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The Diamond Youth All American Bowl sets the platform like no other bowl game in the country. The organization recruits from 2nd to 8th grade student athletes to play in the Diamond Youth All American Bowl in Myrtle Beach, SC, December 27th-30th, 2023. Calhoun 6th Grade students, Landon Hawkins and Wyatt Lawson will be participating Read More…
In a Criminal Complaint filed by Cpl. N.S Stepp of the West Virginia State Police, Cpl. Stepp stated that on Monday, December 25, 2023, at approximately 10:39 p.m. he was dispatched by the Calhoun County 911 Center (Control) to a disturbance located at 369 Sugar Camp Road in Big Bend, Calhoun County, West Virginia. Control Read More…
Homeowner, Cheryl Kargol, of 1611 Joker Ridge Road, was home when smoke began to come out of her furnace vents, but no evidence of fire at that time. After calling 911, both Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department and Minnie Hamilton Health Systems Ambulance service were on scene. Ms. Kargol told Ridgeview News that Ambulance Staff, Mitchell Read More…
In a complaint filed in Calhoun Magistrate Court by Corporal D.C Moore, he stated that on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at approximately 12:45 p.m. he had received a domestic complaint at 11559 South Calhoun Hwy, Arnoldsburg. When Cpl. Moore arrived and spoke with multiple witnesses regarding the incident, they advised that while Amy L. Yoak Read More…
Janet Gail Poling, also known as Jan, passed away on December 25, 2023, at the age of 70 in Grantsville, WV. She was born on February 25, 1953, in Parkersburg, WV. Jan was a Christian and had a strong faith in God. She was known for her caring and thoughtful nature, always putting others before Read More…
Crystal Mersh, Foundation President, posted her project update to Social Media this week. As 2024 draws nigh, the construction projects around the Calhoun County Community Center will ramp up to a new level of excitement and some old and new players on the field. “I just finished the detailed review of the construction schedule for Read More…
Ridgeview News has been a little off the radar this week due to a severe case of bronchitis that shouldn’t have taken me by surprise, as it happens nearly every year around this time. But this year was worse than most. It happens because I, like most Americans, get overwhelmed and over taxed with running Read More…
In Memory of Sherry ParsonsOctober 29, 1974 – December 17, 2023 On December 17, 2023 we lost our loving sister, friend and mother Sherry Ann Parsons, maiden name Robinson. She was raised in both Calhoun and Wood County, but spent the later half of her life in Parkersburg, WV. Sherry had many occupations throughout her Read More…
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state record for the largest blue catfish by weight has been broken for the fourth consecutive year, Governor Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of National Resources (WVDNR) announced today. On Dec. 8, Michael John Drake of St. Albans, WV, caught and released a blue catfish weighing 69.45 pounds and measuring 50.51 Read More…
