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Athens Commissioners Adopt Budget
By: Fred Kight
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Athens County now has a 2013 budget. Commissioner Larry Payne says it calls for spending of "nearly $12.7 million." Payne says "This is just above the 2010 level." He also… Read More
Foundation For Appalachian Ohio Awarded $100K
By: Fred Kight
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The Walmart Foundation is giving $100,000 to the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio. The money is "to grow community philanthropy across the Appalachian Ohio region." A news release says this effort… Read More
Group Forming To Protect Native American Sites
By: Fred Kight
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A new preservation group is being formed to protect Serpent Mound and other Native American historic sites. Save Our Serpent is the name and it launches tomorrow with a gathering… Read More
Winter Road Conditions Keeping Troopers Busy
By: Fred Kight
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The Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging drivers to slow down on the snow covered roads. Dispatchers say troopers have been busy all day responding to accidents. According to the… Read More
OU Partners Students And Businesses In Entrepreneurial Program
By: Fred Kight
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An entrepreneur is defined as "a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk." Such people are talked about a lot these… Read More
Man Accused Of Sexual Assault Of Child Found Competent To Stand Trial
By: Atish Baidya
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A Stewart man accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl has been found competent to stand trial during a hearing Friday. Gregory Gilkey has pleaded not guilty to two counts… Read More
History, Autobiography, Literature Come Together In OU Prof’s Essays
By: Jim Phillips
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How is writing an essay like fishing for trout?
For award-winning Ohio author Kevin Haworth, assistant professor of English and executive editor of the Ohio University Press and Swallow Press, hooking the right material to work into the mosaics of his richly detailed, highly personal essays is a crucial first step in creating them.
Nelsonville-York Auctions Off Old Elementary School
The Nelsonville York City School Board will vote Friday afternoon whether to accept a bid on a former school building. Superintendent Mick McClelland says the old Poston Elementary School was… Read More
Morning Audio Update For December 21
By: Atish Baidya
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A grand jury indicts a Meigs County man for murder. West Virginia is getting federal help to pay supplemental health insurance premiums for jobless workers. Kentucky State Troopers raise tons… Read More
Unemployment Numbers Falling In Ohio
By: Associated Press
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Ohio's unemployment rate is continuing to inch downward. The Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services said Friday that the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was 6.8 percent…. Read More
Son Indicted On Murder Charge
By: Atish Baidya
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A grand jury has indicted the son of a Meigs County man found dead in his home with murder. Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney Colleen Williams says the grand jury indicted… Read More
Missing Adult Found Safe
By: Fred Kight
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The Endangered Missing Adult Alert for old Sonny Allen has been cancelled. He has returned home safely. The alert had been issued yesterday for Allen, who lives in Chillicothe. Allen… Read More
Mark Hellenberg: My Top Tunes Of ’12
By: Mark Hellenberg
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WOUB Music Director and Crossing Boundaries host Mark Hellenberg shares his top album picks for 2012, including releases by Dr. John, Lee Ranaldo, Aimee Mann and Sharon Van Etten.