Breaking News

Blenda Martin

Blenda Ray (Hawley) Martin, 82, of Edgewater, Md., departed this life on Monday, March 20, 2023, in her apartment. Born on Sept. 19, 1940, in Kanes Creek (Kingwood), she was the daughter of the late Henry Lloyd and Maxine Elva Gamble Hawley. After graduating in 1958 from Masontown High ...

Lucille Grimm

Lucille (Miner) Grimm, 87, of Rowlesburg, departed this life on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown. Her husband, Clarence Joseph Grimm, whom she married on March 10, 1956, preceded her in death May 29, 1994. She was born on Oct. 29, 1935, in St. ...

Rusty Smeltzer

Rusty Allen Smeltzer, 42, of Masontown, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, at his residenceBorn Sept. 26, 1980, in Oakland, Md., Rusty was son of Russell Smeltzer, of Pennsylvania, and Joan Simpkins, of Morgantown. In addition to his mother, Rusty is survived by his long time companion, ...

Michael Hovatter

Michael “Big Mike” Dale Hovatter Sr., 71, of Masontown, passed away Monday, March 20, 2023, at Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown. He was born in Morgantown, on Feb. 9, 1952, a son of the late Clarence Richard Hovatter Sr. and Ida Lou (Quinn) Hovatter.Friends and family may call at ...

Martha Thompson

Martha Lou Thompson, 84, of Laurel Point, passed away on Friday March 17, 2023, at Mon Health Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late Philip and Florence Harner. Martha was born on the family farm in Morgantown on Jan. 2, 1939. Martha was ...

Michael Hovatter

Michael “Big Mike” Dale Hovatter Sr., 71, of Masontown, passed away Monday, March 20, 2023, at Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown. He was born in Morgantown, on Feb. 9, 1952, a son of the late Clarence Richard Hovatter Sr. and Ida Lou (Quinn) Hovatter.Mike was a 1970 graduate of ...