As the 2025 Back Home Festival queen, Breanna Herrick’s job will be to greet and welcome people to the music festival held annually on Main Street in New Martinsville. But for now she wants to encourage people to attend the event, slated June 27-29, that she has enjoyed since its ...
The Wetzel County Sheriff’s Department is being commended by Pennsylvania law enforcement after arresting a man wanted on child rape charges in that state. After two high speed pursuits, deputies captured Kevin Michael Esterly, 53, of Whitehall Township, Pa., who was wanted on child rape ...
The Hundred-Littleton Alumni Association has been presenting scholarships to Hundred High School graduating seniors for many years. Recently they presented scholarships to graduating seniors one final time as the school closed due to consolidation These scholarship awards were made possible due ...
On Monday afternoon June 9, 2025, Hundred Mayor Charles (Chip) Goff held a press conference explaining his community’s plight from recent rain storms that produced rising waters and flash flooding. Mayor Golf explained the flooding is not a new problem, but in his and others opinion in the ...
The Illini 4000 – a group of 17 bicyclists traveling from New York City to San Francisco – stopped in New Martinsville June 10 after riding from Morgantown on W.Va. 7, logging 102 miles in a day. One of the riders averaged 70-plus miles per day, but Tuesday was definitely a long, hard ...
The West Virginia State Auditor’s Office says the town of Smithfield is not complying with state code regarding notification of its public hearing on its budget. But a Smithfield official said the town has been in contact with the state and the matter has been resolved. According to a ...
On the evening of May 31, 2025, the familiar walls of Bob Burton Gymnasium in Paden City echoed with pride, laughter, and a few bittersweet tears as the 74th and final commencement ceremony for the school unfolded. The bleachers were filled with proud parents, doting grandparents, and ...
On Monday, June 2, Mayor Keith Nelson, Councilman Steve Pallisco, Jodie Albright, Ron Brill, City Recorder Kim Whiteman, and grant writer Bev Gibbs met via Zoom, with state highways officials to discuss the question of a sidewalk along W.Va. 2 near the Villa Apartment Complexes. Mayor Nelson ...
Paden City Council held the first reading of a proposed ordinance to increase the municipal service fee by 15 percent across the board. Councilman Bill Bell was the lone vote against the measure during council’s June 2 meeting. It was noted the proposed increase would equate to an ...
On Friday afternoon at 1 p.m., Wetzel County Commission President Lisa Heasley called a special emergency meeting of the commission to address an important issue regarding animals. Immediately upon convening the meeting, the members went into executive session due to the nature of the ...
