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Who You're Voting For: Candy Russell runs for County Clerk of Courts re-election
Candy Russell has served as the Athens County Clerk of Courts for the past five years and plans to continue her work as she campaigns for re-election this fall. The General Election will be held Nov. 5. Her role consists of managing two offices in Athens — a legal office at 1 S. Court Street, 4th Floor and the title office located at 936 E. State St.. Each office plays...
Nelsonville-York volleyball looks to repeat magic after dream season a year prior
People often say that they wished they knew when they were in the good times. Often, you don’t necessarily realize how special the moment is until it’s long in the past. Despite coming off the greatest single season in school history and needing to replace a few major components to the squad, Nelsonville-York volleyball may still be in the golden years heading into the 2024 season. The Buckeyes capped off...
New names expected to step up for Ohio's defense this season
Monikers are an essential part of life. Aside from the easily flowing phonetic sounds that simplistically allow your brain to remember the phrase, monikers truly mean something. To that point, Ohio football head coach Tim Albin has had a pretty consistent moniker spill out over the past few seasons. Bryce & Keye, Keye & Bryce. That of course is in reference to the dynamic linebacker duo of Bryce Houston and...
Beck-Aden medals as Athens' golf takes first TVC match
GLOUSTER — With fall sports now fully in swing in Athens County, girl’s golf is starting off the festivities for the 2024-25 school year with league play already underway. Kicking off Tri-Valley Conference competition at Forest Hills Golf Course in Glouster, Athens picked up its first team victory of the season with a six-stroke victory over Vinton County. Finishing with a team total of 214, the Bulldogs beat the rest of the field by at least 30 strokes aside from the Vikings. ...
For Dael and his horse, 4-H has been a calm, steady ride
At the Athens County Fair, aging out of 4-H offers lots of fond remembrances. Perhaps none more so than between a horseman and his horse, given the years of time and training involved to form their bond and compete in so many Horse Show competitions. Connor Dael, 18, a longtime member and vice president of the Wanna Ride 4-H Club, and Struttin’ Till Dawn, 22, a bay gelding quarter horse, are aging out of 4-H at this year’s fair after spending the past nine years...
Beck-Aden's 80 leads Athens in opening golf competition
LANCASTER - The solstice still says that it’s technically summer for another month. Even still, fall sports in Athens County are now fully underway with high schools kicking off their 2024-25 school seasons. Athens High School is fully into the swing of the sports season with the girls’ golf team competing at the Falcon Invitational at Pumpkin Vine Golf Course in Lancaster. Ellie Beck-Aden, a returning junior who has been one of the better golfers in the area the past couple years, led the way for the Bulldogs with an 80 on the 18-hole, 71-par course. The score was good for third place out of 68 competitors. Fern Sigman was second on the Bulldogs with a score of 90, while Vera Kiryukhin (119), Maelle Newton (144) and Mia Szewczyk (151) all competed as well.
Change at the top for Spartan soccer girls
The Alexander Spartan soccer coaching tree can trace its roots back to the mid-1980’s. The staff has generally featured someone who played for the Red and Black from the days of hall of famer Jerry Royse. For 2024, the Spartan girls’ team will continue the tradition as Todd Norris steps into the head coaching slot, a surname with a decade long continuity for Spartan soccer. Norris served as an assistant...
Athens County 9-1-1 launches citizen engagement and feedback service
A new service has been developed to enable citizens to provide feedback through text messaging following a 911 call, non-life-threatening and non-emergency interaction with the Athens County Emergency Communication Center. Athens County 9-1-1 is among the first in the state to benefit from new software, aiming to improve their connections with the communities they serve. Athens County 911 implemented the program which allows citizens to provide feedback using text messaging. ...
Dicken pleads, can avoid jail time with $25K restitution
LOGAN — On the day her trial had been set to begin, former Hocking County Commissioner Jessica Dicken, indicted on several charges related to theft while serving as Hocking County Agricultural Society treasurer, pled guilty on three charges, in exchange for having four others dropped. The case, which has yet to enter a pre-sentence investigation, is being presided over by visiting judge Randy Deering; Thomas Anger of the Ohio Auditor of State's office is representing the prosecution, and Dicken's attorney is Katherine Clark of Samuel...
Things to know
Public Square Closure NELSONVILLE — The City of Nelsonville announces that the Public Square will be closed to traffic from 3-9 p.m. Friday for The Plains Lions Club Car Show. There will be no parking allowed on the Public Square starting at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Unauthorized cars will be towed away at the owner’s expense. Avoid this area and use an alternate route. Road construction ...
Habitat for Humanity partners with Tri-County Career Center
Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio is launching a new partnership with Tri-County Career Center that will provide homes for families in need while providing valuable, unique educational opportunities for students in the Construction Trades programs. As part of the partnership, students will build a complete home utilizing skills they learn in the classroom. The past few weeks, the Ohio Operating Engineers Apprenticeship and Training Logan Local 18 has excavate the property. The Career Center Carpentry Trades will build the home from the foundation up...
Hocking Conservancy District seeks public input
Hocking Conservancy District and its Board of Appraisers seek public input on its assessments in regards to the Athens Local Protection Project (ALPP). The project was completed in 1971 and involved shortening. and realigning the Hocking River, and providing stable riverbanks, pump stations, and other appurtenances which are operated and maintained by HCD. As part of this process, HCD and its Board of Appraisers compared “Without-Project” and “With-Project” damages after completion of the ALPP as part of its process for appraising the benefit to each...
Athens County public meetings
Scipio Township Trustees, Meigs County, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Harrisonville Firehouse.Athens County Commissioners will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the courthouse annex, second-floor conference room.Nelsonville City Council committee meetings will be held Tuesday at city hall, 211 Lake Hope Drive, Nelsonville. The meetings will be held at 5:35 p.m., Police and Fire; 6 p.m., Utilities; 6:45 p.m., Judiciary; 7:15 p.m., Finance.The Athens County Commissioners, along with community leaders of the Stewart / Guysville area, will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 20 at Federal Valley Resource Center, 8225 State Route 329, Stewart. The...
Booths offer free naloxone at NMF
As attendees recently walked along the path to the Nelsonville Music Festival’s Creekside Stage, they were greeted by not only bright colored decor but also signs offering free naloxone with no questions asked. This Must Be The Place and the Southeast Ohio Hope Center each hosted tents offering the life-saving drug, also known as naloxone, to anyone in need. Both tents, however, highlighted different aspects of the possible need. As...
Speed, versatility set to highlight Ohio's offense in 2024
Speed kills. Always has, always will. It’s a route Ohio is hoping to exploit this Fall on the gridiron after massive turnover in the Bobcats’ program has left the team to figure out its identity in the 2024 campaign. While littered with unknowns, particularly on the offensive side of the ball, Head Coach Tim Albin is excited to see the progression and development of those who usually steal the headlines on Saturdays. ...
Education briefs
Athens City Schools Athens City Schools will host the following incoming and new student orientations: Athens High School’s ninth grade and new student orientation will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 8 at the school. Alexander Local Schools Alexander...
Emergency blood shortage: Red Cross supply drops 25%
The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage as the nation faces dangerous levels of heat and people head out for final summer travel plans. Since July 1, the Red Cross national blood supply has fallen by more than 25%, and blood donors of all types, especially those with type O blood, are urged to give as soon as possible to help patients receive lifesaving medical care. Heat impacted almost 100 blood drives in July in nearly every state where the Red Cross...
New Athens County Fair Queen is a sophomore at Ohio University
The president of the Saddle Up Pup 4-H Club, Eden Scali, 19, was crowned the 2024-25 Athens County Junior Fair Queen late Sunday afternoon in the Grandstand. She has been in 4-H for 10 years, and will once again enter Horse Show events during this year’s Athens County Fair. “I like to enter contests like barrel racing,” she said. Scali graduated from Alexander and the Tri-County Career Center in 2023,...
Things to know
Additional Lawsuits Beside the lawsuit filed by Standard Oil Company, based in West Virginia, two other oil and gas drillers, R.D. Wiles, Inc., of Wooster and Bobby Anderson of Fleming, owner of Anderson Drilling, Inc., and Anderson Energy, Inc., who are represented by the same attorney as Standard Oil, have filed largely identical lawsuits against 11 companies that have operated injection wells in Athens, Meigs and Washington counties. The lawsuits...
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