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911 Outage Felt Across the State of Ohio
By: WOUB Contributing Writer
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A 911 outage issue affecting much of Ohio includes Scioto County, according to information released Monday night by the Sheriff's Office. In the meantime, people will need to call 740-354-7566 for the Sheriff's Office. People who live in Portsmouth and New Boston will need to call their local police or ambulance service. There is no… Read More
Dixon Named OAC Player Of The Week
By: Clay Benjamin
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Marietta senior guard Tori Dixon was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week Monday afternoon. “It’s a great honor,” Dixon said. “I believe it has everything to do with the team and coaching staff always giving me the green light and trusting that I have enough confidence to put shots in."… Read More
Even Colder Temperatures Force Second Day of School Closings
Many schools throughout Ohio closed Tuesday morning as the second day of frigid temperatures forced residents to hunker down inside. Athens City Schools was among the first to make the call the parents Monday night anticipating sub zero temperatures Tuesday morning. Wind chills in Athens were as low as minus 25 degrees in Athens early… Read More
Warming Station Opened in Athens During Cold Snap
Those seeking shelter from the extreme cold temperatures can warm themselves at the Athens Community Center. Rich Campitelli, Director of Athens Community Arts, Parks, and Recreation said the Center will be open for people to warm up as temperatures have dropped from unseasonable to brutally cold and windy. Plans call for the warming station to… Read More
Men’s Basketball: Mid-American Conference Preview
By: Michael Drapcho
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Common logic points to most good teams playing a difficult out-of-conference schedule to prepare for the rigors of conference play. This is exactly what Ohio did with a road game against No. 3 Ohio State and home matchups with No. 19 Massachusetts, Valparaiso and Mercer. Ohio currently sits atop the Mid-American Conference East Division with… Read More
Basham Earns FWAA All-American Honors
By: Seth Austin
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Football Writers Association of America named Ohio defensive end Tarell Basham to their Freshman All-America team. Basham started five games in his first season with the Green and White finishing the year with 32 tackles and 7.5 sacks, which is fifth best in school history for a single season. Ohio's stud defensive end joins Western… Read More
Suspended Ohio CB Fisher Charged With Disorderly Conduct
By: Seth Austin
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The Athens Messanger reported Monday that suspended Ohio cornerback Larenzo Fisher was arrested on Dec. 28 and charged with disorderly conduct and was allegedly in possession of property reported stolen. Fisher was arrested with teammate Greg Windham in August for drug trafficking and was suspended before the 2013 season. With his recent arrest, the Athens… Read More
Elderly Woman Found Dead In The Snow
By: Associated Press
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Police in northwestern Ohio say a 90-year-old woman was found dead in the snow near her stranded car. The woman's body was found Monday morning in drifting snow in the city of Wauseon, roughly 35 miles west of Toledo. Police say it appears that the woman's car had gotten stuck in the snow and she… Read More
Woman Found Dead In The Snow
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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Monday's frigid temperatures apparently played a role in the death of an Athens woman after she was found frozen in the snow by a passerby. Emergency dispatchers received a call at around 9 a.m. from a male who said he was driving through Knollwood Court in the Knollwood Trailer Park near Route 50 when he… Read More
Millfield Woman Jailed For Selling Heroin
By: Tom Hodson
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Kayla Estep, 22, of Millfield, entered pleas of guilty to two charges of trafficking in heroin and will spend the next two years in prison. Tuesday Estep entered guilty pleas to a bill of information charging her with two counts of drug trafficking. Athens Common Pleas Court Judge L. Alan Goldsberry sentenced her to a… Read More
Reagan Wins MSC Player Of The Week
By: Nathan Wiseman
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Rio Grande junior forward Josh Reagan is the Mid-South Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, conference officials announced Monday. Reagan averaged 18 points and five rebounds per game last week while leading the RedStorm to three victories. The weekly honor is the first for a Rio Grande player this season and Reagan. “It’s a… Read More
ESPNU Picks Up Ohio’s Game Against Eastern Michigan
By: Seth Austin
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Per Mid-American Conference Director of Communication, Jeremy Guy, Ohio's Jan. 25 game against Eastern Michigan will air on ESPNU. The tip-off for the contest is slated for 11 a.m. Both Ohio and Eastern are off to fast starts, with Ohio picking up their tenth win on the season on Saturday with a come-from-behind win over… Read More
Tests Show Ohio’s Johnson Has Two Fractures In Leg
By: Seth Austin
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Update: 3:09 p.m.: Ricardo Johnson tweets his surgery is scheduled for Thursday. Ohio senior guard Ricardo Johnson suffered two fractures in his leg in an injury sustained in the Bobcats win at UNC-Asheville. According to the Athens Messanger's Jason Arkley, Ohio coach Jim Christian confirmed the injury saying that Johnson is "probably going to have surgery… Read More
Kellogg Named MAC Player Of The Week
The Mid-American Conference selected senior Ohio guard Nick Kellogg as its player of the week for the East Division for the week of Dec. 30. In two games, Kellogg scored a combined 40 points and brought in 15 rebounds in two Bobcat wins over Longwood and UNC Asheville. Kellogg scored 17, yanked down six rebounds,… Read More
OU Student Exhibit Confronts “Millennial Disengagement From Broader Culture”
The Kennedy Museum of Art at Ohio University will host Exhibition Confrontation: Deviation, a collective exhibit confronting "the disengagement of our generation from the broader culture and instead deviating from expected conformity and projected apathy," Jan. 17-March 2. The show features work by 12 undergraduate students who completed an advanced painting course under John Sabraw,… Read More
Diving Stays Consistent In Mike Peppe Invite
By: Abbey Carnivale
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In the midst of its winter training trip to the Sunshine State, the Diving team competed in the Mike Peppe Invite in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 3. Being outside offered a different competition environment for the ‘Cats as both temperature and wind were working against them, according to diving coach Russ Dekker on OhioBobcats.com…. Read More
Teen Convicted Of Rape Released From Juvenile Detention Early
By: Associated Press
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A television station reports that a former eastern Ohio high school football player has been released from a juvenile detention center less than a year after his conviction for raping a 16-year-old girl after an alcohol-fueled party. WTOV-TV in Steubenville reports that Ma'lik Richmond has been released. His attorney says the youth is a better… Read More
Race For Ohio’s Governor Highlights Major 2014 Election Season
By: Statehouse News Bureau
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All five statewide executive offices are on this year’s ballot, along with the entire Ohio House, half the Ohio Senate, and the entire US House of Representatives, including Ohio’s 16 members of Congress. But arguably the marquee race will be the contest for governor. Incumbent Republican John Kasich hasn’t officially announced he’s running, but he’s… Read More
Heritage Commons Senior Apartments Sold
By: Steve Robb - Athens Messenger staff reporter
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Although the civic club that sparked development of Heritage Commons more than 30 years ago no longer exists in Athens, a volunteer organization it created has continued to shepherd the senior citizen housing complex through good times and bad. That has changed though, with the recent sale of the Kurtz Street apartment building. The building… Read More
Two Area Agencies Receive Grants To Help Homeless
By: Arian Smedley | Athens Messenger
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Two area organizations received grants from the Ohio Development Services Agency to help keep emergency shelters open and give the homeless a place to stay. Integrated Services of Appalachian Ohio received $395,000 through the Homeless Crisis Response Program. Good Works received $44,800 to go toward the operation of Timothy House, the only emergency shelter in… Read More
Man Dives Into Lake Logan While Trying To Elude Deputies
By: Gretchen Gregory | The Logan Daily News Editor
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A 26-year-old Logan man was pulled from Lake Logan with symptoms of hypothermia last week after jumping into the freezing cold water in an alleged attempt to elude deputies. Three deputies were dispatched to a report of domestic violence at Justin D. Sudlow’s home on Blosser Road Thursday afternoon. When they arrived, Sudlow allegedly fled… Read More
Dairy Barn Celebrates 100th Year
By: Sara Brumfield | Athens Messenger
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One Athens County arts center was born in a barn — literally. And the facility itself will be celebrating its 100th year in Athens in 2014. While the Dairy Barn Arts Center is commemorating its 35th year on Dairy Lane, the actual structure was built in 1914 to serve as a dairy barn for the… Read More
Bitter Cold Forecast Until Wednesday
By: Associated Press, Atish Baidya, Tim Sharp
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UPDATE 4:13 p.m. Plummeting temperatures are turning snow-covered roads into an icy mess in northern Ohio and prompted some schools around the state to cancel Tuesday's classes well in advance. Nelsonville-York, Trimble Local, and Federal Hocking school districts all cancelled classes for a second day. Columbus city schools and the University of Toledo were also… Read More