Man, I didn’t realize that writing my final “Wearing Thin” column would be so difficult. What a time to get writer’s block!
My Athens story began years back as a college freshman working toward her journalism degree. Like many other Ohio University students, I fell …
I was bitten by the bug. Dinner-table discussions with mom and dad, who are bother former journalists, led me to where I am today.
This week, The Daily Northwestern, the paper of record and student paper for Northwestern University, published an editorial apologizing for t…
In less than three days’ time, the population of Athens will double. Thousands of revelers will descend on the town, anticipating a weekend of…
Dr. John Light was born in northern Ohio in 1930 if my math is correct. Very little of John’s early life would have given anyone a clue as to …
This has been a difficult week for me, as tomorrow (Friday) will be my last day working fulltime for The Athens NEWS. This weekend, I am packi…
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, delivered this floor statement on women’s health before the U.S. Senate on the evening of May 14.
Some Ohio University students earlier this week were caught in the act of saying the n-word in a Snapchat video that was later shared on Twitt…
Last Wednesday Donald Trump said: “It should be announced, probably some time next week, that we will have 100 percent of the (ISIS) caliphate…
My first assignment as an Ohio University student intern in the Athens Messenger’s newsroom was to write an article about the Starlight Ball.
After publishing an endorsement for Jay Edwards in the Oct. 29 issue of The Athens NEWS, our staff has received ample criticism from readers o…
After The New York Times published an opinion piece written by an unnamed “senior administration official” who claimed to be part of an anti-T…
Editor’s note: The Athens NEWS is participating in a national campaign spearheaded by The Boston Globe to respond forcefully to President Dona…
A young boy finds a tree full of bright red apples near his home. Hungry, he picks one and eats it, then grabs another to bring his mother. Wh…
An “Athens Voice” comment in the June 7 issue of The Athens NEWS took a shot at the free-lunch program in public schools: “I’m still aghast th…
Hey you! Do you love kitties, and want to help them?
The results of a new economic impact study demonstrate Ohio University’s significant positive impact on the state, region and Athens community.
The extraordinary thing is that there is no Plan B. If Donald Trump’s re-imposition of American sanctions on Iran does not cause President Has…
History tells us that no matter what, people are rarely ever happy when a verdict is rendered in a rape or sexual-assault trial, regardless of…
This past Friday, nearly 100 Athens High School students left the school building. Seventeen minutes later, they walked back inside.
In the March 15 edition of The Athesn NEWS, a political cartoon by the talented Sandy Plunkett raised an interesting issue. Next to a textbox …
It was a Friday afternoon in the spring of 1977 on the porch of the Frontier Room, the beer-and-wine bar inside Baker Student Center. Classes …
The volunteer members of the work group on Ohio University’s “Freedom of Expression” policy voting unanimously to keep the group’s meetings cl…
Last year the solar industry created jobs 17 times faster than the overall U.S. economy, with more than 260,000 workers nationwide and over 5,…
Since the months leading up to that whole election thing last year, the term “fake news” has been a regular topic of conversation in newsrooms…
The first human-rights and environmental-justice hearing ever held in Ohio took place in Athens Saturday. The hearing was part of a tribunal p…
The Earth Week Extravaganza in Athens County has emerged again in 2017, with more collaborating organizations than ever promoting events and c…