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Beyond The Court: Athens City Schools sets future plans for equity and diversity
By: Curtis Feder
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Athens City School District announced its future strategies to ensure equity and diversity within its buildings. The newly announced diversity plan came after racial tensions… Read More
Ohio’s daily COVID case numbers are wrong again
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state’s COVID dashboard shows fewer than 5,000 positive COVID cases in Ohio today. The Ohio Dept. of Health says those numbers are an… Read More
Labor organizing in the Ohio Valley goes beyond coal
By: Katie Meyers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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ELKVIEW, W.Va. (OVR) — In late December, West Virginia union members and supporters gathered in the small town of Elkview, about 20 minutes outside of Charleston. Dozens of linemen, coal… Read More
A processing error leads to an artificially low count of 18 new COVID-19 cases reported in Athens County for Jan. 25
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 12,895 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 18 additional cases were reported Tuesday. The Ohio Department of… Read More
Ohio native Amy Schneider now has the 2nd-highest winning streak in ‘Jeopardy!’ history
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider has done it again. The Dayton native extended her historic winning streak on Monday night, dominating her 39th game to officially become… Read More
Your Wordle strategy says a lot about how you see the world
By: Linda Holmes | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — There’s a good chance you do not need a rundown of the basics of the online game Wordle. You have perhaps seen it appear in your… Read More
‘And I say, Hey! HEY!’ Aardvark Arthur’s wonderful new days are ending
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The PBS Kids’ TV show Arthur begins its 25th and final season next month. Produced by WGBH, the aardvark (yes, he’s an aardvark) will live on… Read More
Starting in 2024, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online
By: Elissa Nadworny | NPR
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The SAT, a college admissions exam long associated with paper and pencil, will soon go all-digital. Starting in 2023 for international students and in… Read More
More than 100 police agencies in Ohio are getting money for body cameras
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said $4.7 million in grants have been awarded to 109 local law enforcement agencies for body camera systems. And the… Read More
An activist detective searches for missing migrants in “Missing in Brooks County” on INDEPENDENT LENS – Jan. 31 at 10 pm
Independent Lens: Missing in Brooks County Monday, January 31 at 9 pm More migrants go missing in rural South Texas (Brooks County) than anywhere else in the U.S—it’s estimated to… Read More
Roosevelt Leftwich found his passion for broadcasting at WOUB
Leftwich graduated from Ohio University in 1984 ATHENS, OH – When Roosevelt Leftwich came to Athens in 1980, he thought he wanted to be a print journalist. Then he started… Read More