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Big Day at the Plate Propels Ohio over Eastern Kentucky
By: Matt Cudahy
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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 to Ball State over the weekend, the Bobcats needed a strong bounce-back performance against the Colonels, and they got just that. Four Bobcats recorded multi-hit games,… Read More
Ohio University Faculty Voices Concerns Over Sook Center
By: Marisa Oberle
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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 been in the works since 2014, raised $5.8 million of the $5.5 million goal in February. The administration, athletes and coaches at Ohio University are… Read More
Dozens Without Home After Roof Collapses in Marshall County
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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 8 a.m. Monday. Moundsville Police Sgt. Don Dewitt sat many of the residents were home at the time of the collapse, but no one was… Read More
County Clerks Refuse to Accept Online Voter Registrations
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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 Charleston Gazette-Mail (http://bit.ly/1VsdBNs ) reports that Kanawha County Clerk Vera McCormick and Cabell County Clerk Karen Cole will not accept applications through the website until… Read More
OU Professor On Leave After Arrest
By: Susan Tebben
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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 assault, according to Fairfield County Municipal Court records. The Bexley man was arrested after allegedly causing “apparent minor injury” to a woman on Wind River… Read More
How to Help Promote a Book
By: Beverly Jones
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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. It wasn’t until later that I understood how much of the responsibility for marketing a book rests with the author, even if you have a… Read More
Poet David Sanders Describes Creative Process, New Book
By: Tom Hodson
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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 written by Sanders over about a 30 year period and selected specifically for this new work. The poems are different styles but all give insights… 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 and how listeners can get involved. Guest today are Stefan Gliessberg, SE Ohio Director of the Ohio Ornithological Society, and Joe Brehm, Program Director of… Read More
Athens Mayor Wants New Green Space on West Union
By: Alex Lumley
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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 “green-space” from part of West Union Street. “Other cities out there have taken a streetscape and completely rethought how it could be used,” said the… Read More
No Movement on Kentucky Budget as Legislative Deadline Nears
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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 last week. The state legislature is scheduled to adjourn for the year April 12. If lawmakers do not approve a budget by then, Republican Gov…. Read More
Small University Hires Fired Ohio State Band Director
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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 a “sexualized culture” within the famed band. Officials said Monday that Heidelberg University hired 39-year-old Jonathan Waters as its band director and a music education… Read More
Bill Would Let Ohioans With Drug Convictions Keep License
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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 instead of the suspension being mandatory. Republican state Sen. Bill Seitz, of Cincinnati, says current law makes it difficult for hundreds of thousands of people… Read More
Kasich’s State of the State Road Trip Continues to Marietta
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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 deliver the annual address. Wednesday’s speech at the Peoples Bank Theatre in historic Marietta in southeast Ohio will mark the fifth consecutive year that the… Read More
Two West Virginia High Court Candidates Use Public Financing
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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 from the state’s Public Campaign Finance Fund. He has spent about $468,000 since late last March and has $66,100 cash remaining. Bill Wooton yielded $475,000… Read More