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White House Announces Sentence Commutations for 2 Ohioans
CLEVELAND (AP) – The Obama administration has commuted the prison sentences of 58 federal convicts, including a pair of Ohioans. Both of the Ohioans were serving time for drug offenses…. Read More
Elephant Revival headed to Stuart’s Opera House May 10
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio welcomes Elephant Revival for a performance slated for Tuesday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m. This Nederland, Colorado quintet are, needless to say, quite a… Read More
Dairy Barn Arts Center Detour Due to Construction
If you want to get to the Dairy Barn during the month of May, you’ll have to take the scenic route. Thanks to funding from the City of Athens and… Read More
Classic Films Headed to Athena Grand
What do Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise and the fictional Ferris Bueller all have in common? Aside from a tendency for wacky antics, movies starring all of the above will be… Read More
“Intersections of Appalachian Identity” with A. Rachel Terman
Information about today’s world is more accessible than ever before, and our social norms and tolerance of “the other” is changing. This access to a global village and the loosening… Read More
Ohio Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana Clears House Panel
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio has cleared a legislative panel and appears headed for a full House vote next week. The bill would… Read More
Fallen Peace Officers, Including OUPD Officer, Honored
Update 5:00 p.m. LONDON, Ohio (AP) – More than 700 Ohio peace officers who died in the line of duty since 1823 have been honored at a ceremony in western… Read More
Ohio Arts Council Awards Athens Artists Individual Excellence Awards
On April 20 the Ohio Arts Council board met publicly and approved Individual Excellence Award recommendations for state fiscal year 2016. State-wide, 75 $5,000 Individual Excellence Awards were approved totaling… Read More
Donald Trump To Appear In Charleston
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Apparent Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is appearing at a rally in Charleston in advance of the state’s primary election next week. The campaign said Thursday’s… Read More
Meigs Co. Death Ruled Homicide
MIDDLEPORT, Ohio (WSAZ) — The death of an elderly man in Middleport has been ruled a homicide. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood tells WSAZ a family member found 74-year-old Dale… Read More