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NEWBURG, W.Va. — Funeral services for a Preston County firefighter and community leader will be held this weekend in Newburg. Clinton “JR” Wolfe, 61, was a firefighter and assistant fire chief with the Fellowsville Volunteer Fire Department (FVFD) and was killed in the line of duty Sunday. No other information has been released.
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia. Kansas has reached Morgantown ahead of Saturday’s football game against West Virginia, clearing a significant travel hurdle during a nationwide aviation disruption. The official Kansas football account posted from Morgantown on Friday evening, providing primary confirmation that the visiting team had made it to town. The...
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTRF) – After 81 years, a missing World War II soldier has finally come home. The remains of Technical Sergeant Raymond Carl Richmond were returned to West Virginia Wednesday, and at Pittsburgh International Airport, family members gathered to proudly welcome the American hero home. For the Richmond family, bringing Raymond home is a moment […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - West Virginia University students gathered at the center of campus Thursday for cookies, hot apple cider and the lighting of Woodburn Hall, which is celebrating 150 years. The community came together to light the historic building and ring in the holiday season. Tradition returns under Benson.
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JANE LEW, W.Va (WDTV) - A Lewis County family that lost its home in the July 21 floods is receiving a new home built by Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders. Letitia and Billy Lowther have lived in a camper on a muddy lot with their 16-year-old daughter and two dogs in the months since the flood.
MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. — A long-awaited new elementary school is on the way for students in McMechen, with local and state leaders breaking ground on the project Thursday afternoon in Marshall County. School and state officials held a ceremony at the site of the future Riverside Elementary School. State...
The Taylor County Board of Education held a special meeting on Thursday to discuss finances and budgets.
LOST CREEK, W.Va (WDTV) - The West Virginia Division of Highways has announced a new Harrison County bridge project in Harrison County. The project will take place on the Browns Creek bridge, which runs over Mount Clare Road about one mile north of the Lost Creek exit. The deck on...
A new ranking compiled by WalletHub combines several of its previous ones that took a look at how each U.S. city favors certain sports, including football, baseball, basketball, soccer and hockey.
New or expecting mothers and parents were invited to a free community baby shower on Thursday hosted by Taylor County Partners in Prevention.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — A veteran living in West Virginia is getting a helping hand as she works toward her next chapter. Wintre Ward, an Ohio Army National Guard veteran, received the keys to a Chevy Malibu on Tuesday as part of the Progressive Keys to Progress program. Ward,...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A rollout of LED streetlights within the City of Morgantown will be paused amidst resident concerns over light intruding into homes at night. Morgantown City Manager Jamie Miller announced towards the end of the Morgantown City Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday that the current LED light replacements have been put on pause as city officials discuss alternatives with FirstEnergy affiliate Mon Power as part of the ongoing bulb replacement plan. The pause was made in response to numerous concerns expressed by First Ward residents that carried over into the public portion of Tuesday’s meeting.
Raymond Carl Richmond left Marshall County as a young airman and came home more than 81 years later, on Veterans Day, in a hearse carrying his remains. The 25-year-old technical sergeant and flight engineer died in a Tokyo military prison in 1945, and this week his remains finally completed a journey that took them from Honolulu to Atlanta to Pittsburgh before reaching the West Virginia hills he left behind.
The Taylor County Board of Education scheduled a meeting to consider a no-confidence vote in Superintendent Dr. John Stallings following his impact statement concerning the possible closure of Flemington Elementary School.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Efforts to continue development of green space in the lower Greenmont neighborhood in Morgantown are starting to take shape. Morgantown Director of Engineering and Public Works Damien Davis confirmed that the pedestrian bridge located near the Essie’s Sweet Shoppe at the end of Pennsylvania Avenue is expected to be completed and open to the public within the next few weeks. The bridge that will be placed across Decker’s Creek to create another access into the downtown area will be the first of several projects that will take place over the next several months to develop the green space, including plans to address select parcels of property near the bridge.
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — A U.S. Army veteran killed in an Upshur County accident is being remembered this Veterans Day for giving the gift of life. Thomas “Shayne” Knight, of Jane Lew, died at 35 years old after suffering injuries in a Buckhannon car wreck in late October. His wife, Aislynn Posey, was also killed in the crash.
Samuel Albert Murray → Kimberly Ann Yankie Hawkins. Bufftex Holdings LLC → Tyler Wanstreet and Adrianna Wanstreet. Union District; Lot 5 near Route 310 and Burnt Cabin Road, with right-of-way. Samuel Homer Palmer → Pearl Sturgeon and Ian Blanchard. Lincoln District; Lot 68D, Lincoln Heights. D.R. Horton...
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WDTV) - Fairmont’s city manager says a proposed expansion of Flock cameras downtown has been put on hold, as a resident raised questions about who can access the city’s existing cameras. City Manager Travis Blosser told City Council Tuesday that the downtown camera expansion had been...
MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. — More than eight decades after he died as a prisoner of war in World War II, Raymond Carl Richmond has finally come home. Richmond was returned to Marshall County on Wednesday, where family, friends and community members gathered on the county courthouse lawn for a special Veterans Day ceremony honoring his service and sacrifice.
