Cumberland Times-News
Dec 19, 2020
SHANKS, W.Va. â Two people were killed and two seriously injured following a head-on crash near Shanks on Friday.
The Hampshire County Sheriffâs Office said James H. Burkett Jr. and his wife, Shirley J. Burkett, of Points, were pronounced dead at the scene of the 10:05 a.m. accident near the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and Little Cacapon Road.
Jeremiah Behr Jr. of Springfield and a 12-year-old passenger were initially treated at Hampshire Memorial Hospital before being transported to other facilities.
According to a news release, Behr lost control of his vehicle and struck a Ford Focus occupied by the Burketts.
James H. Burkett and his wife, Shirley, were both pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the other vehicle, Jeremiah Behr Jr. of Springfield and a 12-year-old passenger in his Chevrolet Cavalier were both listed in critical condition this afternoon, Hampshire County Sheriffâs deputies said.
Authorities said the accident occurred about 10:05 a.m. when Behrâs westbound Cavalier apparently crossed the centerline and hit the Burkettsâ Ford Focus head on.
Police said the accident might have been the result of Behr sliding out of control because his carâs tires were bald.
Behr and the 12-year-old were originally taken to Hampshire Memorial Hospital before being transported elsewhere for treatment.
Published: 12/11/2020 3:06:21 PM
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on the state of evictions as a federal moratorium is set to expire at the end of the year. Part 2 will run Monday.
CHICOPEE All they want is a clean slate.
After nine-plus months of dealing with the tumultuous life upheaval caused by the pandemic on-again, off-again jobs, opening and closing of public schools, and the overall anxiety posed by COVID-19 Paige Spaulding and her husband, Jordan Jones, are now facing an even scarier prospect: eviction.
Spaulding, 23, first lost her job as a barista at Elms College when the pandemic hit in March. She returned part-time in August, but then found herself out of work again at the end of November when the college went all remote with COVID-19 cases rising. That left Spaulding, Jones, and three young children (ages 2, 3 and 6), without her income.