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Power in My Backyard? What a surprise to learn of a proposed 500-acre power plant project behind the Landfill near...

By: Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I was talking to some old friends that I grew up with this past...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Snow on the daffodils again. It is certainly spring in West Virginia, it snowed...

Thank you for publishing Emily Carton's letter in this week's paper. I agree with her about the current Presidential Administration,...

Dear editor at The Parsons Advocate, As an elder, I’ve lived through many political crises in this country—but I have...

      March 26, 1920: Aviator Rose Agnes Rolls Cousins was born. She was the first Black woman to...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I am so glad Spring is finally here we are in our first full...

I was coming to work this week and saw something that really blew my mind.  Ahead of me I saw...

By Teri Cayton, The Parsons Advocate I am so glad to have Daylight Savings Time back, now I don’t have...

These were two good friends. On the left is Olivia, daughter of Margie Wymer Roy and the granddaughter of William...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate The daffodils are sticking their heads through the dirt and it won’t be long...

Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV:...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Just 22 days until spring arrives and I can’t wait.  This has been one...

Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV:...

Feb. 19, 1908: Orval Elijah Brown was born near Lizemores in Clay County. Brown, a free-spirited individual, gained notoriety as...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate It seems to get worse and worse with these people abusing children.  Now in...

This is a valentine I received in 1972. Many people will remember decorating shoeboxes with construction paper or other materials...

Feb. 12, 1867: Barboursville was incorporated by an act of the state legislature. Originally the county seat of Cabell County,...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Well, here we go again folks, another sicko predator taken off the streets.  A...

Rumors of a major incoming property tax hike have been bandied about in the past weeks, and for a lot...