This week on The OUtlet, Bobcathon makes a triumphant return after a two year hiatus because of COVID-19, and a 19-year-old candidate is running for state office against current representative Jay Edwards.

People in Athens and the surrounding region had their eyes glued to their TVs on Sunday watching a kid from Southeast Ohio play in the Super Bowl, and even local parks jumped on the action, like Burr Oak State Park, which was (temporarily) renamed to Burrow Oak State Park. However, Kate Anderson explains there is fun you can have there all year.

This week on The OUtlet, WOUB Sports Director Bryan Kurp gives us a rundown of the happenings against Toledo this week and Nick Viland ventures out into Logan, Ohio, to tell us more about the festival dedicated to a world famous cryptid.

This week on the OUtlet, WOUB reporter Nick Viland takes a look into the economic impact of Bengals fans and Joe Burrow fans on local businesses, and forecaster Henry Grof gives an update about the winter weather heading into the region.

The week on The OUtlet, the Athens City School District has a new diversity plan after concerning incidents at Athens High School last year, and WOUB’s lead forecast Erin Ashely gives us the deets about the snow coming up this weekend.

This week on The OUtlet, Dylan Theisen takes us through some of the challenges of getting broadband internet access to southeast Ohio and how these struggles played out during the pandemic. Bam and Bros Barbershop is open for business on Court Street, and André Norrils looks beyond the barber chair to the man cutting hair, and the story of how he found his passion.

This week on The OUtlet, children as young as 5 began getting their COVID-19 vaccines in Athens County after it was approved for emergency use and this week for Winter Weather Awareness Week, our forecasters have you covered with some of the most important information you need to know going into the quickly approaching winter season.

This week on The OUtlet, there’s a new pop-up coffee shop in Athens that is not only selling coffee, but forming connections after the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and WOUB’s lead forecaster Erin Ashley brings us some of this week’s weather trends as well as some important driving safety information for the fall season.

This week on The OUtlet, reporter Olivia Roman takes a look into award-winning Passion Works Studios, an art studio in Athens that serves as an open and accessible space for artists with disabilities. WOUB’s reporters went out in full for election night, covering the election process and the races that followed. In this episode, we look at what the Athens County Board of Elections does every year during election season, and we go through some of the biggest races this year. These stories and more, right here on the OUtlet.

This week on the OUtlet, we preview a few races in the upcoming general election. Tune in to hear more about those vying for Athens City Council, where three incumbent Democrats go head to head with two outside Independents. Also, the city of Athens is trying to increase space for remote work as the workplace continues to go online.