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Parkersburg Resident Pleads For Future of Fortune-Telling
By: Associated Press
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) – A tarot card reader is prodding Parkersburg officials to drop a longstanding, little-known ban on fortunetelling. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reports that Heather Cooper, who… Read More

Feds Announce $3.3 Million For W. Va. Oral Health
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The federal government has announced $3.3 million in funding to improve oral health in West Virginia. The funding announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia… Read More

Small Child, Woman Killed in Truck-Train Crash
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PIKETON, Ohio (AP) – Police say a small child and a woman have been killed after a pickup truck was hit by a freight train in southern Ohio. Three-year-old Breea… Read More

Charter School Reforms Cause Sponsorship Drop
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s new charter school reform laws seem to be blocking poor-performing schools from finding new backers to keep them open. The state Department of Education says… Read More

Reduced Shakespeare Company (Finally) Gets to Marietta
By: Emily Votaw
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June 24 the Reduced Shakespeare Company will bring their The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged) to the Peoples Bank Theatre in Marietta. The company, which has been condensing every subject… Read More