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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 programming below. Check woub.org/woubtvschedules for a full program schedule, plus information on encore presentations. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11: 9 p.m.: Country Music #106 “Will the… 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 baby was born around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday. “This calf looks huge to us because Fiona, Bibi’s first baby, only weighed 29 pounds when she was… Read More


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 is a gentle presence by Sally Smith’s little white house, a source of comfort. But last week, it became something else, something vengeful. It became… Read More

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 county also has now had had 16,782 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 185 additional cases were reported since last… Read More

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 issue of guns: “I will fight to reduce gun violence and Mike DeWine won’t.” Whaley has made gun regulations a priority in her campaign for… Read More


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 Commissioner Roger Goodell or someone he designates authority to impose a stiffer penalty. Former federal judge Sue L. Robinson issued her ruling Monday after Watson… Read More

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. “We don’t take a salary. All of our profit goes to pancreatic cancer research,” said Mel Preston, the founder of Diane’s Seeds for Hope, a… Read More


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 Land of Lions takes viewers into the heart of an African wild dog family. When lions kill her mate, a wild dog mother called Puzzles… Read More

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 we discover about this ultimate genesis of everything? And can we ever know what existed before the universe’s birthday? In Big Bang, NOVA winds back… Read More
