Athens News

MAGNOLIA: Kenneth E. Monroe, Sr., age 89, of Magnolia, passed away Monday evening, November 2, 2009, in Aultman Hospital surrounded by his loving family.

An Athens County man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and setting her body on fire.

An Athens County sex offender whom authorities say molested boys after befriending them online was sentenced today to 20 years in prison.

Athens County authorities are investigating whether local Democratic Party officials illegally offered a $5 bounty to Ohio University students to bring friends to the polls today.

Athens police had tallied more than 20 arrests between Friday night and Saturday morning as the college town geared up for the night that is traditionally the most rowdy of the year.

Police and state liquor agents arrested or cited 112 people Saturday night and early yesterday as thousands packed Court Street for the traditional Halloween bash in Athens, in addition to the 70 people arrested and cited the night before.

The Athens County Emergency Management Agency has released arrest and public disturbance information for the 2009 Athens Halloween Block Party.

Athens police answered 38 calls and made 19 arrests last night as Halloween revelers revved up for tonight's main event.

A career that began 30 years with a little brown job interview lie to my first newspaper employer comes to an end today.

ZANESVILLE - Merle J. Rhodes has been practicing clinical counseling for more than 30 years and intends to fight a suspension that was just upheld by the Ohio Fifth Circuit Appellate Court.

CINCINNATI - Appalachian leaders are seeking ways to use alternative energy initiatives to spark the 13-state region's long-sluggish economy.

LANCASTER -- An Athens woman was treated at Fairfield Medical Center after a two-vehicle crash at 7:04 p.m. Wednesday, according to a report from the Lancaster Police Department.

Appalachian leaders are seeking ways to use alternative energy initiatives to spark the 13-state region's long-sluggish economy.

The Halloween Block Party in Athens, Ohio is a pretty big deal. It's serious business when the town will shut down the streets leading into town early on Saturday and not reopen until everything is cleaned up on Sunday.

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Authorities arrested 10 suspects Wednesday in a sweep operation called Operation Busted Balloon.

ATHENS - Three Ohio University pranksters have been fined hundreds of dollars for barricading a dormitory adviser in his room twice, first with rope and later with a chain and padlock.

A jail escapee was arrested Wednesday, according to Morgan County officials. Sheriff's officials said 19-year-old Christopher Lee Clark was arrested during an arrest sweep in Athens County.

Shane Osborne will get his degree from Ohio University, but he never has had to leave Columbus State Community College to earn it.

Margaret Flory, a visionary Presbyterian leader who created a number of seminal programs that connected Christians around the world with each other, died Oct.