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 ...
This week our smile camera happened upon a Fairy Princess. Miss Jayda Ellison, age 5. She came to watch the last Lady Eagles home game of the 2024-25 season. With her bright smile, she spiked fairy dust on the team and they won the evening game against Frankford.
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 ...
HANNIBAL – It’s been 75 years since Bill and Dolores Ann Heslep tied the knot, and they are still thankful for every minute they have together. The Hesleps met in elementary school when Delores, who goes by her middle name Ann, was in the first grade and Bill was in the second grade. ...
MIDDLEBOURNE – Tyler County Schools Superintendent Shane Highley said he has been “overwhelmed” by the amount of support he’s received from the community. But Highley, who is being removed from his position following a 3-2 vote by the board of education, said he is not ready to share ...
READER -- The weather may be cold and snowy now, but organizers of the Shortline Ramp Festival are gearing up for warmer weather and their celebration of the wild onion beloved by many. Organizers of the event announced recently on social media that the Shortline Ramp Festival is slated to ...
