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  Same team, different field, different weather, same results. The Rio Grande RedStorm defeated Bluefield College for the second time this season, beating the Rams by a score of 6-0. This game featured bigger stakes as Rio fought Bluefield for a spot in the semifinals of the Mid-South Conference Tournament. Just like their last matchup on… Read More
  SportsBeat host Pat Moore talks with Gridiron Glory's Keith Turner and Lucas Widman on the upcoming high school playoff games and this year's Gridiron Glory Player of the Year finalists. Tune into WOUB 1340 AM andwww.woub.org/listenlive every Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. to listen to SportsBeat and follow the show on Twitter at @SportsBeatWOUB.
  It has been a long time coming, but the Southern Tornadoes can finally say they are playoff bound. An 8-2 regular-season record earned Southern the No. 5 seed in Division VII, Region 25. The Tornadoes will face off with the 8-2 Steubenville Catholic Central Crusaders, the fourth seed in the region. Tyler Barton has led… Read More
  The Trimble Tomcats will host the Beallsville Blue Devils in a first round playoff clash Saturday night. The Tomcats will try to continue their season in a win or go home contest. The 2013 season has been one of Trimble's most successful campaigns in school history, and they are hoping for bigger things to come… Read More
  OU Poetry Slam This Weekend
  The Ohio University Association of Black Journalists will present "Go With The Flow," a poetry slam, Saturday, Nov. 9 in OU's Baker 1804 lounge. The slam, which has three rounds, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Contestants are expected to arrive at 6:30. All pieces must be original work and last no more than two-and-a-half minutes… Read More
  Athens Prideful Of Local Food Culture
  Food is a universal part of culture everywhere, but in Athens, locally sourced food businesses are points of pride for the community. This week, WOUB's April Laissle and Ben Postlethwait set out to explain where that pride comes from.
  A federal judge has declined to block a condemned Ohio child killer's upcoming execution at the request of lawyers suing over the state's updated process for carrying out capital punishment. The decision by Columbus judge Gregory Frost Thursday upholds the Nov. 14 execution of Ronald Phillips despite questions about the state's new option of using… Read More
  Dialing your neighbor in Southeast and parts of Central Ohio may soon become more difficult. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio opened a proceeding Wednesday morning that will eventually lead to a new area code being created for those currently in the 740 area code region. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator notified the PUCO… Read More
  Quiet Please: Jackie O's Debuts New Concert Series
  "And now for something completely different" is an overused catchphrase, but Jackie O's Pub & Brewery might be justified in using it to describe an upcoming show. Tuvan throat-singing ensemble Alash will perform an intimate concert as part of the pub's new "Quiet Concert Series."
  County Museum's Book Store, Gift Shop Expand Space, Hours
  The book store and gift shop at the Athens County Historical Society and Museum on Court Street in Athens has doubled in size and is doubling its hours during the winter holiday season. Featured items include work by local artists, as well as self-published local history books. The shop will remain open until 8 p.m…. Read More
  Over 160,000 students in the United States don't go to school because they're afraid of being bullied. Chillicothe School District stood up Wednesday to say, "that's not okay." Over 100 students at Chillicothe Middle School participated in a hands on anti-bullying workshop. The program is called "Rachel's Challenge," created in memory of Rachel Joy, a… Read More
  Perspectives: OU Grad Student Is An 'Ally'
  Megan Villegas, a graduate student in the English department at Ohio University, is an "Ally" of the LGBT culture, and she shares her coming out story with WOUB's Visuals team. She talks about the importance of "always being an ally," and how she is teaching her students to handle important issues. For more of the… Read More
  The Athens County Commissioners are considering borrowing $1.5 to $2 million from county coffers to pay for capital improvement projects. On Tuesday, the Athens County Investment Committee set the interest rate the county would charge itself, and also amended the county's investment policy to allow additional types of investments to be made with county money…. Read More
  WV Growth Fund Aims To Help Small Businesses
  Successful West Virginia businesses can now lend money to newer, smaller enterprises that want to launch or expand, thanks to a statewide lending program called an angel investment fund. The West Virginia Growth Fund started on a small, informal scale four years ago. But Vice Chairman Tom Heywood tells media outlets that it now has… Read More
  The village of Albany will have a police force for the moment, but the streets of Albany may be going dark due to voters' choices Tuesday. Neither a replacement police levy nor a current expenses levy aimed to keep the street lights on passed during the Tuesday election, and village officials say voter misunderstandings about… Read More
  Governor John Kasich broke ground Wednesday afternoon for a Holocaust memorial on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse. Joyce Garver Keller, Executive Director of Ohio Jewish Communities, began the rainy groundbreaking ceremony by saying the memorial would serve to "inspire people to act differently in face of hatred." Daniel Libeskind, the renowned Polish architect behind… Read More
  With another failed levy on the books and projections of deficit spending by fiscal year 2016, Trimble Local School officials say they'll have to reevaluate their options. "I will converse with the board to determine the next steps," said Supt. Kim Jones on Wednesday. The district could decide to put the permanent improvement levy in… Read More
  Athens City Wants To Demolish Vacant Home In Front Of Community Center
  An ordinance has been introduced by Athens City Council that would allow the city to demolish a vacant home in front of the Athens Community Center on East State Street. According to Andrew Chiki, assistant director of the city's Arts, Parks and Recreation Department, the city-owned house used to serve as a home for the… Read More
  ALBANY — The village of Albany will have a police force for the moment, but the streets of Albany may be going dark due to voters' choices Tuesday. Neither a replacement police levy nor a current expenses levy aimed to keep the street lights on passed during the Tuesday election, and village officials say voter… Read More
  On Saturday, Nov. 9, Central Venue will host an eclectic show by Columbus-based Saintseneca, along with Athens acts Kelly Latimore and Ghost Stories. Although the concert will be a startling mix of multi-instrumental post-punk, intimate acoustic tunes and high energy emo-rock, this should just make it all the more interesting. Word is quickly spreading about… Read More
  UPDATE 3:13 p.m. Dialing your neighbor in Southeast Ohio and parts of Central Ohio may soon require three additional digits. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio started the process Wednesday morning that will eventually lead to a new area code being created for those currently in the 740 area code region. The North American Numbering… Read More
  Man Found On Route 50 Exercised 'Bad Judgment,' According To Highway Patrol
  The story of what happened to a man found severely injured along the side of Route 50 is unfolding, according to the State Highway Patrol. Jeffrey Root, 22, of Coolville, was found Saturday on the side of the road in what troopers were told was a pedestrian versus semi truck collision. As it turns out,… Read More