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Ohio Announces Partnership With Front Row Sports Marketing Services
By: Nick Komjati
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Ohio University announced a partnership with Front Row Sports Marketing Services in order to secure naming rights for the Convocation Center and Peden Stadium Field, according to a release by the company on Tuesday. Front Row Sports Marketing Services is a sports and entertainment marketing firm based out of Philadelphia, Pa., that sells and evaluates… Read More
Marietta Faces Tough Test In Waynesburg
By: Blaise Weber
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The Marietta men’s basketball team has started the year hot after winning the Marietta Shrine tournament. It heads to Waynesburg University on Wednesday to take on an equally hot Waynesburg team. Both teams have started the year undefeated and have impressive wins to show for it. Waynesburg defeated Penn State Altoona in a close game… Read More
Ohio Prepares For The Winless Morgan State
By: Michael Drapcho
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Ohio (2-1) continues its nonconference schedule Wednesday, as it heads to Baltimore, Md., to take on the struggling Morgan State Bears (0-3). The Bobcats are coming off a hard fought 76-72 win over Valparaiso. Junior forward Maurice Ndour led the way for Ohio with 23 points, six rebounds, five blocks and four steals in the… Read More
Meigs County Accumulates Nearly $3.7 Million In Delinquent Property Taxes
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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Properties recently sold at a Meigs County’s Sheriff’s Office sale generated nearly $60,000 in delinquent property taxes owed to the area school district, Meigs Local. But the funds represent just a fraction of the money that remains outstanding, said the district’s treasurer. On Nov. 1, three properties belonging to HomeCreek Enterprises were sold at a… Read More
Researcher Creates New School Spending Formula
By: Statehouse News Bureau
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A researcher is taking on a big and controversial issue – school spending. The researcher hopes his new formula would give the state a more accurate look at how each district spends their funds. Howard Fleeter is a research consultant for the Education Tax Policy Institute, specializing in school funding. As he developed his new… Read More
Nelsonville Man Gets 8 Years In Prison
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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Nelsonville man charged with breaking and entering and also driving under the influence while a child was in the car, has been sentenced to a total of eight years in prison. Vance Johnson, 33, appeared in Athens County Common Pleas Court on Monday to agree to a plea deal with the Athens County Prosecutor's Office… Read More
OU Center For Entrepreneurship Finalist For Best Program In U.S.
By: Athens Messenger staff reports
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The Center for Entrepreneurship, a partnership of the Ohio University College of Business and the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, has been named a finalist for the 2014 Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. “We are proud to have our efforts in developing an internationally… Read More
OU Freshman Is Famous For Funny Internet Videos
By: Bianca Hillier
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Logan Paul is Internet-famous. More accurately, he's internationally known for being funny in the palm of a person's hand. Paul, a freshman at Ohio University, has over 1.2 million followers on Vine, the social media platform where users upload and watch six-second videos. Paul's Vines have earned him the gaudy follower tally, numerous professional job… Read More
Gilleland Named Player Of The Week
By: Sean Neidig
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Following an undefeated week for the Ohio Bobcats volleyball team, Abby Gilleland was named the MAC East Offensive Player of the Week for the final week of the season. In two matches against Kent State and Central Michigan, Gilleland averaged 10.3 assists per set as well as 2.1 points per set. This is the third… Read More
Judge Gayle Willaims-Byers Talks Technological Revolution in the Courts
In this edition of Conversations from Studio B, host Tom Hodson sits down with South Euclid Municipal Court judge Gayle Williams-Byers. Judge Gayle Williams-Byers talks about how she led her court into a technological revolution by revamping and reorganizing the file system into a paperless process, utilizing the internet for citizens to access individual needs…. Read More