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Local NEWS
It used to be that cannabis was legal in Ohio. Here
and everywhere in the U.S, you could walk into a drug store and buy the
processed plant to treat what ailed you.
Local NEWS
The Athens Chinese Culture Center (ACCC) opened its doors to the community last October, and has now extended its reach with a summer camp for children of all skill levels to learn how to speak Chinese while being exposed to Chinese culture.
Local NEWS
Ohio University is slated to handle a variety of
capital projects in its 2014 fiscal year including the construction of a new
$70 million replacement power plant.
Campus NEWS
With Ohio University making plans to resurrect a long-mothballed advisory committee for the Ridges, changes have been included in the state's biennial budget to swing control of the committee from the Board of Trustees to the university president.
Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly is currently under investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation for issues including allegedly improper disposal of county records.
Athens County Commissioner Charlie Adkins confirmed Tuesday that he was looking into how a 911 dispatcher handled a complaint Friday evening by the 17-year-old girlfriend of Joel Kelly, the 24-year-old son of county Sheriff Pat Kelly.
In the midst of a state criminal investigation of alleged illegal records destruction by Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly, other elected officials in the county are working to update their records-retention policies, and make sure they conform to recommended state guidelines.
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Now that the White House has acknowledged that the Assad regime in Syria did use sarin gas on several occasions in March, killing 100-150 people, a couple of questions are immediately obvious. What will Obama's next step be? What role should the United States play in this increasingly bloody conflict?