Freight trains to stop running through Athens County:

http://www.athensnews.com/opinion/wearing_thin/i-m-going-to-miss-the-last-freight-train-through/article_b397ec5e-bf86-11e5-877c-8386da4e86bb.html

 

 

Marijuana plants left on several Brown Ave. front porches:

 

http://www.athensnews.com/news/local/west-side-neighborhood-gets-illegal-gifts-overnight/article_351f75ee-331d-11e6-8830-834f597fd81b.html

NY Times sadly oblivious to Harvard-on-the-Hocking:

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/opinion/sunday/break-up-the-liberal-city.html?_r=0

Explosion seriously damages apartment building next to the Smiling Skull:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3290329,-82.1050453,3a,75y,7.73h,97.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sitmVXyI3tuaGsClo7m-BfQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

https://www.athensnews.com/news/local/fire-marshal-confirms-explosion-sunday-in-athens-no-criminal-activity/article_5b56afbe-40fb-11e8-a354-937d0813cfa0.html

Another one of those only-in-Athens stories:

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2019/10/richland-avenue-temporarily-closed-roundabout

 

The Marching Band is being investigated:

https://www.wcpo.com/breaking-news-alerts/ohio-university-investigating-hazing-involving-marching-band

OU launches Bobcat 1:

https://news.ohio.edu/news/2020/10/russ-colleges-bobcat-1-satellite-launched-space-nasa?fbclid=IwAR2ohWpjPPTfdaPx3iwQ1owcsoHMrpZV4Jkin79IH2S8Jjnae5BFIjf1MFg

Only-In-Athens:

https://www.athensnews.com/news/local/athens-tiktok-star-loses-job-at-sherwin-williams-store-after-paint-mixing-videos-go-viral/article_eb750eaf-7ee0-50b3-a565-e664532e02fc.html?fbclid=IwAR0aWbpbRUSNusQNgyqSpUYqwOeFmbO-TWiDNblS2laUrc4bDfFM5IHAl2A

Circa-2005 Athens sights & sounds:

 

Seems heavily influenced by the three big Pantera home movies

An early 1990s illustration of College Green:

 

 

Say her name!