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From Calhoun County Schools The Calhoun Middle High School Band has finished its competitive season, performing with excellence at three events in surrounding counties. It is with great pride that we share the results of their efforts this season. 68th Annual Black Walnut Festival Band and Majorette Competition.3rd Place Drum Major2nd Place Percussion1st Place Color Read More…
Republicans won 4 of the 6 races in Calhoun proving that the Republican Party is seriously back in the game. The County has been primarily Democrat for many years with the Republican Party almost non existent on a local level. But as the Red team gathered for pre-election coffee at Grinders there was buzz and Read More…
Total Votes Absentee Early Voting Election Day Precincts counted 10 Registered Voters 4,254 Ballots Cast 2,264 191 670 1403 U.S. House of Representatives 1st District Carol Miller (Republican) 1,469 102 406 961 Mr. Lacy Watson (Democrat) 428 58 146 224 Belinda Fox Spencer (Independent) 158 8 39 111 Write In 2 0 0 2 State Read More…
Following an arrest in Marion County on November 4th, 2022 Jeremiah D. Scritchfield was arrested on a prior unserved warrant on a charge in Calhoun from 2018. On March 8, 2018 Cpl. C.A. Blevins responded to a complaint made by Chelsey Sampson. Upon arriving at her residence she advised Cpl. Blevins that her boyfriend, Jeremiah Read More…
Rocky Jr. Dickey, 66, of Mt. Run, WV, went home to be with the Lord on November 3, 2022, at United Hospital Center, Clarksburg, WV. He was born on August 10, 1956, to the late Ray and Virginia Helmick Dickey. Rocky was an avid fisherman and loved to hunt. He enjoyed fishing with his wife Brenda. Read More…
On Saturday the 5th of November, 2022 Trooper J.D. Richards was conducting a routine road patrol on South Calhoun Highway when he observed a silver Toyota Tacoma weaving back and forth out of lane, at times going completely to the opposite side of the roadway in blind turns. He activated his emergency lights and siren Read More…
Written by Shari Johnson, Publisher. They grew up in a different era, when a woman “knew” her place When husbands worked, and children played and families still said grace. A woman’s place, might be at work, or it might be a home But for certain they were central to everything going on. Our Father’s role Read More…
Photos by Clear Blue Skys Images and Roger Propst, ]photographer Ridgeview News, the 1982 Foundation and the Republican Executive Committee wanted to do something to honor the Championship Winning B Team Youth League as well as all young people who take their time to train and participate in extracurricular activities and entertain their community. So Read More…
I personally have a hard time wrapping my head around the person known as Crystal Mersh. When last I saw her in Calhoun County, she and her two goats were mowing the Wayne Underwood Field in Grantsville. Sporting her favorite bibbed overalls, a plain tee and tousled hair from the windy ride of the mower, Read More…
Coach Whitney Butler and the Calhoun Varsity Cheerleaders traveled to Parkersburg, WV on Saturday to compete in the 2022 Region 4 Single A Regional Cheer Competition. While the girls did not place at the competition their school Spirit and stick-to-it-tiveness deserves a great reward. Two injuries during practice this week took one cheerleader completely out Read More…
