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By Josephine E. Moore for The Register-Herald Dec 16, 2020 Dec 16, 2020 A former Fayette County teacher was arrested Tuesday following reports to police that he sexually assaulted underage minors. Leonard Dale Varner Jr., 34, of Beech Bottom, W.Va., was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with soliciting a minor via computer, sexual assault in the second degree and sexual assault by a parent, guardian or custodian. Complaints regarding Varner, a former Ansted Middle School teache...

Dec 16, 2020 Paul Arnold Negri, 89, of Follansbee, Wv passed December 14, 2020 peacefully at home with his loving family at his side. He was born July 15, 1931 in Wheeling, WV to the late Pete and Valerie (Eskey) Negri of Beech Bottom, WV. He graduated in 1949 from Wellsburg High School, and served in the Navy from 1952-56. He was married the late Mary Rose (Silver) Negri. They had three children together, the late Arnold (Barb) Negri, surviving Allen (Lorraine) Negri, Tim and Carla (Negri) Mo...

Staff writer HOLIDAY SHOPPING — Brynna Jackson of Wellsburg assists her mother, Amy, during the Hometown Holiday Market held by the Downtown Wellsburg group last weekend outside the Wellsburg Fire Department’s banquet hall. -- Warren Scott WELLSBURG — In a year when most fairs and festivals were curtailed by COVID-19, volunteers with the Downtown Wellsburg group managed to organize a small street fair on Dec. 12 in an effort to lift spirits and boost small businesses that have suff...

Staff writer SPECIAL VISIT — Children along Charles Street waved to Santa Claus made a special visit to Wellsburg with the help of the Wellsburg Fire Department and Downtown Wellsburg, a volunteer group that held a Christmas market outside the fire department’s banquet hall. (Photo by Warren Scott) WELLSBURG — In a year when most fairs and festivals were curtailed by COVID-19, volunteers with the Downtown Wellsburg group managed to organize a small street fair on Dec. 12 in an effort to l...