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Group applies for Weston State Hospital cemeteries to be listed on National Register of Historic Places
The West Virginia State Hospital Initiative has taken several actions with hopes of protecting historic cemeteries at the now Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston and giving veterans who are ...
Mourning turns to confusion as cemetery fails to prepare grave for Virginia mother on time
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — A Virginia family turned to 7News On Your Side for help after they say their mother's burial ...
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Cemetery worker digs up baby’s corpse — then dumps casket down a hill and sends body flying: cops
Matthew Fortner, 49, was digging a plot for a new grave at Baylous Cemetery in Salt Rock, WV, on Mar. 27, when he allegedly unearthed the casket, which was buried in 1982, according to the Cabell ...
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West Virginia basketball under Ross Hodge: Insiders say transfer portal news, 2025 recruits, targets, roster
Ross Hodge led the North Texas Mean Green to the NIT semifinals, but now he'll be tasked with leading the West Virginia basketball team back to prominence. Hodge will have to fill out his coaching ...
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Gravedigger charged with disgusting act against baby's corpse at cemetery after couple finds boy's body
A West Virginia gravedigger has been charged after allegedly desecrating a baby boy's corpse at a cemetery. Matthew Fortner, 49, was digging a grave at Baylous Cemetery in preparation for a ...
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Gravedigger arrested after baby’s corpse found on West Virginia cemetery’s grounds
(WOWK) — A gravedigger has been arrested after a baby’s corpse, buried in 1982, and a busted casket were found on the grounds of a West Virginia cemetery. A person decorating graves at the ...