This week’s smiling faces feature three of Valley’s Best. From the Lumberjacks 1976 basketball team to 50 years later these three can still be seen in the gym. While the game may have gotten away from them a little, they still remember when Coach Daken would set them down beside him just ...
CHARLESTON - Two days prior to Gov. Patrick Morrisey promoting West Virginia’s back-to-school sales tax holiday, the annual School Clothing Allowance program funded through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program went dark, leading lawmakers and advocates to ask why. Morrisey ...
Under near perfect weather conditions vehicle enthusiasts showed up in force as over 170 cars, trucks and motorcycles turned out to take part in the event. The New Martinsville Steelton Methodist Church opened up their parking lot and facilities and played host to the large number of cars that ...
Guest speaker at the New Martinsville Rotary club’s weekly meeting on Wednesday, July 22, was longtime Wetzel County teacher and current Board of Education member Linda Fonner. She was invited by Rotary member Chuck Clegg to speak to the group about school consolidation in Wetzel County. ...
Water was over the road in a few Wetzel County areas, but for the most part the county was spared from what other areas received. Severe storms left a trail of damage across several communities, including Newport, Belmont, St. Marys, and Sistersville. In Sistersville, torrential rainfall ...
In the mid-1940s, John Mensore began his career working in the beer distribution business. His first job, sweeping the floors in the business and earning $2.00 a week. By the time he reached high school, he had moved onto the loading, and unloading of trucks. Then in college he was a salesman ...
ArtsLink’s 2026 Coffeehouse Series will continue Tuesday, August 4, with the Mountain State Bluegrass Express. 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 ...
This week our Smile Camera happened upon two young car show enthusiasts enjoying the chrome and shine of 170 classic cars. . Calliope & Waylon Britton were accompanying their mother who was working at the car show. They had big smiles until the camera was stuck before their happy faces. ...
Magnolia FFA was the Overall WVFFA Sweepstakes State Champions and will go on to represent Magnolia FFA and Wetzel County at the Nationals! Below are all students who helped earn the overall 2026 state Championship for Magnolia FFA: Jacob Norton, Carson Wade, Ryleigh Wilson, Victoria ...
On Tuesday morning at 9:30 July 14th, the members of the Wetzel County Commission met to conduct the county’s business. Before commencing with their regular business, President McBee asked for all present to pause to remember past Commission member, Barbara King who spent 18 years serving ...
