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WOUB Makes Changes in Student-Run Sports Department
WOUB Public Media is cancelling two student-produced shows, dismissing student journalists, and implementing a corrective course for leadership in its student-run Sports Department. The radio show FaceOff and the television program The Bobcat Sports Showcase are cancelled immediately. These decisive actions were taken after WOUB employees learned of demeaning gender-based incidents that created an unacceptable… Read More
Judge: 17-Year-Olds Can Vote in Ohio Presidential Primary
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Update 6:50 p.m. Ohio’s elections chief says he won’t appeal a judge’s ruling that allows 17-year-olds to vote in the swing state’s presidential primary. The move from Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted comes after a state appeals court had set a Monday hearing in the case ahead of Tuesday’s election. Husted spokesman Josh Eck… Read More
Waterford Headed To State Championship
By: Connor Martin
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For the second time in school history, the Waterford Lady Wildcats (27-1) are heading to the girls Division IV state title game after defeating Cornerstone Christian (23-5) 52-42 after a hard fought four quarters. The Lady Wildcats did not lead until halfway through the second quarter, but this was a lead they would never relinquish. Waterford… Read More
Board Talks Park Place, Search For New President
By: Susan Tebben
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One day after Ohio University President Roderick McDavis announced he was stepping down, the Board of Trustees set into motion future projects for the university, including the selection of a new leader. The first step in bringing in a search committee for president was a changing of the guard. Board Chair Sandra Anderson announced at… Read More
OU Officials Talk ‘Unfunded Mandate’ for Audits
By: Susan Tebben
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A bill being reviewed by the Ohio Senate was a focus of discussion for the Ohio University Board of Trustees, who weighed the benefits and disadvantages the bill would bring. In both the Joint Academic Resources Committee meeting on Thursday and the full board meeting on Friday, the repercussions of a law that would give… Read More
West Virginia Senate OKs Less Strict Voter ID Bill
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia senators have passed a less strict version of a bill requiring voters to show identification while at the polls. On Friday, the Senate voted 20-14 for the measure requiring people to show anything from driver’s licenses to credit cards. Many documents that qualify wouldn’t have to contain photos, including… Read More
Unemployment Rates Increase in All 55 West Virginia Counties
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Unemployment rates increased in all 55 of West Virginia’s counties in January. WorkForce West Virginia says Jefferson County’s 3.9 percent unemployment rate was the lowest in the state, followed by Berkeley County at 4.7 percent and Monongalia County at 5 percent. Calhoun County had the highest unemployment rate at 16.9 percent…. Read More
Jobless Rate Falls in 59 Kentucky Counties in January 2016
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Unemployment rates fell in 59 of Kentucky’s 120 counties between January 2015 and January 2016. The state Office of Employment and Training said Thursday that the jobless rate rose in 53 counties and stayed the same in eight other counties during that span. The agency says Woodford County had the state’s… Read More
Small Farm Conference Aims to Help New Farmers Succeed
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – First-generation farmers are on the rise in West Virginia and the Small Farm Conference is geared to help them succeed. One goal of the recent conference was teaching farmers ways to get a bigger percentage of the money spent on food. Currently, West Virginia farmers only get about 11 cents on… Read More
Attorneys Ask to Postpone West Virginia Chemical Spill Trial
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia American Water Co. is asking a federal judge to delay a class-action lawsuit over a chemical spill that tainted tap water for 300,000 people in 2014. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that in a court filing on Thursday, attorneys for the water company asked U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver… Read More
MAC Tournament Down to Final Four Teams
By: Mitchell Lyons
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The 2016 Mid-American Conference tournament is down to the “final four.” On one half the bracket the No. 1 seed Akron Zips take on the No. 12 seed Bowling Green Falcons. The other half is all chalk, as the No. 2 seed Ohio Bobcats square off against No. 3 seed Buffalo Bulls. Akron (25-7) has been the class… Read More
Plenty of MACtion in Tournament Quarterfinals
By: Michael Drapcho
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With four games in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, the 2016 Mid-American Conference Tournament is in full swing. Here is a look at all the action from all the MAC Tournament quarterfinal games. Akron 65 Eastern Michigan 63 In what is likely the most surprising thing about Thursday’s action, the top-seeded Akron Zips found itself… Read More
Ohio Sets Sights on Buffalo with Title Hopes on the Line
By: Mitchell Lyons, Nathan Wiseman
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The Ohio Bobcats will take on the Buffalo Bulls Friday night in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference basketball tournament. Ohio (21-10) is the two seed in the tournament while Buffalo (18-14) is the three seed. The Bobcats are coming off a 79-62 dismantling of the Northern Illinois Huskies on Thursday night. Ohio led by… Read More
Gillian Welch Announced as Saturday NMF Headliner
Stuart’s Opera House has announced the latest addition to its 2016 Nelsonville Music Festival lineup: Grammy-nominated Gillian Welch, who will headline on Saturday, June 4. Welch and her partner and guitarist David Rawlings are no strangers to Athens County, having performed at Stuart’s Opera House back in 2003. She first appeared on the scene as a… Read More
Athena Cinema Introduces “Open Caption Mondays”
In conjunction with Disability Awareness Month, The Athena Cinema is introducing a new initiative to expand accessibility options for deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons. Many theaters, including the Athena, already offer the option to view films with closed captions but this new option will introduce weekly screenings on Mondays of some new release films with open… Read More
Kentucky Charter School Bill Clears Senate Committee
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A proposal to introduce charter schools in Kentucky on a test basis has cleared a state Senate committee, but the measure faces long odds of becoming law. The bill would allow charter schools to open during a five-year pilot project limited to Jefferson and Fayette counties. The measure cleared the Senate… Read More
1st Ohio Police Agencies Adopt Standards on Deadly Force
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state says the first four Ohio law enforcement agencies have adopted new standards for use of deadly force by police. The standards adopted last year permit police to use deadly force only when officers are defending themselves or other people from serious injury or death. The agencies are the Medina,… Read More
Ohio Will Have Lottery for Tickets to Kasich’s Annual Speech
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Gov. John Kasich’s office will have an online lottery for Ohioans seeking tickets to the Republican presidential contender’s April 6 State of the State speech in Marietta. His office says residents hoping to attend the annual address can enter the lottery by submitting their names through the office’s website. Each person… Read More
West Virginia Lawmakers Nix Veto, Make Abortion Bill Law
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia lawmakers have overridden a veto to put into law a ban on a common second-trimester abortion method. The House and Senate voted Thursday to override Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s veto of the measure outlawing the safest second-trimester abortion practice, dilation and evacuation. The law becomes effective in late May…. Read More
Ohio Advances in MAC Tournament With Win Over NIU 79-62
By: Mitchell Lyons
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The Ohio Bobcats dominated the Northern Illinois Huskies Thursday night in the quarterfinal of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Ohio defeated the Huskies 79-62. All five starters scored in double figures for Ohio and they led for all but 16 seconds in the contest. Jaaron Simmons led the way for the Bobcats with 16 points and 11… Read More