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  • Athens names new street for county’s first Black attorney

    Athens names new street for county’s first Black attorney

    The City of Athens will be hosting a street sign unveiling on February 29 at 10 a.m. to commemorate naming a new street after Athens County’s first Black attorney, Andrew Jackson Davison, and his wife, Eliza Brown Davison. Eliza is famous in her own right as cook for General George Custer during the Civil War.…

  • The Bulletin Board: Public Meetings Feb. 26-March 4, 2024

    The Bulletin Board: Public Meetings Feb. 26-March 4, 2024

    The Bulletin Board: Public Meetings Feb. 26-March 4, 2024

  • Hamas bears full responsibility for Gaza war

    To the editor: Consider Gazans in chains; hear their plaintive plea,“Release us from Hamas’ tyrannical thugocracy.”It’s for them, for myself, and our common legacy,That I protest whenever I hear and whenever I see,Someone malevolently declaring “Palestine must be set free,From the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.” It’s Hamas’ threats, that I ask you to…

  • Nelsonville intersection closed Feb. 26–27

    Nelsonville intersection closed Feb. 26–27

    The City of Nelsonville announces that the intersection of Madison Street and West Franklin Street will be closed to traffic at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 26, until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27. The closure is to perform water main tie overs for a new water main. There will be detour signs posted, and the detour…

  • Sandy K. Jenkins

    Sandy K. Jenkins

    Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday February 27, 2024, at the Bishopville Church of Christ with Rick Seiter officiating.  Interment will be in the Glouster Cemetery.  Visitation will be held on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the church.

  • Charity Ann Boggs

    Charity Ann Boggs

    Funeral services will be held at 7 P.M., Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville, OH, with Pastor Wayne Dunlap officiating. Last call service will be conducted by the Coolville Vol. Fire Dept. after the funeral service. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Thursday, from 4-7 P.M.

  • Clyde Steven Randolph

    Clyde Steven Randolph

    Services will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 27th at 1pm at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, OH, with Pastor Rick Kapple officiating. Burial will be in the Stewart Cemetery, Hockingport, OH. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday, Feb. 26th from 5pm to 8pm.

  • Public officials respond to Athens’ ceasefire resolution

    Public officials respond to Athens’ ceasefire resolution

    Public officials contacted by the Independent did not say they were taking local resolutions for a ceasefire in Gaza into account.

  • A reality check from the mouths of babes

    A reality check from the mouths of babes

    It’s one thing to know our county is poor. It’s another to see proof that to some, $25,000 a year is a pipedream.

  • OU administration must stand up for donors, faculty and students

    At a time when moral courage and leadership are called for, the new university president and Ohio’s attorney general are failing.