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Athens County Residents Appointed To State Boards
By: Taylor Mirfendereski
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Gov. John Kasich appointed two Athens County residents to state boards today. Mark Weinberg of Athens was appointed to the Local Government Innovation Council. The council establishes criteria for and make loans and awards to political subdivisions for local government innovation projects. Weinberg's term begins today and will end on September 30, 2013. Janet Carleton of… Read More
Baseball: ‘Cats Start Strong, but Rain Stops Game Short
Due to rain and thunderstorms in Huntington, W.V., the Ohio baseball game against Marshall University was rained out and resulted in neither a loss nor win for either team. The rain delay lasted one hour and thirty-five minutes before the game was called. There is no word yet about rescheduling. The game lasted through four… Read More
Baseball: ‘Cats Start Strong, but Rain Stops Game Short
Due to rain and thunderstorms in Huntington, W.V., the Ohio baseball game against Marshall University was rained out and resulted in neither a loss nor win for either team. The rain delay lasted one hour and thirty-five minutes before the game was called. There is no word yet… Read More
Baseball: ‘Cats Start Strong, but Rain Stops Game Short
Due to rain and thunderstorms in Huntington, W.V., the Ohio baseball game against Marshall University was rained out and resulted in neither a loss nor win for either team. The rain delay lasted one hour and thirty-five minutes before the game was called. There is no word yet… Read More
Men’s Basketball: Jim Christian’s Salary A Sign Of “Investment” To Basketball
By: Matt Archibald
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Ohio's head men's basketball coach Jim Christian will receive a $425,000 base salary for the next five years. The $425,000 makes Christian the highest paid employee at Ohio University ahead of President Roderick McDavis' near $390,000 salary and head football coach Frank Solich's $330,000 base salary. Christian's salary is also $125,000 more than former head… Read More
Local Horse Rescue Faces Economic Hardship
By: Graylyn Roose
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Tight finances in difficult economic times have forced some animal owners to give up their pets, but a local organization is working to give horses a second chance at life. Victoria Goss owns Athens County's Last Chance Corral, a 25-year-old horse rescue farm, which cares for sick and unwanted horses and prepares them for eventual… Read More
District Preschools To Merge Into Chauncey Building
By: Taylor Mirfendereski
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More than a month after the Athens City School Board voted to close Chauncey Elementary School's doors, the Athens City School District has found a new purpose for the soon-to-vacant building. Superintendent Carl Martin said the district's four preschool programs will be consolidated and will be housed in the Chauncey building this fall. "[The building]… Read More
Perry County Commissioner Sentenced For Assaulting County Employee
By: Taylor Mirfendereski
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Perry County Commissioner Lonnie Wood will serve jail time for restraining, kissing and groping a county employee against her wishes on Oct. 19, 2010. Wood pled no contest today in Perry County Court to misdemeanor charges of assault and unlawful restraint. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail, $1250 in fines and 100 hours of… Read More
Chillicothe Vandals And Thieves Target Three Dozen Cars
By: Taylor Mirfendereski
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Vandals and thieves have targeted at least three dozen vehicles on the north and east sides of Chillicothe in the past few days. At least 25 vehicles within blocks of each other on the east side of the city had side mirrors shattered during the weekend. Chillicothe police say they took reports of 11 vehicles… Read More
Jail Overcrowding Concerns Fairfield Co. Sheriff
By: Steffany Hiett
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A southeast Ohio prison is trying to figure out how to deal with an increase in prisoners without an increase in space to hold them. Fairfield County jail officials say they thought they temporarily solved the problem of overcrowding when they started housing prisoners at a new jail annex in 2011. But with the… Read More