Cornwell Jewelry is celebrating 180 years since its founding in 1832. This photo shows some artifacts from the business' early days including old eyeglasses and an old jewelry case for a diamond ring

There are a lot of reasons why people come back to Athens, though family history isn't usually at the top of the list. And for Jim Wahlstrom, new co-owner of Abrio's Vera Cucina on East State Street, it really wasn't "coming back" at all, since he had never lived here previously.

There's something awe-inspiring about the recently reopened Lodge at Lake Hope State Park. From the Zaleski State Forest wood that holds together the $5 million establishment to the framed

Any new arrival at Ohio University will inevitably hear some variation on the more infamous legends of haunted Athens.

From TV shows and movies, most of us are familiar with the figure of the police officer who goes undercover to bust drug dealers or gangsters. A new book, however, recounts the adventures

For years Athens residents have debated why a number of headstones at a cemetery on The Ridges property were arranged in a circular pattern.

Cyrus Moore III first took an interest in things military because he bears the same name as a veteran of the Civil War. As a volunteer for the Athens County Historical Society and Mus

There is a photo on the final page of the 1969-1970 edition of the Ohio University Athena yearbook that features a group of Ohio National Guard troops marching single-file past the Athena Cinema like armed ducklings below a marquee that reads simply "Z."

Two locally situated books have been published in this year, both unique stories of counterculture, plenty of drugs, and vivid scenery.

An Athens business that's been a constant for over 50 years will soon disappear from the city. It's a small, utilitarian place. It was open later than most bars. It had wall-to-wall merchandise, cheap cigarettes and a calm, weary dog. A half-lucid voice at the counter never failed to ask, "You want matches?" If you haven't already guessed, it's the Campus Sundry on West Union Street, and by 2012 it will be a memory.