West Virginia
Virginia Pearl Allen
Virginia Pearl Allen, age 73, of Sutton, WV, died Friday, January 30, 2026, at Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown, WV.
She was born March 25, 1952, in Braxton County, WV, a daughter of the late Russell and Eva Wimer McCartney. On August 17, 1968, she married Claude Allen who preceded her in death. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by six children, Larry, Charlie, Lisa, Rodney, Johnny and Kevin Allen and one brother, Howard McCartney.
She is survived by one son, Claude Allen, Jr. of Sutton; three grandchildren, Kevin and Crissy Allen both of Cleveland, OH and Charles Allen of Clarksburg, WV; one great-grandchild; one brother, Lawrence McCartney and wife Sue of Braxton County; three sisters, Lois Pickens and husband Billy and Juanita Goodwin both of GA and Dorie Gregory and husband Dave of Rock Cave, WV and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Allen was a homemaker. She enjoyed listening to Bluegrass Music and when able she liked to crochet and whittle. She loved her grandkids.
Friends will be received Friday, February 6, 2026, from 12 Noon until 1 PM at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 1 PM at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens in Heaters, WV.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the funeral home to help with funeral expenses. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
CLENDENIN, W.Va . (WSAZ) – Gov. Patrick Morrisey visited Clendenin West Virginia Saturday during Summerfest.
10 years ago a devastating flood swept through the community.
The governor announced $450,000 of funding for a Streetscape project during a commemoration for the June 2016 flood. The funding will go toward Clendenin’s main street – improving sidewalks, landscaping, and other pedestrian amenities.
Funding for the project comes from the Transportation Alternatives Program – a federal initiative to fund smaller scale transportation projects.
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It was a phenomenal year for the West Virginia Mountaineers on the diamond, and even with the season having been over for over a week now, the honors continue to roll in.
On Friday, second baseman/catcher Gavin Kelly and left-handed starting pitcher Maxx Yehl were both named First-Team All-Americans by D1Baseball.com. It is the first time in program history that two Mountaineers have been recognized as First-Team All-Americans in the same season.
Gavin Kelly
Kelly was essentially everyone’s pick to have a breakout season for the Mountaineers in 2026, but I’m not sure anyone expected him to do it the way he did. He hit nearly .400 all year and went on a power surge out of nowhere toward the end of the season, becoming one of the top home run hitters in the country over the last month or so of the year.
Kelly was named a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, the MVP of the Morgantown Regional, and is currently participating in the Team USA Collegiate National Team training camp in Cary, North Carolina. For the year, he hit .382 with 19 home runs and 63 RBI, cementing himself as a top draft prospect in 2027.
Maxx Yehl
Maxx Yehl was one of the best stories in all of college baseball that didn’t get talked about nearly enough. He was forced to sit out the 2025 season as he was recovering from Tommy John surgery, and prior to this season, Yehl worked exclusively out of the bullpen. The plan all along was to eventually stretch him out into a starter, and in his first year in the role, he was one of the best in the entire country.
Steve Sabins and Co. did a good job of playing it safe with him early, letting him only go two and four innings in his first two starts before turning him loose. There were a couple of moments where Mountaineer fans had to take a deep breath after he was removed from two starts, one of which was in the Morgantown Regional against Kentucky. He bounced back strong and two days later, pitched a gem against the Wildcats, helping the team advance to the super regionals for the third straight season.
Yehl finished the season with a 9-3 record, an ERA of 2.13, and 112 strikeouts to just 26 walks. He was also the first WVU hurler to win Big 12 Pitcher of the Year since Alek Manoah, who did it in 2019.
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