Wiley Ford News

Robert Taylor of Cumberland was injured Monday when he lost control of this dump truck on Knobley Road south of the Short Gap Volunteer Fire Company.

Firefighters from District 16, Oldtown and Wiley Ford, W.Va., were dispatched about 4:45 p.m. Sunday to a fire at this mobile home in the 15000 block of Brice Hollow Road.

An early Thursday fire that extensively damaged a commercial building on state Route 28 in Mineral County is being investigated by the West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office.

Mineral County Sheriff's Dept. has released more information following a murder-suicide back on Saturday in the community of Wiley Ford over the weekend.

The Mineral County Sheriff's Dept. is investigating an apparent murder-suicide. Investigators say at just before 5 p.m. Saturday someone placed a 911 hang-up call from a home near Alternate Route 28 in Wiley Ford.

A Wiley Ford couple were found dead Saturday, minutes after a 911 call was placed from a Cumberland Street home to the Mineral County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.

A Wiley Ford man found dead at his Cumberland Street home Saturday evening first shot his wife before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Sunday.

Two people in Mineral County, WV are dead after what police are calling an apparent murder-suicide. Police found the bodies of a man and woman outside a home on Alternate 28 in Wiley Ford just after 5:00 p.m. after dispatchers received a 911 hang-up call a few minutes earlier.

With growing concern for road conditions and unsafe structures, residents of Wiley Ford met with officials from local and state government to find out what can be done.

Above: John Felten of Wiley Ford, W.Va., competes for the fastest time of the day on a mile-long course in his formula contender Reynard-Ford in the B modified class Saturday afternoon at the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport.

Heavy rain that dumped several inches of rain on the Wiley Ford area sent water over streets and caused several flooded basements Saturday evening.

The National Weather Service has posted a flood warning for Allegany and Mineral counties until 5 p.m. today.

While on a break from work, Amie Nelson of Frostburg and Becky Minke of Wiley Ford, W.Va., look at flowers and plants raised in the greenhouse of Brookedale Farms during the 14th annual Let's Beautify Cumberland! Plant Sale on Thursday.