Dear Annie: I’ve been with my boyfriend for over three years. We met when I was a freshman in high school and he was a sophomore. I fell head over heels right away, and we became official nearly a year later. Over time, I learned about his painful childhood — absent father, a mother who had him young and has since moved away, a hostile sibling and a host of health problems, including scoliosis and arthritis. He can’t afford proper medical care and may one day be confined to a wheelchair. He now
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods and remained on edge Sunday for more severe weather ahead after storms swept through parts of the Midwest and South and killed more than two dozen people.
Kentucky was hardest hit as a devastating tornado damaged hundreds of homes, tossed vehicles and left many homeless. At least 19 people were killed, most of them in southeastern Laurel County.
Meteorologists predicted a fresh
WHEELING — With more than 21,000 abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells throughout West Virginia, state officials — concerned both with community safety and environmental protection — sought ways to make it quicker and easier to seal them.
A new law ceremoniously signed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Thursday morning, will update oil and gas laws in the Mountain State to expedite the process of plugging those wells.
Morrisey gathered Thursday with local public officials at Wheeling’s Heritage
President Donald Trump gave an important speech in Riyadh that may come as close to outlining a “Trump doctrine” as we’ll probably see.
It was a direct counterpoint to George W. Bush’s second inaugural address.
The simplistic way to put it is that what liberty was for Bush, money is to Donald Trump.
That’s not quite right, though. The speech had values, they just weren’t typical values — accountable government, human dignity — but simply prosperity and peace. If Bush wanted to spread freedom,
ELKINS — Today, Monday, May 19, the Sanitary Board Meeting will meet at the Phil Gainer Community Center at 10 a.m. Items of new business include the approval of sewer invoices, reappointing the City Attorney to the Sanitary Board, approval of its FY 2026 budget, and the purchase of a 2025 John Deere 331P Skid Steer. The Board will also consider the approval of transitioning its current wastewater administration assistant from part-time to full-time status.
All departments are operating and
On the final full day of the Venus-ruled season of Taurus, we are reminded that it’s not shallow to tend to appearances. Of course they matter. The visual cues on the surface help us get around, assess situations and figure out what’s expected of us. What is shallow is thinking that appearances matter more than other things, such as what gets done, people’s feelings and what’s exchanged to make the world spin.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You recognize the emotional intention behind a question.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Elmo, Abby Cadabby and the rest of the “Sesame Street” gang will get some high-profile help as they travel down a new road.
The Sesame Workshop – founded in 1969 and currently working on its 56th season, but its first not distributed by recent partner HBO – received the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award Wednesday, which will provide the nonprofit a $250,000 grant as well as support in promoting its work from the Elevate Prize Foundation. Previous winners of the award include
MILL CREEK — Jacob Wamsley was a force on the mound and at the plate for top-seed Tygarts Valley in Thursday night’s 13-0 win over second-seed Tucker County in Class A, Region II tourney play.
The junior right-hander went the first three innings, limiting the Mountain Lions to just one hit, striking out six and not walking a batter.
At the plate, he finished 2 for 2 with three RBIs.
Jaxon Drennen, who recently signed to play at Potomac State, struck out all six batters he faced in finishing in
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a massive setback, House Republicans failed Friday to push their big package of tax breaks and spending cuts through the Budget Committee, as a handful of conservatives joined all Democrats in a stunning vote against it.
The hard-right lawmakers are insisting on steeper spending cuts to Medicaid and the Biden-era green energy tax breaks, among other changes, before they will give their support to President Donald Trump’s “beautiful” bill. They warn the tax cuts alone would
Silas “Philmore” Kelley, 96, a resident of Elkins, passed away Friday, May 2, 2025, in Valentine’s Personal Care Home.
Born Oct. 19. 1928, in Barbour County, the son of Briscoe and Mildred Kelley.
On June 17, 1950, he married Betty Carr, who proceeded him in death.
He had one daughter, Gloria Ann White, and husband, Roy, of Belington; one grandson, Phil Butcher, and wife, Amy, of Beverly; and one great-grandson, Morgan Butcher.
He was proceeded in death by one brother, Dale Kelley of Elkins; one
