Magnolia High School student Matthew Anderson will go from being a Blue Eagle for the last four years to a Golden Eagle now that he has signed to join the University of Charleston’s track team as its newest throwing squad member. Anderson, his family and Magnolia coaches celebrated the ...
Leslie A. Lively, 52, of Porters Falls, W.Va., and a former Wetzel County teacher, was sentenced Feb. 25 to a total of 2-10 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex-related crimes against two students in 2006. Wetzel County Circuit Court Judge Richard Wilson handed down sentences of 1-5 ...
Five Wetzel County Schools’ students will be participating in a regional social studies competition after winning at the local level. The 2025 Wetzel County Social Studies Fair was held Feb. 15 at Paden City High School. “Students from schools in Wetzel County brought their winning ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE – Wetzel County Technical Education Center students studying drafting and graphic design visited the West Virginia State Capitol and talked with legislators on Feb. 14. The students also got to meet their House of Delegates representative, Charles Sheedy. They were ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE – David Christian White of Lumberport will serve 3-15 years in prison after entering an Alford plea to DUI with death. Wetzel County Circuit Court Judge Richard Wilson imposed the sentence during a hearing held Feb. 20. Before being sentenced, White and the court listened ...
New Martinsville City Council gave the go ahead to the Annual Back Home Festival to use the space on the south end of city hall and other areas for the annual event slated for June 27-29. Dan Henthorn and Robby Parsons appeared before council with the request which was approved unanimously. The ...
The Wetzel County Commission met on Tuesday morning February 18, 2025, for their mid-month meeting to hear agenda items and update on the proposed site of the new Wetzel County school site. Commission President Lisa Heasley with all commissioners present led in the Pledge of Allegiance to open ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE – Leslie A. Lively, 52, of Porters Falls, W.Va., and a former Wetzel County teacher, was sentenced Feb. 25 to a total of 2-10 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex-related crimes against two students in 2006. Wetzel County Circuit Court Judge Richard Wilson handed ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE – Work to create a brand new public transit system for four counties – Wetzel, Tyler, Marshall, Pleasants and Doddridge – is underway. Tom Cooper, director of the Tyler County Emergency Management Agency, said funding for the system will be covered in part by each ...
A Shadyside resident and Paden City native who had been detained in Russia on suspicion of drug smuggling has been released and is on his way back to the United States, according to his family. Russian news agencies said that Kalob Wayne Byers, 28, was detained at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport ...
