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Ohio Hockey: Bobcats Blanked by Liberty on Tuesday, 2-0
By: Chloe Gee
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — In what is usually a packed arena has now become empty as the Bobcats take on their opening series in Bird Arena. A complete change of pace for the squad as the only sounds coming through the arena was the loud speaker and the sticks hitting the ice. The Bobcats (0-4)… Read More
Questions Surface After Faculty Senate Votes To Withdraw Report Recommending Kalyango Keep Tenure
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio University’s Faculty Senate voted Monday to withdraw a recommendation that a faculty member keep his tenure following investigations that concluded he sexually harassed two female students. The university’s board of trustees, which has the final say over loss of tenure, issued a statement Tuesday night saying that it plans to… Read More
Officer Charged In Andre Hill’s Death Posts Bail, Is Freed
By: Farnoush Amiri | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The fired Ohio police officer charged with fatally shooting Andre Hill posted bail and was released from jail Tuesday hours to an audience of protesters after a judge reduced his bond from $3 million to a third of that. Former Columbus police Officer Adam Coy was freed in the afternoon from… Read More
DeWine: Ohio Will Have 1,300 Schools Vaccinated By End Of Week
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Calling it an “urgent necessity” to return students to the classroom, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says more than 1,300 schools will have their teachers and staff vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the week. At his coronavirus briefing Tuesday, DeWine outlined the state’s strategy for dealing with the education disruptions levied… Read More
WATCH: Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial Begins In Senate | Day 1
By: PBS Newshour
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Warning: Some video shown during the trial contains graphic images of violence and profanity. WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — Former President Donald Trump faces his second impeachment trial in the Senate on Feb. 9, when lawmakers will begin the process of considering whether to convict him on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the… Read More
Athens Co. Confirms One Death Related To COVID-19, 33 New Cases For Feb. 9
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 13 total deaths related to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after one was confirmed Tuesday. The county now also has had 4,263 total cases of COVID-19 after 33 new cases were reported the same day. The Ohio Department of Health confirmed the death and new… Read More
Addiction In The Pandemic: Staying In Treatment While Staying COVID Safe
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (OVR) — Since 2012, the 2nd Chance Center for Addiction Treatment has served people in Lexington, Kentucky. The office sits on a busy street on the city’s north side. Similar to the heavy traffic that passes by, clients seeking treatment for substance and opioid use disorders steadily stream in and out of the… Read More
Examining the Problem of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ and Proposing Some Solutions
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Examining the Problem of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ and Proposing Some Solutions In 2016, J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis was devoured by an American public desperate to understand the ascension and subsequent election of former President Donald Trump. Hillbilly Elegy was a New York Times… Read More
Former Student Learned Value of Serving Community at WOUB
Edward Smith graduated from Ohio University in 2004 ATHENS, OH – Edward Smith works in creative services at WPMI NBC 15 in Mobile, Alabama, and one of his duties has been helping to produce a daily lifestyle program while working from home. He says he has been able to do it well thanks to the… Read More