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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 hopes of getting back in the win column. The Bobcats aggressiveness on both sides of the ball allowed them to control most of the game… 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, you will have to wait a little longer. The Ohio Expositions Commission said members are concerned about public health and don’t know what the COVID-19… 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 – cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions – are creeping up across the state. “Not dramatically, but they are certainly up,” DeWine said. “We’re moving in the… 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 Level 3 on the Public Health Advisory System. The Ohio Department of Health confirmed the new cases on April 8, 2021. Analysis of ODH data… 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 Phillip Shepherd extended a temporary injunction Wednesday. It applies to a measure passed over the governor’s veto. The measure specifies which of Beshear’s pandemic-related orders… 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 Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than 88,000 people died of drug overdoses in the 12 months ending in August 2020 — the highest… 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 hatred of COVID-19 restrictions have required deft recalculation. University of Cincinnati political scientist David Niven says Husted’s increasingly provocative rhetoric on social media over the… 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 have you seen an image of ice crashing into the sea from a melting glacier, or a sad-eyed seal atop a floe, as part of… 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. It’s part of a month-long effort to vaccinate eligible teenagers and young adults. All Ohioans 16 and older are now eligible for 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 abortions. A Hamilton County judge temporarily blocked the law that prevents doctors from using telemedicine to write prescriptions for medical abortions. The hold lasts until… 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 teens trying to navigate sexual discovery in an ultra-conservative, sexually repressed world. Tantrum’s production juxtaposes scenes of an 1891 Germany with songs representing a 2021… 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 exceptionally large area along Zambia’s Luangwa River. She is a formidable hunter, a courageous ruler and a devoted mother. She has just given birth to… 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 industry during the final WOUB Wednesday of spring semester on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:15 p.m. Former students with news, sports and production careers will… Read More