Deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office were on patrol in a neighborhood on Columbus' Northeast Side on May 13 when they tried to stop a car they thought had stolen plates or had been ...

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Walter D. Helmick, 81, of Minnehaha Springs, West Virginia, passed away on Sept. 6, 2025, surrounded by his family after battling cancer. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, ...

Dave Helmick will serve as Jefferson City's interim director of Planning and Protective Services until the city hires a permanent replacement, according to a Tuesday news release. Clint Smith, the ...

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with American Library Association President Sam Helmick about the importance of libraries in community life and our democracy. The theme of Sam's presidency ...

Walt Helmick, a former high school welding instructor and small business owner who went on to a career in public office that included 22 years in the West Virginia Senate and a term as state ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Flags are set to be lowered to half-staff Tuesday beginning at noon at the Capitol and state facilities throughout the state to commemorate the life and service of former senator ...

West Virginia’s former Agriculture Commissioner, Walter “Walt” Helmick, passed away Saturday, according to the West Virginia Democratic Party (WVDP). ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -Walt Helmick, a former West Virginia Department of Agriculture commissioner and state senator, has passed away at 81. In a release from WVDP, they share Helmick died on ...

Walt Helmick, a former state senator and agriculture secretary, has died. Helmick, 81, had been fighting cancer. The state Democratic Party called him “a steady hand in Charleston and a tireless ...