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Bid By Ohio’s Secretary Of State To Make Ballots Postage Paid Is Rejected
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A panel of lawmakers has shot down a request by Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State that would have allowed his office to pay for postage for mail-in ballots. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose wanted approval from the Ohio Controlling Board to take $3 million dollars from a fund his… Read More
Athens Co. Confirms 24 COVID-19 Cases For September 14
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 532 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 24 cases were confirmed Monday. The Athens City-County Health Department confirmed the news in a press release sent September 14. Analysis of Ohio Department of Health data indicates 21 of these new cases involved… Read More
After Presidents Meet, Big Ten Football Still In Limbo
By: Associated Press
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ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The Big Ten presidents were presented a comprehensive plan to conduct a fall football season, but a final decision is still to come. A person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that the full Council of Presidents and Chancellors heard from all the subcommittees of the conference’s… Read More
Remembering A Miner Who Personified Coal’s Contributions And Costs
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Charles Wayne Stanley ran underground mining machines for some 20 years, cutting coal from beneath the hills where Virginia meets Kentucky along the Cumberland ridge. He spent another decade as a roof bolter, work that kept the rock above from falling in on his fellow miners. Stanley was 53 when the Ohio Valley ReSource and… Read More
Ohio University Alumnus Investigates Child Cancer Cluster
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · WOUB Alumnus Investigates Child Cancer Cluster Journalist Jonathan Walsh was working as a television news anchor and investigative reporter for WTOL in Toledo when his news director brought to his attention a story that was startling in both content and brevity. It was four column inches long and headlined County to Look… Read More
Ohio Absentee Ballot Order Halted To Allow Expedited Appeal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court has halted a judge’s order directing Ohio’s elections chief to allow voters to apply for absentee ballots for the November presidential election by electronic means, including by fax or email, something sought by Democrats in the pivotal swing state. The appeals court Saturday halted Friday’s preliminary injunction pending… Read More
Lessons from WOUB Shape Vast Broadcasting Career
Bill Beagle was a student volunteer at WOUB from 1969-1973 ATHENS, OH – Bill Beagle ended up at Ohio University and WOUB on a whim. He followed a friend to Athens from upstate New York. “My high school buddy went to the guidance office one day to talk about what he wanted to do after… Read More
Critically Acclaimed Drama LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX Premieres Sunday, September 20 at 8 pm
– The BAFTA-Winning Audience Favorite Returns for Its Fourth Season in the U.S. – The beloved British drama series LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX will return for its fourth full season in the U.S. — previously broadcast as Season 5 on BBC One — premiering September 20, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. on PBS stations. The four-episode… Read More