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Ohio Soccer: Freshman Makes Impact in First Season
Ohio Soccer's Alexis Milesky has been on fire this season. The freshman has started every game this season for the 'Cats and currently notched three goals with two assists. Bobcat Sports Showcase reporter Billy Hartman profiles the new face.

Pioneers Lose To Capital, Remain Winless in OAC
By: Brad Friedman
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It takes a team to win a game, but Hilary Ells, a former All-Ohio Athletic Conference Second Team member, carried the squad on her back with a four-goal effort Tuesday in Capital’s (11-4-1, 4-2) 5-0 rout of Marietta (2-13, 0-6.) Ells scored in the 10th, 13th, 29th and 31st minutes and tacked on another on-target… Read More

Dixon Says Conviction Based On Lies
By: Associated Press
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A northeast Ohio man found guilty in the death of a woman who was set on fire and found wailing on a road says the jury's decision was based on lies. LaFonse Dixon Jr., of Canton, spoke Tuesday in court in Zanesville in the sentencing phase of his case. Dixon's family testified in support of… Read More

Special Bus Route Scheduled For Halloween Weekend
By: Atish Baidya
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The City of Athens and Athens Public Transit will be offering a special bus route for Halloween Weekend again this year. The City announced the routes on its website Tuesday. The route will be a loop with stops at Haning Hall on West Union Street, at the corner of Richland and Shafer Street by the… Read More

Coroner Finds Glouster Man Died Of Blunt Force Trauma
By: Tom Hodson
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The body which was recovered at 68 Locust St. in Glouster on Monday has been positively identified today as 63 year-old Paul E. Roberts, according to Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn. Blackburn also disclosed that the preliminary coroner’s ruling on Roberts’ cause of death is blunt force trauma. Law enforcement officers found Roberts’ body in… Read More

Visiting Judge Issues Decision About Sheriff’s Subpoena
By: Tom Hodson
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WOUB has learned that Visiting Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove has issued a decision regarding the Attorney General’s “Motion to Compel the Athens County Sheriff’s Office to Produce Materials Subpoenaed by a Special Grand Jury.” Although the decision has been filed with the Clerk of the Common Pleas Court, the decision has been sealed, pursuant to… Read More

Controlling Board Approves Kasich’s Request To Spend Federal Funds On Medicaid Expansion
By: Associated Press
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Legal and legislative challenges loom in Ohio after a board vote to fund an expansion of the Medicaid health program to cover thousands more residents. Ohio recently got approval from the federal government to extend Medicaid eligibility. On Monday, a board of six lawmakers and an appointee of the governor that handles certain adjustments to… Read More

Lawsuit Lies Ahead For Medicaid Expansion
By: Statehouse News Bureau
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The Medicaid expansion advocates who packed into the Ohio Statehouse in an overflow room during the controlling board’s vote were jubilant. Democrats were happy about the decision because they have been pushing for Medicaid expansion all along. So was Governor John Kasich who included it in his budget plan. But Ohio lawmakers removed it so… Read More

OU Student Misidentified As Alleged Rape Victim
By: Joe Higgins | Athens Messenger
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An Ohio University student who was misidentified as the victim of an alleged rape that took place over Homecoming weekend filed a complaint with police over telecommunications harassment. The female OU student reported Monday that between Wednesday and Friday she had received numerous harassing comments via social media websites after wrongly being identified as the… Read More

Glouster Man Implicated In Father’s Death
By: Joe Higgins | Athens Messenger
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A Glouster man is in jail and may be the prime suspect in the death of his father. Paul J. Roberts, 40, of 68 Locust Street in Glouster, is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail under a $10,000 bond. Law enforcement personnel believe they have found the body of Paul E. Roberts, 63,… Read More

Glouster Man Suspected In Death Of His Father
By: Joe Higgins | Athens Messenger
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A Glouster man is in jail and may be the prime suspect in the death of his father. Paul J. Roberts, 40, of 68 Locust Street in Glouster, is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail under a $10,000 bond. Law enforcement personnel believe they have found the body of Paul E. Roberts, 63,… Read More

Excerpt: The Time Ohio’s Band Fought Miami’s Football Team
By: Joe Donatelli
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An excerpt from Joe Donatelli's book, titled "The Marching Band Refused to Yield: The true story of the time Ohio University’s alumni band fought the Miami of Ohio football team" Cause the players tried to take the field/The marching band refused to yield/Do you recall what was revealed?/The day the music died.” —‘American Pie’ by… Read More

Glouster man implicated in father’s death
By: Joe Higgins | Athens Messenger
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A Glouster man is in jail and may be the prime suspect in the death of his father. Paul J. Roberts, 40, of 68 Locust Street in Glouster, is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail under a $10,000 bond. Law enforcement personnel believe they have found the body of Paul E. Roberts, 63,… Read More

New York Man Appealing Rape Conviction
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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A New York man appealing his 30-year sentence on rape charges to the Ohio Supreme Court is now asking the court to reopen his direct appeal from Athens County. Charles Nguyen, who was sentenced on charges of rape, kidnapping, aggravated burglary and tampering, has a pending appeal within the Supreme Court, but is now saying… Read More

OU student misidentified as alleged rape victim, files harassment complaint
By: Joe Higgins | Athens Messenger
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An Ohio University student who was misidentified as the victim of an alleged rape that took place over Homecoming weekend filed a complaint with police over telecommunications harassment. The female OU student reported Monday that between Wednesday and Friday she had received numerous harassing comments via social media websites after wrongly being identified as the… Read More

Athena Cinema to Install Digital Projectors, Screen Halloween Classics
In keeping up with the sweeping changes in theater management and film exhibition, the Athena Cinema is undergoing extensive projection booth upgrades and installing the latest in digital film projection. Meanwhile, the theater is planning to screen a series of Halloween classics this week.