A provisional report released Monday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol shows 13 people died in motor vehicle crashes statewide during the days around Thanksgiving.
The Ohio Parole Board decided Tuesday to continue the third parole hearing of an Athens man convicted of murdering an Ohio University student in 1983.
As the fiscal year draws to a close and the remaining dollars in Athens’ general fund are being depleted, some local officials say the city’s funds will be tighter than usual next year.
Supporters of the former secretary of state gathered in Baker University Center on Monday to promote Hillary Clinton as a candidate for president in 2016.
When Ohio University students return to campus to hit the books next week, hunters throughout the state will hit the forests for the start of deer-gun season.
Jenny DePietro said she’s noticed an abundance of stray cats in her yard for the past 20 years, underscoring a potential problem occurring near her Lancaster home.
In 2014, $80 could keep some folks in Athens County away from higher education, officials have said.
No one seems to know for sure how Bong Hill got its name.
Ohio has offered free rape kit testing for approximately two years in hopes of catching offenders who might think they are getting away with rape. Since, at least one Athens perpetrator has been identified as a suspect because of the service.
The drug some officials say is as bad as or worse than heroin and methamphetamine has recently hit Athens County, local authorities said.
One local congressman thinks fewer people should be incarcerated, and he has an idea that could serve them well.
An Athens resident filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming that officials replaced a sewer line on his property without permission over the summer.
A Chauncey man was arraigned in the Athens County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to one count of abduction.
Athens Mayor Paul Wiehl and Athens County Commissioner Chris Chmiel want to pursue renewable resources, but it could cause the city more hassle than it’s worth.
The 740 area code could be exhausted by 2015, leaving the state with two possible solutions: splitting the current 740 region into two area codes or installing an overlay that would allow existing numbers to stay the same and force new subscribers onto the new code.
A former Ohio University student, accused but innocent of rape in 2009, has asked the Athens County Common Pleas Court to remove the record in his case from public access in a hearing Friday.
Despite a loophole in Ohio law that apparently allows landlords to collect a profit while functioning as a middleman between tenants and utility companies, many Athens area landlords say they are avoiding the practice altogether.
Athens City Council members Monday, in the process of making more than a $200,000 payment on an almost-two-year-old fire truck, made it clear: The city desperately needed a new ladder, and it has been worth the money.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office issued four additional subpoenas to Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly this month, authorities said, but unlike previous subpoenas served to the sheriff, details are limited.
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