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Athens Makes Rivalry History Over Logan
By: Taylor Jedrzejek
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Over 20 years have passed since Athens defeated Logan on the football field. During that span, the Chieftains have won the last 14 meetings and 18 of the last 19. No Bulldog on the field tonight had been born the last time Athens beat Logan. And yet, all streaks are meant to be broken. Behind… Read More
Wellston Ends Skid Against River Valley
By: Jacob Murray
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Wellston is a running team, and that was the gameplan again Friday against River Valley, as the Golden Rockets came away with the 28-7 win over the Raiders. The Wellston Golden Rockets (4-2) used their running game to run the clock and score touchdowns against a struggling defense. A 14-yard rushing touchdown early in the… Read More
Chillicothe Smokes Hillsboro in FAC Battle
By: Connor Mills
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Homecoming night was a good one for the Chillicothe Cavaliers (4-2) as they faced the Hillsboro Indians (4-2) on Herrnstein Field. This was the first matchup between the two teams as new Frontier Athletic Conference opponents and Chillicothe had no issue earning the 42-20 win. The Cavaliers started out hot with Connor Mathis capping off… Read More
Scores From Around the Area: Week 6
By: Alex Harrison
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Muskingum Valley League Warren 7 @ Crooksville 47 John Glenn 53 @ West Muskingum 0 Morgan 6 @ Maysville 48 Sheridan 18 @ Philo 21 Tri-Valley 34 @ New Lexington 12 Frontier Athletic Conference Hillsboro 20 @ Chillicothe 42 Jackson 31 @ Washington Court House 20 Miami Trace 46 @ McClain 0 Scioto… Read More
Ohio Football Looks to Finish Non-Conference Slate on a High Note Against UMass
By: John Jarosik
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Ohio football (3-1,1-0) started conference play on a high note against the Eastern Michigan Eagles last Saturday with a 27-20 double-overtime victory. The Bobcats got revenge against the Eagles for last year’s 27-20 loss in Peden Stadium. Ohio now travels to Amherst, Massachusetts, to go up against the UMass Minutemen (0-5) in their final non-conference bout… Read More
Athens Wants to Turn Rivalry Tide Against Logan
By: Taylor Jedrzejek
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In recent years, Athens High School football has become one of the strongest in the region. The Bulldogs (4-1, 2-0 TVC- Ohio) have lost just 13 of their last 76 games in the past six and a half seasons. The Logan Chieftains, however, haven’t cared. Athens and Logan (1-4) have met on the gridiron twice… Read More
Opioids On Trial: Can Lawsuits Help Fix The Addiction Crisis?
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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When health care and law enforcement officials met recently at a health policy forum in Lexington, Kentucky, to share ideas about the opioid crisis, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear listed some groups that have benefited from money won in a 2015 settlement with Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. “We had Freedom House in Louisville and… Read More
River Valley to Defend Streak Over Wellston
By: Jacob Murray
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After losing the last two seasons to the River Valley Raiders, the Wellston Golden Rockets will look to halt their losing streak when they face the Raiders at home. This week, the River Valley Raiders (2-3) are on the road to take on TVC-Ohio opponent, the Wellston Golden Rockets (3-2). Wellston is coming off a blowout… Read More
Ohio Couple Gets Jail for Keeping Dead Veteran’s Body in Home
By: Associated Press
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NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio couple charged criminally for keeping a Vietnam veteran’s decomposing body in their home for several months to steal his Social Security and veteran benefits have received six months in jail. The New Philadelphia Times Reporter reports 50-year-old Brian Sorohan and 46-year-old Stacy Sorohan, both of Wainwright, also received… Read More
Ohio Hockey: Navy Preview
By: Robbie Dipaola
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After an impressive 2-0 start to the season, the Ohio Bobcats will look to keep the early season success alive when they travel to take on the Navy Midshipmen this weekend. “Progressively throughout the weekend we just got better,” senior assistant captain Mike Palasics said. “From the first period on Friday to the last period… Read More
Material Histories: Cultures of Resistance Now Open
By: Emily Votaw
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2017 has proven to be a time of great political, cultural, and economic anxiety. It was in reaction to this that curator and associate professor of ceramics at Ohio University’s School of Art + Design Alex Hibbett crafted the Material Histories: Cultures of Resistance exhibition, which opens Friday, September 29 at Majestic Galleries in Nelsonville…. Read More
The Continual Relevance of ‘The Madness of Lady Bright’
By: Emily Votaw
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In May 1964, Greenwich Village’s Caffe Cino debuted Lanford Wilson’s The Madness of Lady Bright, a play that would later be considered one of the very first in the gay theatre movement, as well as one of the catalysts for the highly experimental off-off Broadway explosion of the ‘60s. The production would be a huge… Read More
White Nationalist Asks To Speak In Cincinnati After Other Rejections
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – White nationalist Richard Spencer is asking to speak at the University of Cincinnati after Ohio State University and other colleges have rejected similar requests. WCPO-TV reports a University of Cincinnati spokesman said Thursday the school was “assessing various safety and logistical considerations” in response to Spencer’s request. Ohio State earlier this month… Read More
West Virginia Is Closing Crop Aggregation Facility
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Department of Agriculture has decided to close the state’s first crop aggregation facility after determining that it was barely used and losing money. The Herald-Dispatch reports the department’s new administration will not renew a lease for the Huntington Aggregation Center. Department spokesman Cresent Gallagher says an audit of… Read More
Feds Charge 8 In Ohio With Stealing Retirement Benefits
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The government has accused eight people in Ohio of stealing Social Security and other retirement benefits totaling nearly $800,000. Federal prosecutors say that in seven cases, Social Security benefits that were paid to deceased individuals were illegally collected. Three of those are accused of collecting benefits paid to their mothers after… Read More
Ohio Taxpayers Lose Right To Take Disputes To High Court
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Beginning Friday, Ohioans are losing the right to appeal disputed tax decisions directly to the state’s high court. The change was slipped into the state budget bill at the request of the Ohio Supreme Court. Justices argue it was necessary to lighten their docket of a flood of market-driven property tax… Read More
West Virginia County Gets Drug-Trafficking Designation
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Federal authorities have designated West Virginia’s Wood County as a high intensity drug trafficking area eligible for support for joint federal, state and local police enforcement efforts. Richard Baum, acting director of National Drug Control Policy, says the designation and funding should help disrupt and dismantle trafficking networks. West Virginia is… Read More
Athens Holds on to Undefeated TVC-Ohio Record Against Nelsonville-York
By: Brad Walker
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The Lady Bulldogs and the Lady Buckeyes were prepared for battle from the beginning. Just as the Buckeyes would go on a run, the Lady Bulldogs would respond with a run of their own. Athens had 15 kills in the first set, but the defense of Nelsonville-York kept it close, pulling out the win of… Read More