Buckhannon honors fallen police chief Chesley Mearns, killed in the line of duty in 1921

BUCKHANNON – The City of Buckhannon honored a police chief who died in the line of duty at the 2024 Webb Grubb Police Officer Recognition Day on Wednesday. Police chief Chesley Grover Mearns was shot while transporting car thieves from Clarksburg on Aug. 9, 1921, and died from his wounds four days later. He had…

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