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![A promotional image for WOUB's Sizzling Summer Pledge programming, featuring a collage of images taken from various programs: Ken Burns' Country Music, Kenny Rogers All In for the Gambler All-Star Concert Celebration, John Williams: The Berlin Concert, The Big Band Years, All Creatures Great and Small: the Next Chapter, and Freedom Songs: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement. Next to the collage is text reading PBS WOUB Sizzling Summer August 11 -23. The text is against a green background with a tropical feel, with images of pink popsicles and halved citrus fruits.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/woub_2022_pledge_tv_sizzling_1200x564-900x422.jpg)
Here’s an in-depth guide to WOUB’s 2022 Sizzling Summer Pledge program
It’s the hottest time of the year, and WOUB-TV is adding to the heat with our Sizzling Summer Pledge programming kicking off August 11! Find a comprehensive guide to our scheduled… Read More
Fiona the hippo is officially a big sister. Bibi’s baby has arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — The wait is over. Bibi has given birth to a second hippo calf, making Fiona a big sister. The Cincinnati Zoo says a healthy full term hippo… Read More
![The gym in the old Carr Creek High School, now an impromptu mutual aid center.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Knott-Gym-2048x1367-1-e1659639344140-900x422.jpg)
In the epicenter of Kentucky’s flooding, communities help each other and wait for assistance
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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KNOTT COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — Runnels Branch is a long, winding holler that travels deep into a mountain from the Carr Fork Lake area in Knott County, Kentucky. Usually, the creek… Read More
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One COVID-related death has been reported in Athens County, along with 185 new cases for July 29 – Aug. 4
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 147 total deaths related to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after one was added to the total Thursday. The… Read More
![Mourners bring flowers to a makeshift memorial Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, for the slain and injured in the Oregon District after a mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning, in Dayton.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_19218610659782-e1565121795868-900x422.jpg)
Three years after the Dayton shooting, Whaley calls out DeWine for ‘cowardly inaction’ on gun violence
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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DAYTON, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nan Whaley, Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, said there’s a clear difference between her and Republican incumbent Mike DeWine when it comes to the… Read More
![Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson throws a pass during the team's training camp](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ap22215732422231_custom-7d66e2bea629d1534d66fdfd8c96a35a7fb4cb6d-scaled-e1659625871145-900x422.jpg)
NFL appeal opens the possibility for a longer suspension or fine for Browns QB Deshaun Watson
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The NFL is appealing a disciplinary officer’s decision to suspend Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, giving… Read More
![An image of a logo on a trailer during the 2022 Y-Bridge Festival in Zanesville. The logo reads: Proud of our past, City of Zanesville, pride in our future. There is an illustration of the Muskingum River in the center of the logo.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/y-bridgeDACO6-900x422.jpg)
Y-Bridge Festival returns after a two year hiatus to celebrate the arts in Zanesville
By: Payton Szymczak
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – The annual Y-Bridge Arts Festival returned after a two year hiatus, and for one artist, it was a chance to raise awareness for a good cause…. Read More
![Puzzles, an African wild dog female, lying in grass. Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, Zimbabwe.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/WNET_Wild-Dog_2-900x422.jpg)
Go into the heart of an African wild dog family in “Dogs in the Land of Lions” on NATURE – August 10 at 8 pm
Nature: Dogs in the Land of Lions Wednesday, August 10 at 8 pm Filmed over two years by cinematographer Kim Wolhuter (Nature: The Cheetah Children), Nature: Dogs in the… Read More
![Hubble telescope image of deep space](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/9fVVlXG-asset-mezzanine-16x9-ETF7LQO-900x422.jpg)
Venture back to the birth of space in “NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang” – August 10 at 9 pm
“NOVA UNIVERSE REVEALED: BIG BANG” Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 9pm Many think that the Big Bang is when the universe started and time itself began. But what clues can… Read More