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New book recounts the wild, complex past of Sunday Creek
The small Perry County villages of Corning and Rendville are fairly sedate places today, but such was not always the case. In the late 19th century they were rowdy mining towns where the law held little sway, and brawls, gunfights and even lynchings were not uncommon. Some of this violence was probably due to heavy drinking, in communities where saloons were abundant. But much of it was also the result of labor unrest, and ferocious struggles by poorly paid mine workers to wrest concessions from...
Flowers are blooming while 4-H members are looking forward to last day of school
Is it my imagination or have we been blessed with an exceptionally lovely spring? Mother’s Day was picture perfect weather wise. It was great for family get togethers, the sky was blue and the clouds so white and fluffy. In fact, everything has been exceptional. This includes the forsythia,...
Yoga turns lethal in ‘A Pose Before Dying’ | Book Talk
Zanesville author Alex Erickson already writes the Bookshop Café cozy mystery series. Now he’s branching out with “A Pose Before Dying,” inaugural installment in the Cat Yoga series. It’s about Ashley Branson, a yoga instructor in a small Ohio college town whose first week in business is interrupted by murder.
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