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This Week in WV History

CHARLESTON – 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. May 10, 1863: Just before dying of wounds suffered at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Stonewall Jackson uttered the words, ...

Area Religion Activities

Parish House Announcements, Buckhannon On the parish calendar: Sisters group meets at 9 a.m. Tuesdays at Irons Chapel, Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, for all ladies who wish to grow in their Christian walk. Pam Walling serves as facilitator. Study Group will be 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in Godwin Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. Pastor Steve Meadows leads a discussion of Max Lucado’s “Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Need.” All are welcome to join the conversation The Clothes Closet, located behind the Parish House at 47 Sedgewick St., welcomes ...

40-Year Legacy

ELKINS - An inaugural visit to Peter Pan Cleaners has often ended with customers driving away from the 11th Street location feeling like they just made a new friend.    That's because the establishment's owner, Jake Roberts, has spent the past 40-plus years making sure that everyone who ...

Man charged in stolen vehicle case

VALLEY HEAD - A Randolph County man faces a felony charge after alleging being found in possession of a stolen vehicle. Regis Henry Markl III, 49, is charged with transferring or receiving a stolen vehicle, a felony. Markl is currently being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $5,000 ...

Arrest made in alleged $5K theft

BUCKHANNON - An Upshur County man faces felony charges after allegedly stealing $5,000 in cash from a man who hired him for work. Jason Cody Douglas, 36, is charged with one count of burglary and one count of grand larceny, both felonies. He is currently being held at the Tygart Valley ...

Two-Vehicle Wreck in the Rain

The Inter-Mountain photo by Taylor McKinnie The Elkins Fire Department, the Elkins City Police and Randolph County EMS responded to a two-vehicle accident in a driving rainstorm near Fox Hops Brewery on the Beverly Five-lane Wednesday afternoon. At least one person was taken by EMS.