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River City Players To Premiere Original Play
A new play by a local playwright will soon receive its world premiere with a community theater group.
The River City Players will present Shoelaces, an original play written and directed by Athens resident Nathan Jeffers, June 6-7 and at Middleport Village Hall.
VIDEO: St. Paul and The Broken Bones at 2014 NMF
Alabama soul group St. Paul and The Broken Bones was one of the standout acts at this year’s Nelsonville Music Festival. We hope you enjoy this clip, shot and produced… Read More
Recount Confirms: Lang Wins Judge Race By 4 Votes
By: Steve Robb - Athens Messenger staff reporter
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Pat Lang retained a four-vote lead during an election recount Monday in the Democratic primary for Athens County Common Pleas Court judge. Lang edged out Todd Grace for the victory,… Read More
Ohio Committees Are Considering 2 Parts Of Kasich’s Budget Update
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Three Representatives and three Senators on the two conference committees will have to work out the differences in two big parts of the governor’s budget update. On the big appropriations… Read More
Carbon Standards Could Re-Reverse Ohio Energy Policy
By: Lewis Wallace | Ohio Public Radio • WYSO
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A bill that puts the state’s renewable energy standards on hold for two years is headed to Ohio governor John Kasich’s desk. That comes just as the federal government has… Read More
Quick Look: The EPA’s Clean Power Plan
President Barack Obama's administration unveiled a plan Monday to reduce carbon emissions nationally by 30 percent by 2030. The new rules hit West Virginia and Kentucky especially hard. WOUB's Julia… Read More
Ohio Man Wants Execution Delay So He Can Donate A Kidney To His Mother
By: Associated Press
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A condemned inmate seeking to donate a kidney to his mother before his execution is requesting another reprieve after Ohio rejected his first organ donation request. Attorneys for 40-year-old Ronald… Read More
Ohio Gas Prices Higher To Start Work Week
By: Rachel Bailey
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According to Monday's survey from Auto Club AAA, the cost for a gallon of regular gas in Ohio is averaging $3.92. That's 23 cents higher than a month ago, and… Read More
Grand Jury Indicts 6 In 2012 Cleveland Police Chase
By: Nick Castele | Ohio Public Radio • WCPN
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A grand jury in Cuyahoga County has indicted six members of the Cleveland police force in connection with a chase and fatal shooting incident in 2012. On the night of… Read More
The Elements Of Executive Presence
"I can't define it, but I know it when I see it." WOUB's Tom Hodson and Bev Jones discuss what exactly it means to have the innocuous "executive presence." Knowing… Read More
West Virginia Assessing Impact Of New EPA Pollution Rule
By: Associated Press
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A federal rule would require West Virginia to cut power plants' carbon dioxide emissions by about 20 percent by 2030. The Environmental Protection Agency rule announced Monday is part of… Read More
Entrepreneurs and the Retirement Age
Senior entrepreneurship is on the rise in the American economy. WOUB's Tom Hodson speaks with blogger Bev Jones about the retirement age today and how it has created opportunity for… Read More
Drug Disposal Program Reaches 5 Great Lakes States
By: Associated Press
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A partnership between a Great Lakes advocacy group and local pharmacies to dispose of unused drugs has expanded to five states. The Yellow Jug Old Drugs Program started in Michigan… Read More
VIDEO: Shovels and Rope at 2014 NMF
WOUB’s 2014 Nelsonville Music Festival coverage continues with a video of Sunday headliners Shovels and Rope. The clip was produced by WOUB students Jason Chiappino and Merle Tilk. For more… Read More
Body Of Missing Boy Found In River
By: Associated Press
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Authorities say a missing 4-year-old boy has been found dead in a central Ohio river. The Licking County Sheriff's Office says Colton Angus wandered away from his house along the… Read More
Ohio Gas Prices Rise With Warmer Temperatures
By: Associated Press
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Ohio motorists are seeing higher gas prices, with some stations around the state flirting with $4 a gallon. The cost for a gallon of regular gas in Ohio was averaging… Read More
Judge Overrules Request To Suppress In Child Endangering Case
By: Debra Tobin | Logan Daily News
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Hocking County Common Pleas Court Judge John Wallace has overruled Karen Sharpe’s motion to suppress statements that she made to law enforcement officers in regards to the alleged crimes she… Read More