This week on The OUtlet, our 2024 senior class says goodbye to Ohio University and WOUB Public Media.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, Athens faces a budget crunch and, a local science cafe figures out new ways to educate Ohio University students and locals.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, a special report about our environment and sustainability. Local organizations emphasize the importance of recycling and what happens to those materials when they leave your home, and Athens emergency services create new tactics to deal with emergencies.By WOUB News

Both Diddy and former President Donald Trump have had their properties searched by law enforcement authorities pursuant to search warrants. Diddy just recently had his properties searched by Homeland Security and in August 2022, Trump had his Mar-a-Lago home searched by the FBI. Both searches took place after judges reviewed sworn affidavits from l…

Retired judges Gayle Williams-Byers and Tom Hodson dissect Donald Trump’s legal issues into understandable terms for the public. In this episode, they examine two recent rulings by Judge Scott McAfee of Fulton County Georgia concerning the dismissal of six counts from the multicount, multiparty Trump indictment. They also explain Judge McAfee’s rul…

This week on The OUtlet, a southeast Ohio resident brings their perspective to the Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday Commission, and Athens comes together in solidarity with a non-binary student killed in Oklahoma.By WOUB News

Psychiatrist and author Dr. Stephen A. Goldman tackles postwar life of Union Civil War soldiers and their commitment to social change. In his book, One More War to Fight: Union Veteran’ Battle for Equality through Reconstruction, Jim Crow and the Lost Cause, Dr. Goldman delves into how Union veterans’ obligation to their country did not end when th…

This week on The OUtlet, the Athens Municipal Court is asking city council for money for the court’s diversion programs, and Nelsonville tries to solve several governmental issues within their city.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, Athens adjusts to its plastic bag ban in grocery stores, and Free Fare Day highlights Ohio Loves Transit week.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, some Athens residents want city leaders to call for a cease fire in the conflict between Hamas and Israel, and an Ohio University basketball player shares his journey and growth as a leader.By WOUB News

Ohio, like most states, has vast regions that have too few lawyers based upon population needs. In Ohio, 82 of the 88 counties do not have adequate representation. Only the top six urban counties meet the standard of one lawyer per 700 people, says Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy of the Supreme Court of Ohio That leaves 6.5 million people or 56 percen…

This week on The OUtlet, people in Athens county can get free tax assistance, and Athens adds a new sustainability project.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, the governor visits Athens to see policy at work in the classroom, and Amesville debates the future of local trash and recycling services.By WOUB News

At the end of each year, the editors and staff of the MIT Technology Review select the top 10 new technologies that will breakthrough in the coming year. The list is prepared and published to give the average person a glimpse of what is on the horizon and what might be incorporated into our daily lives, according to Amy Nordrum, executive editor. B…

This week on The OUtlet, Athens could experience city changes due to discussions in city council, and Ohio University Mens and Womens Basketball look for success away from home.By WOUB News

There are mutual obsessions between the news media who cover former President Donald Trump and Donald Trump and the news media. Both rely on the other and both benefit from the other. The news media makes money off covering Trump and Trump gets unending publicity from the news media, regardless of his activities or misstatements of facts. This unho…

While 60 percent of Americans have more trust in local news than national news, local media are disappearing at an alarming rate. We are losing an average of two newspapers per week and by 2025, we will have lost nearly one-third of our local newspapers nationwide, according to a 2022 study done by Northwestern University. Currently about 20 percen…

Philip Elliott, Washington correspondent for Time and author of Time’s newsletter, D.C. Brief, breaks down the status of national politics as we sit just less than a year away from the 2024 Presidential Election. Although former President Donald Trump is leading in the early polls for the GOP nomination, Elliott reminds us that the first Republican…

This week on The OUtlet, finding empathy for people experiencing homelessness locally, and possible licenses for stores selling tobacco in Athens.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, the Appalachian Community Grant Program sends millions of dollars to communities around the region, and Ohio University’s basketball teams prepare for out-of-conference matchups.By WOUB News

Recently, the fifth National Climate Assessment was released by the US government. It is an interagency effort mandated by Congress to provide the scientific foundation for informed decision making about climate change for the next five years. “The report states that no part of the US is insulated from climate change impacts even if they differ geo…

Newspapers and other forms of news media are disappearing in the wake of more people getting their news through social media, The result, according to the Medill Local News Initiative, is that our democracy is being threatened; civic engagement is declining; political polarization is increasing; and misinformation proliferates. Dr. Janice Collins, …

This week on The OUtlet, an Ohio University professor takes part in an important project for the future of spaceflight, and an Athens’ local locates their side hustle on Court Street.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, this year’s Athena Award recipient has been announced, and Ohio University celebrates fathers coming to campus.By WOUB News

Too often legal terms are used, without definitions, by the news media while covering cases involving former President Donald J. Trump. This leads to public misinformation, misunderstanding and confusion. Periodically, this season, WOUB’s Spectrum podcast will endeavor to translate these key terms and procedures into understandable language so that…

This week on The OUtlet, our look at the 2023 General Election. An Athens high school rebuild is on the ballot, and Ohio voters have the opportunity to decide if the right to an abortion should be in the state constitution.By WOUB News

An Athens landmark gets a new lease on life, and Ohio University football deals with adversity in the heart of its Mid American Conference schedule.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, it's starting to feel like autumn in Southeast Ohio, and fall sports at Ohio University hit the halfway mark of Mid-American Conference play.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, a historic moment in Nelsonville as the city celebrates its first pride, and a student athlete at Ohio University gets a once in a lifetime deal.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, big changes could be coming to uptown Athens to make it easier for everyone to get around, and fall sports at Ohio University are showing out earlier in Mid American Conference competition.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, students around Athens county are getting ready to hit the books after the annual Back to School Bash, and officials in Ohio say the need for the 9-8-8 hotline continues to grow one year after its launch.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, Athens' longtime police chief hands in his badge and looks forward to his next chapter, and we talk with a local group putting its own spin on a modern classic musical.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, building community at the Athens mall through table tennis, and an archaeologist from Athens make a once in a lifetime discovery that challenges the way we think about our ancestors.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, elementary school students get hands on experience with the future of STEM technology, and a self defense camp aims to teach people gun safety.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, a stroll through the pasture teaches farmers new ways to get results and earn more profits from their land, and we talk to the theater group putting on a live reading of The Lion in Winter.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, universities have new defenses against cyber security attacks, and Athens residents advocate for accessibility updates to city streets.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, a historic building in Athens is getting much needed renovations, and students consider their future career paths outside of the classroom.By WOUB News

David Collins, an eight-time Grammy award winner, has been producing groundbreaking films, documentaries, television and streaming projects for over 25 years. The common thread to his expansive body of work is that his projects give voice to marginalized populations and feature inclusive and omni culture content. He, with his partner Michael Willia…

Two- and one-half years ago, the Goldsberry family was robbed of over $230,000 by international computer scammers who took control remotely of a family computer and emptied several bank accounts. This happened through 14 wire transfers to Thailand from December 16, 2020 to January 11, 2021. During this time, the family noticed strange transactions …

The week on The OUtlet is a special edition focusing on higher education in Southeast Ohio.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, the class of 2023 says their goodbyes, and sports director Ayden Crowley and Associate Sports Director Maria Monesi talk Ohio University Baseball.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, an annual game on the ice is more than a friendly competition, and an Athens resident moves forward with the help of a non-profit organization.By WOUB News

This fall, the National Judicial College (NJC), located on the campus of the University of Nevada-Reno, will hold its second groundbreaking course to teach judges from across the nation how to develop and maintain anti-racist courtrooms. This four-day course will be held in Montgomery, Alabama. Last years, inaugural course took place in Memphis, Te…

This week on The OUtlet, the demolition of one Athens elementary school makes way for new developments, and a student athlete makes her impact at Ohio University in and out of competition.By WOUB News

This week on The OUtlet, an app provides a window into Athens history, and three women try to change the world one peaceful demonstration at a time.By WOUB News

“Masking” is a term used for when people with commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) get lenient treatment in our nation’s courts. This allows offenders to hide their traffic offenses and stay on our highways without retribution. Masking, although too often commonplace, is actually a violation of federal law and prohibited and states could get in trou…

This week on The OUtlet, a special edition focusing on mental health across the state of Ohio. Taylor Mondragon and Jack Greene have more on the state of mental healthcare right now, and Andrè Norrils talks to an organization aiming to make mental healthcare accessible everywhere.By WOUB News

Before traveling to the Midwest, New Yorker Fran Lebowitz talked with Spectrum’s guest host Emily Votaw and share her views on life, mortality, friends and smartphones. Lebowitz is a writer, humorist and intellectual. A child of the 1950’s, she shares her social criticism with wit, wisdom and a dose of sarcasm. In 1978, her first book of essays “Me…

This week on The OUtlet, WOUB reporter Madison Moore talks to local organizations about the ending of pandemic SNAP benefits, and Tre Spencer from The Post talks about foraging in and around Athens.By WOUB News

Payton Szymczak reports on an art exhibit at the Kennedy Museum of Art that presents the work of Black women, and Andrè Norrils has all the details as Passion Works celebrates 25 years, hoping for a bright future.By WOUB News