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The Parkersburg News and Sentinel published this editorial on June 26:
State officials spent a moment Wednesday observing the five-year anniversary of deadly flooding in West Virginia. The rushing water took 23 lives, destroyed businesses and left hundreds of families without a safe place to live. In the wake of the tragedy, the need was so great entire new levels of bureaucracy were created ⦠which subsequently had to be reined in and put back on track by the West Virginia National Guard.
Politicians issued somber but inspiring statements to mark the anniversary. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., for example, had this to say:
Police: Man who stabbed neighbor, charged at officer is shot
May 24, 2021
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) A West Virginia man who stabbed a neighbor and then charged at a responding officer with a weapon has been fatally shot, police said.
Officers were called to Oakwood Village apartments Sunday and found a 60-year-old woman outside her apartment with “multiple stab wounds, Parkersburg Police Chief Joe Martin said. The suspect, Rufus James Ramsey III, 34, was found outside his apartment still armed with what Martin described as “basically a meat cleaver.
Martin told The Parkersburg News and Sentinel that Ramsey initially dropped the weapon, but then picked it up and rushed at an officer, who shot him.
Man dead in officer-involved shooting in Parkersburg By
May 24, 2021 - 6:41 am
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. A man is dead after being shot and killed by a Parkersburg police officer Sunday afternoon at Oakwood Village apartments.
Parkersburg Police Chief Joe Martin said the officer fired at Rufus Ramsey III, 34, of Parkersburg, after Ramsey allegedly rushed at the officer with a meat cleaver. Martin says Ramsey had previously stabbed a female neighbor at the apartment complex with the weapon. She is hospitalized.
Martin said the investigation has been turned over to state police.
Chief Martin told the Parkersburg News and Sentinel newspaper Sunday it appears the officer followed proper procedure.
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BELPRE The Belpre Area Chamber of Commerce is encouraging shoppers to experience everything the Belpre area has to offer at its Shop Small/Shop Local event, May Madness, during regular business hours on May 15 in Belpre, Marietta, Parkersburg and Ohio 339 areas.
The chamber partners with The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, Elite Signs and iHeart Radio for publicity, Karen Waller, chamber executive director, said.
Chamber member businesses have been encouraged to offer specials that day or sponsor a drawing for a gift certificate or card usable at their location. Shoppers should watch for special Shop Small/Shop Local signs in front of Belpre Area retail sites on May Madness Saturday, Waller said.