Problems have plagued businesses on East State Street for more than a year with closings and road construction, but with store openings and improving economic conditions in Athens, business could stabilize.
Athens County residents will receive much-needed help with heating costs this winter through the Home Energy Assistance Program.
One week after facing the task of stopping Kent State quarterback Joshua Cribbs, Ohio faces another tough task at quarterback: Akron's Charlie Frye.
For millions of Americans, the vibrancy of the holidays ushers in a host of nostalgic memories. For Ohio University students, winter break provides many with the welcome opportunity to cash in on a little of the Christmas cheer.
The Ohio wrestling team has no intentions of getting off to a slow start this season.
Ohio gets another dose of trouble from Mid-American Conference quarterbacks this weekend when the Bobcats meet Akron's Charlie Frye Saturday in the Zips' final game of the season.
Areas with high concentrations of students such as Mill and Palmer streets have been criticized after riots on Halloween. While the city realizes student neighborhoods are an unchangeable reality, many city officials are concerned with those areas turning into student slums.
Before ever playing their first Mid-American Conference game, newcomers for the Ohio men's basketball team will get a taste of what a conference tournament is like.
Ohio goalie Brian Gallagher knows that Iowa State is literally No. 1 in the Central States Collegiate Hockey league.
Although the Halloween arrest reports show few Ohio University students were involved in the violence, President Robert Glidden said the annual weekend celebration has compromised OU's reputation as a safe, academic institution.
After all the streets were cleaned and city officers paid, the Halloween celebration cost the city of Athens almost $70,000 - about $20,000 more than the city had budgeted.
When the college football season began in August, few could have predicted the success of the Mid-American Conference in national polls, but fewer still could have foreseen the conference's attendance boom.
With the first exhibition game just days after the season's first practice, and the second exhibition coming 14 days later, Ohio coach Lynn Bria was a bit skeptical.
A string of storms swept through Ohio last night, hitting Athens with gusting winds and downing power lines across the city.
The Ohio cross country team will wrap up its season this weekend at the NCAA Regional Championships. Or at least what is left of the team will.
Athens Police Department officers recently searched a black Volkswagon Jetta - collecting a knife and box cutter, among other things - they believed contained evidence related to the stabbing occurring Halloween weekend.
Four of Athens' seasoned solo musicians will perform individual segments before finishing the performance with a first time collective set as a band this Saturday at O'Hooley's Pub, 24 W. Union St.
Ohio University's Graduate Student Senate (GSS) is working to help returning graduate students start off with a clean slate.
Former Vermont governor Howard Dean continued his push to energize young voters yesterday, participating in a conference call with Generation Dean supporters and members of college media to announce his plan for federal spending on higher education.
The small staff of the Ohio University health education and wellness department grew Monday when it filled a vacancy to help prevent and educate students about sexual assault.
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