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Housing Agency Breaks Ground On Low-Income Properties
By: Graylyn Roose
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A group of senior citizens will be getting a new place to call home in The Plains. The Three Rivers Housing Corporation is preparing to build an apartment complex on North Plains Road. Six apartment units intended for senior citizens will be built this summer. The project will cost nearly $600,000, but the rent for… Read More
Athens Officials Call For Impact Study On Proposed Wayne National Forest Leasing
By: Fred Kight
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A crowd estimated to be at least 100 strong gathered at the Wayne National Forest Headquarters in Nelsonville Wednesday afternoon for a rally. Athens City Mayor Paul Wiehl, Athens City Council member Christine Knisely and area business owners were scheduled to voice their opinion on the release of Wayne land for oil and gas leasing…. Read More
OU To Install Surveillance Cameras In Residence Halls
By: Steffany Hiett
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Ohio University officials are working with the OU Police Department to install surveillance cameras in residence halls on campus. The university tested the operation this year in the student dorm Voigt Hall. The school intends to install the cameras at the entrance and lobbies of all residence halls over the next ten years. Josh Bodnar,… Read More
Cambridge Man To Spend Life In Prison For Murder
By: Taylor Mirfendereski
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A Cambridge man will spend life in prison for killing a 21-year old man last year. Michael P. Smith, 43, of Cambridge was sentenced to 41 years to life Wednesday in the Guernsey County Common Pleas Court for killing Kyle Carter, 21, of Cambridge in March 2011. Smith was convicted earlier this month of murder,… Read More
Search Continues For Vehicle Involved In Athens County Hit-And-Run
By: Jasmin Pettaway
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The Ohio State Highway Patrol is still seeking information on a vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian in Athens County earlier this month. Roger D. Jordan, 57, of Glouster was killed on Pleasanton Road near US Route 33 on May 12. A witness reported that Jordan was lying in the road when they approached… Read More
Midterm Ohio Budget Heads To Governor’s Desk
By: Associated Press
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A wide-ranging midterm budget bill that includes startup costs related to Ohio's upcoming regulations for exotic animals is on its way to Gov. John Kasich's desk. The bill includes $42 million for the Clean Ohio fund that preserves farmland and green spaces and another $3 million for a Lake Erie protection program. The measure also… Read More
Greater Huntington Symphonic Band To Perform At OU Southern
The Greater Huntington Symphonic Band will perform a free outdoor concert at Ohio University Southern on Sunday, May 27 at 5 p.m. on the Shafer Courtyard. The symphonic band has existed for decades under several different names and conductors, but came together in its present form in 1964 with Homer Oschenhirt serving as director. At… Read More
Athens Company Participates In Clean Energy Roundtable
By: Connor Briggs, Rose Troyer
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An Athens-based company recently participated in a nationwide roundtable discussion on clean energy initiatives. Third Sun Solar designs and installs solar energy systems for commercial, institutional, governmental, and residential customers across the Midwest. The discussion was hosted by the Pew Charitable Trusts Clean Energy Program to explore ideas for accelerating growth in the U.S. Clean… Read More
Afternoon Audio Update For May 23
By: Rose Troyer
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Peoples Bank is celebrating 110 years of service. A pair of alligators were found in a suspect's home. One person was killed Tuesday night in a single-vehicle roll-over crash in Noble County. Details in your afternoon audio update.
OU Lancaster Deaf Studies Students Interpret “The Mousetrap”
By: Cheri Russo
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One showing of the Ohio University Lancaster Theater’s The Mousetrap will be done in a different language–sign language. For the first time, students in the deaf studies program will be interpreting the play using American Sign Language. "I think it’s really exciting," said Becky Brooks, interim coordinator of the deaf studies program. "I think it’s… Read More
Baseball: Errors Hinder Bobcats in MAC Tourney Defeat
By: Alex Marcheschi
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The fourth seeded Ohio Bobcats took the field against the fifth seeded Western Michigan Broncos on Wednesday in an early game at All-Pro Freight Stadium in Avon, Ohio. Ohio lost the game 4-2 as the Bobcats had trouble in the field, committing five errors in the game. Brent Choban started the game for Ohio… Read More
Insects For Dinner?!
In America, when most people think of food, they think of breads, meats, desserts or pizza. However, in other countries, it ism common to consider insects a delicacy. In a video article on TED.com, Professor of Entomology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands Marcel Dicke explains that approximately 80 percent of the world’s nations already eat… Read More
Youth Drug Prevention Program Celebrates 30th Year
By: Olivia Bevan
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A youth-led drug prevention program is celebrating its 30th year of providing services to students in Southeastern Ohio. Health Recovery Services' Teen Institute, which began in Ohio in the late 1960s, provides alcohol and other drug prevention services to students in grades six through 12. "We have a couple of programs, we have weekly or… Read More
Local Communities Prepare for Shale Gas Development
By: Victoria Calderon
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Businesses, local governments and economic development professionals will gather today at Ohio University for an inaugural State of the Region Conference. "Understanding the Boom-Bust Cycle for Greater Sustainability" is presented by Ohio University's Voiovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs with support from the Department of Commerce. Participants will come together to examine the short… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds State Smoking Ban
By: Associated Press
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The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a statewide smoking ban is constitutional. In a unanimous decision Wednesday, justices rejected claims by a Columbus tavern owner that argued the fines it was charged for violations were an illegal taking of property, violating the state's legitimate police powers. Zeno's Victorian Village had been cited 10 different… Read More
Car Rolls, Skids 60 Feet On Roof In Fatal Accident
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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One person was killed in a single-vehicle roll-over crash in Noble County on Tuesday night. According to Noble County Sheriff Stephen Hannum, 44-year-old old Michelle Flickinger was traveling southeast on State Route 566 at around 8 p.m. on Tuesday when she tried to turn left, lost control, and went off the road. Flickinger's vehicle… Read More
Police Arrest Man In Connection With Park Incidents
By: Connor Briggs
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A homeless man is behind bars in Fairfield County in connection with multiple reports of approaching children and calling himself a park ranger. The Lancaster Police Department arrested Eric Michael Brown, 27, on a probation violation, but consider him a suspect in the park incidents. A spokeswoman for the police department says a man matching… Read More
Escaped Horses Prompt Fence Upgrades At Exotic Animal Farm
By: Associated Press
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A sheriff says repeated escapes by horses have prompted fencing upgrades at the Ohio farm where dozens of exotic animals were released by their suicidal owner and later killed by authorities last fall. Two surviving leopards, two primates and a bear were returned to the owner's widow and the farm near Zanesville this month. … Read More
Morning Audio Update for May 23
By: Taylor Pool
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A couple accused of running a pill mill in southeast Ohio was found guilty Tuesday. Plus, the City of Marietta provides to programs to help the residents of Marietta better their homes. And, a local organization should be able to return to its normal job of saving dogs after reaching a compromise with the athens… Read More
West Portsmouth Pill Mill Pair Face 20 Years In Prison
By: Taylor Pool, WOUB Staff Writer
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A couple accused of running a pill mill in southeast Ohio was found guilty Tuesday. According to information from U.S. District Court., Nancy and Lester Sadler, of West Portsmouth, operated a pain clinic in Pike County. Testimony presented during the trial proved that the clinic operated as a "pill mill" by selling prescriptions for… Read More