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Ohio Volleyball: Bobcats Defeat Red-Hot Western Michigan, Win Third-Straight Match
By: Curtis Feder
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Just saying Ohio won its third match in a row does not do the story justice for what the Bobcats accomplished on Friday night. As previously… Read More

Ohio Women’s Basketball: Bobcats Fall in First Round of WNIT to Clemson
By: Bryan Kurp
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It may not be the NCAA Tournament, but after a solid regular season and a trip to the MAC semifinals, the Bobcats earned a bid to the Women’s Postseason NIT. … Read More

One Year Since The First COVID-19 Death In Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Today marks one year since the first Ohioan died from COVID-19. Since then, more than 18,000 Ohioans have died from the virus. We remember… Read More

Athens Co. Adds 2 Deaths Related To COVID-19, 3 New Cases For March 19
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 52 total deaths related to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after two were added to the total on Friday. The… Read More

This Week From Radio Free Athens: March 20, 2021
From Michael T. Isolation 38: Hard Rock, MIA Before being absorbed into a homogenous mélange of hair-metal, grunge and slick speed-metal histrionics (blame Metallica), there were hundreds of hard… Read More

CDC Says Schools Can Now Space Students 3 Feet Apart, Rather Than 6
By: Anya Kamenetz | Cory Turner | NPR
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In many places, the 6-foot guidance was interpreted as requiring schools to operate on part-time schedules in order to reduce class sizes. A 3-foot rule would allow many more schools to fully reopen.

Federal Lawsuit Over COVID Closures Dropped As Backers Change Legal Strategy
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of Gov. Mike DeWine’s COVID restrictions and shutdowns have dropped their federal lawsuit they filed last fall, asking for the removal of the state of emergency that was… Read More

WOUB Wednesdays: Hollywood Celebrity Photographer Stephen Busken
Wednesday, March 24 at 7:15 p.m. ATHENS, OH – The next speaker for WOUB Wednesday is a Los Angeles based celebrity photographer known for capturing some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Stephen… Read More