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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
Gomez Teruel Named NFHCA Second Team All-Region
By: McKennah Robinson
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After recently earning the 2013 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year award, Luli Gomez Teruel was named second team NFHCA All-Region on Tuesday for the first time in her career with Ohio University. Gomez Teruel led the Bobcats with 42 shots and led the MAC with 11 goals alongside averaging 0.65 goals per game. The… Read More
Rio Grande Looks To Stay Perfect Against West Virginia State
By: McKennah Robinson
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The Rio Grande women’s basketball team is hoping to extend its win streak to six against NCAA Division II West Virginia State on Tuesday, Nov. 19. A 6-0 start would mark the best start for the RedStorm since the 2010-11 season. Rio Grande is carrying energy over from its 81-73 tournament championship win in their… Read More
Blogger Bev Jones Talks Career Transitioning
In this edition of Conversations from Studio B, General Manager Tom Hodson sits down with WOUB blogger and career consultant Bev Jones. Jones discusses why the middle aged group decides to transition to a new career at points in their lives, and why they tend to gravitate toward not working as much as people get older…. Read More
Teen Held After Woman’s Body Found Near Reynoldsburg School
By: Associated Press
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Police say a teen is in custody after the discovery of an 18-year-old woman's body near a suburban Columbus high school. Reynoldsburg Police Chief Jim O'Neill said at a press conference Tuesday that the teen "confessed to taking an active role in her death." The suspect hasn't been publicly identified or charged. The slain body… Read More
Grand Jury Weighs Other Charges In Steubenville Case
By: Associated Press
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An eastern Ohio grand jury is continuing its investigation into whether other laws were broken in the rape of a 16-year-old girl last year. Among issues being investigated by the Steubenville panel are whether adults like teachers or coaches knew of the rape but failed to report it as required by state law. The panel… Read More
What “Battlestar Galactica” Can Teach Us About International Relations
By: Taylor Evans
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The science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica drew a legion of fans for its dramatic depiction of a robot genocide that leaves 50,000 human survivors searching for a new home in the universe. It's now attracted the attention of political scientists who see parallels between contemporary issues on Earth and the show's discussion of topics… Read More
Nelsonville-York Discusses Archery Equipment On Buses
By: Arian Smedley | Athens Messenger
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After looking into a concern presented to the school board last week related to students carrying bow cases for the archery club onto the bus, Nelsonville-York City School Supt. Mick McClelland said students will still be permitted to travel with them to school. “I contacted the state, and we’re fine to bring those onto the… Read More
Most AEP Ohio Customers Have Power Restored
Most customers who lost their power in Sunday's storms have now had their service restored according to AEP Ohio. According to the company's outage map 327 customers in Licking County were still without power by midmorning Tuesday. AEP Ohio said it was continuing its restoration efforts in its Paulding service area of western Ohio. The… Read More
Vinton County Gets Funding To Improve Sewer System
By: Tim Sharp
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Vinton County has received federal funding that will help improve the sewer system in the Village of Zaleski. The grant will be used to construct a new sanitary sewer system in the village and provide new sewer service for 139 households. The new system will consist of 14,052 linear feet of sewer line, 62 manholes,… Read More
OU Professor Inducted Into Engineering And Science Hall Of Fame
By: Athens Messenger staff reports
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An eminent scholar at Ohio University was inducted Thursday to the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame at the Engineers Club of Dayton for his inventions of alternative fuels and supercritical fluid technologies. Russ-Ohio Research Scholar in Coal Syngas Utilization Sunggyu “K.B.” Lee, a renowned alternative energy and advanced materials engineer, was recognized alongside cell… Read More
Prosecution: Kulchar Can’t Have Record Sealed
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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The prosecution has responded to a motion to seal the record of a former Ohio University student acquitted of rape but convicted of tampering with evidence. Matthew C. Kulchar, 25, of Dublin, is asking the Athens County Common Pleas Court that the record be sealed in the 2009 case which he was unsuccessful in appealing… Read More
Bellows Exhibit Stuns at Columbus Museum of Art
By: Joe Vargo | Experience Columbus
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The Columbus Museum of Art is currently showing a spectacular exhibit of the works of George Bellows. A Columbus native (he grew up on E. Rich Street downtown,) and attendee of the Ohio State University, Bellows took the art world by storm at the turn of the last century, breaking free from the bucolic subject… Read More
Glouster residents sue after pipeline explosion
By: Joe Higgins | Athens Messenger
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Two Glouster residents are suing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. and its owner after a pipeline exploded two years ago, resulting in significant damage to property along Taylor Road in Morgan County. The morning of Nov. 16, 2011 was interrupted by a gas line eruption which sent fire hundreds of feet into the air and torched… Read More
Prosecution: Kulchar can’t have record sealed
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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The prosecution has responded to a motion to seal the record of a former Ohio University student acquitted of rape but convicted of tampering with evidence. Matthew C. Kulchar, 25, of Dublin, is asking the Athens County Common Pleas Court that the record be sealed in the 2009 case which he was unsuccessful in appealing… Read More
Ohio Football Wins “Best Under-The-Radar” Contest
By: Justin Holbrock
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Earlier this year, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, an official corporate sponsor of the NCAA, asked fans across the country to vote on Facebook for the “Best Under-the-Radar NCAA Football Atmosphere.” After months of voting and seven finalists, the Ohio Bobcats came out on top. The other six finalists included the Colorado State-Pueblo ThunderWolves, Delaware Blue Hens, Northern… Read More