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Safety was in the driver’s seat at Athens’ first CarFit event
By: Noah Cavin
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – TaJiya Stone leans into the window of the driver’s seat. “We’re gonna make sure everything fits right, is that OK?” she asks. She checks to see… Read More

Jackson residents protest public school funding cuts as an amendment to eliminate property taxes statewide looms
By: Ty Carpenter
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JACKSON, Ohio (WOUB) – Jackson County residents voiced their concerns Saturday over major cuts to public school funding, which they fear could lead to a lower quality of education. About… Read More

Ohio Senate budget has flat income tax rate, still funds Brook Park construction
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Senate lawmakers unveiled hundreds of amendments Tuesday afternoon to House Bill 96, the biennial state budget, which is due June 30. Among them, the… Read More

The Goodyear Blimp turns 100 this year
AKRON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — A century ago, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company decided to take their advertising to the next level. To the skies, to be more exact…. Read More

Less food and more demand: Ohio’s rural food pantries cope with federal cuts
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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STOCKPORT, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — As a steady trickle of cars pulled into a gravel roundabout one morning in Stockport, a tiny village in southeast Ohio, volunteers loaded cardboard… Read More

The carryover limit on public schools is among the possible Senate changes to Ohio’s budget
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With another week of back-to-back marathon hearings nearly behind them, members of the Ohio Senate Finance committee are getting ready to release their initial… Read More

Nelsonville residents learn how to draw proposed ward maps for the new city government
By: Joshua Hoerner
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Nelsonville residents can now draw their own ward maps to be considered for the final proposed plan. At Thursday’s ward map meeting at the Nelsonville Public… Read More

Now Playing – ‘Friendship’: when tragedy becomes comedy
By: Gordon Briggs
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We’ve all been there before; we’re being introduced to a new group of potential friends, and we say or do something embarrassing in front of the entire group. The movie… Read More

Thinkers, mystics, historians, ethicists, faith leaders and scientists address fundamental questions in “Wisdom Keepers: Healing a Divided People” – June 9 at 10pm
Wisdom Keepers: Healing a Divided People THE WORLD’S INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS HAVE LONG FORETOLD THE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES WE NOW LIVE IN. WE WOULD DO WELL TO LISTEN TO THEM Monday,… Read More