John Halley

NELSONVILLE — The Black Diamond Music and Arts Festival and the Starbrick Music Festival joined forces this year to be one big weekend of music and fun Friday and Saturday

The pop-culture convention Ratha Con made a big splash at Athens Community Center on Saturday.

Jordon (right) gets encouragement from his personal monitor while consuming his second basket of pickles Friday during Pickle Fest at Bagel Street Deli on Court Street in Athens. Just how

NELSONVILLE — Many of the officials of Nelsonville and others recently gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Mark Hall Sr. Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, just outside of the City

LAKE SNOWDEN — A record number of people braved the not-so-cold weather and chilly waters of Lake Snowden for a good cause on Feb. 10.

The Dairy Barn Art Center recently opened its annual exhibit, OH+5: Contemporary Art of Our Region.

“Tune in, turn on, and drop out.” That was the catchphrase attributed to Harvard professor, Dr. Timothy Leary in the mid 1960s. By the time he came to Athens and

Kyla Williams, with Stock & Stirrups 4-H Club, poses with her grand champion market swine at the 2023 Athens County Fair. The swine sold for $9,000 to the combined bidders

Make better wine.

Marion Crawley worked at the Athens Messenger as a printer and in the composing room starting in 1948. Even long after retirement in 1985, he would often drop by the

Dr. Philip Zenner: Centenarian

There was a time before they rerouted the Hocking River in Athens, when there was an annual event called the ‘Spring Floods’.

Members of the Athens Catholic Community Peace and Justice Committee and others collaborated with the Athens Shade Tree Commission on a project in and around the new city dog park

(NOTE: Since writer John Halley was out most of this week, we will republish an old Throwback Thursday.)

There are some that play piano pieces precisely as written. The music is beautiful, just as the composer intended it to be.

Come join Logan the Lab for a refreshing swim in the Athens City Pool. This invitation is for dogs only. It happens almost every year. After the pool closes to

When I first started working at the Athens Messenger as a photographer, many, if not all, of the old timers on staff would say, “Do you know about Dan Dry?