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Ukrainian-Athenians host a film screening to mark the war’s second anniversary
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Athens residents and Ukrainian activists came together Tuesday night for a film screening in a solemn commemoration of the second anniversary of the war… Read More

Photo Gallery: Ohio University Pays Tribute to D-Day War Correspondents
By: Ahmed Hamed
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Ohio University held a special event to honor the war correspondents who covered the historic D-Day invasion and World War II. Hosted by the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and… Read More

Scholastic wanted to license her children’s book — if she cut a part about ‘racism’
By: Emma Bowman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when she first saw the offer from the publishing giant. Scholastic wanted to license her 2022 children’s book Love in the Library…. Read More

Historian solves a mystery involving World War II soldier from Meigs County who was missing in action
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — On May 25, 1944, Worley Jacks enlisted in the United States Army. Ten months later, he was on a frigid battlefield in eastern France, part of… Read More