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Philo Helps Playoff Self with Win Over New Lexington
By: Taylor Jedrzejek
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Philo came into Week 10 needing a win and some help to advance into the postseason. The Electrics (7-3, 6-2 Muskingum Valley League) did their part on Friday night by defeating New Lexington 28-10. And, by way of the Indian Valley Braves and the Teays Valley Vikings, they got their help and have clinched a… Read More
Scores From Around the Area: Week 10
By: Alex Harrison
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Frontier Athletic Conference Chillicothe 31 @ Jackson 17 Hillsboro 61 @ McClain 13 Washington Court House 43 @ Miami Trace 12 Scioto Valley Conference Paint Valley 20 @ Adena 14 Zane Trace 34 @ Huntington 6 Piketon 12 @ Unioto 28 Southeastern 48 @ Westfall 12 Muskingum Valley League John Glenn 49 @… Read More
VIDEO: Grocery Store Comes With Community
By: Susan Tebben
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Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of stories from WOUB on Vinton County’s journey as a food desert, and the fight for fresh food. The series is being done in partnership with the Vinton County Courier. MCARTHUR — The 12,000 sq. ft. Campbell’s Market which opened this month in McArthur was not built by… Read More
Opioid Emergency: How Trump’s Plan Will — And Won’t — Help The Ohio Valley
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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As bad as the opioid epidemic is across the nation, it is even worse here in the Ohio Valley. Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia collectively have a rate of opioid-related deaths that is more than twice the national average. Last year 5,306 people died from opioid overdoses in the three states — 15 deaths a… Read More
Philo Needs Win Over New Lexington and Help for Playoffs
By: Taylor Jedrzejek
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The 2017 regular season has reached its final chapter, and for many teams, this week will determine whether or not they get to continue their story into November. Philo is one of those teams. The Electrics (6-3, 5-2 Muskingum Valley League) enter week 10 on the brink of making the postseason with an eighth place… Read More
OUPD Hosts “Coffee with a Cop” Event for Third Year Straight
By: August Knuth
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Ohio University Police Department hosted their first “Coffee with a Cop” event of the school year on Monday, Oct. 16th. The police department has now hosted this event for three years straight in an attempt to encourage the conversation between campus law enforcement and its students. The police department gave out free coffee and deserts… Read More
Confederate Flag Hanging Brings Powerful Message to Athens
By: Josh Gregory
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“It is time for us in this very belated moment to condemn this troubled flag to death,” John Simms, a Detroit multimedia artist who hosted the hanging of confederate flag at Ohio University Thursday said to several hundred people. The installation depicted a Confederate flag hanging from a 13-foot gallows. According to Sims, this symbolic… Read More
Alexander Ties Down The Lady Falcons in District Semi
By: Molly Kennedy
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Alexander took control of the court as they faced off against Minford in the Division 3 District Semifinals at Waverly. The Lady Spartans brought home a win in just three sets sweeping the Lady Falcons out of the competition. Alexander knocked Minford off their feet as they came out hot, leaving the Lady Falcons out… Read More