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Toledo outlasts Ohio, earns rare road win in Athens
By: Andrew Bowlby
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Playing at the Convocation Center as the visiting team has been tough. Ohio defends its home court advantage as well as any team. However, one team… Read More

Ohio leads the nation in bird flu cases. What’s being done about it?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is leading the nation in cases of bird flu. That’s potentially a big hit to the state, the second-largest producer of eggs in… Read More

Haitian migrants in Springfield turn to faith amid deportation fears
By: Luis Andres Henao | Jessies Wardarski | AP
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — At the end of his Sunday service, the pastor of the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio, asked ushers and musicians to form a circle around… Read More

Nearly half of Ohio’s opioid settlement money is untraceable, according to new database
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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Over the course of 18 years, Ohio and its communities are receiving nearly $2 billion from pharmaceutical companies to compensate for harm caused by opioids. The Ohio Newsroom is following… Read More

Bulldogs defend home against Marauders
By: Camden Walsh
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Meigs Marauders (1-14, 0-9 TVC-Ohio) made their way North to take on the Athens Bulldogs (14-3, 9-0 TVC-Ohio) in the second of their two matchups… Read More

TVC-Ohio Standings: Meigs boys, Athens girls remain at the top as the season winds down
By: Hardwood Heroes
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This week in the Ohio, Athens and Nelsonville-York boys delivered a thriller, with the Buckeyes winning in overtime, the River Valley girls took down Alexander, inching them closer to the… Read More

Waterford takes down rival Fort Frye
By: Thomas Billington
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BEVERLY, Ohio (WOUB) – The Waterford Wildcats (17-1, 8-0) faced their cross-river rival, the Twin States League’s Fort Frye Cadets (13-3, 4-3). Both teams put on a defensive clinic, but… Read More

Nelsonville-York Lady Buckeyes travel to Wellston in crucial conference battle
By: Sam Nolan
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WELLSTON, Ohio (WOUB) — The Nelsonville-York Lady Buckeyes came down to Wellston High School on Monday night for another crucial conference game. Nelsonville-York ended up taking this one, by a… Read More

Vinton County can’t keep up with River Valley, fall at home
By: Simon Lupfer
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MCARTHUR, Ohio (WOUB) – The mantra all week for Vinton County (11-7, 4-5 TVC-Ohio) was to match the energy, but they fell short against a tireless River Valley (14-5, 6-3… Read More

INKcarceration continues to ‘rest on its laurels’ with 2025 lineup announcement
By: Nicholas Kobe
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MANSFIELD, Ohio (WOUB) – After the reveal of Sonic Temple’s 2025 lineup, and considering the lineups we got for festivals like Louder Than Life and Aftershock in 2024, its not… Read More

Lancers leave no doubt in dominating win over Raiders
By: Natalie Davet
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STEWART, Ohio (WOUB) – The Federal Hocking Lady Lancers put on a show Monday night, dominating the Morgan Raiders with a commanding 65-33 victory. In the opening tip-off, the Lancers… Read More

WOUB Senior Spotlight: Caleb McCleskey
ATHENS, OH – Caleb McCleskey, a journalism news and information major with a podcasting certificate, is ready to pursue his dream job of working on podcasts at National Public Radio… Read More

The Anna Jinja Show: Xander Karagosian & Raymond Obstfeld
By: WOUB Culture Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – In this episode of The Anna Jinja Show, Anna interviews Xander Karagosian, a Liberian adoptee and student athlete at Ohio University, who grapples with his sense of self… Read More

A group of incarcerated men endured decades of solitary confinement in “The Strike” on INDEPENDENT LENS – Feb. 3 at 10 pm
A POWERFUL STORY OF PROTEST AND THE CALIFORNIA INCARCERATION SYSTEM, “THE STRIKE” PREMIERES ON INDEPENDENT LENS ON FEBRUARY 3 AT 10:00 PM Told by Those Who Survived Decades of Solitary… Read More

Michael Lorentz developed his love of live TV at WOUB
Michael Lorentz was a radio/television major and graduated from Ohio University in 1969 ATHENS, OH – Growing up in the small town of Circleville, Ohio, Michael Lorentz didn’t have much… Read More