Brown Announces $3.5 Million in Funding to Local Energy Company

By: Associated Press, Atish Baidya
Posted on: Thursday, June 18, 2015

Athens-based SunPower Inc. will be getting $3.5 million in federal funding for a generator development project. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the funding today. “The generators built at SunPower… Read More

DeWine Announces Initiatives to Help with Campus Sexual Assaults

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Thursday, June 11, 2015

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office will be providing $3 million in grants to help college campuses strengthen their sexual assault victim advocacy programs. Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the grants… Read More

City of Dublin Names Goss New Director of Development

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

The City of Dublin has named Donna Goss as its new director of development. Goss has served as Director of Real Estate Management, Community Engagement and Economic Development at Ohio… Read More

Snow and Ice Hampering Power Restoration Efforts

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Friday, March 6, 2015

Update 3/6/15 @ 10:35 a.m. AEP Ohio says more than 800 people are working on power restoration efforts in the aftermath of a winter storm that dumped at least seven inches… Read More

OU Employee Dies In Accident

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Friday, February 27, 2015

An Ohio University employee died Friday morning after being struck by a vehicle on State Route 681. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OHSP), Shane Gilkey, 48, was out… Read More

Gentile Meets with College Students

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Thursday, January 22, 2015

High Wind Causing Power Outages Across The Region

By: Associated Press, Athens Messenger staff reports, Atish Baidya
Posted on: Monday, November 24, 2014

Update 5:30 p.m. AEP Ohio is bringing in crews from outside the region to help restore power to thousands of customers in its service area. It could take crews as… Read More

Icy Roads Create Dangerous Travel Conditions

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Saturday, November 22, 2014

Public safety officials in at least three southeastern Ohio counties are urging people to be careful while driving due to icy road conditions. Athens, Vinton and Hocking counties sent out… Read More

Accident Shuts Down One Lane On Route 33

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Update 4:41 p.m. ODOT says both lanes of westbound Route 33 are open. The Ohio Department of Transportation says one lane of westbound Route 33 is closed because of an… Read More

Ohio University Trustees: Vote On $250M Century Bonds A ‘Historic Moment’

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Friday, October 17, 2014

The Ohio University Board of Trustees approved a plan described as an “innovative and creative financial step” that includes creation of a central bank to handle the proceeds from the… Read More

Ohio University Police Investigating Threat Against McDavis

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Thursday, October 16, 2014

Ohio University Police are investigating a death threat against OU President Roderick McDavis after a photo of the message written on a bathroom stall door was posted to a mobile… Read More

Board Of Trustees Discuss Plan For $250 Million Bond Issuance

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Thursday, October 16, 2014

The Ohio University Board of Trustees is expected to vote on a resolution that creates guiding principles and policies for the investment of $250 million in bonds the university will… Read More

Student Senate Treasurer Resigns, Calling Senate A ‘Circus’

By: Ann Jacob, Atish Baidya
Posted on: Thursday, September 18, 2014

Ohio University’s Student Senate treasurer resigned from the organization at Wednesday’s meeting after saying it had turned into a “circus” in the aftermath of the controversy surrounding a video posted… Read More

The Gift Of Life In Death

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Thursday, August 28, 2014

Dr. Larry Witmer, the director of anatomical sciences at Ohio University's medical school, remembers working on his first patient when he was a medical student student at Johns Hopkins University…. Read More

AEP Ohio Warning Customers About Phone Scam

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Friday, August 22, 2014

AEP Ohio is warning its customers about a phone scam it says is being conducted in different parts of its service area. The company says they are getting reports of… Read More

Health Recovery Services Awarded $600K Grant

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Health Recovery Services in Athens has received a $600,000 grant to expand its efforts to improve services for opiate addicted mothers and their newborn babies. The goal is to reduce… Read More

Athens Officials Tout Benefits Of Electrical Aggregation

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Thursday, July 24, 2014

City and county officials are hoping electrical aggregation will bring benefits to consumers, the environment and local economy. On Tuesday the Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council (SOPEC), the organization formed… Read More

Ohio University To Offer New Energy Engineering Degree

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Friday, July 18, 2014

Ohio University is expanding its degree offering in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology beginning this fall. The new four-year Bachelor of Science degree in energy engineering will be… Read More

Chillicothe Teen’s Story Gets Worldwide Media Attention

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Thursday, July 17, 2014

An Ohio University-Chillicothe student’s challenge of how social media treats body image is getting worldwide media attention. 19-year-old Samm Newman’s story has been covered by media organizations across the country… Read More

Student Files Free Speech Lawsuit Against OU

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Tuesday, July 1, 2014

An Ohio University student is challenging the university’s speech code in a lawsuit filed in federal court with the help of a national nonprofit group that works to promote free… Read More

‘Torch Of Hope’ On Its Way To Columbus

By: Atish Baidya
Posted on: Thursday, June 26, 2014

Close to a dozen Special Olympic athletes and local law enforcement personnel made their way down Court Street Thursday morning as part of Athens leg of the 2014 Torch Run… Read More