Maxie Abraham Gum
By Maxie Abraham Gum, 79, of Green Bank, died Aug. 22, 2015. Service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Arbovale. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24,...
View ArticleAnna Ruth Droddy
By Anna Ruth Droddy, 83, of Leesburg, Va., formerly of Dunbar, passed away Aug. 23, 2015 at Spring Arbor of Leesburg.She was born Sept. 29, 1931 in Woodville, a daughter of the late Clarence and Lura...
View ArticleDaniel O. Cunningham
By Daniel Okey Cunningham, 73, of Ripley, passed away Aug. 22, 2015. Service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at...
View ArticleAnnetta Brown
By Annetta Brown, 62, of Dunbar, died Aug. 22, 2015. Preston Funeral Home, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements.
View ArticleBurzener Bego
By Burzener Bego, 82, of St. Albans, died Aug. 21, 2015. Preston Funeral Home, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements.
View ArticleJoyce Drake Barker
By Joyce Drake Barker, 79, of Chapmanville, died Aug. 22, 2015. Service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Freeman Funeral Home, Chapmanville. Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at the...
View ArticleJoshua Lee Baird
By Joshua Lee Baird, 32, of Southside, died Aug. 22, 2015. Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home, Point Pleasant. Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the...
View ArticleEdna Badger
By Edna Badger, 95, of Charleston, died Aug. 21, 2015. Preston Funeral Home, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements.
View ArticleLawrence P. Adkins
By Retired Sgt. Lawrence "Larry" Patrick Adkins, 52, of Nitro, passed away Aug. 21, 2015. Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at Casdorph & Curry Funeral Home, St. Albans. Visitation will...
View ArticleFunerals for: August 24, 2015
By Adams, Bob Noon, Wallace & Wallace Funeral Chapel, Rainelle.Agee, Maye 1 p.m., Snodgrass Funeral Home, South Charleston.Cremeans, Sheila R. 2 p.m., Mildred United Baptist Church,...
View ArticleGeorge Will: Trump defines down the GOP
By WASHINGTON — It has come to this: The GOP, formerly the party of Lincoln and ostensibly the party of liberty and limited government, is being defined by clamors for a mass roundup and deportation...
View ArticleHoppy Kercheval: Government not a reliable job creator
By The government is a notoriously inefficient job creator. As economy and business columnist Robert Samuelson points out, the money for government jobs has to come from someplace else, generally...
View ArticleDaily Mail editorial: Iran deal comes down to who do you trust
By Not unexpectedly, most Americans don’t know a whole lot about Iran’s nuclear program. Sure, we read newspaper articles and see network news items, but with so little perspective of the Middle...
View ArticleDaily Mail editorial: Police arresting more in online child porn cases
By National sandwich shop Subway is reeling after it was revealed last week that its longtime spokesman Jared Fogle has been charged with possessing child pornography and will plead guilty to paying...
View ArticleVent Line: Aug. 25, 2015
By The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself. - Felix Adler, professor, lecturer, and reformer (13 Aug 1851-1933)How stupid can Obama be when he says the...
View ArticleGazette editorial: Time to pay for polluter
By When was the last time you heard of a polluter pleading guilty in court, let alone serving jail time, for poisoning the public's water? Thanks to U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin and his team, it was...
View ArticleJim Waggy: An inexcusable moral failure (Gazette)
By By Jim Waggy The responses of coal country business leaders and politicians to the Clean Power Plan recently announced by President Obama and the EPA demonstrate that there are no limits to their...
View ArticleTeens are shopping more like their parents
By By Anne D’Innocenzio The Associated Press GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Giulia Pugliese is a typical teenager. She likes to look good, and she's particular about what she wears.But when The Associated Press...
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