New Martinsville News

Those looking for jobs in the oil and natural gas industries need not wait for Royal Dutch Shell, Aither Chemicals or some other company to build an ethane cracker in the Upper Ohio Valley.

FRIEDEN, Mildred "Mid," age 94, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, of Paddock Green Dr., New Martinsville, WV, formerly of Sardis, OH, died Saturday, February 4, 2012 at her home.

West Virginia's hunt for a multibillion-dollar chemical plant has come down to talks between potential investors and private property owners, Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette said Thursday.

Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia are trying to top each other with the sweetest package of tax breaks for Shell Oil Co., which plans to build a huge new petrochemical refinery in the region.

Thanks to the cooperative efforts of officers from the Bellaire, New Martinsville and Sistersville Police Departments, deputies from the Tyler County Sheriff's Office were able to apprehend three fugitives from justice on felony warrants for alleged crimes committed in Tyler and Wetzel counties, and in Belmont County, Ohio.

Some "funny money" is showing up at some Wetzel County businesses, but police say it is no laughing matter.

She was born June 5, 1924, in New Martinsville, W.Va., a daughter of the late Brady and Pearl McCabe Plantz.

The city of Nitro has annexed a ribbon of land surrounding the Bayer Crop Science plant, but not the plant itself.

CECIL, Golda Mae, 97, of New Martinsville, W.Va., died Friday, January 13, 2012 at Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville, W.Va. Golda was born November 30, 1914 in New Dale, Wetzel County, W.Va., daughter of the late Friend and Harriet "Celia" Hafer Goddard.