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🌱 How the Pike County massacre still echoes in McDermott a decade later
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In today's newsletter:
- How the Pike County massacre still echoes in McDermott a decade later
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- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Pike County massacre timeline: Gruesome case marks 10th anniversary (kentucky.com) — The Pike County massacre timeline revisits a decade of investigations, trials, and appeals surrounding the 2016 killings of eight people in southern Ohio. For McDermott residents, it notes that Chris and Dana Rhoden and their children were laid to rest at Scioto Burial Park in town, and explains how the final accused killer, Billy Wagner, is now headed toward a 2027 trial. 
📸 Around McDermott
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🗓 Upcoming Events in McDermott
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9:00 am
Tuesday October 6
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📣 McDermott Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- VHS Boys Soccer @ Peebles
Valley Middle School Lucasville, OH 45648
4:30 pm - VHS Girls Soccer @ Minford
Valley Elementary Lucasville, OH 45648
5:00 pm - HS Volleyball vs Clay
Glenwood High School
5:30 pm - SOCCER @ Western
Clay Local Portsmouth, OH 45662
5:30 pm - Varsity Soccer - Home - Ironton
Portsmouth City Schools, 1225 Gallia St, Portsmouth
7:00 pm - Soccer vs St Joe
Glenwood High School
7:00 pm - Junior High Football - Home - Chesapeake
Portsmouth City Schools, 1225 Gallia St, Portsmouth
7:00 pm - Varsity Volleyball - Home - Ironton
Portsmouth City Schools, 1225 Gallia St, Portsmouth
8:00 pm - JH Quiz Bowl Scrimmage @ Portsmouth
Portsmouth MS - VHS Football @ Portsmouth West
Valley Elementary Lucasville, OH 45648
7:00 pm - BAND - Portsmouth West Football Game Performance
Clay Local Portsmouth, OH 45662
7:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Aramark Corporation posted a job opening for Food Service Worker - Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. Apply here.
- Family Dollar posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Lucasville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near McDermott here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lucasville
- Janet Louise Bennett (sciotovalleyguardian.com)
- Carla Sue Carter, 70, of New Boston (sciotocountydailynews.com)
Portsmouth
- Free breast cancer screening set for Oct. 15 in Portsmouth (sciotovalleyguardian.com)
- Busted! 09/30/26 New Arrests in Portsmouth, Ohio (sciotocountydailynews.com)
- Scioto County shelter takes in 18 dogs in abuse, hoarding case (sciotovalleyguardian.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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