🌱 When Ripley High takes the field in the state baseball tournament

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• When Ripley High takes the field in the state baseball tournament

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 52 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 85, low: 58.
• Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• Bracket released for the 2026 WVSSAC Baseball Tournament (wowktv.com) — Ripley High’s baseball team has earned the No. 4 seed in Class AAA and will face Spring Valley at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, in Huntington. The newly expanded WVSSAC state tournament brings eight teams per class into a weeklong, single-elimination showdown at Jack Cook Field.
   

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📸 Around Ripley

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ripley

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Thursday June 4

• Jackson County Board of Education Board Meeting
  Jackson County Schools 1 School St, Ripley, WV 25271, USA
  7:00 pm

Monday June 8

• Preparation for Closing School (No Students - Last Day for 200 Day
  Roane Jackson Technical Center Ripley, WV 25271

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 3

• End of 4th 9 Weeks
  Winfield Elementary School Winfield, WV 25213
  8:00 am
• Winfield High School 26 Graduation
  Putnam County Schools 200 Civic Center Dr, Charleston, WV 25301, USA
  6:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• Awards Assembly/Talent Show
  Hometown Elementary School Red House, WV 25168
  8:30 am
• Hurricane High School 26 Graduation
  Putnam County Schools 200 Civic Center Dr, Charleston, WV 25301, USA
  5:00 pm
• Mike Ward: PsychoSongs: Mike Ward & Joy Zimmerman... →
  Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library, 3100 Emerson Ave, Parkersburg
  6:00 pm

Friday June 5

• Buffalo High School 26 Graduation
  Putnam County Schools 19005 Charleston Rd, Buffalo, WV 25033, USA
  5:00 pm
• Teen Tech Night: Minecraft — Discovery World on Market →
  Discovery World on Market, 900 Market St, Parkersburg
  5:30 pm
• Charleston West Virginia Pride →
  City Center at Slack Plaza, 182 Summers St, Charleston
  6:00 pm
• Clue - Live On Stage →
  Clay Center, 1 Clay Square, Charleston
  7:30 pm

Saturday June 6

• Pride Parade & Festival →
  Slack Plaza and Charleston Transit Mall, Charleston
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Anyone know who this is?
  He’s been prowling around my property late at night. (Nextdoor Ripley, WV)

• Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member Part Time in Ripley. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Ripley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ripley here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ravenswood

• Ravenswood lineman Hayden Heath selected for North-South Football Classic (wvnews.com)

Point Pleasant

• Praise Along the River to return to Point Pleasant June 28 (wvnews.com)
• Data center focus leads Fidelis affiliate to abandon Mason County biomass project (wvnews.com)
• Perfect games highlight Tuesday at the WVSSAC Softball Tournament (wowktv.com)

Parkersburg

• Parkersburg Area Community Foundation awards 500K in Spring 2026 grants (wtap.com)
• Damage calculations ahead after West Virginia Supreme Court rules in favor of Parkersburg firefighters in pay dispute (wtap.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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