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![Step back in time: Participants dressed in Civil War-era attire evoke the spirit of the past, adding a touch of authenticity to the rededication ceremony honoring the "Boys in Blue" marker at Union Street Cemetery in Athens, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Untitled-1-of-1-21-Large-e1685573455367-900x422.jpeg)
Photo Gallery: Athens’ “Boys in Blue” honored with the rededication of a Civil War monument
By: Ahmed Hamed
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Members of the community gathered in era-appropriate attire Sunday to rededicate a refurbished monument to soldiers of the Civil War. The ceremony took place at Union… Read More
![Abortion rights supporters protest at the Ohio Statehouse on Sunday, June 26, 2022](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-2755-scaled-e1659643028627-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s State Supreme Court rules the abortion question will go forward as single issue
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state’s constitution will not be split into two… Read More
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This Week On Radio Free Athens: June 3, 2023
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through a… Read More
![U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol on June 1, 2023 in Washington, DC.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/gettyimages-1495135070_wide-545b1f7a5e567c969bfe18fc473c645a2e939b15-scaled-e1685710746817-900x422.jpg)
Senate sends debt ceiling legislation to President Biden’s desk with days to spare
By: Claudia Grisales | Barbara Sprunt | Vincent Acovino | NPR
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Updated June 1, 2023 at 10:55 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — With just days to spare before the deadline for the nation to face financial default, the Senate approved compromise,… Read More
![Over a dozen crossbred piglets are being tended to by the students as part of their animal science curriculum.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Piglet-2-e1685658188309-900x422.jpg)
Students in southeast Ohio trade classrooms for pasture on their school farm
By: Morgan Anderson
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SARAHSVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) — Deep in the rolling hills of southeast Ohio is Shenandoah High School, home of the Zeps and the first entirely student-operated farm in the Appalachian region…. Read More
![Food items available at the Mobile food bank site in Gallia County](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Image-from-iOS-scaled-e1665586697653-900x422.jpg)
The demand on food pantries has ballooned two months after the end of pandemic-era benefits
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — When the pandemic-era boost to low-income food assistance expired in March, many worried that families in southeast Ohio would suffer. Two months later, those… Read More