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Meigs Suffers Injuries Before St. Clairsville
By: Clark Wooley
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The Meigs Marauders (1-0) enter Friday night’s match-up against St. Clairsville (1-0) in an all too familiar situation: missing their starting quarterback. Injuries sustained to both starter Zach Helton and backup Christian Mattox in last weeks contest against Gallia Academy brought back dark memories for Marauder fans as senior Cody Bartrum went down with a… Read More
Unioto Prepared for Victory Against McClain
By: Blake Baker
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A team’s goal for the season’s second week is one of two possibilities: build from a week one win or build back up from a season-opening loss. Unioto’s luxury is the former. McClain is focused on the latter. The two teams of purple and gold will battle it out in Chillicothe Friday night. In Greenfield,… Read More
Economic Roadmap for West Virginia Outlined
By: Associated Press
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s state university and commerce officials say plastics and chemical manufacturing, cybersecurity, higher-end tourism and automotive assembly are sectors where the state can turn its lagging economy around. In an address Thursday to business leaders at the Greenbrier Resort, West Virginia University President Gordon Gee says they collaborated to produce… Read More
Man Convicted of Using False Name at Jail to Avoid Prison
By: Associated Press
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say Robert Mason was a trusted and model prisoner the six times he was booked into Ohio’s Zanesville City Jail starting in 2014. But it wasn’t Robert Mason who served those 150-plus days for various misdemeanors. It was Troy Mason, a homeless man who used his brother’s name to avoid… Read More
Inclusive Choir Welcomes All Voices
The Athens County Community Choir, founded and directed by board certified music therapist and Neurologic Music Therapist Stephanie H. Morris, is a choir for ALL voices. It is made up of people with varying levels of developmental abilities, Ohio University Music Therapy and other students and community members. Morris has expanded the choir since its… Read More
West Virginia Has Highest Obesity Rate Among US Adults
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A report released by two nonprofit groups shows West Virginia has the highest rate of obesity among adults in the nation. The report released Thursday by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analyzed figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and found West Virginia… Read More
Fentanyl Drives Another Record Year of Ohio Overdose Deaths
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state says a record 4,050 people died of drug overdoses last year driven in large part by the emergence of stronger drugs like the synthetic painkiller fentanyl. The data released Wednesday means on average 11 Ohioans are dying each day by overdosing on pain pills, heroin, fentanyl or other drugs…. Read More
New Digital Series “Origin of Everything” Announced
Arlington, VA; August 30, 2017 – PBS Digital Studios announced today the premiere of a new digital series, ORIGIN OF EVERYTHING, hosted by Yale doctoral candidate Danielle Bainbridge. The new weekly series, produced by Kornhaber Brown, will be the studios’ first show launched on dual platforms, with episodes uploaded each week to YouTube and Facebook… Read More
Episode 010 : Sherry Little
On this episode of Jazzed About Work, Bev talks with Sherry Little, partner at Cardinal Infrastructure. Sherry had an extensive career on “the Hill”. With 13 years of professional staff experience in the United States Senate, she then went on to run the Federal Transit Administration through the end of the Bush Administration. Sherry talks… Read More
Chicken Sausage Recalled For Undeclared Allergens
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LYNN, Mass. (AP) — Federal officials say a Massachusetts company is recalling more than 32,000 pounds of cooked chicken sausage product due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Wednesday that Demakes Enterprises Inc. is recalling Thin ‘n Trim Fully Cooked Chicken Sausage Buffalo Style.The sausages were… Read More