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Meetings ¯ The Washington State College of Ohio Board of Trustees will hold its monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Oct. 19, in Room H108 of the Main Building. ¯ The Buckeye Hills Regional Advisory Council will meet at 10 a.m. Oct. 28, at the Buckeye Hills Office, 2585 Glendale Road, Marietta. Questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Janie Collins, program development coordinator at jcollins@buckeyehills.org or 740-376-1039. To learn more about Buckeye Hills Regional Council, visit www.buckeyehills.org, call 740-374-9436 or 1-800-331-2644 (toll-free), or email ...

Picture This: McConnelsville's new Riverfront Park

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MCCONNELSVILLE – Workers were busy earlier this week putting the finishing touches on McConnelsville's Riverfront Park Project. One of several projects in the Morgan County community being completed this year, it includes a new riverfront park along the Muskingum River with a performance ...

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Fall/Holiday Craft Show Gilman United Methodist Church, 312 Gilman Ave., Marietta, will be having their Fall/Holiday Craft Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Fellowship Hall with lots of handmade items and a bake sale. Soup, sandwiches and a taco in a bag will be available for purchase. Hometown Craft Show The Hometown Craft Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Crafters will come from West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania with 100 booths of seasonal home decor, florals, fresh baked goods, pottery, wood items, candles and ...

West Virginia joins seven states suing OpenAI over alleged risks to children

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CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is joining a consortium of states filing separate lawsuits against the parent company of ChatGPT over concerns that the artificial intelligence company’s technology poses risks for children. The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Mason County Circuit Court against California-based OpenAI Global LLC and seven affiliated corporate entities. The complaint alleges that OpenAI violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and other state laws through deceptive marketing, unsafe ...

Deem held without bond in fatal shooting case

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PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg woman is being held without bond after being arrested last week for first-degree murder in a shooting last week in Parkersburg. Samantha Deem, 33, of Parkersburg appeared in the court of Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton this week where the judge ordered ...

Church holding annual election day lunch

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MARIETTA - The First Presbyterian Church, 501 Fourth St., Marietta, will hold its annual Election Day Soup and Sandwich from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 3. Cost is $8 for soup, sandwich, dessert and drink. The event is sponsored by the church’s Mission Commission with all proceeds going to its mission project, Friends of Fort Liberté.