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Several Athens Businesses Burglarized; Reward For Arrests Offered
Athens County Crime Solvers Anonymous is asking for help and offering a reward to solve a series of break-ins. Since mid-November, 8 businesses have reported burglaries or attempted burglaries while they were closed. According to the press release: On November 19, 2019, the Athens Police Department received a complaint of a breaking and entering that… Read More
Democratic Lawmaker Says She Has Doubts About Changes to Expanded Voucher Program
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A Democratic lawmakers and longtime critic of private school vouchers says she’s not convinced there’s time to do a short-term fix to a huge expansion of the state’s largest voucher program. The new rules for the EdChoice program in the budget passed in July will mean next school year, 70 percent of all school districts – including some of the best… Read More
Ohio Senate Delays SNAP ID Card Bill
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Senate had a last-minute change of heart on a bill, SB165, that would’ve created more hurdles for people to access resources through food stamps. The bill to require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards to include a photo ID was tabled until the new year. Senate Republican leadership said there were too many questions and… Read More
This Week On Radio Free Athens: December 21, 2019
Every weekend local music geeks unite to provide the region with 11 hours of creatively curated tunes on WOUB 1340AM, an endeavor that is known commonly as Radio Free Athens! Typically the program runs from 9 a.m. EST to 8 p.m. EST every Saturday, and can also be heard through this link. Here is a… Read More
The Cactus Blossoms at Stuart’s Opera House
By: Emily Votaw
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The Cactus Blossoms came to Nelsonville’s historic Stuart’s Opera House from Minneapolis by way of Chicago, the brotherly duo personifying all the amiable charm that the American Midwest is so famous for in their appearance, friendliness, and, most importantly, their warm, romantic sounds. Only a few hours ahead of their scheduled backstage show on October… Read More
Heisman Winner Spotlights Hunger In His Hometown, And Food Pantry Donations Pour In
By: Laurel Wamsley | NPR
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When LSU quarterback Joe Burrow won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday, he used his acceptance speech not only to thank his teammates, his family and his coach — but also to highlight the struggles of people in his small hometown in Ohio. “Coming from Southeast Ohio, it’s a very impoverished area,” Burrow said, in an… Read More
Columbus Announces Selection of New Police Chief
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s capital city has announced that its new police chief will be the man who served as interim chief over the past year. Thomas Quinlan was named Columbus chief on Tuesday. He replaces Kim Jacobs, who stepped down in February after nearly seven years. Quinlan was one of two finalists including… Read More
Ohio Men’s Basketball: ‘Cats Run Out of Gas in Loss to Purdue
By: Taylor Jedrzejek
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ATHENS, OH — For the first time in nearly two decades, Ohio got to play host to a team from the Big Ten with Purdue paying a visit to Athens for the first time since 1969. For a young Bobcat team, it was a chance to prove on a big stage that they were ready… Read More
WATCH: House Votes on the Articles of Impeachment Against Trump
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a historic vote Wednesday, the House of Representatives is expected to impeach President Donald Trump. The vote would make Trump the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. The House of Representatives is expected to take up the articles of impeachment beginning at 9 a.m. ET with a vote to… Read More
WOUB Radio Production Student Now Live Sound Engineer at Heinz Hall
Tom Furey says WOUB experience helped him get the job ATHENS, OH – When Heinz Hall Live Sound Engineer Tom Furey started at Ohio University in the mid-1980s, he was a self-proclaimed “hooligan from Toledo’s south end” who knew from working in high school as an intern at WIOT that music, radio and entertainment is… Read More