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Keith Gabriel
Funeral service will be conducted at Jagers & Sons Funeral Home on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. Pastor Phil Foster will be officiating. Burial will be in New Marshfield Cemetery.
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Rural News Fund will help revive local news in Central Appalachia
Athens County is one of just 57 counties in central Appalachia that has at least one source of local news. Meigs and Gallia counties are among the 200 central Appalachian counties with no local news source at all. If we hadn’t launched the Independent two and half years ago, Athens County would be in the…
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Athens athletic director under fire after team stripped of championship
Eric Sholtis failed to file paperwork for a transfer student on the volleyball team, which cost the team its conference co-championship.
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Athens sets 2025 appropriations, moves income tax proposal ahead
City council members disagreed on the relationship between 2025 spending and a proposed 15% income tax hike that could go before voters in May 2025.
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New trail construction projects kick off for Baileys
The new trails near Buchtel will bring the trail system to “near completion.”
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Ohio University moving toward faculty union election after expensive legal fight
From March to October, Ohio University spent about $125,000 on legal fees related to the proposed faculty union.
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South siders decry proposed affordable housing project
Property owners near the proposed project on Pomeroy Road cited concerns over lack of input, potential flooding and lowered property values.
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Photo gallery: Girl Scout turkey boxes
Athens area Girl Scouts assembled Turkey Boxes for those in need this Thanksgiving.
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Jack Sickels
Funeral service will be conducted Saturday Dec 14th at 11:00 a.m. at Jagers & Sons Funeral Home, Athens with Pastor Debbie Brookins officiating. Burial will be in Bates Cemetery, Athens. Friends may call Friday Dec. 13th from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Albany Lodge 723 will hold Masonic rites Friday at 8:00…
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Nelsonville-York bucks tradition of no classes on ‘Deer Day’
Superintendent Rick Edwards said the change protected students facing homelessness and food insecurity, but some parents and a certain state representative were unhappy.
