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Glenville State University hosted the West Virginia Sheriff’s Association Leadership Academy from July 16th-21st, 2023. This year, 92 students from the 55 counties of West Virginia signed up to learn leadership and public safety service skills including K9 deployments, firearms training, physical fitness, CPR/First aid, life skills, crime scene and vehicle accident investigations, and much Read More…
Submitted by Lorie Strange-Paylor August 14, 2023 – Calhoun County, WVThe Calhoun High School Golf Team competed with 12 other teams in the St. Marys Tournament on August 10th. Landon Bennett was a low medalist with a score of 76. All team members had improvement from the prior week by reducing strokes by 51 strokes. Golfers Read More…
by Ron Gregory Credit the supermajority Republican State Legislature with making the correct decision to financially support Marshall University’s new Cyber Security Center. It will be located across from Old Main in Huntington. It’s a project that will bring the city in particular and West Virginia in general even closer to the cutting edge of Read More…
Have you ever seen strange looking antennas in someone’s yard or a car? A license plate that seems strange and out of place? It could very well be that person is a HAM or more properly an Amateur Radio operator. It could also be CB radio. CB stands for Citizen Band. CB is a form Read More…
It is with profound sadness that we must announce the passing of Michael Lowell Roberts, Sr., born on September 20, 1948, he departed this world on August 9th, 2023, surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 74, while residing in Elizabeth, WV; formerly of Stumptown, WV. Mickey, as he was affectionately known, was Read More…
Paul L. Vannoy, 83, Mineral Wells, WV, passed away Friday, August 11, 2023 @ 1:07 pm at Camden Clark Medical Center. He was born May 10, 1940 in Millstone, WV, a son of the late Dannie and Lucille (Bush) Vannoy. In addition to his parents, Paul was preceded in death by his first wife, Junell Read More…
In a complaint filed in Calhoun Magistrate Court by Cpl. D.C. Moore of the West Virginia State Police, it was reported that on Friday, August 11, 2023 at around 12:50 p.m. the officer observed a silver Ford Escape traveling southbound on State Route 16 in the 2500 block of South Calhoun Highway. Cpl. Moore had Read More…
Serious storms have been reported in Wood and Wirt Counties. Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service in Charleston says that there is a chance of hazardous weather in the counties of: Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV- Putnam-Roane-Calhoun-Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-Upshur- 807 PM EDT Sat Aug 12 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio, and portions Read More…
Received 8/12/23 from Republican Chair, Roger Propst Regarding the appointment of Michael Hicks as Prosecuting Attorney of Calhoun County: This whole thing was orchestrated by Commissioners Walker and Helmick. Mr. Hicks changed his registration on July 5th prior to Prosecutor Jeffries submitting his resignation to the Commission on July 17th. Obviously, this information was leaked Read More…