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The OUtlet -January 27, 2022
By: Taylor Burnette
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WOUB Digital · The OUtlet -January 27, 2021 The week on The OUtlet, the Athens City School District has a new diversity plan after concerning incidents at Athens High School… Read More

As Alice Cooper launches 2022 tour in Ohio, he divulges Detroit and Cincinnati stories and reflects on genre-bending collabs
By: Ian Saint
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WOUB Digital · Alice Cooper chats with WOUB Culture’s Ian Saint 2022 marks 50 years since the unleashing of “School’s Out,” the penultimate anthem for celebrating the end of the… Read More

The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here’s what else it did
By: Cory Turner | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Blink and you could have missed it. For six months, the United States experimented with an idea that’s new here but is already a backstitch in… Read More

Ohio changes COVID policy for reporting cases in schools and might make other changes soon
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMUBS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department of Health has changed the way K-12 schools should notify parents about COVID cases in their buildings. ODH Director Dr. Bruce… Read More
![Remnants of the COVID-19 Pandemic are seen in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/071321_CovidStock_0274-scaled-e1626730172468-900x422.jpg)
93 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Athens County for Jan. 27
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 13,144 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 93 additional cases were reported Thursday. The Ohio Department… Read More

The OUtlet – January 27, 2022
By: Taylor Burnette
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The week on The OUtlet, the Athens City School District has a new diversity plan after concerning incidents at Athens High School last year, and WOUB’s lead forecast Erin Ashely… Read More

Federal Hocking unable to put a stop to South Gallia’s offensive power
By: Maria Monesi, Payton Brooker
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In hopes to stay in the win column, the Federal Hocking Lady Lancers got back in action Wednesday night against South Gallia. It was an all too familiar feeling for… Read More

The Trimble Lady Tomcats claw their way to a win against Berne Union Rockets
By: Cameron Knupp, Jacob Motta
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GLOUSTER, Ohio (WOUB) — The Trimble Lady Tomcats got back to their winning ways after being handed their first loss of the season on Saturday by winning a thriller by… Read More

Believe it or not, the economy grew last year at the fastest pace since 1984
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Last year saw the fastest economic growth since Ronald Reagan was president. But for many people, 2021 felt less like “Morning in America” and more like… Read More

Ohio native Amy Schneider’s ‘Jeopardy!’ run has come to an end after 40 games
By: Rina Torchinsky | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — After a storied run, Amy Schneider’s 40-game win streak on Jeopardy! has come to an end. The Dayton native, who holds the second-longest consecutive win streak… Read More

Ohio Ethics Commission seeks harsher penalties for giving unlawful gifts to lawmakers
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Ethics Commission is asking state lawmakers to beef up penalties for people convicted of illegally giving money or gifts to legislators or… Read More

Three Seniors lead Alexander past Wellston on Senior Night
By: Bryan Kurp, Shane Scalfaro
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ALBANY, Ohio (WOUB) – It was a senior night that Marlee Grinstead, Kara Meeks and Olivia Ohms will remember for a while. The three seniors for Alexander (10-7, 8-1 TVC-Ohio)… Read More

WOUB Employee Spotlight: Digital Broadcast Archivist Kaycee Warren
Warren has worked at WOUB since 2016 ATHENS, OH – WOUB Digital Broadcast Archivist Kaycee Warren spends much of her days looking at what WOUB did in the past. She… Read More

WOUB Wednesday: “Cash Explosion” Host Alissa Henry
February 2 at 7: 30 p.m. ET ATHENS, OH – Alissa Henry, BSJ ’09, is the host of Cash Explosion, the nation’s only statewide TV lottery game show that has… Read More