Dustin Wheatley scrambles to find parts and admit customers to his junkyard to scavenge what they can from the corpses of cars that line the path up the twisting hill.
The Buchtel chief of police was arrested Wednesday afternoon after Athens County deputies allegedly sold him prescription pills in a controlled sale.
Local residents and students won’t have to travel about 1,000 miles to New Orleans to find the beads and cuisine of Mardi Gras this weekend.
Stress balls, nail-biting and meditation might be stress relievers of the past after a study showed blogging is a form of therapy for college-age students.
Vancant since 2008, the building that once housed The Blue Gator, 63 N. Court St., may have a new owner as soon as March.
A summer sliced eight days shorter thanks to Ohio University’s transition to semesters has Ohio Brew Week organizers starting to feel the heat.
When Jim Bruning retired after 35 years of working, he decided to give his wife a gift — anything she asked for.
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final story in a five-part philanthropic series profiling nonprofit organizations in Athens County.
Five days after Cunningham Energy filed a lawsuit against its research company in West Virginia, the company filed a suit of its own against Cunningham in the Athens County Court of Common Pleas.
COLUMBUS — Flamingos, penguins and Vice President Joe Biden took to the stage at Thursday’s Ohio Newspaper Association convention.
The special prosecutor for Athens County Commissioner Mark Sullivan's case is calling for his probation to be revoked.
Speaking from the auditorium of Wells Academy in Steubenville, Ohio, Gov. John Kasich first praised the elementary school’s high performance and then challenged education throughout the state to follow suit in his State of the State address Tuesday.
About 100 Athens County residents gathered at the Athens Community Center Tuesday evening to petition local officials to take action on topics ranging from hydraulic fracturing to homelessness in the area.
Breast cancer screenings for poor women in Southeast Ohio are no longer in question thanks to a major donor’s reversing a controversial decision.
As extensive amounts of property continue to be leased throughout Southeast Ohio to the oil and gas industry, Ohio University property could soon be adding to the growing tally.
Though the past month was filled with local residents spouting protests to Athens’ fluoridation of drinking water, Athens City Council members continually were unable to swallow calls to end the practice.
What started as a hobby four years ago has turned into a career for a local chocolatier who learned the ins and outs of her trade from the inside of her kitchen.
From Alaska to Florida, retailers nationwide sell artwork created by artists with developmental disabilities at Passion Works Studio, inspiring support from not only its hometown of Athens, but also galleries across the country.
Although tradition and commercials attracted viewers to Sunday’s Super Bowl, many football fans in Athens preferred to watch the championship game from their homes instead of bars and restaurants.
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland announced Wednesday that he will endorse a local official in his run for Congress, saying Athens City Law Director Pat Lang is “the right man for the job.”
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