Crimes/Punishment

Whipkey Jailed for Unlawful Restraint and Unlawful Possession of Gun

On Thursday, June 13, 2024 at approximately 5:00 p.m., Corporal D.C. Moore received information a complainant, that a woman had texted her advising that she was being held against her will, by a person named Josh, and that she was sick and needed help. The address given for the location was 508 South Calhoun Highway, Read More…

Community Events News

West Fork Riding club Results

West Fork Riding Club held its second horse show June 1, 2024. We had an awesome show. Lots of new people as well as our regular ones. The winner of the Walker Creek getaway was Carl Ballengee. Congratulations to him and a big thank you to Daniel Tanner for donating the riding club the raffle.   The show results for the second show are: Read More…

News Obituary

Donna Hickman LaGrone Obituary

Donna Hickman LaGrone, aged 52 of Mount Zion, WV, departed this world on June 15, 2024, after a lengthy illness.  She was born on February 14, 1972, in Spencer, WV, a daughter of Kathy Noreene Tanner and Thomas Hickman. She led a life filled with love from family and so many friends. Donna spent her life in Read More…

News Obituary

Orma Almeda Stump Obituary

Orma Almeda Stump, 102, of Parkersburg, WV, passed away June 10, 2024, at Wyngate Senior Living Community, Parkersburg, WV. She was born October 26, 1921, in Flushing, Ohio, a daughter of the late Carl and Almeda Riddle Bell. Orma moved to West Virginia, where she met and married her husband George C. Stump. Orma was Read More…

Art & Music Entertainment News

Buck & Company Releases New Album

Buck McCumbers (and the Hillbillies) has released a new CD titled “A Norman Rockwell Time”. All songs are original written by Buck with the title cut being a song about Grantsville, WV. “The Morristown Flood” is a true story about a flash flood around Rockport, WV in 1889 that killed 19 people. “She Rode All Read More…