurt Vile Returns to NMF
By: Josh Antonuccio
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When Kurt Vile last played the Nelsonville Music Festival in 2012, he was an up-and-coming artist who was starting to build a following. Two years later, he's back, hot off the heels of a headlining performance at Coachella.
WOUB contributor Josh Antonuccio talks with Vile about his songwriting process, latest album and his goal of making "commercial '70s-style records."