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Richard Lee Simmons

Richard Lee Simmons

Richard Lee Simmons, 69, of Jacobsburg, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at his home. He was born January 7, 1956, in Glen Dale, West Virginia, a son of the late Merlin Reed “Muggs” Simmons and Stella Lillian Zelaski Simmons. Richard was a retired coal miner. He worked at the North American Number […]

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Phyllis Pauline (Palmer) Ady

Phyllis Pauline (Palmer) Ady

Phyllis Pauline Palmer Ady, 73, a resident of Smithville, Ohio and formerly of Monroe County, died following a brief illness on Saturday evening November 1, 2025 surrounded by family in  Wooster Community Hospital.  She was born in Barnesville Hospital, Barnesville, Ohio on February 6, 1952, a daughter of the late Charles Basil Palmer and Ruth Marie […]

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Price Sisters Headline Pennyroyal Opera House

Price Sisters Headline Pennyroyal Opera House

The Pennyroyal Opera House will host a bluegrass show Friday night featuring The Price Sisters. Twin sisters Lauren and Leanna Price are poised to become the torchbearers for bluegrass music as it enters its eighth decade. While their playing is strongly rooted in the classic style of Bill Monroe, their smooth, polished sibling harmonies infuse […]

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Barnesville Man Charged with 11th OVI

Barnesville Man Charged with 11th OVI

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A Barnesville resident has been charged by the Ohio State Highway Patrol for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and or drugs for the 11th time.

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