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Judge Jeffery D. Cramer Has Busy Day In Wetzel County

Timothy Lee Adams, of the Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility appeared in court on Wednesday, July 8, 2026 alongside his attorney Braden Noon for a scheduled status hearing. He was charged by the Wetzel County Grand Jury in a 54 count felony indictment with sexual crimes against ...

The Wetzel County Board of Education Now Under New Leadership

By state mandate, the first meeting of the county boards of education will be held on the first Monday in July. Therefore, on July 6th, 2026 the Wetzel County Board of Education met for their first meeting of the new fiscal year. The first order of business was the administering of the oath ...

Paden City Swimming Pool Opens

At 7:00 pm Monday evening July 6th, the members of the Paden City council met in the council chambers at the city complex. The meeting was held in the conference room due to the Jess Brown Center having a previously scheduled event. The first order of official business was the oath of office ...

ArtsLink Coffeehouse Series Kicks of Tuesday

ArtsLink’s 2026 Coffeehouse Series kicks off on Tuesday, July 21, with a performance by Shortline Junction. The free 6:30pm concert, sponsored by First Mutual Bank, will be held on the performance deck at the Francis Creative Arts Center at the corner of Maple Avenue and Washington Street ...

Smiling Faces

This week our Smile Camera caught Katelyn, Isaiah and Tammy. Under blue sky’s, they show big smiles as they enjoy the festivities at the Hundred 4th of July 250 Celebration. Little do they realize that in a short time, a summer thunderstorm with high winds coming from the west would end the ...

Area Celebrates 250 Years

If you were looking for something to do over the long 4th of July weekend, it wasn’t hard to find. Nearly every community in the area had a grand celebration as the country turned 250 years old on Saturday. On Friday afternoon and into the evening, Sardis, Ohio was a good place to be as ...

New Martinsville Celebrates with July 4th in the Park

The New Martinsville Park and Pool Department once again brought the 4th of July celebration to Bruce Park. For several years the city has sponsored the event to give local citizens a chance to come out to hear some outstanding music. Once again the popular local band, Remedy provided an ...

America’s 250 years Celebrated In Hundred

Celebrating the 4th of July has become an annual tradition in Hundred, WV. This year was no exception other than something bigger was on the table. This wasn’t just your normal bang, boom, bam 4th, this was America’s 250th Birthday party. And Hundred was ready! As is tradition in the ...

Folsom Fire Department Receives Funding

The Folsom Fire Department serving communities all along Rt. 20 in Wetzel County, plus highways and byways in between, received $60,000 on Saturday June 7, for the re-pavement of their parking lot. West Virginia Senators Charles Clements and Chris Rose and Delegate Clay Riley presented checks ...

Rotary Welcomes Guest Speakers Chris Bates and Brandi Hobbs

On Wednesday, July 1, the Rotary Club held their weekly meeting at Quinet’s Court Restaurant in downtown New Martinsville. Opening up the meeting was Linda Glover who began her term as President of the club on Wednesday. Linda brought the club up to date on subjects discussed at the last ...