Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history.To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org .April 16, 1829: Jacob Beeson Jackson was born in Parkersburg. In 1881, he became West…
Problems with vandalism, drinking and drug use continue to plague Chester City Park. The problems were brought before Chester City Park at its monthly meeting April 7. The pavilion in the Park is rented out for the summer, but it…
CHARLESTON – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia on Monday scheduled a public comment hearing for April 23 in Weirton over massive water problems in the Northern Panhandle city. The public is invited to address the Commission on those problems…
5th Grade Straight A Honor Roll: Grant Adams, Cassandra Argent, Avery Boatright, Olivia Bragg, Coralynn Brock, Mia Budney, Kirah Creese, Logan Dunlevy, Layne Eckleberry, Raylynn Eddy, Katherine Meissner, Luca Munoz, Rylan Richmond, Alexis Rodman, Ashton Shaw, Dillyn Six, Anasztazia Vargo,…
Ernest E. Kuhn, 68, of New Cumberland, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family members and loved ones, at his home on Friday, April 4, 2025. Ernest was born on May 7, 1956, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, to the late George W.…
It’s NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, this week, April 6-12, and we have lots of things planned for the week ahead, at Lynn Murray Memorial Library. Monday, I’ll be reading to the kiddos at Allison Elementary Schools, in Pre School,…
James Snider 74, of New Cumberland, passed away April 3, 2025. He was born October 4, 1951, in Steubenville, the son of the late Hugh and Garnet (Lemasters) Snider. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife,…
On March 30, 2025, Kenneth Lloyd Mansfield, 71, of Winter Park, FL passed on to a far better world after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Ken was born in Pittsburgh, PA, September 2, 1953, to William Lloyd and Dorothy…
…………Politics is a rough game to play and it’s not only getting rougher, it’s getting personal. Sure, the rhetoric of the presidential election attracted a lot of voters to Trump. But when rhetoric turns into reality, it often hurts. Right…
West Virginia’s Cultural Heritage Should Be Defended, Not Defunded DOGE’s proposed humanities cuts imperil the Mountain State’s cultural economy By Eric Waggoner The West Virginia Encyclopedia Online? Deleted from the internet. The West Virginia Folklife Program’s preservation of our unique…