An editorial from the Sunday Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wounded Iraq War hero Jessica Lynch — this newspaper’s West Virginian of the Year in 2003 — has a remarkable new role: She’s the leading lady in a religious movie about a government takeover of churches. Filmed at Rock Hill, S.C.,[Read More…]
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Hinton pair’s Appalachian Trail saga takes twists
BECKLEY, W.Va. — On Aug. 25, it was finished. John Vuolo, 60, stood at the peak of Katahdin Mountain in Maine and raised his arms above his head in a victory salute. The retired naval pilot read a list of names and sang. Then, he dedicated that climb up[Read More…]
W.Va. man was face of the Marine Corps in ’60s
HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — Ask Phil Ernst about his military service and it’s clear he is proud of being a Marine – a chapter in his life that’s still reflected at his home. A spotlight illuminates a Marines flag flying in his front yard and there are various other reminders of[Read More…]
W.Va. native offers beloved DiCarlo’s pizza in Ariz.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Two thousand miles from Wheeling, in the Phoenix neighborhood of Litchfield Park, Ariz., is the farthest-flung outpost of the nascent DiCarlo’s Original Pizza franchise. It is owned and operated by Michael Miklas, who’s doing his best to explain to Arizona residents “the DiCarlo’s way”: A crispy crust[Read More…]
Dutch man cares for W.Va. soldier’s grave
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Maarten Vossen doesn’t mind admitting that as a youngster, he didn’t know all that much about World War II. And that was even with him growing up just 15 minutes from a cemetery honoring American war dead in his native Holland. Then he saw “Saving Private Ryan,”[Read More…]
Four truths about Interstate 79
A column by Matt Harvey, assistant managing editor of The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Interstate 79 has changed dramatically in the past 25 years. Traveling from Charleston to Morgantown used to be pretty much stress-free back then for the first 100-125 miles, unless it was the morning of a Mountaineer[Read More…]
Former W.Va. first lady Shelley Riley Moore dies
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Shelley Riley Moore, who served as first lady of West Virginia for 12 years, longer than anyone else in the state’s history, died Saturday morning. She was 88. The death was announced by her family. Moore was married to former Gov. Arch Moore for 65 years. She[Read More…]
WVU’s Trickett Named Walter Camp Player of Week
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After throwing for the second-most single game passing yards in school history, West Virginia quarterback Clint Trickett has been named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week. Trickett is the fifth West Virginia player to earn Walter Camp Player of the Week honors[Read More…]
Marshall brings home the bell
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Three straight losses to the same rival can build up plenty of frustration. The Marshall football team, which hadn’t beaten Ohio in “The Battle for the Bell” since 2010, took that frustration into Saturday’s edition of the series and unleashed it on the Bobcats. Quarterback Rakeem Cato[Read More…]
Bramwell hosts its first coal company scrip show
BRAMWELL, W.Va. — Company scrip was the coin of the realm in the coalfields in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but now the scrip, or tokens as they are also called, are novelties among collectors, with some commanding pretty high prices. The inaugural National Coal Heritage Area/ Coal[Read More…]
