Athens County Commissioner Charlie Adkins held a press conference Tuesday morning to address accusations made against him ...

COLUMBUS – The chief of the Coalton volunteer fire department was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 12 months in prison for using more than $200,000 in fire department funds for personal ...

Students from Athens and Fort Fry middle schools got to experience the past and see what life was like in early America.

While Veterans Day has come and gone, millions of veterans around the country are living with the scars of war every single ...

COLUMBUS - Ohio archery hunters have checked 48,321 deer through Sunday, Nov. 3, which includes the first six weekends of bowhunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) ...

CLEVELAND – Ohio volleyball's junior opposite Anna Kharchynska (Kyiv, Ukraine) has been this week's Mid-American Conference Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week, as announced by the league on ...

The Ohio men's basketball team (1-2) returned to action Tuesday night (Nov. 12), falling to Illinois State (2-1), 85-75, on ...

Chance Gray scored 14 of her career-high 31 points in the third quarter and she tied a program-best with nine 3-pointers to help No. 12 Ohio State beat Charlotte 94-53.

THE PLAINS — With a highly anticipated season on the diamond coming up in a few months, a couple of Athens’ key ball players ...

CLEVELAND - Redshirt junior Peyten Kellar (Cutler, Ohio) has been named the Mid-American Conference West Division Wrestler of the Week, as announced by the league on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Date/Time Street Name Incident Disposition — reports are posted online too at athensmessenger.com ...

Cooking is the number one cause of home fires and home fire injuries. So, with the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, it is a good opportunity to practice fire safety in the ...