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Flash Flooding Devastates Ohio County

Flooding Forces Residents From Senior Living Facility in Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM — Senior citizens living in seven apartments at the Woodview Senior Living Facility in Bethlehem are now without a place to live following torrential rains and flooding in Bethlehem last week. Clean up continued there on Monday, with outside help and volunteers coming in to assist ...

Donation To Help Feed Ohio County Flood Victims

Catholic Charities accepted a large contribution of food and cleaning supplies for local flood victims on Monday. Community Markets of Shepherdstown coordinated with St. James The Greater Parish in Charles Town and the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese to send one trailer of meat and a second trailer ...

Triadelphia Church Opens Its Doors, Hearts to Flood Victims

TRIADELPHIA — Pastor Mike Palmer has gone from delivering sermons to delivering food donations as Triadelphia United Methodist Church has become a center for flood relief efforts in the area. The transformation of the church’s front yard into a flood relief hub began following flash ...

Music Fans To ‘Rise Up for Flood Relief’ Saturday At River City

WHEELING — Fans of the local music scene looking to help with flood relief, this event’s for you: a daylong rock festival set for July 5 at River City Restaurant in Wheeling. At least a dozen local performers already have signed on to be part of The Rise Up Flood Relief Festival. The ...

Their Memory Will Never Be Washed Away: Remembering Victims of June 14 Flood

WHEELING - Their names trickled in over the course of 12 days. Sandra Parsons; Michael Bokanovich; Connie and Michael Veronis; Lisa McMasters; Jesse Pearson; Kyleigh and Parker Shotton; Travis Creighton. When flash flooding struck the Valley Grove and Triadelphia communities the evening of ...

Ohio County Sheriff Warns of Fraudulent Fundraising for Flood Victims

WHEELING — Ohio County Sheriff Nelson Croft advises residents to be aware of fraudulent GoFundMe accounts posing as victims of the flash flooding on Saturday, June 14. The sheriff’s department has been working with the West Virginia Fusion Center, a state intelligence agency that monitors ...