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‘He Could Dignify the Human Condition Like Nobody Else’: Remembering John Prine
By: Emily Votaw
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American songwriter and two time Grammy winner John Prine passed away at the age of 73 on April 9, 2020 after contracting COVID-19, a virus that, at the time, had just newly shut down the world as we knew it in a matter of weeks. Shortly afterwards, Ohio University School of Interdisciplinary Arts PhD candidate… Read More

Law Enforcement Investigating Whether Facebook Post Is From Missing Girl
By: David Forster
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(UPDATE 4/28/21 1:22 p.m.) Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn on Wednesday confirmed the Facebook post from Monday was made by Serah Bellar. _____________________________________ ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County law enforcement are investigating a Facebook post by someone who says she is an Amesville teenager who went missing a year ago. The Facebook post was… Read More

DeWine: Fully Vaccinated Ohioans No Longer Have To Quarantine If Exposed
By: Lisa Ryan | WCPN
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Updated: 4:02 p.m., Tuesday, April 27, 2021 CLEVELAND, Ohio (WCPN) — Fully vaccinated Ohioans no longer have to quarantine if they are exposed to COVID-19, Gov. Mike DeWine announced during a Tuesday press conference. “Fully vaccinated” means two weeks after the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine or two weeks after the second dose of the Pfizer… Read More


Athens Co. Confirms 5 New COVID-19 Cases, Removes 1 For April 27
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 5,135 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after five were reported Tuesday and one previously confirmed case was removed from the data The Ohio Department of Health confirmed the new cases on April 27, 2021. Analysis of ODH data indicates the new… Read More


Nutrition Program Summer Expansion Could Aid Nearly 2 Million Ohio Valley Children
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — The Biden administration announced Monday the expansion of a nutrition program, born amid the start of the pandemic, that could provide more food to nearly 2 million children throughout Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia this summer. The Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer, or P-EBT, program started last March to provide money to… Read More

Ohio Loses One Of 16 Congressional Seats In New Census Count
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will lose a seat in the US House of Representatives starting with next year’s election, bringing its total to 15 – its smallest Congressional delegation since 1833. And it’s unclear who among the 12 Republicans and four Democrats stands to lose their district when the lines are redrawn for… Read More


Career in International News Consulting Started at WOUB
Doug Drew graduated from Ohio University in 1978 ATHENS, OH – Doug Drew has had a wide-ranging broadcast television career which included time as an on-air reporter, a behind-the-scenes producer and a news consultant. But he says none of it would have been possible without the head start he got by working as a student… Read More


AMERICAN MASTERS Presents “Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir,” Premiering May 3 at 9 pm
American Masters Presents James Redford’s Final Documentary, Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir, Premiering May 3 on PBS for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Features new interviews with Amy Tan, Kevin Kwan, Isabel Allende, Lisa Lu, Rosalind Chao, Tamlyn Tomita, Kieu Chinh, Dave Barry and Ronald Bass Writer Amy Tan’s hit debut novel, “The Joy… Read More