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Athens Messenger
Speaker to discuss the Civil War, politics and the creation of West Virginia
ATHENS, Ohio — The Southeast Ohio History Center’s Lyceum Luncheon Brown Bag Speaker Series will host author and United States District Judge Edmund Sargus of Belmont County, Ohio, on Nov. 19 at noon. Sargus will talk about the creation of the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War. Sargus and fellow authors, Eric Wittenberg and Penny Barrick wrote Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia. Their thesis presents a unique legal, social, and political analysis of how the western counties of Virginia broke away to form a new state when Virginia decided to join the Confederacy. Their book chronicles the unprecedented mechanism used to create West Virginia during a national emergency. It focuses on the constitutional questions that deeply concerned President Abraham Lincoln, who went as far as polling his entire cabinet before signing the statehood bill. Edmund Sargus is an alumnus of Brown University and Case Western University School of Law. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 1995. The Southeast Ohio History Center is located at 24 West State St. in Athens. For more
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Teen of the Week: Waterford’s Chafin studies advertising, serves as Career Center ambassador
WATERFORD - Emma Chaffin was not originally planning on being a student at the Washington County Career Center. However, she fell in love with the graphic design and video production department after a visit during her sophomore year. Chaffin, a senior at Waterford High School, is the daughter of the...
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Cadets cruise past Redstreaks in regional quarterfinals, 37-0
BEVERLY -- After a much-deserved bye last week in the opening round of the playoffs, it would have been understandable if the Fort Frye Cadets showed a little bit of rust Friday night in the early going of their D-V, Region 19 quarterfinal at Fort Frye High School against the Piketon Redstreaks.
