Confusion over the implementation of the Affordable Care Act has spawned scams that put consumers’ identity and savings at risk. CHARLESTON * Attorney General Patrick Morrisey today urged West Virginians to be vigilant against schemes that attempt to use people’s confusion about the implementation of the Affordable Care Act to...
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia denied a request from FirstEnergy to dismiss the General Investigation into the meter reading, billing and customer service practices of the FirstEnergy subsidiaries Monongahela Power Company (Mon Power) and Potomac Edison Company (PE) today. Instead, the Commission ordered First Energy to file specific...
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Clevenger of Thomas, WV, announce the engagement of their daughter Kimberly Dawn to Skyler Dale Roberts, the son of Kelly and Sondra Roberts of Hendricks, WV. The future bride is a graduate of the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. She is employed by Walmart...
The 37th Annual Fairview Homecoming picnic was held on June 30 at the Assembly of God pavilion on Location Road, St. George. Following the picnic a brief business meeting was held for the maintenance of the two Fairview cemeteries. President Wendy Nedrow led the group in a moment of silence...
Congresswoman Shelly Moore Capito was the keynote speaker at the WV Forestry Association Annual Meeting. The event was held at the Canaan Valley Resort and there were approximately 200 people in attendance. During the meeting Capito said, “As members of the West Virginia Forestry Association, you play a vital role...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate According to a press release issued by Parsons Police Chief Jonathan E. Jones, on July 16 at about 4:30 p.m., a man allegedly entered the Rite-Aid in Parsons and y robbed the pharmacy of 300 generic Percocet pills. The robber entered the pharmacy area...
By Penny Ellison The Parsons Advocate The Tucker County Board of Education met in regular session at the Board office on July 15. Following the call to order, pledge, and roll call, the meeting agenda was approved as were the minutes of the last regular session held July 1, 2013....
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Wanda Jean Wills of 1057 Limestone Road, Parsons was charged with 25 counts of Cruelty to Animals on July 12. According to the criminal complaint filed in the Tucker County Magistrate Court, by Tucker County Sheriff’s Department, Wills allegedly had 22 live cats, one...
By Penny Ellison The Parsons Advocate The Corridor H Authority recently held a groundbreaking ceremony in Tucker County. The ceremony, which was held at a construction site close to Canaan Valley Institute in Davis, marks the official beginning of the long awaited Davis-Bismarck Segment. The target completion date for this...
One might liken John Bowers and his wife, Joyce to Ray and Annie Kinsella. In the 1989 movie Field of Dreams Kinsella was a novice farmer who kept hearing a voice that whispered, “If you build it, they will come”, and he would see a baseball diamond. His wife, Annie, was skeptical,...
Friday, July 19, 2013 was Sandi Owens last day as a Licensed Practical Nurse for St. George Medical Clinic, Inc. Owens began working for St. George in October, 2010 after serving several years as an LPN for Dr. Debra Mowe, M.D in Parsons. The staff at St. George Clinic is...
Members of St. John’s United Methodist Church celebrated the return assignment of Rev. Phil Dent to the church for another year with a covered dish dinner on July 14. Paul Poling gave the blessing and following the dinner, he read messages that had been written from the congregation as...
The Tucker County Veterans Association held the annual Memorial Day Celebration located at the All Veterans Memorial Wall in Parsons on Saturday, May 25, 2013. National Security Business Unit Partner Brigadier General Michael Lee (USAF Ret.) spoke alongside the Honorable Dorothy Judy, Mayor of Parsons. Mayor Judy remarked that this...
A $3,000 donation from Shell WindEnergy, co-owner of the NedPower Mt. Storm wind energy project, has added significant incentive to Run For It racers and it demonstrates the company’s commitment to safety. Part of their contribution will provide for a dedicated EMS crew on-site on race day and the remainder...
By Ben Herrick The groundbreaking ceremony took place on Monday, July 15 for the highway work on the portion of Corridor H that connects Davis to Scherr. The groundbreaking ceremony was preceded by a presentation given by Marvin Murphy, Assistant Deputy Secretary, West Virginia Department of Transportation. In the presentation,...
The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. July 24, 1823: Arthur Boreman, West Virginia’s first governor, was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Boreman’s family moved to Middlebourne, Tyler County, while he was still an infant....
