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Cats drop Doubleheader to Wright State
By: Kellen Becoats
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Game One The Bobcats looked like they had a dream start to their game against Wright State when they scored three runs in the top of the first. But those runs would be the only ones Ohio would score as the Raiders scored nine in the ensuing at bat and ultimately won Tuesday, by a… Read More
Meigs County Teen Reported Missing
By: Sarah Hawley | Athens Messenger staff reporter
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UPDATE: Missing teen found on Sunday, March 15. The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a teenager who went missing on Monday afternoon. In a news release on Wednesday morning, the sheriff’s office stated that Ali Wooten, 14, of Racine, was last seen getting into a small SUV, possibly a Ford Escape, at Southern… Read More
Open House Offers Look At Perry Campus Opportunities & Tax Help
Hocking College Perry Campus will host an open house, along with Paying for College Night, on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, from 5 – 8 p.m. at 5454 State Route 37, New Lexington OH. Perry Campus offers five complete degree programs, general coursework in any of the programs offered at Hocking College’s main campus, and the… Read More
West Virginia Legislature Requests Additional Study On Right-To-Work
By: Associated Press
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State Republican legislative leaders are asking for additional study into the economic impact of a potential right-to-work law in West Virginia. A news release Wednesday says Senate President Bill Cole and House Speaker Tim Armstead requested the research on March 6. It will be completed by the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic… Read More
Former Athens High School Teacher Begins Prison Sentence
By: Susan Tebben | The Athens Messenger
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The former Athens High School social studies teacher who pleaded guilty to sexual battery against a student reported to the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail to begin his prison sentence. Isaac J. Thomas, 35, is currently housed in the Correctional Reception Center for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation, where new inmates are processed after entering the… Read More
New President Named at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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A new president is taking over at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital, which brings him back to his roots in southeastern Ohio. Mark Seckinger was been named president of the hospital, where he will begin on April 26, according to a press release from OhioHealth. “I was born at the Sheltering Arms Hospital,” Seckinger said, referring to… Read More
Frontline – The Trouble With Chicken
Tuesday, April 7 • 10 p.m. FRONTLINE investigates the spread of dangerous pathogens in our meat — particularly poultry — and why the food-safety system isn’t stopping the threat. Focusing on an outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg at one of the nation’s largest poultry processors, the documentary reveals how contaminants are evading regulators and causing more… Read More
Acclaimed Irish-American Band Coming to Marietta
By: Mark Hellenberg
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Solas, the premier traditional Irish-American band, has been touring this country for nearly two decades. This month, the group will make a stop at The Adelphia Music Hall, located in Marietta. Multi-instrumentalist Seamus Egan, who had won the prestigious All–Ireland competition on four different instruments before he was 20 years old, founded the band in… Read More