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Melvin Lee Boggs

Melvin Lee Boggs, 87, of Elizabeth passed away Aug. 10, 2026, at WVU Camden Clark Medical Center. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Lambert Tatman Funeral Home, Pike Street, Parkersburg. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Jerrald Travis Casto

Jerrald Travis Casto, 73, of Ravenswood, WV, passed away August 8, 2026 in Charleston Area Medical Center, Memorial Division. There…

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Arc announces scholarship recipients

PARKERSBURG – Eight students from Wood and Washington counties are 2026 scholarship recipients from The Arc of the Mid-Ohio Valley. Scholarships go to students who dedicated themselves to careers serving individuals with cognitive or intellectual disabilities. By pursuing specialized degrees, these local students are preparing to enter the disability services workforce and make a…

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Should communities be investing ALPR and other public cameras?

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Funding: Child Advocacy Center grant is a positive step

Gov. Patrick Morrisey and lawmakers could — and should — have their hands full with work that would support the most vulnerable children in West Virginia if they would just drop the political nonsense and remember whom they serve. But that said, there are small steps being taken that somehow remind us all the…

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Obituaries

Patricia Ann (Gillenwater) McCoy

Patricia Ann (Gillenwater) McCoy, 76, of Ravenswood passed away Aug. 10, 2026, in Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston, following an extended illness. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in Ravenswood Cemetery with Pastor Chris Skeens officiating. Arrangements provided by Casto Funeral Home, Ravenswood.

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