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Ohio Soccer: Bobcats Break Losing Streak With Win Over Golden Flashes
By: Jack Demmler
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Following a four-game losing streak, the Ohio Bobcats (3-6, 3-6 MAC) soccer team welcomed the Kent State Golden Flashes (2-6, 2-6 MAC) to Chessa Field with… Read More

No Ohio State Fair For The Public This Year
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — If you’ve had a hankering for the deep fried doughnut hamburger you weren’t able to get on the Ohio State Fair midway last year,… Read More

‘We Are Headed In The Wrong Direction’ DeWine Says Of Ohio’s Coronavirus Numbers
By: Jennifer Merritt | WVXU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WVXU) — Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday urged Ohioans to not let their guards down in the ongoing battle against the coronavirus pandemic as most key measures –… Read More

Athens Co. Confirms 15 New COVID-19 Cases For April 8, Remains Level 3
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 4,911 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 15 were reported Thursday. The county also remained at a… Read More

Kentucky Judge Blocks Follow-up Attempt To Limit Beshear COVID Orders
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge has temporarily blocked another attempt by Republican lawmakers to restrict Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Franklin Circuit Judge… Read More

A City Wrestled Down An Addiction Crisis. Then Came COVID-19
By: Claire Galofaro | AP
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — As the COVID pandemic killed more than a half-million Americans, it also quietly inflamed what was before it the country’s greatest public health crisis: addiction. The… Read More

Ohio GOP Lieutenant Governor Faces Political Test Over Tweet
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted entered the coronavirus pandemic a Republican rising star. But his party’s hard turn to the right and many member’s deep… Read More

White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To A Clean Energy Transition Through Coal Country
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — For decades now, rhetoric around action on climate change has been about things like saving the planet, or saving polar bears. Just think: How many times… Read More

Ohio High Schools Encouraged To Partner With Health Officials For Vaccinations
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state is calling on local health departments and Ohio school districts to find ways to connect high school students with the COVID-19 vaccine…. Read More

Another New Ohio Abortion Law Is Temporarily Put On Hold
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMUBS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the second time this week, a new Ohio abortion law has been put on hold. This one affects the use of telemedicine in… Read More

Tantrum Theater Presents ‘Spring Awakening’ April 9-17
Spring Awakening is an angsty pop-punk musical about the explorations & trials of adolescent life in 19th century Germany. The eponymous adaption of the groundbreaking play follows a group of… Read More

Along Zambia’s Luangwa River is “The Leopard Legacy” on NATURE – April 14 at 8:00 pm
Nature: The Leopard Legacy Premieres Wednesday, April 14 at 8 p.m. on PBS, pbs.org/nature and the PBS Video app A confident and powerful leopardess called Olimba rules over an… Read More

WOUB Wednesdays: Panel Discussion
Wednesday, April 14 at 7:15 p.m. ATHENS, OH – 12 former WOUB students and Ohio University alumni will talk with current students via Zoom about the state of the media… Read More