ELKINS – Summer break has come to a close for students around the area as many schools reopened for class on Monday morning. Each new school year, eager and enthusiastic students await early morning bus rides, complicated locker combinations and new teachers and classmates. This year, officials said schools around[Read More…]
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WVU fans join players for meet-and-greets
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Mountaineers fans crowded the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility on Aug. 14 for the annual WVU Fan Day. Fans started lining up hours early for the two-hour-long meet-and-greet with players. Glenda Crest came from Baltimore to support her nephew William Crest, who is the back up quarterback. “This is[Read More…]
Teen paints giant mural for Nitro centennial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the City of Nitro looks forward to its centennial next year, it’s tapping into younger talents to help complete a key feature at the city’s upcoming Memorial Park. Nitro High School’s principal recommended Claire Hemme, a 2016 graduate, to Mayor Dave Casebolt to design and paint a[Read More…]
Horse show a long tradition at Mannington fair
MANNINGTON, W.Va. — The third day of the Mannington District Fair offered different events for fair attendees to enjoy. One of the events that draws a crowd at the Mannington District Fair is the horse show. There has been a horse show every year of the Mannington District Fair, superintendent of[Read More…]
Some love for ‘Louie’ at Berkeley County fair
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Clarksburg dedicates grave of revolutionary solider
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The George Rogers Clark Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution conducted a formal grave marking and dedication Tuesday for Peter Lynch, a Revolutionary War solider buried in Jackson Cemetery on South Linden Avenue in Clarksburg. The ceremony began with a processional by the Sons of[Read More…]
Hinton festival doesn’t duck from tradition
HINTON, W.Va. – A flock of ducks were flung from the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge here Sunday. Down they came, landing in the New River, floating off toward an L-shaped finish line. The ducks were about 3 inches tall, yellow and plastic. For more than two decades, the dropping of plastic[Read More…]
Monongalia fair features two kinds of kids
MORGANTOWN — Festivities at the Monongalia County Fair continued at Mylan Park on Aug. 3, including two pageants and livestock shows. Hundreds gathered inside the J.W. and Hazel Ruby McQuain Center for the fair’s Teen/Junior Miss pageants. The 18 contestants were judged on several categories including on-stage interviews and who[Read More…]
Night Out event gives residents, police chance to talk
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For Charleston Police Chief Brent Webster, National Night Out is about making friends with members of the community — and given recent events, he believes that’s more important this year than ever before. “We’ve got to make every interaction as positive as we can and, really, try to[Read More…]
Annual Grecian Fest underway in Wheeling
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