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Polling stations open state-wide for Election Day in Ohio

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Today is Election Day in Ohio, with polls open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The ballot includes contested races in Marietta, Belpre and multiple villages, townships and boards of education. Three county-wide tax levies are on the ballot. Replacement levies supporting the Washington County ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department reports rise in whooping cough

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PARKERSBURG — The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department has recorded more cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, this year than in the last five years combined. The department investigated 16 cases of the respiratory illness between Jan. 1 and Oct. 31 in the region it serves, ...

Commissioners discuss need over S.N.A.P. delays, North Hills road

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PARKERSBURG — The largest food pantry in Wood County has seen a substantial increase in families seeking assistance because of the delay and uncertainty of federal S.N.A.P. benefits caused by the government shutdown. The average was about 170 households a week helped by Old Man Rivers, ...