The OUtlet

After a long awaited return, Sportsbeat is back this week with host Darayus Sethna and Caleb McCleskey, Alex Michalec, Tanner Watts and Shane Scalfaro.

This week on The OUtlet, Athens County lawmakers and residents are responding to new law allowing concealed carry without a permit, and WOUB reporter Andre Norrils explains the Route 33 safety corridor.

Athens City Schools used a creative method to give candidates the chance to try out a possible new career, and WOUB Sports Director Bryan Kurp talks about Ohio Baseball and Ohio Softball’s end of game comebacks against Marshall University.

This week on The OUtlet, WOUB reporter Will Price talks about the success of Hocking College’s men’s basketball team, and Sarah Donaldson tells us more about pickleball, a sport sweeping the nation.

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.