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Last Second Shot Allows Lady Spartans to Remain Undefeated
By: Jackson Schroeder
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With six seconds left in the fourth quarter, Alexander’s Leah Richardson scored a game-winning lay up, maintaining the Lady Spartans’ undefeated record. Alexander handed Vinton County its first loss of the… Read More

Federal Hocking Holds Lead To Dominate Wahama
By: Kellyanne Stitts
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Federal Hocking held a huge lead in the first quarter with 16 unmatched points and led the entire game, and the Lady Lancers clutched their first win 57-21 on the… Read More

River Valley Uses Run to Get Past Meigs
By: Clark Wooley
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The River Valley Lady Raiders (3-0) started the 3rd quarter on a 12-0 run and never looked back as they defeated the Meigs Lady Marauders (1-3) 57-28 Thursday night to… Read More

Nelsonville-York Uses Defense to Get Past Athens
By: Tony Heim
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Athens has now started its season with at least 20 turnovers in each of its games. Tonight, the story did not get any better for the Lady Bulldogs as they… Read More

Eastern Fouls Lead to Southern Victory
By: Joe Fracasso
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The Eastern Lady Eagles turned the ball over 16 times and had 25 fouls, which led to a 60-45 win for the Southern Tornadoes. “We foul a lot. We have to… Read More

A Sloppy Win for Ohio over IPFW, 79-52.
At the start of this game it looked like absolutely nothing was going to slow down the Bobcats, and nothing did as the ‘Cats earned their first home win of… Read More

Author Brings Taste of Russia to The Plains
By: Susan Tebben
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Colored pencils and paper littered the gymnasium floor at The Plains Elementary on Wednesday. Young children looked down with furrowed brows, not at cell phones, but at meticulously drawn lines… Read More

UN Declares “International Day of Persons with Disabilities”
In this episode of “Conversations from Studio B”, join host Carolyn Lewis from the Athens City Commission on Disabilities as she invites guests Daniel Purdy, of the Office for Equal… Read More

Senate Votes to Defund Health Care Provider
By: Associated Press
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Senate Republicans have overwhelmed Democrats in a vote to end Planned Parenthood’s federal funding. Thursday’s vote comes as the Senate moves toward approval of a bill that would all but repeal the president’s… Read More

OSU Student Government Votes to End Annual Campus Lake Jump
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio State University’s student government is supporting ending the Mirror Lake jump after a student broke his neck and died while participating in the campus tradition… Read More

Massey Energy CEO Guilty Of Conspiracy
By: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Jurors have found former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship guilty of conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards and defrauding the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Deliberations lasted about 10… Read More

US Attorney General Offers ‘Any and All Assistance’ In California Mass Shooting Investigation
By: Associated Press
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – The latest on the mass shooting at a social services facility in San Bernardino, California (all times local): 6:45 a.m. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch… Read More

Annual “Benefest” to Raise Funds for Gathering Place, Stuart’s
Benefest, a series of annual benefit concerts, returns this weekend to three different venues in Athens: Jackie O’s, The Smiling Skull and Casa Cantina. Organized by Hocking College students and… Read More

Experts: Central Ohio County Has Large Number of Evictions
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A mediation agency says a central Ohio county has had more evictions filed over the past decade than anywhere else in the state. Community Mediation Services… Read More

ABC Players Present “Charlotte’s Web the Musical”
You’ve probably seen numerous sales or events advertising “Christmas in July.” But what about “July for Christmas?” That’s the situation with the Athenian-Berean Community Players’ Christmas offering, Charlotte’s Web the… Read More

Nonprofit Health Insurance Company to Move to West Virginia
By: Associated Press
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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) – A nonprofit health insurance company has announced it will uproot about 325 workers from the company’s current location in St. Clairsville, Ohio to Wheeling, West Virginia…. Read More

Feds: About 43K Ohioans Have Picked Marketplace Health Plans
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Federal officials say roughly 43,000 Ohioans have signed up for health coverage through the federal marketplace so far this enrollment season. The U.S. Department of Health… Read More

Ohio Patrol, 5 Other States to Target Impaired Driving
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The State Highway Patrol in Ohio will participate in a crackdown on impaired driving in a multi-state enforcement effort this week. State police from Indiana, Kentucky,… Read More

More West Virginia Students Graduating from High School
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia education officials say more of the state’s students are graduating from high school. The West Virginia Department of Education says the graduation rate for… Read More