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The newspaper was formed by the merger of the previously separate morning News and afternoon Sentinel on April 25, 2009. [2] Prior to the merge, the Sentinel had published continuously for 134 years. [2] The first Parkersburg News, owned by secessionist Charles Rhoads, began publication before the Civil War. In May 1861, the office was ...
The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
Road incident deaths in West Virginia (4 P) Pages in category "Accidental deaths in West Virginia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
West Virginia Circuit Judge George Hill ordered them to stop shredding and hand over the remaining papers. One of the items slated for destruction revealed that the department’s early calculations had actually set the safety limit for C8 closer to 1 part per billion—not 150 parts per billion, the figure announced at the Parkersburg meeting.
Minutes after forming, it grew into a large wedge tornado, as it was heading towards Parkersburg at EF5 intensity, during graduation day. Multiple homes and buildings were swept away, 7 people died in Parkersburg. After hitting Parkersburg, the tornado then continued to move over the Legend Trail Golf Course, leaving a trench of 1 mile.
Patricia Ann Ramsey (née Paugh; December 29, 1956 – June 24, 2006) was an American beauty pageant winner who was the mother of JonBenét Ramsey, a six-year-old child beauty pageant queen who was found murdered in her family's home in Boulder, Colorado, on December 26, 1996.
James E. Childers (February 8, 1964 – June 2, 2009) was a confessed American serial killer and arsonist. On June 1, 2009, he sent a package of letters and a two-hour long recording to the police station in Clarksburg, West Virginia, which contained his confessions to at least five murders and four arsons.
"Oakland," also known as the James M. Stephenson House, is a home located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.Although a slaveholder and sympathizing with the Confederacy, Stephenson was also married to the sister of Unionist Arthur Boreman, and allowed then Union Army Col. (later Gen.) James B. Steedman to use his grove nearby during the American Civil War.