Judy Jenkinson, who owns her own farm in Athens County near Albany, hasn’t been allowed any snow or cold days, but she’s spent many early mornings monitoring the weather forecast, trying to start her tractor and bundling up to check on her week-old lamb.
In the months following the passing of electric aggregation initiatives in Athens County, several local officials say they have been discussing options for affordable renewable energy that could include a new solar energy plant built in Southeast Ohio.
More than four months after the Nelsonville Bypass redirected State Route 33 around Nelsonville, Southeastern Ohio art advocates still see activity of the arts in the city.
Some Twitter users might not have been surprised to wake up to a text or email about canceled classes Monday morning.
The morning after a winter storm, it’s not uncommon to see students making their trek down Jeff Hill at a glacial pace, staggering and slipping with every other step.
The Athens County Commissioners are considering allocating an extra $20,000 to hire a full-time agricultural educator through the Ohio State University Extension, the commissioners said Tuesday.
The 138 males currently on death row at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution might see their execution dates pushed back or eliminated, opponents of capital punishment are saying.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine moved Tuesday for the Ohio Supreme Court to begin suspension proceedings against Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly, who is charged with multiple felonies “relating to (his) administration of, or conduct in the performance of” a sheriff’s duties, according to court documents.
A Glouster man, accused of murdering his father, has a pretrial set for Feb. 24 in Athens County Common Pleas Court, and it’s Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly’s responsibility to bring him back to Athens for the hearing.
The Athens City Commission on Disabilities and Ohio University’s Presidential Advisory Council on Disability Accessibility and Planning will now officially share resources, council members said at their meeting Monday evening.
When eight local fracking protesters were arrested and dropped the signs they were holding, Athens County Fracking Action Network member Andrea Reik picked one up.
The Athens County Commissioners decided Tuesday to allow the county dog warden and assistant dog warden to keep straw on their trucks to give to dogs in need during the cold weather.
A Washington County woman has joined the race to represent Ohio’s 94th House District in her first step into politics.
When Craig Davis underwent training to volunteer for helping abused and neglected children, he had no idea he would become so attached to them.
GOP, Democratic politicians from Ohio respond to Obama’s State of the Union.
In the immediate aftermath of the now-infamous Court Street public sex act that caught the attention of the international media last year, five other rapes and sexual assaults were reported to authorities during the two months to follow.
A Delaware County teenager sat in a drumming circle and was offered the chance to relieve his stress and take his aggression out on the instrument by striking it.
Athens City Law Director Pat Lang confirmed late Monday that he plans to announce on Tuesday his candidacy for Athens County Common Pleas Court, Judge L. Alan Goldsberry’s seat on the court.
As President Barack Obama readies to deliver his State of the Union speech to Congress and the American people Tuesday night, Ohio lawmakers and officials are weighing in on what they’d like to hear.
A state appellate court Wednesday affirmed a convicted murderer’s life sentence without parole eligibility.
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