Athens News

Deadline: July 15, 2013 OH+5 Ohio Border Biennial 2013 The Dairy Barn Arts Center Athens, Ohio October 4 to November 24, 2013 The ninth in a series of competitions, OH+5 '13 is a regional, all media, juried exhibition of contemporary artwork.

Starting Friday, for about each of the 200 miles it takes to drive to Athens, there will be a beer waiting for you.

NBC brings viewers first-round coverage of one of golf's most highly anticipated events.

The bride-elect is a 2004 graduate of John Glenn High School and a 2008 graduate of Ohio University in Athens.

Now in its sixth season, Southern-fried vampire drama True Blood has truly "turned."

Strongsville Graduate Jeffrey Ding receives his diploma from Superintendent John Krupinski June 2, as high school principal William Steffen looks on.

Concerts, the new record RAINY DAY KARMA, endless roadshows and now two books of prose and short-stories are making it hard to keep track of this Americana Artists' constant - and prodigious - output.

ATHENS, Ohio With a special grand jury already investigating a range of allegations against Athens County Sheriff Patrick Kelly, it appears tonight that agents of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation are searching both the sheriff's office headquarters in Athens, and the sheriff's home in The Plains.

Despite the rainy weather, walkers still turned out to Walk for Life, helping to raise awareness and funds for the Athens Pregnancy Resource Center.

Somebody apparently has a problem with Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly, and they are taking their frustration out on random vehicles.

The over-the-top reaction isn't that surprising given the 21-year-old Canton resident is a physical education major with a minor in dance at Ohio University.

Athens police tell the Athens Messenger that 33-year-old April Murphy, of Athens, was arrested Friday and charged with felonious assault.

The Lindbergh High School Drama Club presents William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" tonight and tomorrow at the Lindbergh High School Performing Arts Center.

Who: Skeletonwitch with special guests Ancients, Caym, The Bear Hunters, and Crimson Crusade What: Metal, metal and more metal Where: The Canadian Night Club, 410 Pim Street When: Monday, June 3, 2013 Important tid-bits This is a licensed all-ages event.

You couldn't be more out than the delightfully funny Alec Mapa . His act and his very persona are all about his experiences as an openly gay Filipino man.

That's just days after the band opened its 2013 tour on home turf in Athens, Ohio, and comes after a mayhem-filled May for metal bands.

For years, the center brought in the winners in the "New Quilts from an Old Favorite" competition sponsored by the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Ky.

An inmate at the Franklin County jail receives medication from a nurse. For some inmates, county jail provides a place for them to receive mental-health treatment.

Costumes, alcohol, music and people-filled streets - no, it's not Mardi Gras, but the annual Halloween festivities in Athens, Ohio.

When it comes to helping others, some people pitch in at hot meals. Some just write a check.