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Waterford Storms Back To Top Miller, 58-55
By: Nick Henthorn
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The Waterford Wildcats defeated the Miller Falcons 58-55 in an electric game where the outcome was not decided until the final seconds. The Wildcats found themselves down by eight points entering the final quarter of play, and would not take the lead until the final two minutes of the game. Waterford relied on an aggressive… Read More

Lancers Squander Fast Start, Fall to South Gallia
By: Will Collins
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The Federal Hocking Lancers came out hot from the first tip tonight at home in McInturf Gymnasium, but they were upset by the lights out play of Braxton Hardy and the South Gallia Rebels (3-9, 2-6 TVC-Hocking) tonight 51-46. The Lancers (2-10, 2-7 TVC-Hocking) scored early and often in the first quarter, led by the… Read More

Marauders Come Back To Defeat Nelsonville-York
By: Evan Scott
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Nelsonville-York led for nearly the entire game but were unable to hang on in the final minutes. Despite having several chances to tie or take the lead, the Buckeyes (5-8, 1-6 TVC-Ohio) were unable to execute a play and dropped a gut-wrenching 62-57 decision to the Meigs Marauders (4-10, 2-5) Tuesday night at home. The teams… Read More

Bobcats Couldn’t Claw Their Way Out
By: Mitchell Lyons
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The Ohio Bobcats had their chances. Five to be exact. And they could not take advantage. The Ohio Bobcats fell to the Akron Zips 71-68, inside James A. Rhodes Arena on Tuesday night. Ohio had five chances to take the lead and could not do it all five times. Down 42-41 with 14:55 left in… Read More

Shooting At Kentucky High School Leaves 2 Dead, At Least 12 Wounded
By: Colin Dwyer | NPR
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Another five people were also injured in the attack, which authorities say was undertaken by a 15-year-old student Tuesday. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says both of those killed were also 15.

West Virginia Panel Advances Work Rule for Food Stamps
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A legislative committee in West Virginia has narrowly voted to advance legislation that would establish a 20-hour weekly work requirement for many food stamp recipients. The bill, approved 12-10 by the House Health and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday, would apply to people ages 18 to 49 who aren’t disabled, have… Read More

West Virginia County Schools Get Carbon Monoxide Detectors
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Schools in one West Virginia county are getting outfitted with carbon monoxide detectors after a December leak unveiled a need. News outlets report this comes after last year’s leak at an elementary school when South Charleston Fire Chief Virgil White said 40 parts per million of carbon monoxide were detected in… Read More

West Virginia Commissioner Opposes Parkland Logging
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s agriculture commissioner has recommended the Legislature and Gov. Jim Justice kill a bill that would open state parks to logging. Commissioner Kent Leonhardt says the initiative to harvest trees within the parks system to fund park improvements is “poorly thought out.” He predicts a negative effect on visitors and… Read More

Trump Says ‘Nobody Knows’ If An Immigration Deal Can Happen
By: Jessica Taylor | NPR
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised to bring up a bill to address DACA, border security and other issues, even if no consensus emerges before the next funding deadline, on Feb. 8.

State Might Seek $19M More Back From Closed Charter E-School
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The giant Ohio online charter school that abruptly closed mid-school-year says it’s fighting to reopen but has lost another round of its legal battle with the state over funding. The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow is challenging how Ohio tallied student participation to determine the publicly funded e-school was overpaid. Ohio already… Read More

West Virginia Overdose Reports Cites Victim Factors
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – State health officials say analysis of West Virginia’s overdose deaths in 2016 “clearly identifies factors” in victim profiles that show opportunities for intervention before other deadly overdoses. West Virginia has the nation’s highest drug overdose death rate and recorded 884 fatalities in 2016. The analysis shows 91 percent of victims had… Read More

Huntington Police Chief Ciccarelli Dies After Long Illness
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – Huntington Mayor Steve Williams says city police Chief Joe Ciccarelli has died following a long illness. Ciccarelli was 60. Williams announced Ciccarelli’s death Monday in a news release. Ciccarelli had been Huntington’s police chief since November 2014. Williams says Ciccarelli was “dedicated to his love for his family, service to his… Read More

West Virginia Awards Grants For Spaying, Neutering Animals
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s Department of Agriculture says it has awarded grants to 36 projects to spay and neuter animals. Department officials say they received 60 applications for more than $1 million in funding. According to the department, the program was established in 2013 but wasn’t funded until a bill was passed by… Read More

Lawyers: Juries, Not Judges, Should Impose Death Sentences
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Lawyers for a former death row inmate have told the Ohio Supreme Court that the state’s capital punishment law is unconstitutional because judges, not juries, are imposing death sentences. Lawyers for convicted killer Maurice Mason say the U.S. Constitution requires juries to impose death sentences. They say a 2016 U.S. Supreme… Read More

Bill Would Eventually End Kentucky’s Snow-Day School Program
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky would eventually eliminate a program allowing public school students to work from home during snow days under a bill that has cleared the state Senate. Senate bill 73 passed the Kentucky Senate by a vote of 36-0. The bill would eliminate the state’s Non-Traditional Instruction program in three years. The… Read More

Lady Vikings Shut Down Richardson; Complete Season Sweep of Alexander
By: Noah Wolf
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With 2.4 seconds on the clock, the entire gym standing and her team down three, Kristin Taylor dribbles down the court, and while double-teamed, fires up a potential game-tying shot. It hits the backboard, then the gym floor. The crowd erupts. Vinton County (13-0, 7-0 TVC-Ohio) completes their season sweep of Alexander (10-5, 4-3 TVC-Ohio),… Read More