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Walton Thriftway

Keeping the mom and pop store alive in Roane county. In July of 2001, Tim Morgan and his wife were tired of main stream city life.

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Related Topix: Walton, WV

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

School technician allegedly had porn

A Roane County Schools technician has been charged with possession of child porn after State Police found images on his computer of children engaging in sexually explicit activity.

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Related Topix: Spencer, WV

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Charleston Gazette

Driver pleads no contest in Veterans Memorial crash

A Roane County man pleaded no contest to destruction of property charges for crashing his car into the West Virginia Veterans Memorial at the state Capitol Complex in March 2007.

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Related Topix: Kanawha County, WV, Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Charleston Gazette

WVDOH ready for winter with new snowplows, more salt

Nearly 120 of these new Hino snow-removal trucks will be a part of the West Virginia Division of Highways' snowplow fleet.

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Related Topix: Williamstown, WV

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

Civil War Find

Two Civil War historians looking for paw paws made a discovery atop Fort Boreman Hill.

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Related Topix: Boreman, WV, Parkersburg, WV, Wirt County, WV, Reedy, WV, Mason County, WV

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

Hinkle to enter mat Hall

Former Ravenswood High School coach Dale Hinkle will be one of six inductees honored into the West Virginia Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame today at the Embassy Suites in Charleston.

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Related Topix: Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro, Ravenswood, WV, Richwood, WV, Wheeling, WV

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

Region's unemployment shows slight .....

You could call it a sign the economy may be slowly moving toward a recovery. According to the labor market information report from WorkForce West Virginia for September, nine of the 10 counties in the Mid-Ohio Valley saw the unemployment rate decrease from August to September.

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Related Topix: West Virginia, Jackson County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV

Thu Oct 15, 2009

West Virginia Metro

Troopers Arrest Man for Shooting His Brother

A Roane County man is in the Central Regional Jail accused of shooting his brother twice in the head with a pistol late last week.

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Related Topix: Gandeeville, WV, Spencer, WV

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Charleston Gazette

Roane County man recovering from shooting

A Roane County man was recovering Wednesday after being shot in the head by his brother.

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Related Topix: Gandeeville, WV, Spencer, WV

Sat Oct 10, 2009

West Virginia Metro

Fewer Nuts Not Stopping Black Walnut Festival

A late frost this Spring has lead to fewer walnuts this year, but that will not stop the Annual Black Walnut Festival, which is now in its 55th year.

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Related Topix: Spencer, WV

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Charleston Gazette

DEP sponsoring tire collection in Spencer

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and Gov. Joe Manchin's REAP program are hosting a tire collection in Spencer to rid Roane County of old tires.

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Related Topix: Spencer, WV

Tue Oct 06, 2009

WOWK

Health Care Battle Spills into Streets

Health care reform efforts spilled into the streets of Charleston as the debate heats up on Capitol Hill.

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Related Topix: Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Goats got her in search for charming critters

When I moved to a farm, my first goal was to get some chickens. Lots of chickens.

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Fri Sep 18, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Farm equipment auction set for Saturday

Those in the market for used farm equipment are in luck. This Saturday, a farm equipment auction will be held starting at 10 a.m. in an open field near 2860 Charleston Road, along U.S. 119, about five or six miles from Spencer.

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Related Topix: Spencer, WV, Braxton County, WV

Fri Sep 11, 2009

Charleston Gazette

Ag agency gives up fighting ash borers

The state Department of Agriculture says it is giving up attempts to contain the emerald ash borer's spread within the state just two years after the insects were first detected.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Entomology, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

Mon Sep 07, 2009

WCHS-TV Charleston

Full News Story

Eyewitness News has learned more information about the Roane County family charged with varying counts of sexual abuse and neglect.

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Related Topix: High School Basketball, West Virginia High School Basketball News

Sat Sep 05, 2009

WCHS-TV Charleston

Full News Story

"We knew it would be only a matter of time before it happened here, because we knew it was here," Cabell-Huntington Health Department Director, Harry Tweel, said.

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Related Topix: Huntington, WV, Cabell County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, September, Pop/Rock

Thu Sep 03, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Man charged with 48 counts of sexually abusing children

State Police say a Roane County man accused of sexually abusing two children is behind bars, along with three family members who allegedly knew about the abuse but did nothing to stop it.

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Related Topix: Spencer, WV, Clendenin, WV

Wed Sep 02, 2009

WCHS-TV Charleston

Full News Story

A Roane County family home was shattered by a family secret. Four members of teh Boggs family are in jail accused of crimes related to alleged sexual abuse.

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Related Topix: Marmet, WV

Mon Aug 31, 2009

Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

Wirt County investigation confirme.....

Wirt County Circuit Court Judge Bob Waters confirmed there is an on-going investigation in Wirt County.

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Related Topix: Wirt County, WV

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