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Peoples Bank Theatre Features Wide Array Of Live Entertainment In April
The historic Peoples Bank Theatre in downtown Marietta presents a diverse calendar of concerts during the month of April, including events that will be recorded for broadcast nationally on radio… Read More

Ghana’s Honorable Abla Dzifa Gomashie Speaks With WOUB
By: Emily Votaw
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Honorable Abla Dzifa Gomashie’s career started out in television, in a studio not unlike WOUB’s. Some 30 years later, she’s served as the Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Creative… Read More

‘To Walk Invisible: the Brontë Sisters’ To Broadcast On WOUB-TV Sunday
By: Emily Votaw
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Emily, Charlotte, and Anne Brontë grew up the daughters of a priest in a parsonage nestled on the windy moors near the village of Haworth in the West Riding of… Read More

47 of 55 West Virginia Counties Lost Population Last Year
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – U.S. Census figures show population declines in West Virginia’s southern coal-producing counties led to an overall drop in the state’s population last year. The figures released… Read More

Ohio Gears Up For The Weekend’s Important Raleigh Relays
By: Tyler Corbit
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Ohio is headed to the Carolinas for the third consecutive weekend. The Bobcats will be competing in the Raleigh Relays hosted by N.C. State this Friday and Saturday. This meet… Read More

Ohio University Athletics Switches From Russell to Adidas Brands
By: Rachel Cherry
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ATHENS, Ohio —Ohio University announced Tuesday it signed an eight-year contract with Adidas to begin July 2017. The exclusive partnership includes official uniforms, apparel, accessories, and equipment for all varsity-level… Read More

Local Band Clubhouse To Play In The Firefly Music Festival
By: Russ Heltman
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ATHENS, Ohio — This summer’s Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware sports headliners such as Bob Dylan, Chance The Rapper, and Twenty One Pilots. And for Athens’ attendees, Clubhouse. The… Read More

Columbus Area, Not Cleveland, Has Most Residents In New Data
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CLEVELAND (AP) – New U.S. Census Bureau estimates indicate that Ohio’s most populous county is no longer the one that includes Cleveland but the one that includes Columbus. The estimates… Read More

Ex-Halfway House Official Denies Wrongdoing
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A lawyer for a former southern Ohio halfway house facing allegations of illegal spending says his client denies any wrongdoing. Attorney Jonathan Marshall also says Josh Saunders, former deputy director… Read More

West Virginia Senate Weights Hike In Video Lottery Wager
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s Senate has begun advancing legislation to increase the maximum wager to $5 for a single video lottery game. The bill approved by the Senate… Read More

Bills To Ax Greyhound Funding Move To House, Senate Floors
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Money-saving bills that greyhound racing officials say would doom the industry in West Virginia have advanced to both floors of the state Legislature. Separate bills that… Read More