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Last Second Shot Allows Lady Spartans to Remain Undefeated
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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