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20 Wayne High students barred from grad ceremony

About 20 Wayne High School students are barred from the school's graduation ceremony because of a senior prank that damaged the building. Media outlets report that the Wayne County Board of Education suspended the students from school property at a special meeting Monday night. The graduation ceremony will be held ...

New medical building planned in Jefferson Co.

Ground has been broken for a new medical office building in Jefferson County. University Healthcare Jefferson Medical Center and University Healthcare Physicians plan to build the 11,200-square foot building in Charles Town. University Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and WVU Urgent Care will move from their current location in Ranson to ...

PA Lottery

These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Monday: Cash 5 01-06-09-13-32 (one, six, nine, thirteen, thirty-two) Estimated jackpot: $125,000 Evening Big 4 9-5-6-5 (nine, five, six, five) Evening Daily Number 6-8-3 (six, eight, three) Evening Quinto 6-3-1-1-4 (six, three, one, one, four) Match 6 Lotto 16-20-21-31-32-39 (sixteen, twenty, twenty-one, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-nine) ...

W.Va. gets reprieve from No Child Left Behind law

West Virginia won limited freedom Monday from the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind, gaining approval of its own method for identifying struggling schools and then devoting resources to improve them. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin was joined by state education officials and representatives of teacher organization to ...

Education Department gives 3 more states waivers

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement plans. The addition of Alaska, Hawaii and West Virginia brings to 37 the ...

WVU Extension offers financial advice for grads

So, you're out of school and not quite ready for the real world? West Virginia University Extension Service may be able to help. Specialist Jane Riffe says many graduates experience mixed emotions. They worry about where their lives are headed and whether they have emotional and financial support. She calls ...

This May 3, 2013 photo shows the swimming pool at the Rocky Gap Casino Resort near Cumberland, Md. Maryland’s fourth casino is tentatively scheduled to open Wednesday, May 22, pending state regulators’ approval of the slot machines and table games at a demonstration Monday, May 20. (AP Photo/Cumberland Times-News, Greg Larry)  WHAG-TV OUT

Rocky Gap Casino offers new deal in western Md.

The flashy jangle of slot machines is a far cry from the stillness of Rocky Gap State Park in western Maryland, but state and local leaders are betting that this week's planned casino opening will transform a struggling lakeside lodge into the economic engine its planners envisioned 15 years ago. ...

Neighboring facilities in W.Va. differ on abortion

A pregnancy center that counsels women not to have abortions has moved next door to a women's health facility in Charleston that provides abortions. Woman's Choice offers free counseling services and pregnancy tests, but no medical services. Women's Health Center of West Virginia is a full-service women's health-care clinic that ...

Wayne school board cancels meeting on vandalism

The Wayne County Board of Education has canceled a special meeting that was set to consider whether to pursue charges in the vandalism of a high school. Board members had planned to meet Monday to discuss the vandalism that occurred Thursday night at Wayne High School. State police say windows ...

GA Lottery

These Georgia lotteries were drawn Sunday: Cash 3 Midday 4-7-7 (four, seven, seven) Cash 4 Midday 9-8-6-0 (nine, eight, six, zero) Georgia FIVE Midday 8-0-4-1-4 (eight, zero, four, one, four) Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: $12 million Powerball Estimated jackpot: $40 million

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