CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Putnam County Fairgrounds is a popular place this week. Fair-goers on Sunday got the opportunity to try out all the different foods, walk the barns, and enjoy all the other activities at the fair. To see more photos, click here.
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Princeton stadium site of July 4th celebration
PRINCETON — The patriotic song America the Beautiful filled the speakers at Anne S. Hunnicutt stadium Monday afternoon as kids played touch football and enjoyed the music for the Princeton 4th of July Celebration. Princeton 4th Celebration Event Coordinator Brandon Hicks turned down his radio as he spoke with the[Read More…]
Balloon sternwheeler at Charleston Town Center
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Jefferson County woman is new Miss West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Morgan Breeden, Miss Jefferson County, was crowned Miss West Virginia 2016, and Grace Aulabaugh, Miss Berkeley County’s Outstanding Teen, was named Miss West Virginia’s Outstanding Teen for 2016 as 43 young women from across the state competed for the two crowns Sunday, June 26, at the Metropolitan[Read More…]
Greenbrier County residents have harrowing stories
RAINELLE — Tim Fitzwater stood on the railroad tracks behind his home in the pouring rain, just feet from the surging Meadow River, as he watched his neighbors and their homes wash away along with everything he had. The Greenbrier County resident was witness to one of the worst portions[Read More…]
Many homes destroyed in White Sulphur Springs
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Flooding devastated White Sulphur Springs on Thursday and Friday, destroying dozens of houses, with some shoved off their foundations, and others simply disappeared, washed away in the torrent of water. Fifteen people were confirmed dead in Greenbrier County, according to the West Virginia Division of[Read More…]
Addams Family Musical playing near Beckley
BECKLEY, W.Va. — An elaborate batch of photos from Theatre West Virginia’s season opening production, “The Addams Family Musical,” featuring highlights from the opening night and June 22nd performances along with a few from behind the scenes during a dress rehearsal Friday, June 17 at Grandview Park’s Cliffside Amphitheater. There’s still[Read More…]
Miss West Virginia pageant unfolds in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — More than 40 Miss West Virginia and Miss West Virginia’s Outstanding Teen contestants from across the state are on WVU’s campus this week for rehearsals, interviews and other pre-pageant festivities. Contestants met with a patient from WVU Medicine Children’s Tuesday at Stalnaker Hall, followed by rehearsals for preliminary[Read More…]
Fair week underway in Mineral County
FORT ASHBY, W.Va. — Animals were getting settled into their new home for a week, and the exhibit hall was slowly filling up with flowers, canned vegetables and more as volunteers worked all day Monday to get ready for today’s opening of the 2016 Mineral County Fair. It was a[Read More…]
Parkersburg woman’s ‘Fisherman’s Tale’ a winner
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A photograph taken by a Parkersburg woman at Point Park has won a photo contest sponsored by Daytripper magazine and ViaAir in their “Come Home to WV” Contest. Sharon Kay Carper’s photograph of three people at Point Park in Parkersburg, titled “Fisherman’s Tale,” was selected as the[Read More…]