Local
Athens Bread Company is for sale and until new ownership is in place, the East State Street business will reduce its hours of operation and offerings. (Athens Bread Company)
Strouds Run is set to become the first park in the region to make rock climbing available to visitors. (WOUB)
Over 50 workers at Wayne National Forest have unionized with the National Federation of Federal Employees. According to an organizer, benefits of the unionization include incident response premium pay and protections against wrongful termination. (National Federation of Federal Employees)
A meeting at The Plains Public Library this week will allow the public to learn more about plans for the Johnson Road Shared Use Path that will connect to the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway. (Athens County Planning Office)
A Kentucky man who fell from a roof during a street party in Athens is suing local event organizers. As a result of the April 2024 fall, the man experienced a “complete spinal cord injury.” (WOUB)
Regional
A Logan man has filed a federal lawsuit against two Logan Police Department officers and the city, alleging that the officers illegally entered his home and used excessive force in arresting him. (The Logan Daily News)
State
The Republican Ohio Supreme Court has overturned a ban on judges endorsing or opposing political candidates, claiming free speech violations. Ohio will be the first state in the nation to lift such a ban; federal judges remain barred from making political endorsements. (WCMH)
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that during the 2025–’26 hunting season40 white-tailed deer taken tested positive for chronic wasting disease. CWD is a fatal neurological disease. (ODNR)
Four Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced a bill to the House of Representatives to legalize medically assisted suicide for Ohians with terminal illness. (The Statehouse News Bureau)
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