The nation’s last big round-number birthday, the Bicentennial in 1976, brought hordes of visitors into Logan for a July 4 ...
The Perry County town of Rendville is Ohio’s smallest incorporated community, with a reported population of just 28 souls at ...
As the nation’s 250th birthday rolls around, a local project is in the works that will take a rich slice of Hocking Hills ...
Top to bottom, this timeline tracks key events in Athens County history from the signing of the Declaration of Independence to present day (1776-2026). An interactive version of this timeline ...
To commemorate the nation’s bicentennial in 1976, the mayor of New Lexington came up with the inspired notion of re-enacting ...
Two cornerstone institutions in Athens County have shaped the community in different, yet deeply connected ways for well over ...
There’s tons of history here (in Chillicothe); it goes back to the layout and the discovery,” Chillicothe Mayor Luke Feeney said. “Going back 200-plus years, it was a region to settle because of the ...
Benjamin Franklin was likewise an accomplished musician, playing both the flute and violin. Franklin also invented the remarkable Glass Armonica, for which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van ...
The law office representing Gary Siders in a Vinton County child abuse case that took the nation by storm spoke out against ...
July 4, 1987 was a big day for Athens. There were reasons to celebrate. For starters, the Fourth of July is Independence Day ...
ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio – An Athens County family has been indicted for the murder of Ethan Vernon, a Meigs County local. The Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney, James K. Stanley, announced the indictment ...
On Tuesday, families gathered at ARTS/West for the launch of a new children’s book by a local author and illustrator.