Athens Mayor Steve Patterson presented the Tenth Annual Athena Award Wednesday during a ceremony at the Athens Community ...

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Academic excellence should be applauded and praised as much as throwing the game winning pass Friday night, so we’re going to ...

The Athens County Master Gardener Volunteers received the Outstanding State award for Community Service for the Athens ...

Jose Torres of Athens served with such high distinction during the Korean War with his fellow Army soldiers that his entire ...

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We knew going into this college football season it would be different with the introduction of the 12-team playoff. With the ...

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration. But his proposals are more complicated than that sounds ...

Athens County voters overwhelmingly supported the EMS levy with 16,460 voters casting ballots in favor and 7,136 against the measure in Tuesday's election.

A ballot initiative to abolish Nelsonville’s city charter and return to a statutory form of government has passed overwhelmingly.

The Ohio men's basketball team (0-1) opened the 2024-25 season Monday night in the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge, falling to James ...

The public is invited to a pre-Veterans Day event at 11 a.m. Saturday at Rendville Cemetery, during which five ...