ELKINS – An elderly Elkins man declared missing through a Silver Alert on Wednesday was rescued after being submerged in water “up to his neck,” officials said.
Elkins Police Chief Travis Bennett released a statement on Thursday afternoon regarding the rescue of Harold Wayne Simmons, 80, who the West Virginia State Police had issued a Silver Alert for on Wednesday.
“On the afternoon of Wednesday 6/18/2025 at approximately 12:02 p.m. Cpl Summerfield of the Elkins Police Department received a
MILL CREEK — Valley Health Care has announced the launch of a major campus expansion project of the health care company’s presence in Mill Creek.
Officials said the project will more than double the size of the current facility and modernize its capacity to provide comprehensive, accessible care.
The expansion will include the development of a new 15,000-square-foot state-of-the-art health center, a significant increase from the 8,000 square feet of the current clinical space, officials said.
CHARLESTON — At the same meeting last week in which the West Virginia Department of Education voted unanimously to officially place Randolph County Schools in a state of emergency, the Randolph school system was also discussed as a negative example of how the state’s voucher program works.
During the June 11 meeting in Charleston, Tamia Brower, Education Policy Researcher with the West Virginia Center of Budget and Policy, requested that the state BOE release the up-to-date numbers on the
FRANKLIN — Two Pocohontas residents are among the winners of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ 2025 West Virginia Gold Rush giveaway.
2025 marks the Gold Rush’s eighth year, which continued a popular spring tradition that celebrates the state’s golden rainbow trout and encourages families and anglers of all ages to enjoy West Virginia’s fishing opportunities.
“We want to congratulate our winners and thank every angler who participated in this year’s Gold Rush,” WVDNR Director
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights.
The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. Another 26 states have laws similar to Tennessee’s.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a conservative
Before he was David Mamet the acclaimed author, filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, he worked a variety of low-paying jobs well into his 20s. Mamet said he knows what it’s like to get your hands dirty to make ends meet.
“I also worked in a day camp teaching. Even right after I got out of college, I was unemployable, didn’t have any skills, and the degree wasn’t worth anything,” Mamet said in an interview with the Washington Examiner.
Through it all, one common thread in his work is
ELKINS – A local woman is facing felony charges after she and another woman allegedly forced their way into an apartment and began fighting with a resident inside.
Destiny Rose McDonald, 25, is charged with breaking and entering and conspiracy, both felonies. She is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $25,000 cash-only bond, set by Magistrate Mike Dyer.
According to the criminal complaint, prepared by Private First Class D.T. Sayre of the Elkins Police Department, on June 7,
Alfred “Butch” Marshall Nesbitt, 76, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, died Monday, June 16, 2025, at Crestview Manor in Jane Lew, West Virginia.
He was born Jan. 27, 1949, in Buckhannon, a son of the late Roy Edward and Mary Gwendolyn Dean Nesbitt.
On Sept. 1, 1990, he married Patricia Joann Phelps, who preceded him in death on Jan. 9, 2023.
He is survived by two sons, Jeffrey Marshall Armentrout and Roy Wade Nesbitt, both of Buckhannon; one daughter, Pamela Ann Coughlin of Buckhannon; two
NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez arrived at a federal prison on Tuesday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt. The New Jersey Democrat has been mocked for the crimes as “Gold Bar Bob,” according to his own lawyer.
The federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Menendez was in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill in Minersville, Pennsylvania. The facility has a medium-security prison and a
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: The Whitmer Community Church will host the ‘Keepers of the Kingdom’ vacation bible school from 6-8:15 p.m. each night through June 20.
BROWN BAG CONCERT: This month’s free Brown Bag Concert will take place today from noon to 1 p.m. at The Arts
