Mr. Clifford Leo Wilmoth, 82, a resident of Belington, departed this life Friday morning June 27, 2025, at his home. Death was following a period of failing health.
He was born June 7, 1943, at Belington, a son of the late Roy Edward and Beulah Pauline Zirkle Wilmoth.
In 1965, he was united in marriage to the former Dixie Lee Booth, who preceded him in death on Aug. 31, 2013.
He is survived by one granddaughter, Cameo Jade Metheny of Buckhannon; two brothers, Larry Wilmoth and wife, Sandy, of
DENVER (AP) — It’s often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test for an unlikely audience — man’s best friend.
Yuvi Agarwal started playing keyboard when he was 4 and several years ago noticed his playing soothed his family’s restless golden doodle, Bozo. He grew curious if it also could help stressed homeless animals.
With help from his parents, who both have backgrounds in marketing, he founded the nonprofit Wild Tunes in 2023
(AP) — The NBA has had Victor Wembanyama and Cooper Flagg as obvious No. 1 overall draft picks in recent years. AJ Dybantsa has been headed toward that status for 2026.
The BYU signee has been a favorite to sit atop draft boards next summer and ranks as the nation’s top recruit by ESPN, On3 and Rivals. Kansas signee Darryn Peterson tops the list for 247Sports to make it a more open race for No. 1.
Here’s an early look next summer’s potential lottery prospects:
1. A.J. Dybantsa, BYU
The 6-foot-9
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey signs House Bill 3297 into law.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey speaks about the Washington Center for Civics, Culture and Statesmanship at West Virginia University.
CHESTER — “Education not indoctrination” read the sign hanging on the podium for an event Thursday featuring West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey at the city’s Veterans of Foreign Wars’ post.
Morrisey traveled to ceremonially sign House Bill 3297 into law, which establishes the Washington
Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Republican from Louisiana, is also a doctor. He put up resistance last February to Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “Bobby,” as Trump likes to call him, has long cast doubts on the safety of vaccines that have saved millions from death or serious disease while causing almost no problems.
Kennedy is an ignoramus on such matters and has a few loose screws besides. But Cassidy ultimately gave in, presumably to
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s fights with the intelligence community were a running theme of his first term as he raged against an investigation into his campaign’s alleged links to Russia. Now, a sequel is playing out as Trump battles to shape the public’s understanding of his foreign policy gamble in Iran.
An early U.S. intelligence assessment said Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after American strikes on three sites last weekend. The Republican
ELKINS — The Augusta Heritage Center recently announced that its 2026 Summer Heritage Workshops will be moving from the campus of Davis & Elkins College to downtown Elkins.
This year’s 52nd annual Augusta Heritage Festival will begin on July 6 and will once again host its Summer Heritage Workshops on the D&E campus. The festivities are set to kick off with Cajun & Creole and Classic Country Week.
“In 2025 we’ll have a vibrant classic Augusta on the campus of Davis & Elkins
WASHINGTON (AP) — States can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
The 6-3 opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by the rest of the court’s conservatives was not directly about abortion, but it comes as Republicans back a wider push across the country to defund the organization. It closes off Planned Parenthood’s primary court path
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MORGANTOWN — It was a vacation well earned by Wren Baker, the West Virginia athletic director whose last year has been spent in courtrooms and meeting rooms, to say nothing of locker rooms, as he was doing his part to reshape the widely changed world of college athletics.
It wasn’t at all what he signed up for, but it was what was on the table and the last couple of years had been unexpected havoc from dawn to dusk as coaches came and went, players came and went and lawsuits were filed and
NEW YORK (AP) — Cooper Flagg is headed to the Dallas Mavericks, who may have found their next franchise superstar less than five months after trading one away.
The Mavericks took the Duke forward with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Wednesday night, selecting the 18-year-old from Maine who was the college player of the year in his lone season.
Mavericks fans were furious when Dallas traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 1, some immediately threatening to end their support of the
