Lois Hager
Lois Hager, 80, of Culloden, died Thurs. July 9, 2015. Service will be 1 p.m. Mon. July 13, at the Wallace Funeral Home, Milton. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the Wallace Funeral...
View ArticleJames "Jim" Gatens
Mr. James J. "Jim" Gatens, 80, of Eleanor, passed away July 10, 2015, in CAMC Teays Valley Division. Jim is retired from Putnam County Schools and a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church.He is...
View ArticleHarley Chapman
Harley Darrell Chapman, 72, of Alkol, died Fri. July 10, 2015. Memorial service will be 7 p.m. Mon. July 13, at Curry Funeral Home, 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek. Visitation will be one hour prior...
View ArticleShaun Carter
Shaun Ashley Carter, 31, of Lindside, died Fri. July 3, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Sun. July 12, at Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home, Peterstown. Visitation will be from noon until time of service at...
View ArticleHarold Carter
Harold W. Carter, 82, of Dunbar, went home to meet the Lord on July 8, 2015, after a long illness.Mr. Carter was a veteran of the US Army. He owned Carter's Care, Dunbar, and was the former owner of...
View ArticleBetty Lee Burns
Betty Lee Burns, of Dunbar, died Thurs. July 9, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Tues. July 14, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Tornado. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Mon. at Bartlett-Chapan...
View ArticleEdna Burgess
Edra K. "Kathy" Burgess, 86, of Charleston, died July 9, 2015. Service will be 7 p.m. Mon. July 13, at Cunningham-Parker-Johnson Funeral Home. Gathering of friends will be held one hour prior to the...
View ArticleKaren L. Booth
Karen L. Booth, 62, of Cedar Grove, died Thurs. July 9, 2015. Cooke Funeral Home ,Cedar Grove is in charge of arrangements.
View ArticleJimmie Lee Beckett
Jimmie Lee Beckett, 69, of Madison, died July 8, 2015. Service will be 1 p.m. Mon. July 13, at Freeman Funeral Home. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Sun. at the funeral home. Freeman Funeral Home,...
View ArticleFunerals for: July 11, 2015
Bailey, Mollie — 1 p.m., KrantzBallard, Cassie Y. — 2 p.m., Mount Alexander United Methodist Church, Sarton.Cantrell, Mayford F. — Noon, Matics Funeral Home, Clendenin.Clark, John K. — 2 p.m.,...
View ArticlePolice say man strikes woman with shotgun in salon
A Charleston man is charged with wanton endangerment after police say he threatened and struck a woman with a shotgun at a local hair salon.Robert Preston Montgomery, 39, pointed a shotgun at Tara L....
View ArticleMarshall University presidential search, estate renovations continue
By Lexi Browning As the search for Marshall University's new president continues, renovations are ongoing at the presidential estate in Ritter Park in anticipation of a new school chief's arrival....
View ArticleAttorney General warns against price gouging during emergencies
By Joel Ebert As three West Virginia counties prepared for a state of emergency declared by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Monday, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey reminded residents about laws prohibiting...
View ArticleInsurance company says hotel's policy excludes damages from pollution
By Andrea Lannom An insurance company recently sued by three South Charleston hotels, says a policy issued to the hotels does not cover damages they say they sustained from the Jan. 9, 2014 chemical...
View ArticleCommunity briefs for July 14, 2015
The Robert S. Garnett SCV Camp 1470 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will meet at the Dunbar Public Library at 7 p.m. Thursday. The recent events of the Confederate flag removal in South Carolina...
View ArticleNew York City reaches $5.9 million settlement with Eric Garner's family
NEW YORK - New York City reached a settlement Monday with the family of Eric Garner for $5.9 million, almost a year after the 43-year-old died in police custody. The family filed a notice of claim in...
View ArticleOfficials discussing iPads for jail inmates
By Samuel Speciale Inmates incarcerated by West Virginia's 10-jail system could soon have access to Apple iPads and other digital tablets, the state jails director said Monday.While still in the...
View ArticleHelen Holt, first woman to hold statewide elected office in WV, dead at 101
Helen Holt, the first woman in West Virginia to hold a statewide elected office, died of heart failure Sunday at age 101, according to a news release from Secretary of State Natalie Tennant's...
View ArticlePhotos: Dark skies surround vultures
As wind and thunder clouds move into the area, Turkey Vultures take up roost on the high voltage lines in Jefferson.
View ArticlePhoto: Workers metalize ceiling surface of bridge
Workers with Pullman were under the Interstate 64 bridge near the Lee Street exit, metalizing the ceiling surface Monday. Cathodic protection has been used as an effective means of arresting corrosion...
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