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Thursday Oct 2 | Education Week

5 Petersburg schools denied accreditation

Five public schools in Petersburg have again been denied accreditation because of low test scores, state education officials said Thursday.

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Wed Oct 01, 2008

WHSV

What's Going Around

Flu season is just around the corner and if you remember, last year's season definitely dragged on, so maybe getting the shot is on your list this year.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, Health, Family, Kids

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Charleston Gazette

Restoration hardware

Gereald Bland had no inkling that his decision to restore a World War II-era Jeep 25 years ago would lead to his buying and restoring enough military hardware to fill a museum.

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Related Topix: Barbour County, WV, Buffalo, WV, Grant County, WV, Parkersburg, WV, US Military, US Army

Sat Sep 27, 2008

Cumberland Times-News

Program slated Tuesday

The Cherokee leader Ostanaco will be portrayed by Doug Wood on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., at the Moomau Library in Petersburg.

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Thu Sep 25, 2008

The Inter-Mountain

Petersburg Resident Is MSFF?Princes.....

Ashley Beth Brosh, 21, of Petersburg has been selected to serve as princess in the majestic court of the 72nd Mountain State Forest Festival.

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Related Topix: West Virginia Wesleyan College, Virginia Wesleyan College, Wesleyan College

Wed Sep 24, 2008

Progress-Index

Petersburg HOOPS Basketball Tournament

Petersburg youth ages 12-19 are invited to show off their skills at the Petersburg HOOPS Basketball Tournament from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this coming Saturday at Petersburg High School.

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Tue Sep 23, 2008

Progress-Index

Perfect SOLs, high achievement and graduation success cheered in PCPS

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO. Six Petersburg High School students were recently honored for having achieved perfect SOL scores in the spring State Standards of Learning tests.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Cumberland Times-News

Two in hospital, one arrested after stabbing in Petersburg

A stabbing early Sunday in the Petersburg Sheetz parking lot sent two people to Ruby Memorial Hospital and resulted in the arrest of at least one person on felony charges.

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Related Topix: Morgantown, WV

Mon Sep 15, 2008

Progress-Index

Summit aims to help middle school parents

When April Tucker was about to graduate from Petersburg High School, she had an unplanned extra-curricular activity: Raising her newborn son.

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Related Topix: Parenting, Family

Sun Sep 14, 2008

WKEE-FM Huntington

Huntington, WV

Engine failure caused an Aeroflot Boeing 737-500 plane crash in Russia on Sunday which killed all 88 people on board, officials said, dismissing fears terrorists had attacked the airliner.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Terrorism, Air Accidents, World News, Russia, Asia

Thu Sep 11, 2008

Charleston Gazette

Battle scene

It took Union soldiers five months to build Fort Mulligan, but troops under Confederate Gen.

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Related Topix: Grant County, WV, War, WV

Tue Sep 09, 2008

Progress-Index

Students were on the move after power outage

A power outage at two Petersburg schools caused by a traffic accident forced school officials to move more than 500 students to Petersburg High School yesterday.

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Mon Sep 08, 2008

WTVR Richmond

Petersburg Power Outage

CBS 6 Senior Reporter Wayne Covil says students at Petersburg's Peabody Middle School have been moved to Petersburg High School due to a power outage in the city.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Wed Sep 03, 2008

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

What's Going Around

In this week's What's Going Around, I'm going to use a word I haven't used in months, but the season is just around the corner, Influenza.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Influenza

Fri Aug 29, 2008

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

W.V. AYP Results Are In

Schools in West Virginia now know if they passed the Average Yearly Progress, and some near the Valley didn't. In Pendleton County, three of four schools passed.

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Related Topix: Pendleton County, WV

Sat Aug 23, 2008

CulpeperNews.com, Culpeper, VA

Advisories

VISIBILITIES MAY FALL BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLINES.

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Wed Aug 13, 2008

The Intelligencer

Avoid Expensive City Commitment

Decision time is looming for the Capitol Music Hall. Within a few weeks, a consultant will present a report outlining just what it might cost to operate the theater, assuming that someone buys and repairs it.

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Related Topix: Wheeling National Heritage Area, US National Parks, Theater, Arts, Wheeling, WV

Sat Aug 09, 2008

The West Virginia Record

DiTrapano named as defendant in former client's lawsuit

A Georgia woman has filed a suit against an embattled West Virginia attorney now serving time in federal prison because her case was dismissed when he was unable to represent her.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons

Thu Aug 07, 2008

Progress-Index

Petersburg schools delay releasing SOL, AYP results

Petersburg Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Dr. Alvera Parrish said that the schools would not release Adequate Yearly Progress results for the previous school year until later this month and official ...

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Related Topix: Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Family

Fri Aug 01, 2008

WKEE-FM Huntington

Huntington, WV

Darkness fell over the last outpost of the Great Wall of China on Friday, where a rare total solar eclipse ended its journey across the earth, delighting skywatchers one week before the Olympics open in ...

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Huntington, WV, Astronomy, Science

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