Welcome to Small Town News, located at the intersection of hardcore journalism and jelly-filled comedy. Each episode we read articles from small town newspapers from around the United States and use them to inspire improv stories. We've got fireworks filled with rattlesnakes. We've got a parade of painfully bad accents. We've got no idea what states border Michigan. But no matter where the story ends, it's all 100% true. Promise. Check our sources. Seriously.
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Fairmont, WV - Guiseppe Needs a Feasibility Study for the Local Freakshow
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Welcome to Fairmont, West Virginia, "The Friendly City!" The town was originally incorporated as Middletown in 1820 but was changed it's name to Fairmont in 1843 at the suggestion of William Haymond Jr. because of its beautiful view of the Monongahela River. Fairmont also calls itself the "Pepperoni Capital of the World." The first pepperoni roll w…
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Hinsdale, IL - Porch Chat - BBQ Sandwiches and Being On Stage in Your Underwear
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Hinsdale, IL- Italian Bigfoot Plans the Perfect Date at the North Pole
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Welcome to Hinsdale, Illinois! The town is a western suburb of Chicago and was founded in 1873. This year is Hindsdale's sesquicentennial and they will be celebrating the milestone all year. The town was originally founded by William Robbins when he purchased the land surrounding a newly planned railroad stop. The new town attracted Chicagoans and …
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Rice Lake, WI - Porch Chat - Dumpap! Pinhead! Foreign Words!
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Rice Lake, WI - We Develop Iron Jaw from Eating Turkey Ceviche
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Welcome to Rice Lake, Wisconsin, "You'll love our friendly nature!" The town was named in 1870 after nearby Rice Lake. The lake was named for the wild rice that used to grow on it's shores. The area is known for it's trail networks that provide opportunities to sky, hike, bike, and snowmobile. The nearby lake provides opportunities for fishing and …
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Porch Chat - The Great American Novel at the End of the World
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Thanks to some technical difficulties involving fidgeting feet, we won't be posting a full episode this week. We hope you enjoy this porch chat!द्वारा Small Town News
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East Greenwich, RI - Porch Chat - Gimmicky Sitcoms and Sentient Cars
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East Greenwich, RI - Jeff Is Terminally Stupid and We Are On It
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Welcome to East Greenwich, Rhode Island! The town was incorporated in 1677 as Greenwich and is the 8th oldest town in the state. The town was originally established to provide farms and house lots to 48 men who fought in King Phillip's War. In 1741 the town split into East and West Greenwich. Located on the western side of the Narragansett Bay, the…
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Porch Chat - Toast Soup & Utensil Delivery Etiquette
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Back Porch Chat - Have You Ever Tried Slapping Him
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Spring has sprung and we are off tip toeing through the tulips. We will be back with a regular episode next. We hope you enjoy this back porch chat!द्वारा Small Town News
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Virginia City, NV - Porch Chat - Transformers and Published Weather
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Virginia City, NV - Jeff Fahey Wants to Be Taller Than Robert Kahn
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Welcome to Virginia City, Nevada, "The Richest Place on Earth!" The town sprang up as a boomtown as a result of the 1859 discovery of the Comstock Lode, the first major silver deposit discovery in the United States. The population of the town hit 25,000 in the 1870s but rapidly declined when the silver production from the mine dwindled. At it's hei…
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Tabernacle, NJ - Porch Chat - Jimmy Durante Has a Distinct Singing Voice
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Tabernacle, NJ - We Create a Void by Not Celebrating Presidents' Day
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Welcome to Tabernacle, New Jersey, "Gateway to the Pines!" The town is located in central New Jersey in Burlington County. In 1778, John Brainerd built a log church called Tabernacle in the Wilderness in the area to convert local Native Americans to Christianity. The church acted as both a place of worship and a school for the locals until 1856 whe…
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Spring Break - Porch Chat - A Serious Discussion About Chocolate Laxatives
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Spring Break - Back Porch Chat - Unsanctioned Arm Wrestling and Other Manly Activities
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Happy Spring Break! Just like many of you, Small Town News is taking the week off to bask in the sun and refresh. Well, actually it's cold and rainy here and three of our crew are headed for even colder climates. Such is life! To fill the void we've left in your podcast line up, we are leaving an extra long porch chat for your listening pleasure.…
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Shelley, ID - Porch Chat - I Look Like Jeff Goldblum Downstairs
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Shelley, ID - Don't Put Your Lamprey in That
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Welcome to Shelley, Idaho! The town is located in eastern Idaho on the banks of the Snake River near the Blackfoot Mountains. John Shelley, the town's namesake, moved to the area in 1892. Shelley asked to railroad company to make a special stop to drop the supplies he ordered to build a small store and the railway agreed. The railroad later put a s…
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Granite Falls, MN - Porch Chat - We Talk About the Shaggy DA and Herbie the Lovebug for Too Long
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Granite Falls, MN - Poppin' Fresh Has a License to Pillsbury
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Welcome to Granite Falls, Minnesota! It's "More Than You Imagine!" The town is located near the South Dakota border on the banks of the Minnesota River and is the seat of Yellow Medicine County. In 1872 Henry Hill, founder of Granite Falls, built a grist mill, flour mill, and saw mill and gave free lots to draw settlers to the town. Granite Falls b…
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Cordova, AK - Porch Chat - Craig Breaks Up a Cat Fight
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Cordova, AK - Enjoy a Hand and Cheese Sandwich at the Fish Poetry Jam
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Welcome to Cordova, Alaska, "the crossroads of Alaska!" The town is located in southern Alaska on Orca Inlet. The town was first claimed by Spanish explorers in 1790 and named Puerto Cordova. Spain's claim was short-lived. By 1799, Russia had claimed Alaska, which it then sold to the US in 1867. Cordova retained it's Spanish name when it was reorga…
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Massena, NY - Porch Chat - Shopping at Belk has Gotten Weird
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Massena, NY - Leave it to Beaver to Forget to Wear Pants
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Welcome to Massena, New York, "Gateway to the Fourth Coast!" Massena is located on the St. Lawrence River along the Canadian border. The town was founded in the early 19th century by French lumberjacks and was named in honor of Andre Massena, a French prince and military leader. The town's early economy relied on dairy farming and two local sulphur…
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Orange, CT - Porch Chat - Ridiculous Things to Smuggle Through Airports
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Orange, CT - This Episode Begins and Ends with a Milk Flask
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Welcome to Orange, Connecticut! Orange is located in New Haven County in southern Connecticut near the Long Island sound. Originally inhabited by the Paugusset and Alogonquin, the area was purchased in 1639 by English colonists and established as the town of Milford. In 1822 the town of Orange split off from Milford to form their own community. Ora…
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Belle Fourche, SD - Porch Chat - To Live and Die on Amazon
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Belle Fourche, SD - Applesauce Is the Devil's Pudding
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Welcome to Belle Fourche, South Dakota! Belle Fourche is the seat of Butte County and is located in western South Dakota about 11 miles from the Wyoming border. The town began as a stagecoach stop in the mid 1880s when a stagecoach route was established between Medora, ND and Deadwood, SD. In 1890 a railroad terminal was established in town to faci…
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Price, UT - Porch Chat - From Shriner Parades to Cryogenics
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Price, UT - Money for Nothing and Artisanal Terrorism
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Welcome to Price, Utah! Price is the seat of Carbon County and is located 120 miles south of Salt Lake City. The town was founded in 1879 and was named after William Price, a LDS Bishop who explored the area a decade before. The town struggled for the first few years until the completion of the railroad in 1883. The town was soon the commercial hub…
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Yardley, PA - Porch Chat - Playing Chicken with a Chicken and Deviled Eggs
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Yardley, PA - Daddy Warbucks Gives the Gift of a Meat Bucket
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Welcome to Yardley, Pennsylvania, where "if your business is right for Yardley, we'll make Yardley right for your business!" The town is located on the banks of the Delaware River 30 miles northeast of Philadelphia. The town was settled in 1682 by William Yeardley, a Quaker who emigrated to America with his family in search of religious freedom. Th…
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Antlers, OK - Having an E-Piss-Hany in a Sensory Deprivation Chamber
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Antlers, OK - Wonky Holes, Invisible Girlfriends, & Opportunistic Cannibalism
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Welcome to Antlers, Oklahoma, "Deer Capital of the World!" Antler is the seat of Pushmataha County in southeast Oklahoma. The town began to develop in the 1880s when a train station was built in the area. The town got it's name it 1887 when a local hunter nailed a set of antlers to a tree at a nearby spring as a challenge to other hunters. Other hu…
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Londonderry, NH - Porch Chat - Fred Schneider and Sad Commercials
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Londonderry, NH - Massive Prisoner Layoffs at the State Penitentiary
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Welcome to Londonderry, New Hampshire, where "Business Is Good, Life Is Better." Established in 1722, the town is located in Rockingham County in southern New Hampshire. The town was named after Londonderry in northern Ireland after a successful petition by local Scots Irish immigrants. Three years before the town was established, the first potato …
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Owosso, MI - Porch Chat - Our Favorite Photos & Other Distractions
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Owosso, MI - Shocking Sleepwalking Bear Discovery at the Downtown Cafe
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Welcome to Owosso, Michigan, "Home of the Shocker!" Originally inhabited by the Chippewa, the first Europeans moved to the area in 1819. The town was incorporated in 1859 and named after a Chippewa chief named Wasso. The town is located in central Michigan about 90 miles from Detroit and is the largest town in Shiawassee County. The town's motto, "…
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Small Town Cruise 2 - Porch Chat - Who Asked for This Duet!
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Small Town Cruise 2 - We Bring a Turkey Bag to Blackbeard's Castle
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Last week you heard how Neil's family got to the cruise and back. This week we discuss the cruise and why, according to George, you should always travel with a turkey bag.द्वारा Small Town News
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Small Town Cruise 1 - Porch Chat - Keith Got a Prank Text
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Small Town Cruise 1 - Getting There (& Back) Is Half the Fun
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Welcome to Small Town Cruise 1! Neil and his family took a cruise in the Caribbean for the holidays. Getting there and back again was perhaps the most exciting part. Through missed flights, lost luggage, a Christmas Eve Target shopping spree, and help from a superhero taxi driver, enjoy the story on Neil's family's journey there and back again.…
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Marblehead, MA - Porch Chat - Clothing Tags - A National Tragedy
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Marblehead, MA - To Serve and Protect (Sandwiches and Straw Houses)
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Merry Christmas! - Back Porch Chat - From Puppet Shows to Turkey Carving
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Merry Christmas! - Back Porch Chat - 'Tis the Season for Gingerbread Houses, Gender Reveals, and Bad Songs
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Merry Christmas! We waited an extra day to release this episode because it contains a Christmas spoiler. We hope you have a wonderful day today filled with love and laughter. If you do have to visit that one crazy family member and need a few minutes of laughter, pop in your earbuds and escape with a little silliness.…
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Cynthiana, KY - Porch Chat - The Really Secret Service
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For those of you who actually read these descriptions, our next episode will be held over until Sunday this week. It contains a Christmas spoiler, and we can't have that kind of nonsense! If you do need a little nonsense in the meantime, give this porch chat a listen!द्वारा Small Town News
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Cynthiana, KY - Lil Lord Bramblebutt Is Going to be Meat Tomorrow
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Welcome to Cynthiana, Kentucky! The town was founded 1793 on land owned by Robert Harrison along the banks of the South Licking River. The town's name is a combination of the name's of Harrison's two daughters, Cynthia and Anna. In 1854 the Covington and Lexington Railroad reached town proving greater access to Covington and Cincinnati and promised…
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Wahoo, NE - Porch Chat - Charlie Horses & Headbutts
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Wahoo, NE - We Audition to Perform Heart Surgery
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Welcome to Wahoo, Nebraska! The town was founded in 1870 by a group of settlers who wanted to create a farming community. The settlers were predominantly Germna, Czech, and Scandinavian. Wahoo is the county seat of Saunders County and has a population of about 4,500. The town is known in popular culture as the home office of the Top Ten List for Da…
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