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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — On Tuesday, the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC) announced some new additions to its staff. A release from the WVSSAC said Dr. Jaclyn Swayne and Chris Wells were named assistant executive directors while Jason Bankston has been appointed as director of compliance. All appointees will officially begin on July 1.

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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Two inmates at the South Central Regional Jail Correctional Facility were declared dead over the past week. According to a spokesperson for the West Virginia Department of Commerce, Darrell Crowder was found unresponsive, and despite life-saving assistance from staff, he was pronounced dead the evening of June 12 at the age of 33. On June 17, Alana Saul was also found unresponsive and later pronounced deceased at the age of 43.

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CEREDO, WV (WOWK) — Before West Virginia was its own state, a Congressman from Massachusetts travelled to Wayne County with dreams of building a beacon of free labor. Eli Thayer — born in Mendon, Massachusetts on June 11, 1819 — was a staunch anti-slavery politician who worked to spread the cause of abolition in America throughout his life. He was outspoken in his beliefs, even forming the New England Emigrant Aid Society in 1954 to encourage abolitionists to move to Kansas.

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