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Concord University is a public university in Athens, West Virginia, United States.It was founded on February 28, 1872, when the West Virginia Legislature passed "an Act to locate a Branch State Normal School, in the town of Concord Church, in the County of Mercer". [6]
Athens is a town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 944 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] It is part of the Bluefield micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578.
An Athens man thought his $10,000 investment had surged to $125,000 until he tried to get the money. ... This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Old friend on Facebook leads ...
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McMinn County High School was created in the early 20th century as part of Athens Female College. [3] The McMinn county court purchased the female school facility on April 20, 1903, and turned it into a public high school. [4] The first graduating class in 1903 included seven students. A new facility was built in 1926 on West Madison Street in ...
The paper passed through a number of owner's before becoming R. A. Gallagher purchased it and changed the name to the St Marys Oracle in 1885. [7] For a period of 15 years Gallagher ran it, selling a half interest to Robert L. Pemberton in 1902 who managed it from that time forward, buying the full interest in 1909.
In 2006, John Veasey, a reporter and editor with the paper since 1960, won the Adam R. Kelly Premier Journalist Award, the West Virginia Press Associations' highest honor. [ 10 ] The award was established in 1991 in memory of Adam R. Kelly, who was the owner and editor of the Tyler Star News in Sistersville.
It was the first Pulitzer won by a newspaper in West Virginia. [ citation needed ] The newspaper published in the afternoons, Monday-Saturday, with a Sunday morning edition, until 1961; Monday - Saturday afternoons from 1961-2005, Monday - Friday afternoons from 2005-2009, and Monday - Friday mornings from 2009-2015.