Benwood News

After 34 years of service as a volunteer firefighter, Benwood Volunteer Fire Department's Paula Smith is the new president of the West Virginia State Firemen's Association.

A fallen soldier is back home. Twenty-five-year-old Spec. Julian Berisford of Benwood died Nov.

Specialist Julian L. Berisford, 25, a paratrooper from Fort Richardson died in the Bermal District of Paktika, Afghanistan, Nov.

The Department of Defense has identified 4,349 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war and 903 who have died as part of the Afghan war and related operations.

A fallen soldier is back home. Twenty-five-year-old Spec. Julian Berisford of Benwood died Nov.

Veterans Day took on special meaning Wednesday in Marshall County, where residents will welcome a fallen hero as he returns home for the last time today.

Many veterans of military service are exceedingly humble about what they have done for their fellow Americans.

Project Sticker Shock 2009 will be held from10-11 a.m. Wednesday throughout Marshall County.

An Army specialist from Marshall County has died in Afghanistan. According to the U.S. Air Force, Julian Berisford's body was expected to be arrive Friday at Dover Air Force base in Delaware.

As of Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at least 833 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

The family of a Benwood soldier has confirmed he died while serving in Afghanistan.

The wheels on the buses to Moundsville may be going round and round, but the number of riders on them has Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority officials concerned.

Hearings in two high-profile cases were held in Marshall County Circuit Court on Friday.

Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority buses will head to The Highlands on Saturdays this holiday season, as the board voted Tuesday to expand runs to the retail development on a trial basis.

Yellow trucks with "the Velotta Co." inscribed on their doors will be in Benwood Monday as the company begins resurfacing of a W.Va. 2 bridge.

The West Virginia Division of Highways advises motorists that work will continue on Route 2 between McMechen and Benwood City limits and I-470 over the next four weeks.

McMECHEN-Patrick Tribett is back in the Northern Regional Jail at Moundsville facing more charges related to huffing spray paint.

Senators Jay Rockefeller and Robert C. Byrd, along with Congressman Allan Mollohan announced Thursday that the Benwood Volunteer Fire Department in Marshall County will receive just over 35,000 as part of the 2008 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.

A Bethlehem Councilman is facing a driving under the influence charge after a traffic stop Saturday night.

Bethlehem Councilman Stanley Wojcik was cited for driving under the influence following a traffic stop in Benwood late Saturday.