Reed Austin
Reed Andrew Austin, 29, of Fayetteville, died Saturday February 13, 2016. Service will be 1 p.m. February 22, at Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home, Fayetteville. Friends may call one hour prior to the...
View ArticleFunerals for: February 20, 2016
Adams, Rosalee — 11 a.m., Cooke Funeral Home, Nitro.Ahwash, Patricia H. — 1 p.m., Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home, Charleston.Baisden, George — Noon, Mausoleum of Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pecks Mill.Bragg,...
View ArticleReview: Urinetown, the musical a surprising primer on civil disobedience
By by Autumn D.F. Hopkins For the Gazette-Mail You've probably used a toilet several times today without much thought. You may have been inconvenienced at a public restroom, but the days of pay...
View ArticleFreedom spill sentences too lenient, experts say
By Ken Ward Jr. A little more than two years after the Freedom Industries chemical spill, the results are in on the criminal cases against six top Freedom officials: A total of 60 days in jail and...
View ArticleBills would allow WV counties to repeal smoking bans
By Eric Eyre West Virginia lawmakers have county smoking bans in their crosshairs. For the second consecutive year, Republican legislators are moving bills that would allow county commissions across...
View ArticlePining for grated cheese and bringing a James Bond super-villain to WV
By Rick Steelhammer If you're interested in a tasty way to add more fiber to your diet, you may want to consider sprinkling some grated Parmesan on your Grape-Nuts. Last week, an independent...
View ArticleNonprofit calls on Congress to complete Jenkins House restoration, end waste
By Rick Steelhammer The nonprofit group that spearheaded the effort to preserve and re-use the 1835 Albert Gallatin Jenkins plantation house at the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area as an...
View ArticleGreenbrier judge election, retirement raise eyebrows
By Kate White On Jan. 30, the last day for candidates to file for election, longtime Greenbrier County Circuit Judge Jim Rowe walked to the Lewisburg post office. He had his re-election paperwork in...
View ArticleElection Takeaways: A boost for front-runners Clinton, Trump
By By JULIE BYKOWICZ Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans went to the polls in South Carolina to make their Republican presidential picks on Saturday as Democrats caucused in Nevada....
View ArticleFairmont WWII veteran shares stories of black soldiers
By By Zach Tuggle The Exponent Telegram FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - Asa J. Davison Jr. has seen a lot in the 92 years he's been a West Virginian. And these days he's a local celebrity in the city of...
View ArticleCouple find love while fighting addiction
By By Taylor Stuck The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - If the phone rings for her husband at 3 a.m., Kathy Melba will never be upset because she knows the next night it could be for her. "We...
View ArticleClass working to close computer science gender gap
By Ryan Quinn It was only the second in-class session. "Get boring administrative stuff out of the way" was on the agenda, and the girls were rather quiet sitting around the table at the West Virginia...
View ArticleRobert H. Kaiser
Robert Hamilton Kaiser, 73, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. His unexpected death has left his family and friends devastated.Bob began his professional career in 1971 in...
View ArticleReuben Johnson
Reuben T. Johnson was born Feb. 13, 1930 in Charleston. He was the owner of RT Construction since 1973. Reuben took his last breath Feb. 17, 2016 at 11:47 p.m. at Thomas Memorial Hospital Hospice.He...
View ArticleBillie Heindel
Billie Frances Oldham Heindel died on Monday, February 15, 2016 at Carpenters Manor, Lakeland, FL. She was born in Clarksburg, WV on July 4, 1918, the daughter of Walter and Rachel Burnside Oldham....
View ArticleLelia H. Gay
Lelia H. Gay, 102, formerly of Charleston, WV, died February 17, 2016 while living in Louisville, KY.She was born August 4, 1913. Preceded in death by her husband, Julius M. Gay. Survived by 3...
View ArticleCecil Gay Fields
Cecil Gay Fields, 87, of Ravenswood, passed away Feb. 19, 2016 at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital following a long illness.He was born April 15, 1928 in Statts Mill, a son of the late Virgil and...
View ArticleGary Allen Dempsey
Gary Allen Dempsey, 70, of Bim, caught a ride to Heaven on that Old Ship of Zion on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. He was born Feb. 3, 1946 to the late Joy Dempsey Lucas. He was also preceded in death by...
View ArticleGregory Dean
Mr. Gregory Paul Dean, 41, of Nitro, passed away January 29, 2016, at home. He was born December 11, 1974, in Morgantown to Rudolph and Cheryl Dean. Greg lived for his daughters and loved martial arts...
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