The New Martinsville City Council met on Monday evening May 5th at the City Municipal Building for their monthly meeting to discuss and approve agenda items. Councilman Joel Potts delivered the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance before Mayor Keith Nelsen called the meeting to ...
Board President Linda Fonner called the regular meeting of the Wetzel Board of Education to order on Tuesday, April 29, at 6 p.m. All members of the board were present for the meeting. First up in the evening was Mr. McPherson’s review of the 2025-2026 school year calendar. He presented ...
A section of Jefferson Avenue is set to get repaved following waterline work that occurred a few years ago. Paden City Council on May 5 approved hiring a contractor to repave that section of the road for $28,800. During a past meeting resident Wayne Nething complained about a long and narrow ...
The Wetzel County Commission met on Tuesday morning, May 6, for a regular scheduled monthly session with a large agenda to discuss and approve. Commission President Lisa Heasley opened the meeting by leading in the Pledge of Allegiance and then called meeting to order introducing Chip Goff, ...
A Wetzel County Technical Education Center student recently won third place in a statewide competition for his business model. Vincent Sigley, a design and computer aided design student at the center, won third place during the small business division finals of the SparkWV contest held at ...
A local library is asking its patrons to contact their federal representatives about the importance of not cutting funding for public libraries. In a social media post, the New Martinsville Public Library said that “libraries need your voice.” “There’s been a lot of uncertainty ...
The Paden City Public Library’s Lego Club meets monthly to allow children to play, build and learn with Lego bricks. Danielle Ice-Davis, director of the Paden City Public Library, said the club is free and meets at 5:30-7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month. Children younger than 7 years ...
Wetzel County has always been home to strong sporting programs. Back 50 years ago, local businesses and industry brought many into the area. Families have sons and daughters who were part of strong teams at Magnolia, Paden City, Valley and Hundred. As seen, a young Mike Martin goes high into ...
A teenage boy who was struck by a vehicle while trying to cross W.Va. 2 in New Martinsville between 4 and 5 p.m. on April 27 is receiving treatment for several serious injuries at a Morgantown hospital. New Martinsville Police Department Chief Tim Cecil said the teen was initially taken to ...
Wetzel County Circuit Court Judge Richard Wilson sentenced a sex offender to 1-5 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to not registering with the West Virginia State Police in a timely manner. Robert R. Chambers of Littleton, W.Va., pleaded guilty to an information count of failing to ...
