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UMWA honor Willow Grove Mine disaster victims

By GAGE VOTA Times Leader Staff Writer NEFFS — The United Mine Workers of America held a memorial service at the Willow Grove Mine site, honoring 72 miners who lost their lives in an explosion on March 16, 1940. On Saturday, the UMWA, along with several residents went to the mine’s ...

Annual Rise Against Hunger packs 30,000 meals

GLEN DALE – Saturday saw many community members join forces to pack 30,000 meals for the annual Rise Against Hunger event. The event took place at St. Jude’s Church Hall and was sponsored in part by the Rotary Clubs of Moundsville, New Martinsville and Wheeling. Rotary Club Area 2 ...

Crew of fatal military crash included Ohio soldiers

(AP) — A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a refueling plane involved in the war with Iran crashed in western Iraq. Tech Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, hailed from a large family in Bardstown, Kentucky, and was “very, very” proud of her ...

A cold night, a warm response

STEUBENVILLE — When temperatures plunged into the single digits just before Christmas, a 24-year-old domestic assault victim and her 8-month-old baby were locked out of their home with just the clothes on their backs while another child slept in a second-story bedroom. The woman, who was ...