Late Wednesday night, crews responded to a fire at a home off of Ridge Road in Preston County and police are still investigating the cause, WDTV reported.
The family was reportedly home at the time the blaze broke out, which was just before midnight Wednesday.
Fire being investigated
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November 13, 2008
Preston County house fire under investigation
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US kills Osama bin Laden decade after 9/11 attacks
Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run.
- Twitter, texting useful for disaster communication A national safety group says Text messaging, Twitter and social networking Web sites could help families stay in touch in the wake of a disaster.
- Clinton told of security failings in Afghanistan An independent reform group is contending that security at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan is compromised by the failings of a private contractor hired to protect the nearly 1,000 diplomats and staff who work there.
- Clements meets WVU Faculty Senate on Monday He officially starts work June 30, but incoming West Virginia University President James Clements is already easing into the job.
- Obama hardens US stance on North Korean defiance His patience tested, President Barack Obama on Saturday promised a new and stronger response to defiant North Korea, saying that while he prefers diplomacy he is now taking a "very hard look" at tougher measures. A Pentagon official said no military moves were planned.
- 2 bodies, ticket found near Air France crash site Searchers found two bodies and the first confirmed debris — a briefcase containing an Air France Flight 447 ticket — in the Atlantic Ocean near where the jetliner is believed to have crashed, a Brazil military official said Saturday.
- Obama hails 'sheer improbability' of D-Day victory President Barack Obama honored the valiant dead and the "sheer improbability" of their D-Day victory, commemorating Saturday's 65th anniversary of the decisive invasion even as he remakes two wars and tries to thwart potential nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea.
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‘I went to help her’
Most Marion Countians remember the gentleman who got into a real scuffle last week with a much larger man who was charged with beating up a woman companion.
“I was just sitting in my car, watching the river and feeding some ducks and relaxing,” said the man, who was later identified as Frank Presley. - FACT OF FICTION: City ambulance service? ‘Just brainstorming’ If you pick up the phone and dial 9-1-1 for a health emergency, you expect to see an ambulance at your doorstep within minutes. And if it truly is a health emergency, does it matter what the name on the side of ambulance is?
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‘Casualty of war’
Sgt. Ralph Suter Jr. didn’t die on the battlefields of Iraq, but in his sleep months after returning home.
“When I got that call about what happened to my son, it was one of the lowest points in my life,” said Suter’s father, Ralph, Sr. “I was devastated. I remember asking, ‘Are you sure?’ I never thought he could be dead. I couldn’t believe it. He was home and safe, and then he just dies.” - More Today's Top News Headlines
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US kills Osama bin Laden decade after 9/11 attacks
