The Athens Police Department 2015 annual report shows calls for rape are at an 11 year high at 33 calls. Nuisance party calls have increased but arrest related to those complaints have decreased.
Some local bars are taking steps to prepare for the weekend, while others are less concerned.
Local health officials have been monitoring issues brought on by sharing needles.
For more than 30 years, Appalachian Center for Economic Networks, or ACEnet, has been helping small business owners in 32 counties across the state bring their ideas to fruition.
Ohio University will shell out about $80,000 for the transportation partnership with the city.
Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle and local bartenders said bar fights are infrequent, but when they do happen, arrests are rarely made.
More than two months since the investigation began, the Athens Police Department is still requesting any information related to three sex crimes linked with DNA evidence.
OUPD arrested two people for disorderly conduct in the only two alcohol-related incidents it dealt with last week.
Athens City Council discussed raising pay grades to benefit long time workers, and was recently awarded a grant to purchase new recycling bins for residents.
Convicted murderer John Modie escaped from Hocking Correctional Facility sometime after 4 p.m. Sunday. Ohio University Police Department did not consider him a threat to campus.
Both operations were found to have several hundred dollars, handguns and equipment on the premises.
The sheriff said Ijo's handler did not clear the area prior to a drug sniff.
James D. Howard, who allegedly assaulted a Bird Arena employee last week, was indicted for burglary, aggravated burglary and two other counts.
The Athens County Sheriff's Office received a report that John Modie escaped some time after 4 p.m. Sunday, according to a sheriff's office news release.
A total of eight people were on the bus, including seven passengers and the driver.
Athens City Council will be discussing street closures for summer events, such as Boogie on the Bricks and Ohio Brew Week.
On Monday, a former OU student allegedly assaulted a staff member at Bird Arena and later tried to buy a firearm and ammunition, but was denied.
A Glouster man was sentenced to four years in prison after purposefully crashing into a garage and stabbing a dog to death.
On Monday, James D. Howard entered Downs Bait and Guns and tried to purchase a firearm and ammunition, but was denied. Howard was later arrested.
The course, named Putt People First, is Athens County’s only 18-hole miniature golf course, and its proceeds benefit local charities.
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