This is the Readers Digest-like condensed version of the History of Athens Halloween, or if you will, the “Best of” Athens Halloween History. The long version has grown like a radioactive freak into a ...

A zombie is stalking this way, a bloody gash on his forehead, eyes bloodshot and dead. "IgottagettoKernStreet," he moans as a nursing student reassures him he won't require stitches for his mysterious ...

The entire country’s eyes turned to rural Athens County this week after Heisman Trophy winner and Athens-area native Joe Burrow called attention to the issues of poverty and child hunger in his home ...

Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle defended the actions of three white Athens Police officers on Monday after video of those officers shoving an African-American University of Cincinnati student into the ...

In response to a former Athens City Council member Arian Smedley’s observation that the city urgently needs a more accessible pedestrian infrastructure, the City Council passed her resolution in ...

The victim in a high-profile child sex abuse case has filed a civil lawsuit in federal court that includes newly disclosed allegations against former Athens County Sheriff Deputy Lt. Jimmy Childs.

A church building in uptown Athens listed on the National Register of Historic Places has fallen into disrepair, and nobody seems quite certain what is being done or can be done about it. The Mount ...

For this week’s column, I would like to begin by wishing all my regular readers a Happy New Year. I know 2025 was a difficult year for many people, me included, so I’m hoping this year will be less ...

I hate to say it, but I’ll be honest here. Is anyone even excited for this? I, of course, am talking about the NBA Finals that’s set to begin this Wednesday night. That statement comes with a ...

The Athens Area Chamber of Commerce will honor six local businesses and individuals at the sold-out Annual Dinner Meeting and Awards Gala on Thursday at the Ohio University Inn, on Richland Avenue.

Remember as you read these blurbs showing who won The Athens NEWS 2020 Best of Athens Readers' Choice Awards that this whole project was conceived, planned and mostly executed before the pandemic ...

Athens County Sheriff Sergeant Jimmy Childs was arrested Friday night in connection to the Athens County Prosecutor’s Office’s sweeping investigation into the Bellar family. Childs, also the Athens ...