“I was asked to talk about the violent imagery in my work: bloodied heads, severed limbs, dead father, dead Nazis, dying Jesus. The chairman said, we do want to hear about your brief years here at Ohio State, but we also want you to talk about the violent imagery in your stories and plays.” These lines are delivered by Suzanne Alexander, a not-so-thinly-veiled avatar of the playwright and Ohio State alumna Adrienne Kennedy (BS '53, DRH '03) in the opening pages of her play, "Ohio State Murders" (1992).

With Ohio’s general election just five weeks away, the two candidates running to represent the state in the U.S. Senate squared off in their first debate on Monday evening. To call it “contentious” would be an understatement.

Tuscarawas County authorities say a number of inconsistencies began to surface in the hours after a Newcomerstown police officer claimed that he was shot by a pair of suspects...

A nationwide study looking at the health outcomes in each county of the United States - including Ohio's 88 counties - shows that more than half of southeastern Ohio counties had worse health outcomes in 2016 than the year before...

Ohio's Democratic and Republican senators have joined a bipartisan effort urging President Donald Trump to reconsider proposed cuts to the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) in his budget blueprint...

Two Senecaville residents are among the 11 people wounded or killed in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale International Airport on Friday afternoon...

Federal agents and local law enforcement converged on a pair of doctor's offices in Ohio and West Virginia on Tuesday, both of which share the affiliation of a common practitioner...

In his visit Wednesday to Cambridge, Republican vice presidential hopeful Mike Pence promised “tax reform, regulatory reform, trade reform and energy reform” if his running mate, Donald Trump, is elected as commander-in-chief this November.

what if a boy or girl’s exposure to substance abuse comes, not from outside influences, but from within his or her own home?

The Muskingum County Prosecutor says charges have been filed against a Monroe County woman in connection with the deceased newborn found outside of a student residence on Muskingum University's campus in April...

Governor John Kasich is the latest entry into the 2016 Republican presidential race. The outspoken swing-state governor declared his candidacy Tuesday at the Ohio State University student union...

After a local man first brought light to the issue in a social media post over the weekend, many have questioned whether or not officials in Cambridge and Guernsey County are breaking the law by abstaining from solemnizing marriages...

A Cambridge man unable to secure a civil marriage ceremony for he and his partner in Guernsey County says a social media rant spurred the outpouring of state and national attention he has received over the last several days...

Guernsey County couples hoping to tie the knot in a civil-marriage service - gay or straight - will have a hard time finding a local public official to perform the ceremony.  A survey of four eligible elected officials conducted by AVC News on Monday shows that none are performing civil ceremonies...

May is National Foster Care Month, and Guernsey County Children Services is joining the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and Gov. John Kasich in recognizing Ohio’s foster parents for their kindness and generosity in caring for children whose parents cannot…