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Rippon Family Advocates for Stricter Laws to Protect Road Workers

Family of fallen flagger hopes laws will change to protect road workers The Register~Herald | Monday, March 10, 2025 By Marsha Chwalik Kathy Ruth, a flagger, tragically lost her life while directing traffic in a work zone near Rippon on April 4, 2024. Following the accident, the driver responsible faced

Rippon Family Advocates for Safer Roads After Flagging Tragedy

Family of fallen flagger hopes laws will change to protect road workers WV Metro News | Sunday, March 9, 2025 By Marsha Chwalik The family of Kathy Ruth, a flagger tragically killed in Rippon on April 4, 2024, is advocating for stronger road worker protection laws following a mild conviction for

Summit Point Tragedy: Woman Killed, Husband Arrested for Murder

Summit Point Woman Killed While on Phone with Dispatch; Husband Arrested WV Metro News | Monday, February 17, 2025 By Marsha Chwalik In a tragic domestic violence incident in Summit Point, a 50-year-old woman named Tanya Lyons was killed by her 71-year-old husband, John Lyons, during a 911 call reporting a

Middleway's Historic District Threatened by Proposed Bottling Plant

Middleway supporters hopeful new designation will help in fight against plans for bottling plant WV Metro News | Sunday, February 2, 2025 By Marsha Chwalik Preservationists in Middleway are raising concerns over a proposed water bottling facility by Sidewinder Enterprises that could threaten the town's historic district, recently added

Middleway Residents Voice Concerns Over Proposed Water Facility

Plans for super large water packaging facility in Jefferson County draws concerns WV Metro News | Sunday, January 19, 2025 By Marsha Chwalik An investment firm, Sidewinder, LLC, plans to construct a massive 1 million square foot water packaging facility in the historic town of Middleway, raising concerns among residents about

Charles Town’s Demi Breeden and Wheeling’s Jennifer Reuther Gear Up for Miss America Pageants

Miss WV Teen and Miss WV prepare for Miss America Pageants WV Metro News | Tuesday, December 31, 2024 By Marsha Chwalik Demi Breeden, a freshman at Washington High School in Charles Town, is preparing for the Miss America’s Teen competition in Orlando after being crowned Miss West Virginia’s

Martinsburg Firefighter Logan Young's Death Remains Unsolved

2020 fire death remains unsolved WV Metro News | Thursday, December 26, 2024 By Marsha Chwalik The tragic death of Logan Young, a firefighter with the 167th Airlift Wing based in Martinsburg, remains unresolved as it has been four years since he died while responding to an arson barn fire in