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Inside Courts: Nelsonville’s charter showdown lands before Ohio Supreme Court
Will Nelsonville voters’ 70% mandate for a statutory government stand, or can its city council’s repeal erase it?
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Changemakers: Integrated Services supports mental health, housing services
Integrated Services for Behavioral Health helps those with mental health and substance use disorders find stable housing.
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Reel Talk: Best movies of 2025 so far
On the whole, 2025 has been a mixed bag of movies. Here’s three films that stand out.
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Table for Tara: Comfort, affordability and a few surprises at Shade on State
Casual and affordable, Shade on State on Athens’ Far East side features an expansive lineup of American favorites and 20 beers on draft.
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Bites, Camera, Fashion: Cage is some ‘Pig’
Without his usual antics and acting tics, “Pig” is the least Cage-y movie by Nicolas Cage that I have ever seen.
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Inside Courts: Ohio voted for abortion rights. Now some lawmakers want to take them away
A new bill in the Ohio legislature could criminalize abortion despite a 2023 constitutional amendment passed by nearly 60% of voters.
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Reel Talk: Unwrapping the body horror films of David Cronenberg
Since the 1980s, Cronenberg’s films have tapped into our primal fears about losing control of our bodies and the fragility of our physical being.
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Wellness Watch: What summer does to your digestive system
Nobody loves talking about bowel health, but general surgeons do it all the time — especially when the temperature rises.
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Reel Talk: Frontiers of love: A look back at three gay Westerns
These three films show how far LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream cinema has come — and how far there is still to go.
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Inside Courts: Appeals court curtails local authority in plastic bag ban case
An appeals court ruling that Athens’ ordinance is unconstitutional spotlights a growing clash between state laws and municipal home rule.
