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OU Prof’s Feature Film To Be Screened at Athens Festival
By: Taylor Evans
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Friday, April 13 marks the beginning of the 38th annual Athens International Film and Video Festival, featuring dozens of full-length films and shorts from around the world. One of those… Read More
Rev. Jesse Jackson Adds Voice To 2012 Schuneman Symposium
By: Alex Koumas, Erin Roberts
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On Wednesday, April 11, in the Baker Ballroom, Rev. Jesse Jackson drew parallels between some of the Civil Rights events he experienced firsthand in the 1960s and the current event… Read More
Commissioners Expect Better Communication From Interim EMS Director
By: Kelsey Borza
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The Athens County Board of Commissioners named an interim Emergency Medical Services director in a special meeting Thursday. The special meeting and appointment come after previous director, Corey Leniger, resigned… Read More
Albany Volunteer Fire Department Uses Online Training
An Athens County fire department is using technology to cut cost and educate firefighters. The Albany Volunteer Fire Department is utilizing online training to make training and certification for their… Read More
Grand Jury Indicts Stewart Man On Sexual Imposition, Kidnapping Charges
UPDATE 2:05 p.m. A Stewart man now faces charges of kidnapping in addition to charges of gross sexual imposition following an Athens County Grand Jury session today. Athens County… Read More
Concert Review: Wild Flag at The Metro, Chicago
By: Scott Pfeiffer
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If there was one thought that kept running through my mind at the Wild Flag concert on Thursday, April 5 at the Metro, it was this: This is the life force. … Read More
Psychiatric Patient Escapes Licking Co. Nursing Home
By: Associated Press
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Police say a psychiatric patient charged with attempted murder has escaped an Ohio nursing home where he was ordered to stay when released on bond. Heath police say 53-year-old John… Read More
OU To Burn Only Natural Gas For Next Five Months
By: Taylor Mirfendereski
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For the next five months, Ohio University's Lausche Heating Plant will operate entirely on natural gas. An OU spokesperson said the university was able to secure a large amount of… Read More
Women Excluded From Certain Golf Clubs
By: Clark Buskey
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The Augusta Golf Club, home of the Masters golf tournament, has received national criticism for its strict all-male member policy, and that criticism is now being leveled at Ohio University…. Read More
Shale Conference Draws Hundreds In Cambridge
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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Cambridge was the "center of the shale universe, at least for today," said one presenter at an oil and gas drilling conference held in Guernsey County on Wednesday. Hundreds of… Read More
OU Students Sit-In To Protest Tuition Increase
By: Lu Wu
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Ohio University students gathered in a sit-in protest yesterday to oppose a potential 3.5 percent tuition increase for the next school year. In March, Ohio University's Budget Planning Council recommended… Read More
Proposed Drilling Rules Released
By: Associated Press
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Proposed rules for allowing drilling in Ohio's state parks would require natural gas and oil companies to stay at least 300 feet – the length of a football field –… Read More
Adena Working To Avoid Medicare Cut-Off
By: Associated Press
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The government plans to end federal Medicare funding to a central Ohio hospital after inspectors said security lapses were serious enough to "pose immediate jeopardy to patient health and safety."… Read More
OU Scientist To Receive Patent Impact Award
By: Morgan Lentes
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The Ohio Patent Impact Award is given out each year to inventors with patents that positively impact the state, and this year, one of Ohio University's own is being recognized…. Read More
Morning Audio Update for April 12
By: Taylor Pool
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About 50 students at Ohio University came together yesterday afternoon to oppose a proposed tuition hike. Plus, the chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party has handily beaten back a challenge… Read More