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Full-contact practice starts at Marshall
Catching a ride at the Wayne County Fair
Dreary day doesn’t dampen golden delights
Beckley-based photographer shot iconic image of Jerry Garcia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Although nearly two decades have passed since Jerry Garcia’s death, Beckley-based photographer Chris Hancock still sees the Grateful Dead guitarist everywhere. OK, he doesn’t really see Jerry. He sees a rather iconic photo he shot of Jerry at one of the Dead’s last shows in Pittsburgh, in[Read More…]
Photo of W.Va. veteran prominent in Calif. museum
SAN FRANCISCO — Jim Pappas walked through the museum doors and exclaimed, “That’s my brother!” Pappas, 91, of Wood County immediately recognized his brother Paul as one of three crew members in large photographs in the USS Pampanito submarine museum at Pier 45 on Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. Pappas was[Read More…]
Hatfield-McCoy conflict re-enacted at farm museum
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — One of the most famous family feuds in U.S. history heated up in the dog days of summer Saturday during the Way Back Weekend celebration at Heritage Farm Museum & Village. The history of the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys was retraced at the farm outside[Read More…]
Who’s the strongest pony of them all?
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The pony pull and the crowning of the Little Miss and Little Mister were two of the main events during the fourth day of the Monongalia County Fair, on Thursday, July 30. Five-year-old Randy “Trey” Murray III, of Morgantown, was crowned Little Mister, and Oliva Morgan, 5,[Read More…]
Huntington farm museum offers ‘way back’ days
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The only thing on the schedule at Heritage Farm Museum & Village Wednesday was good old fashioned fun for the farm’s third installation of Way Back Wednesday. The event brought out nine kids who got hands-on lessons about what life was like in the United States more[Read More…]
Snake sightings up with rainy W.Va. summer
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — There have been several posts on social media this summer about people in the region being bitten by poisonous snakes. Pictures have also been posted where persons have killed either copperheads or rattlesnakes, the only two types of poisonous reptiles in our neck of the woods. A[Read More…]
