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Athens Co. Confirms 68 New COVID-19 Cases For Aug. 20-23
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 5,483 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 68 new cases were reported since last Thursday. The… Read More
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Ohio Hospitals Are Seeing More Children With Respiratory Viruses Right Now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Doctors with children’s hospitals in Ohio say they are seeing an increase in respiratory viruses right now, at the same time COVID cases are increasing. Dr. Michael Forbes with Akron… Read More
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Hearings Allow Ohioans To Weigh In On Redistricting Process
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Now that the new Census data is out, new boundaries will be drawn for Ohio’s 99 state House districts and 33 Senate districts. That job falls… Read More
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Another Ohio Elections Bill Proposed; Would Cut Down Early Voting, Ban Ballot Drop Boxes And Most Mail Voting
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A second bill to overhaul Ohio’s election system has been proposed by some Republican state lawmakers, and this one is stricter than one introduced a few months ago that was… Read More
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Musician and Filmmaker Liz Pahl On the Making and Importance of ‘Legacy: Women of Southeast Ohio’
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Musician and Filmmaker Liz Pahl On the Making and Importance of ‘Legacy: Women of Southeast Ohio’ Legacy: Women of Southeast Ohio is set of documentary films focusing… Read More
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Local High School Student Documentary Films to Air TONIGHT – Starting at 9 p.m.
Films were created by students at Logan, Meigs and South Gallia High Schools ATHENS, OH – Work produced from WOUB’s Our Ohio high school documentary film project will be broadcast… Read More
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Celebrate the Iconic hit Broadway Musical with “WICKED IN CONCERT” – Sunday, August 29 at 9 pm
WICKED IN CONCERT: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score Sunday, August 29, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. CO-HOSTED BY KRISTIN CHENOWETH AND IDINA MENZEL AND FEATURING MARIO CANTONE, GAVIN… Read More