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Big Day at the Plate Propels Ohio over Eastern Kentucky
The bats came alive for the Bobcats (12-16) on Tuesday night as Ohio defeated Eastern Kentucky (13-16) 10-4 in its final game of the road trip. After dropping two of three… Read More
Ohio University Faculty Voices Concerns Over Sook Center
A $5.5 million athlete-exclusive academic center planned for Peden Stadium is seeing some push-back from Ohio University faculty. Fundraising efforts for the Perry and Sandy Sook Academic Center, which has… Read More
Dozens Without Home After Roof Collapses in Marshall County
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) – Dozens of people have been left without a home after a roof collapsed in an apartment building in Marshall County, West Virginia. The incident happened around… Read More
County Clerks Refuse to Accept Online Voter Registrations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Two county clerks in West Virginia are refusing to accept online voter registrations because they’re uncomfortable with security provisions in the state’s voter registration website. The… Read More
OU Professor On Leave After Arrest
An Ohio University psychology professor is on administrative leave after he was arrested in Lancaster. Keith D. Markman was taken into custody on April 4, charged with aggravated burglary and… Read More
How to Help Promote a Book
When I began work on my recent book, “Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO,” I thought the big challenges would be completing the manuscript and finding a publisher…. Read More
Poet David Sanders Describes Creative Process, New Book
Athens poet David Sanders has just released a new collection of poems titled Compass and Clock, published by Swallow Press of Ohio University Press. It is a collection of poetry… Read More
Inaugural “Birds in the Hills” Festival to Take Place April 23-24
On this episode of “Conversations from Studio B,” join host Shannon Stewart of the Rural Action Ohio Stream Restore Corps., and guests as they discuss Citizen Science in Appalachian Ohio… Read More
Athens Mayor Wants New Green Space on West Union
When the reconstruction of fire damaged buildings between Congress and Court is complete, Athens Mayor Steve Patterson has an idea for bringing new life to the area by creating a… Read More
No Movement on Kentucky Budget as Legislative Deadline Nears
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky lawmakers have not made progress on a two-year state-spending plan. House and Senate leaders did not officially meet Monday after failing to reach an agreement… Read More
Small University Hires Fired Ohio State Band Director
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A small university in Ohio has hired Ohio State University’s former marching band director who was fired after an investigation into what the university said was… Read More
Bill Would Let Ohioans With Drug Convictions Keep License
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio Senate panel is considering a bill that would give judges the option of suspending a driver’s license for someone convicted of a drug charge… Read More
Kasich’s State of the State Road Trip Continues to Marietta
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Gov. John Kasich is taking his State of the State speech to Ohio’s first city as the Republican presidential contender returns to the perennial battleground to… Read More
Two West Virginia High Court Candidates Use Public Financing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Candidates for the West Virginia Supreme Court are spending in the six-figure range using public money. In campaign finance reports, incumbent Justice Brent Benjamin accepted $483,500… Read More