A former Ohio University football player will serve at least six months in prison on a felonious assault charge, stemming from what both he and his victim, another OU student, seem to agree was a senseless, unprovoked attack.

Ohio University has a network of underground utility tunnels, one of which started to give way recently, leading to a potential sinkhole situation on University Terrace, an OU official confirmed Monday.

Ohio University has reached a settlement with a former nursing student who sued OU after it denied her a degree because of her low grade on a national preparatory test.

Though Ohio University President Roderick McDavis is one of the lower-paid presidents of public universities in the state, he – like most of Ohio's public college presidents – is above the median for presidential pay nationwide.

It appears that a former Ohio University student may take a plea bargain today (Thursday) in a case in which he's accused of having assaulted another student.

In March, Ohio University announced plans to resurrect a long-mothballed advisory committee, to offer input on how the university should use the Ridges property it took over from the state Department of Mental Health 25 years ago.

At a time when Washington is debating what role America should play in the civil war in Syria, one Athens resident – professor Amr Al-Azm –believes it's time for the U.S. to do more to help the rebels.

Hocking College student Albert L. Sims not only graduated with honors from Hocking College on Sunday, but also addressed his classmates as the commencement speaker. It's an achievement made particularly remarkable since it comes after a life of crime, gang-banging and 22 years behind bars.

Gov. John Kasich has announced the appointment of Cary Rodman Cooper and Janelle Simmons to the Ohio University Board of Trustees, according to a news release.

The governor's office announced Wednesday, April 24, that Gov. John Kasich has named former Ohio state representative and Ohio University alumnus John Carey chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents.