Moundsville News

HOLMES, Wylie Junior, "Bub," 71, of Moundsville, WV, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Glen Dale, WV.

The Marshall County Historical Society will celebrate West Virginia's Sesquicentennial and the state's history with fun events Saturday in several locations in Glen Dale and Moundsville.

He worked in maintenance at Huffman-Koos and he was a member of the Cornerstone Church of God, New Jersey American Legion Post 3, and a proud Army Veteran serving the Korean War where he received special commendation from the president of North Korea for saving a little girls life.

The possibility of an ethane cracker plant in West Virginia appears to be dwindling as more natural gas liquids soon will be piped to the Gulf Coast.

Williams Ohio Valley Midstream and the Moundsville Economic Development Council provided $1,000 to the Greg Yoho Memorial Car Show with the money going to the winner of a drawing at the end of the event.

Brownfields redevelopment - cleaning up old industrial sites and finding new uses for them - will be the key to bringing good manufacturing and business jobs back to the Ohio Valley.

Mrs. Sligar was a graduate of the former Triadelphia High School. She was a retired cook with Ohio County Schools, and was a former employee of Bob Evans Restaurant in Wheeling.

The Mountaineer Highway Interdiction Team seized 6 pounds of marijuana and $19,000 from a Harrisburg, Pa., man's vehicle during a recent traffic stop along Interstate 70. Ohio County Magistrate Patty Murphy arraigned Ananda Ognibene, 25, on a single count of possession with intent to distribute a schedule I controlled substance.

Deputies have identified the driver as Allen Pethel Jr., 28, of Moundsville. He ran off the road and hit a tree.

A former glass factory site in the Northern Panhandle is ready for redevelopment following a cleanup of lead and other contaminants.

In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret I. Stewart Carnahan, his second wife, Cordelia Porter Carnahan, two brothers, Ralph and Noel Carnahan, and a sister, Gladys M. Gibson.

One man is dead and a woman is recovering from a head injury in a Pittsburgh hospital after an ATV crash Saturday night in Marshall County, according to Sheriff Kevin Cecil.

BAYSAL, Erdogan Y., M.D., 81 of Moundsville, W.Va., died Saturday, June 8, 2013, in Mound View Health Care Center, Moundsville.

Jim was retired from the former Bumgardner Foundry, was a member of St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wheeling and was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

The Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex got help from a few extra pairs of hands Friday to help clean and catalog more than 2,000 boxes of archaeological artifacts in the museum's West Virginia Archaeological Research and Collection Management Facility.

The state Department of Environmental Protection has approved a cleanup method submitted by GAB Enterprises and the City of Moundsville for the former Fostoria Glass site.

Ten people have been indicted by a federal grand jury on accusations of trafficking pain pills and crack cocaine in Moundsville, Benwood and Wheeling.

West Virginia University's Native American Studies Program is holding an archaeology symposium highlighting research by scientists studying the region.

Associated Press Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: Jun. 3, 2013 1:52 PM EDT Updated: Jun.

The driver of a car and a female employee of Bryan Insurance were sent to the hospital after the driver slammed his white car into the insurance office early Thursday morning.